Saturday Night Live

[Pete from Boston]

The first SNL sketch was like Beckett wrote an episode of the Honeymooners.  It was surreal and creepy.  I don't think network audiences of 2015 want anything that bold and experimental.  The networks seem pretty dug into an avoidance of anything risky at this late stage of their lives.

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That said, "Celebrity Jeopardy" is asinine and hilarious and I could watch it all day.

[cl94]

The first SNL sketch was like Beckett wrote an episode of the Honeymooners.  It was surreal and creepy.  I don't think network audiences of 2015 want anything that bold and experimental.  The networks seem pretty dug into an avoidance of anything risky at this late stage of their lives.

It's quite the shame. 70s SNL was more "adult" than modern SNL. The Richard Pryor episode may be the perfect example of that. You couldn't do any part of that episode nowadays, let alone use the N word in the interview sketch "...DEAD honky!".

[Rothman]

That said, "Celebrity Jeopardy" is asinine and hilarious and I could watch it all day.

I pose a conundrum to ya; a riddle if you will...What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck and I can't remember how it ends, but your mother's a whore.

[spooky]

Turd Ferguson, it's a funny name.

[Takumi]

"Oversized hat. It's funny."
"No, it's not."
"Sure it is. It's funny because it's bigger than, you know, than a normal hat."

[Pete from Boston]

"Who is Andre the Giant?"

"Is that the answer to a question?"

"Nah, just wondering who he is, Andre the Giant."