Anyone remember when SNL used to be funny?

[sparks19]

yeah it just seems to be getting completely STUPID

I mean they just did a skit on John Hamm's john ham... Ham for the bathroom? WTF. that is what passes as funny these days? Yikes

[Twisterdog]

Yes, sadly, I'm old enough to remember when it was hilarious.

I remember my older brothers watched it all the time, and they used to let me sneak downstairs and watch it with them - I was "too young" and not allowed to watch such things. This was in the 70's.

[Suki Wingy]

What I find funny would absolutely appall some people though, really crude humor.

[Cinder & Smoke]

[Remember when ~ SNL was actually FUNNY?]

Yes, sadly, I'm old enough to remember when it was hilarious.

I thought maybe I was the 'only one'.

Tonight's show was PITIFUL!

Candidate McCain should have let Ms. Palin write his material ...
I can't believe he won any new votes with the stuff he had tonight.
But then, McCain wasn't as bad as the "regulars".

< sigh >

[blue]

Tina Fey is hot. I havent watched SNL for at least a decade.

[Medusa]

I haven't watched SNL in years but I'm finding that there is nothing that passes for humor or good entertainment on TV any more. I thought it was my age speaking to me but now I see that isn't the case. As Richard said, it's usually bathroom humor and I'm not 15 years old; I'd like a little more sophistication, please. It's becoming increasingly difficult to find anything worth watching; the squirm factor is built right in to the previews and the previews are supposed to be the hook. Lately, I've been watching old movies over and over again, something I detested doing in the past but it's better than sitting through the drivel that's on TV now that insults our intelligence.

[jennielynn1970]

I can't stand the newer SNL stuff. I remember SNL of the 70s and 80's. I liked Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler, and Mike Myers back then. Still like Sandler. I have no use for Will Farrell. He looks like a pedophile to me. Never liked that guy who played in Black Sheep or Tommy Boy, whoever he was. I know he passed away, but still didn't like him.

Granted many use foul language to get the laughs, but that's nothing new. Richard Pryor, George Carlin, to name a few. Those guys were foul, but they had a bunch of followers.

[RICHARD]

Granted many use foul language to get the laughs, but that's nothing new. Richard Pryor, George Carlin, to name a few. Those guys were foul, but they had a bunch of followers.

Pryor and Carlin, even going back to Lenny Bruce, didn't make the jokes stupid. They made you think and didn't toss out the f word as a 'modifier'.
You had to work to get the jokes, you had to pay attention. An f bomb was was used as a way to show some kind of frustration, not as a shocker.

Most of the film humor is based on the "one joke/5 minute skit" premise. Well, fine and good-it serves the attention span of the idiot fan that has no concept of what humor is.

The TV/film industry takes one actor and repeat the same formula over and over again. Like the Johnny Depp script. The character wears makeup and he's signed up for it.

Stand up comedians are not funny anymore. There are a few that are funny, for about 5 seconds, then get stupid. I find more humor in cooking shows, idiots chasing tornadoes and the news. Try and watch a Comedy Central program about SUC-most of the time there are more bleeps than there are jokes.

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Last word.

I don't know what movie it was or why I stopped to watch the part of it that I did.

The scene was a man teaching some kind of class and he gets his girlfriend on the phone. The conversation gets to their personal life and they begin to argue about sex. The 'script' got to be more and more crass and even tho I like smart naughty humor, this was just plain stupid. I could see the screen writer putting this together-
"Wouldn't it be funny if a guy starts to fight about his sex life in front of a class he's teaching!"

Morons.