"Is this show still on?"

"SNL hasn't been good since [insert person here] left."

"[insert female cast member here] isn't funny at all."

if you can criticize the show legitimately without using any of these fucking idiotic overused phrased that I have been reading on AICN for 5 fucking years, then you may criticize away.

nothing is as predictable as a moron...

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. Should this casting come as a surprise to anyone? The first thing I heard on that fateful Friday morning all those weeks ago was that Palin looked exactly like Tina Fey.

She also wrote one of the funniest sketches ever, with Cristopher Walken and the census taker, where he was married to a bobcat and references having sex with it.

SNL hasn't been tame at all, it's just had more mediocre sketches. there have been just as many provocative sketches as earlier, they just aren't as innovative as they were in the 70's and early 80's but how could they be?

and Fey coming back to play Palin certainly has to do with their resemblance, but if you think Fey can't pull off her "persona", you're nuts. the fact that they look alike is icing on the cake, and if it's what got them thinking of it, so be it. Fey will kill!

"Researchers have developed a new male contraceptive shot which has worked 78% of the time on monkeys. Which is great, if your monkey hates condoms as much as mine does."

"It's been reported that Mel Gibson is buying a private 5000 acre island in Fiji for $15 million dollars. Not having any Jews around? Priceless."

also, I'm being ironic, and therefore it's funny. I offer you a high-five with Mr. Beaks' hand.

I'm certainly not averse to funny women. I'm a big Kristen Wiig fan (except for Target Lady).

Some of my favorites I'd like to see again:

Patrick Stewart with a group of kids telling all the bastards to raise their hands ("Raise your hand, Jimmy... You're a bastard!").

Jay Mohr's hilarious Christopher Walken sketches ("Skittles... they're GOOD! You can EAT them... NO ONE... will KNOW!!). BTW, Herc, thanks for posting the link to Jay Mohr's book... I've read it a couple times, and it's an incredibly good read... lots of interesting behind-the-scenes moments.

Elliott Smith's musical performances, both of which are edited out of the 1998 episode when it's re-aired

Those are just a few examples of stuff I'd not only like to see again... but I'd love to own them.

And, I have to agree with BadMrWonka... all we ever hear are the same complaints over and over. Save the first few years, those complaints have existed the entire run of the show... even during seasons that are NOW deemed classic. If anyone remembers the great cast purge of the 1995-1996 season, there was a TON of bitching about the new cast, which include such "hacks" as Jim Breuer, Will Ferrell, Darrell Hammond, David Koechner, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon and Colin Quinn.

And yeah... those of us who are longtime SNL fans realize that not every sketch is funny... it's ALWAYS been like that (even during the first 5 years... watch them again on DVD... they definitely had their clunky, awkward moments). For me, I just think it's pretty cool that a group of comedians is able to put ANYTHING together for LIVE TV on a weekly basis (I'm also married to a former improv actress, so I know that performing comedy in front of a live audience is much more difficult than most people can even imagine).

Bottom line: SNL still makes me laugh, sometimes really hard. Sure, it can't be as edgy as "Curb Your Enthusiasm" or "Weeds", or as crazy and raunchy as "Da Ali G Show", being that it's on network TV... but for a show that is 33 years old, it's not bad (plus, it's free... can't beat that).

As for fan and critical reaction being positive about the Ferrell years, I argue that *eventually* reaction got better, but I still heard all the same complaints. Perhaps it's a function of geography and demographics... I'm not sure; all I remember is that a lot of my friends complained or stopped watching anytime a major cast member left. I'd say 70% of my friends who were "huge" SNL fans stopped watching regularly after the 1994-1995 season when David Spade left. They may have talked about how much they liked Will Ferrell, but not for a while.

Again, your mileage may vary. I'm just relating what I've seen personally, having been a solid SNL fan who has rarely missed an episode for the last 20+ years.

Then again, I'm also one of these "idiots" who has kept watching "ER" all these years, so maybe I just like seeing shows run their course. I don't know. I still really like SNL... I wish every sketch were roll-on-the floor hilarious, but the show still has some pretty funny stuff that I end up mentioning to someone (who will generally say, "Man, I haven't watched SNL since Adam Sandler was on...", etc.).

I wonder if they are going to shake up the formula this year. It's a 15 min show to me with DVR.

Current issue of EW does have a photo of Palin and Fey side by side and the resemblence is striking.

If Mcain loses, Palin can always go back toher original job...as LensCrafters model..

He was able to counter/correct/clarify every single thing Bill threw at him, including the infamous Ayers guilt-by-association smear (that all too many talkback wingnuts have been dutifully parroting). In 3 out of 3 intros to that interview, Bill showed Obama the respect, and perhaps even deference, that he EARNED.

Compare that to Charlie Gibson's totally softball questions to Palin, under which she was visibly unnerved. I know many people have been "energized" by her snarky speech at the RNC (which she has since repeated verbatim countless times on the road), but seriously - who still believes she is even remotely qualified to hold the 2nd highest office of the land? Not even Bush or Cheney has ever broached the possibility of actual military conflict / war with Russia.

I'd hate to say it but I'd rather have a REAL 4 more years of Bush than have Palin that heartbeat away.

GOBAMA!!!

I crack up when I see that campaign slogan...

It's "money."

It's "Puh-eeeeze!"

Proof read before you click on that button {[;^)

Oh yeah, Tina Fey will make a better Palin than, well, Palin! Just stayin' on topic Father Geek...no need for any banning/deleting...heh-heh.

1. All the haters who feel compelled to post about exactly the things BadMrWonka calls them out for, every time anything about SNL is posted here?

2. People like BadMRWonka and me, who bother to respond to the above?

3. People who brag about their sexual prowess online?

4. Ok, I guess it's all of the above.

because, you know, I be all banging hot chicks and shit all saturday. yeah, I have sex, YEAHHH!!!! you know it! SEX IS AWESOME!!!

fucking douchebag.

On the other hand I can't wait for Harry's usual hysteria induced editorial on the eve of the election, or reading his tear soaked words the next day when they announce McCain has won.

What the fuck does THAT mean? Does Harry actually think 7-year-olds should be voting? Or that people who AREN'T U.S. citizens should be determining who OUR President should be?

Of course, the only problem with their plan is that while they thought they were mocking her and tearing her down, they've only helped to ramp up her MILF status and make many a voter now realize "Hmm, you know, now that you mention it, I really WOULD rather see her on TV for the next 4 years instead of big-eared 'I drone on endlessly like a boring professor' Obama."

And Casey Wilson is a perfect Palin, esp. if her take on Palin is the (almost) reformed party girl who's got all manner of batshit crazy personal beliefs. I'm guessing SNL won't take Palin this direction, but I'd have her spouting off all that nutzoid lunatic fringe fundamentalist Dominionist dogma about how Israel needs to get into a war with Russia to spur Armageddon and hasten the return of Christ.

Palin's very likely a Dominionist, or very close. Check out the preaching at all four churches she's been a member of since she was 12.

Let me put this in a new perspective, for all you Palin supporters- She's the scary Christian lady from Donnie Darko. She's Professor Umbridge. For those of you who will vote for her because you think she'll blow you in appreciation- fuck you, leave the country now. You don't deserve to live here.

The new car smell is just about off McSame's trophy Veep anyway and there's a long way to go. It won't be long before even hardcore right-wingers are starting to squirm with the realization that she's a dimwit who went to six school in five years before graduation college for a reason.

2.) Since they changed the name. (The first episode was called "NBC's Saturday Night")

3.) Since George Carlin quit hosting. (He was, as you know, the guest host of the first episode.)

4.) Since the Muppets left. (A very strange troup of Jim henson creations appeared in about a half dozen of the first season episodes.)

5.) Since Howard Cosell left. (Refers to a previous ABC variety show also called Saturday Night Live.)

6.) Since Chevy left. (Early in the second season, iirc.)

7.) Since the Not Ready for Prime Time Players left. (Spread out over the course of years as the cast evolved.

8.) Since Denny Dillon and Gail Mathius were fired. (Members of the 'ill fated second cast' - Dillon moved on the Dream On and Women In Prison, Mathius to the sketch comedy series Laff Trax. They were fired with the entire cast when the late Charles Rocket said fuck on the air.

And so it goes through out a nearly two dozen year history with multiple "stopped being funny" benchmarks along the way. These are some of the earliest, which makes them the funniest.

By the way, SNL is sometimes hilarious, sometimes infuriatingly bad, and usually either interesting or entertaining. More than I can say about most of this century's musical guests.

Still, I like Casey Wilson, I think that, although underutilized during her debut season she has some real comedy chops and could easily pull off the role of Sarah Palin for the next couple of months.

The big question is, who will they get to play Biden?

And God or Lorne or whoever I ask here, PLEASE not a Seth Myers solo-desked Weekend Update. He'd rank very low among the best WU anchors, and the competition includes Colin Quinn and the late Charles Rocket.

Maybe they shouldn't let it do that.

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Upload any MP3 from your computer.

Add 1-99% MORE COWBELL.

Add 1-99% Christopher Walken quotes.

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ROFLMAO and Explore The Space. I Like What I'm Hearing.

Tina Fey is the sexiest woman on the planet. Smart, strong, funny, gorgeous, and a total Star Wars nerd. Sign me up.

PS Obama should NOT have considered to go on SNL to begin with. You really think Kennedy would have gone on SNL? WTF has the American political environment come to?

http://tinyurl.com/6kdphg

Its a shame when GOP pundits and supporters know this VP decision is an obvious pander, and defend it against their better judgement.

And I'll echo the idea of having Shatner host sometime soon. With him being shut out of Abrams' Star Trek, I'm sure he'd like to rip them a new one.

Second thing: let me guess, Slappy Jones doesn't think it's enough that Senator McCain can't use a keyboard because he has crippled arms from being tortured. I haven't read his comment yet but I bet it says something like "he could use a mouse!" or "he should know how email works" or whatever. Memo to Slappy Jones: Who the fuck cares? I have absolutely no interest in whether any of these candidates can use a computer. That has no bearing on whether or not they have an understanding of the modern economy. This is as stupid as when the first president Bush didn't know how much a gallon of milk costs. We really need to stop focusing on stupid things like this.

And you know what? I would answer that with a resounding yes. Why? I trust her. I trust her values and I trust her views. She is to the far right of me but I trust her. I simply don't know enough about Obama (and neither do you) to honestly vote for him. He has not been "vetted" by the media at ALL. I mean for crying out loud, I keep hearing that he was a "community organizer" but not one journalist has bothered to check into what he actually did. Oh yeah, he "got out the vote". Really Barry? How? Did you do it legally? Who exactly were you getting to vote? Why isn't there anyone from that period coming out to say "Yeah, Barry saved my family! He set us up with a home, a job, etc". And yet I just read an article on what Palin did as mayor DAILY. Yeah that's right, it cataloged every single thing she did on a day to day basis.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely think that Palin should recieve this kind of scrutiny, along with any other candidate running for President of the United States of America. But Obama has somehow managed to fly under the radar with the media. As a result, I. DO. NOT. TRUST. HIM. I have NO idea what he has done in his life, any more than what I would read on a resume. Sorry, but you can't hand me a piece of paper with some qualifications on it and expect me to vote for you.

Am I sold on Obama? No. But McCain has offered nothing in the way of chage from failed Bush policies, and he has introduced a potential huge liability in the event that his 72 year old, history of cancer, body breaks down and Palin takes over. How can anyone in their right mind think she is qualified?

* McCain fought for campaign finance reform — McCain-Feingold — that Bush resisted and ultimately signed because he had no choice.

* McCain led the battle to restrict interrogation techniques of terror suspects and to ban torture.

* McCain went with Joe Lieberman on a tough measure to curb climate change, something Bush denies is going on.

* McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts when they passed.

* McCain urged the Iraq surge, a posture Bush rejected for years before conceding its wisdom.

* McCain favors FDA regulation of tobacco and sponsored legislation to that effect, a position all but a handful of Republican senators oppose.

* McCain’s energy bill, also with Lieberman, is a virtual blueprint for energy independence and development of alternate sources.

* After the Enron scandal, McCain introduced sweeping reforms in corporate governance and legislation to guarantee pensions and prohibit golden parachutes for executives. Bush opposed McCain’s changes and the watered-down Sarbanes-Oxley bill eventuated.

* McCain has been harshly critical of congressional overspending, particularly of budgetary earmarks, a position Bush only lately adopted (after the Democrats took over Congress).

I trust her views, and she has been consistent over the years. Does she have experience? No, but I can think of no better mentor than Senator McCain. I would much rather have that then a President who I seriously question from day one.

We do agree on one thing, though. Jimmy Carter is a fool.

And I noticed how you said zip about Palin - which is why I responded to you in the first place.

http://tinyurl.com/6av585

this is an old school news article. not a smear, with true investigation done. and it might make you think twice about voting blindly for Palin, were McCain to "kick the bucket", as you said.

in fact, everyone should read this...it's an amazing insight into Palin and her past, as well as her potential future.

and if you think that the media hasn't delved into Obama's past enough, fine, that's a valid viewpoint. but if you think McCain's camp hasn't, you're out of your mind. if they found any real dirt on him from his days as a community organizer, it would leak faster than R Kelly at the Kid's Choice Awards.

face it, the reason Palin is getting a harsher light pointed at her is because no one knows anything about her, and she was a very left field choice. you choose Biden, there's much less to tel. he's been a senator for almost 30 years, his shit is out there. Palin hasn't been on the political stage much, and she accepted the gig, so she should accept the scrutiny. and not run hiding behind the campaign trail, only granting ONE interview. (one she blew big time, by the way...like "nucular" big).

read the article on Palin I linked to above. trust me. shady, shady, shady. and this is an investigative journalism piece. it's not a smear.

You are black and I am white, lifes an Eskimo pie lets take a bite. That was groovy thinkin Lincoln when you set them freeeeeee.

That said, once Charlie clarified, Palin still would not give a direct response, so yeah, poop on that.

And Fey was awesome as Palin. The accent was great.

You see a woman that is being scrutinized because "nobody knows anything about her". Fair enough. What I see, on the other hand, is a media who is so arrogant, they are offended that THEY were not told of the choice before the day of the announcement. Since they didn't know about it, that means that she wasn't "properly vetted" and they throw down stupid points like "McCain only met her twice!" to make their point. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that their ego and their politics play a role in the scrutiny she recieves. The media likes to be coddled, and when you don't play their game, they attack.

There are a lot of questions surrounding Barack. Like just today, I read an article that quoted an Iraqi leader as saying that Barack asked them to delay troop withdrawals until after the November elections. What? I suppose the fact that I read this in a newspaper (The New York Post) completely invalidates my argument, but let's just see how the talking heads handle that news. If Palin had done something like that, the news channels would have broken into their regular programming to tell you about this "developing story".

However, there is a rancor on the far left that is skin crawlingly creepy. Just vist HuffPo or Daily Kos and witness the rage and visciousness of some people.

I'm right of center mainly because the Dems have pulled so far left. This is NOT the party of JFK anymore.

Conservatives definitley disagree with modern day liberals but damn...liberals loathe conservatives as despicable humans worthy of death. Where's the so-called compassion and tolerance there?

You want a tough interview? Watch this mofos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Rbu5FxD9IUg

Lobbing soft balls to Obama as illustrated by SNL is classic though. Obermann and Matthews would suck his cock live on-air if they could.

Great name BTW.

Did I mention she has five kids and said "thanks but no thanks to that bridge to nowhere up in Alaska" and figured out how to keep the federal funds for it in-state anyway? Also as far as commander-in-chief cred goes, it's fairly obvious she'll be very "inspiring" to our boys in the military.

As for who loathes whom as despicable humans worthy of death ... have you listened to Limbaugh and Savage? Are you kidding me?

No politician should be given deference because she's a woman. That's why I'm not fond of quotas based on race etc...it's all about ability!

I can't hang with Michael Savage...way too angry. I don't like to rip on people too much but he is just a world class prick. Rush is a blowhard. He's arrogant, a braggart and full of himself...but still listenable. I choose to hear peoples IDEAS even if I don't like their delivery. On the flip side, Randi Rhodes is one hateful little broadcast. Ed Shultz is listenable. Dennis Miller has a great show but I've always been a fan.

BTW, she would only be the VP buddy...why so scared?

However, I have a hard time making a rebuttal, as my government has clearly been butting in on other people's business since at LEAST Kennedy's Administration (if not Truman, even).

However, I still like to think it's a bit unfair to judge a populace by some of their political transgressions. Should I go ahead and assume the Spaniards, the Germans, the French, the Italians,the Russians the Japanese, the Chinese--hell, MOST of the world--are equally laughable and foolish since they at some point or another supported leaders that were terrible choices in hind-sight? Democracy allows for mistakes, my friend.

And I hope that the rest of the world is not basing their decision to support Obama (or rather, NOT support McCain) for such petty reasons.

Are you just being intentionally hyperbolic or do you have specific evidence for your hysteria?

"...has radical views that would only set america back" SUCH AS?

"...i'm just waiting for real nude pic of her to show up online, cause you know she took them all women have" WHY WOULD YOU CARE IF SHE DID? SOUNDS KIND OF SEXIST

(and please before you misread that, know that I am joking with my talkback foe/friend Jimmy_009, and not making fun of my favorite show, the Daily Show...)