Man they really got them libs!

I thought it was actually a pretty funny episode.

Much better than the humorless girl from 50 Shades of Grey the show before it.

The secret to SNL has always been that it is a bunch of average to below average skits with moments of true greatness interspersed in with some real clunkers towards the end of the show. We remember the top 5 or so skits from every year and then forget the rest. It still produces those hits.

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Republicans consistently provide comedic fodder. And Im no card carrying democrat, but they just have so much lunacy on the right, SNL would have to ignore politics altogether to avoid the bias you see.

there should be enough out of touch comedy out there for jimmy to enjoy.

SNL is only as good as the sum of its parts when there's talent working on it. when the pool is shallow, the show is unwatchable. i still prefer sketch comedy shows to be 30 minutes long...all the greatest were. "flying circus", "in living color", "kids in the hall", "the state", "mr. show", "chappelle's show"...

To piggyback on both of these points, also remember that a lot of us got acquainted with the best years of SNL through reruns on Comedy Central, which were cut down to an hour. Not only are we selective-memory-ing out the chaff, we may have never seen it in the first place.

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The Carol Burnett Show was damn good back in the day for a 60 min show I recall.

i religiously watched the show from 89-93, live...i saw many of the not ready players on VHS compilations or on CC, along with the 80's stuff...i still remember seeing those mid 80's episodes and thinking...this makes "fridays" look brilliant.

wasn't that more of a variety show?

Classified as I suppose but more sketch comedy than anything.Been a long time ago just going by memory.

Brunette would have some variety music guest but the gist was her, Carol Lawrence, Harvey Korman and Tim Conway killing it every week.

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SNL kind of tows the line because it's somewhat of a variety show with the host segments and musical guests. but it's driven by sketch comedy. and a lot of times, only about 30 minutes of it is hilarious.

Seems like same kind of shows just slightly different formats.

and consistently better talent on carol burnett

Really have not watched SNL since about 1990 other than recent special so out of loop on recent shows. Just do not have interest in it anymore I guess.

I am sure this is true especially now.

i always thought that the first 1/2 hour of SNL from the 90's till the ferrell era were solid and watchable. not over the top hilarious all the time but worth watching. but you guys are right. even if you watch the old old ones, there were only a few gems a week and the rest were turds. the last 6-7 seasons though there is maybe one chuckle out of me anymore. i jsut wait until facebook tells me there was a funny sketch then watch it. i can't imagine their ratings are good at all. they just can't be.

The biggest problem i have outside of too many talentless losers is that when they do finally have a funny sketch, it just lingers FOREVER. they are always like 30 seconds too long.

i thought for sure getting rid of seth meyers would help the writing. he's just a miserable unfunny cretin. i can't imagine watching his talk show. but alas. it hasnt'.

SNL before Phil Hartman, Dennis Miller, and Dana Carvey was particularly brutal.

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I will disagree with this statement. the comedic bits are based off of what the media actually covers. Joe Biden..is just as awful as W in terms of putting his foot in has mouth and he gets a pass. Obama has plenty of dings to poke fun at: playing basketball, smoking, being from Chicago...and they he's gotten a pass. Bill Clinton was handled with kid gloves during the whole Lewinsky mess. I guarantee Hillary has done some stupid crap as well...on and on.

I'm not saying the Rights do not deserve to poked fun at...they absolutely do. From Drill Baby Drill, Palin, W....no shortage of meatballs and stupidity. They have consistently served straight fastballs down the middle for shows like SNL.

The reality is, there's one Fox news which is the extreme, but the Dems have Hollywood, and all the "legit", mainstream news outlets serving as a buffer for them. Media coverage is lopsided....has been for as long as I can remember...if you can't see that you're not paying attention.

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i think you mean Vicki Lawrence, aka Mama

hey you gotta give the 1/2 hour news hour this: they totally nailed the GUN FREE ZONE!!! stickers that started popping up a year or two ago roughly 5yrs b4 that. i first saw the modern ones at a FEMA office by the des plaines metra station and now i just chortle whenever i see them everywhere like "WHO THE HELL ARE THESE THINGS FOR?!?!" -- 1/2 hour news hour was out way ahead of me!

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Sorry, just saw this now.

Biden gets a lot of shit but he isnt President. If he was, you could compare it with Bush.

Clinton was MURDERED by SNL during the Lewinsky thing. Every week they had something.

Of course there are things on the left to make fun of, but I dont think you can deny that the right (especially the southern religious right) gives a lot more to work with.

The media coverage is not as forever as you make it out to be. Right now the media is left thought, that's true. Might not be that way forever and wasnt always that way.

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Fox news is a comedy show.

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That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

What, are we not supposed to acknowledge its existence -- and the pain and suffering it brings to American society -- because you might get your fee-fees hurt?

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The religious right is hilarious, Hawg. They are concentrated in the south. I only included south because when talking politics it always gets territorial.

There are a lot of intelligent good people in the south, too, obviously.

And because when it comes to religious crazies, who's doing the most damage? Not a bunch of Congregationalists up in Vermont. It's Southern Baptists and people like them.

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Agreed. Probably enough to fill a minor league stadium!

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