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Saturday Night Live is still a thing?
People have been saying that since season 2.
they will never recover from Chevy Chase's withdrawal
This guy is streets ahead
Wait until you get to the Eddie Murphy part!
i literally just finished watching all 900 episodes. it has its ups and downs, but its still funny.
weekend update is the 'humor' anchor
ok so which episode is tops for you?
i did not really expect it, but 2 of the best hosts were zack galifinakis(sp?) and justin timberlake
seriously, timberlake is fucking comedy Gem.
one must'nt argue with My Dick in a Box.
that shit was award winning
I auditioned as a writer for SNL this year (didnt get it). The workload and ambition is insane. it's really easy to criticize until you have to produce even just the first drafts of a weekly packet, let alone redraft and get shooting script ready.
So much work goes into just filtering out inappropriate jokes from idiots who think they're the next George Carlin.
Oh, I wasn't saying it sucked. I just haven't heard about it much lately and I remember it from the '90s, which was a long time ago.
It was on point and very popular during the Trump administration, especially during the early years. Melissa McCarthy did an excellent Sean Spicer. https://youtu.be/UWuc18xISwI