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‘SNL’ Faces Backlash After Nikki Haley Makes Surprise Appearance During Cold Open
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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*SNL gets mentioned*
Randos for the last 45+ years: "That's still a thing? SNL hasn't been funny since I was watching it in high school/college!"
It's the same edgy dumb kids who post 'does anyone even care?!?' for internet points, except that everyone finds them an annoying waste of bandwidth and contribute next to nothing to the discussion.
Edit: actually, they contribute nothing to the discussion. Nothing at all.
It's a weird thing to say because you can't know that it's not funny or still not funny without watching it. SNL is and has always been hit or miss with humor. Some humor ages well. Some doesn't. Sometimes it's really funny. Sometimes it's ok.
I watched the first episode when they had some anniversary airing and a lot of those jokes are... ok.
Here's the cold open from 1981, the show's sixth season right after Lorne and the original cast were all replaced.
https://piped.video/watch?v=-_X904_TZnc&t=0
The weird "It just doesn't matter" thing only makes sense if you've seen Meatballs.