Have not watched the whole thing, got in right at the start of Weekend Update, but 2 episodes in really seems to suck?

For the huge staff they have, the come up with some of the worst crap on TV.

The Italian talk show host character, Vinny,. isn't even funny and they keep bring it back? I think it is just lazy?

Does some Ivy league suckup sit in a meeting and actually say 'We should do a Vinny segment with Drew Barrymore"

Not saying everything sucks, Fred Armason does some decent stuff and weekend update in the past has been good, but overall, huge drop in quality. Espeically since Tina Faye left! I think she was the one who amde sure lame shit didn't make the air and the reuse of shitty characters didn't survive.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

As a "comedy expert(??)",I know whats funny! A few weeks ago,Megan Fox was involved in one pretty funny sketch about "Russian Wives". Look it up on YOUTUBE. I missed most of this season,but thought I noticed an improvement last year in the sketch comedy. I actually crack up at the "MacGruber" stuff. I think it has improved from maybe 2 or 3 years ago. They also just lost the great comic who did Sean Connery & a host of other impressions. He left after 14 years on the show! Darrell Hammond was very good.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Add the Kristin Wigg skit "Gilly" to that list. Does anyone find that funny? The first time, maybe, but not over and over (the SNL way).

Seth Meyers really needs a partner for Update. The funnier moments always included him and Amy Pohler.

And as to the musical guests, I am definitely not up on a lot of current music, but when an artist is on the show, I expect to hear that person's current "hit," not some obscure upcoming release.

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No, it sucked a bag of dicks when she was there too.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

Like the board, SNL was better two years ago...

I like Kristen Wig, but that Gilly sketch is unbearable. A lot of them are too formulaic. Every once in a while there's a good sketch that makes the show worth watching.

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"Tubby? Oh yes, Tubby."

For those of you who have not seen the sketch it goes like this
some guy gets hit with a tire iron
Teacher: Gilly??..... Gillllly.... Gilllllllllly... Gilllyy....
Gilly: barely audible sorry.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

There is abolutely nothing remotely funny about this show anymore. As far as sketch comedy goes I am now resorting to watching the whitest kids you know unless old reruns of the state are on.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

You're nuts. She presided over some of the unfunniest years in the history of that show.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

for about 20 years it's sucked.

lorne michaels has lost his ability to judge talent and good humor.

When Tina Fey returned to "Saturday Night Live" last year to play Sarah Palin before the Presidential Election, "SNL" seemed to be temporarily back on track comedically. Unfortunately, "SNL" on the whole hasn't been funny for a long time...Even the reruns which air on E! from time to time aren't all that funny either.

SNL has always been more "miss" than "hit" during its entire 35 year run. I sum it up to these reasons:

1) skits are too long. a team of writers could come up with more ideas, so the ideas they do come up with don't drag on.
2) the repeated use of ideas that were funny maybe once, but just become redundant every other showing (MACGRUBER!)
3) guest host more often than not suck (Megan Fox the most recent example)
4) too many hacks in the cast (Amy Pohler, the fat curly-haired guy on there now, that chick who recently said "fuck" on-air, Joe Piscopo [sp?])
5) They pretend to be "cutting-edge", but are just schills for the corporate/political masters.

Joe Piscopo had a very good run on SNL before he decided to do roids and take his shirt off all the time. Unlike Tina Fey, he was a cast member during an SNL renaissance.

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By the way, I'm old enough to remember when Piscopo not only did the late Frank Sinatra, but also did quite a spoof of ABC News' "Nightline" as Ted Koppel in a classic 1983 skit, GD. The one where "Buckwheat", played by Eddie Murphy, died and they spoofed it the way "Nightline" would've done it. Interestingly enough, Piscopo, Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Billy Crystal & Martin Short were among the stars part of a "SNL" time in the early to mid '80s that was funny and Dick Ebersol, now the chairman of NBC Sports, was actually "SNL's" executive producer.

Andy is one of the worst - is it Andy Samberg?

Yeah, Andy Samberg is part of the current "SNL" cast, Harvey. It seems hard to believe, but Darrell Hammond, who played a mean "Sean Connery" and MSNBC's Chris Matthews among others, has announced he's leaving after 14 years on the show.

Hard to believe? He was there for FOURTEEN YEARS! He was a cast member, not the Pope.

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It's nice to see Shakira performing just short of a pole dance tonight....

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Plus a cameo by the Rock.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

Of course the rest of the show has been typically unfunny. I haven't even come close to cracking a smile, even at the so-called hillarious outtakes from old shows.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

When I first turned it on, I thought it was a repeat. The Beauty and the Beast skit had some moments, but the rest has typically sucked.

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God this show blows. They must be pumping nitrious oxide through the ventilation system in the studio.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

Sponsored by Bud Light. They probably passed out many, many bottles to the audience before the show.

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what do you mean just short? She pretty much fucked the speaker.

Those were footages from dress rehearsals.

Lucky speaker.

But it wasn't a pole.

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Well whatever they were, they sucked.

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"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." ~ H.L. Mencken

Pole dancing:

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

"What Up With That?" was completely redeemed by the guy in the red track suit doing some excellent white guy dances.