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post #16 of 28
10/22/08 at 12:39am
NBC hasn't missed a trick -- Fey's Palin has driven ratings through the roof, and they've been posting all sorts of clips online.
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post #17 of 28
10/22/08 at 1:45am
Great info Doc, thank you!
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post #18 of 28
10/22/08 at 2:03am
+1 on SNL going downhill.

The Tina Fey Palin impression is very good but not funny. The 2-3 skits where she impersonated Palin where sub-par at best. It baffles me how everyone is raving about how funny the skits are. The impression reminds me of the lardo Frank Calliendo, his impressions are spot on but not funny in the least. However the shitty Palin skits pairs well with the rest of the show. The best writers have to be on the Colbert Report by far.
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post #19 of 28
10/22/08 at 2:20am
I don't get the SNL hate. I think it's been funnier lately than it has been in years. Amy Poehler is one of the best female cast members the show's ever had.

For the folks who think it's gone downhill, what era do you think was better?
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post #20 of 28
10/22/08 at 2:57am
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Originally Posted by DocHolliday View Post
I don't get the SNL hate. I think it's been funnier lately than it has been in years. Amy Poehler is one of the best female cast members the show's ever had. For the folks who think it's gone downhill, what era do you think was better?
Mid-90's was sheer brilliance, week after week.
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post #21 of 28
10/22/08 at 3:08am
It is hard to to say just one era or cast. I think anything between 1990-2000 is some of the best SNL. If Jimmy Fallon jumped off a bridge in 2000 I could have thrown in a few more years.
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post #22 of 28
10/22/08 at 4:06am
Late 80s-Mid 90s. Guaranteed to have me in tears by 1am.
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post #23 of 28
10/22/08 at 5:11am
Fucker ruined this thread.
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post #24 of 28
10/22/08 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by DocHolliday View Post
Amy Poehler is one of the best female cast members the show's ever had.
I'll second that. She is hilarious, and was great in the Palin rap.
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Mid-90's was sheer brilliance, week after week.
What were you, 8? Of course it seemed like the funniest thing ever. The editing of the skits is still sub-par--they go on way too long and are inconsistent, but they have a good cast.
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post #25 of 28
10/22/08 at 12:16pm
It would have been much better if she was sitting on my face.
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post #26 of 28
10/22/08 at 12:40pm
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Late 80s-Mid 90s. Guaranteed to have me in tears by 1am.

I've watched a lot of SNL -- admittedly, a big chunk was long after it originally aired -- and I'd say '86 to about '90 was the best run in the show's history. Much of the stuff since then has been pretty dire. Can't stand Will Ferrell, for example. But I agree with chorse that the current cast is great. I'd put them second only to Carvey, Hartman et al.
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post #27 of 28
10/22/08 at 5:02pm
Most of the cast is excellent (Poehler and Hader especially), but the writing just isn't up to par. The Daily Show and Colbert have superior writing (ofcourse, one might say that what they do is a bit easier, as the jokes seem to write themselves recently).

SNL tends to have like one great sketch per episode, a few that are kinda funny and the rest tend to be more or less embarassing.
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post #28 of 28
10/22/08 at 5:08pm
The stuff she says in real life is so much funnier than the SNL material

Palin Says Vice President "In Charge Of" Senate

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