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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 08:32 AM Jan 2018

SNL pretty lame last nite...

some of the skits could have been written in 1982....cornball old person humor....not cutting edge...and this is a 66 year old speaking...the young ones can't relate to that crap. 2017 was pretty good....this year downhill so far.

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SNL pretty lame last nite... (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Jan 2018 OP
Absolutely agree. Really boring stuff Funtatlaguy Jan 2018 #1
Yup, borrrrrrrrriiiiing. zzzzzz InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2018 #2
Y'all do know who Will Farrell is, right? yallerdawg Jan 2018 #3
Ferrells Bush opening was the only funny bit. Funtatlaguy Jan 2018 #4
That music DID make my ears "bleed"! yallerdawg Jan 2018 #7
Glad someone liked it....lol. Funtatlaguy Jan 2018 #8
Yep. Sturgill Simpson blew my mind ghostsinthemachine Jan 2018 #9
To get good 'country' you have to go back to 'The Masters.' yallerdawg Jan 2018 #10
Couldnt agree more; best country band ever, bah fahr Gabi Hayes Jan 2018 #12
You know what's even more boring than SNL? Dennis Donovan Jan 2018 #5
Not necessarily. Funtatlaguy Jan 2018 #6
Personally, I enjoyed the extreme nonsense last night Generic Brad Jan 2018 #11
I thought the dinner sketch was pretty good. bluedigger Jan 2018 #13
Will Ferrell seemed to be in every skit LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #14
I used to work in the cosmetic field jodymarie aimee Jan 2018 #15
thank goodness for fast-forward button. /nt IcyPeas Jan 2018 #16

Funtatlaguy

(10,855 posts)
1. Absolutely agree. Really boring stuff
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 08:42 AM
Jan 2018

I’m wondering if they are purposely backing off of the political humor for some reason.
Has Alec Baldwin grown tired of playing Trump?
If I was Lorne Michaels, I would have Kate McKinnon in almost every skit.
She is unbelievably talented.


yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
3. Y'all do know who Will Farrell is, right?
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:01 AM
Jan 2018

Just this week we got 'revisionist history' going on the popularity of Bush 2.0. Timely.

SNL has always had a particular slant on humor - what would a stoned, buzzed viewer think is funny late on a Saturday night? I'd say, just about anything. That's a trademark of SNL.

And then there's this!

Funtatlaguy

(10,855 posts)
4. Ferrells Bush opening was the only funny bit.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:11 AM
Jan 2018

And that “music” made my ears bleed.
But, then, I hate almost all country music.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
7. That music DID make my ears "bleed"!
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:24 AM
Jan 2018

Real musicians playing real instruments and shredding their guitars?

For years now, if you wanna hear rock 'n' roll, dial up the 'country' station!

Funtatlaguy

(10,855 posts)
8. Glad someone liked it....lol.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:29 AM
Jan 2018

Plus, as a fellar yellow dawg Dem, we are sympatico where it counts the most. Ha.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
9. Yep. Sturgill Simpson blew my mind
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:52 AM
Jan 2018

last year at hardly strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco. Was an amazing show. Hardly country at all, more like funky swamp rock with horns and man, it was good. http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2017/webcast/?mrid=114074

Funtatlaguy

(10,855 posts)
6. Not necessarily.
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:19 AM
Jan 2018

I betcha somebody that works on that show reads this site.
All good producers, actors, and writers like constructive feedback if it is civil and done with good intent.

Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
11. Personally, I enjoyed the extreme nonsense last night
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 10:07 AM
Jan 2018

I needed a break from the gloom and doom of the news and the state of the country. The silliness was appreciated.

14. Will Ferrell seemed to be in every skit
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 04:57 PM
Jan 2018

He's not as talented as he thinks he is. Other than playing Bush he's pretty uninspiring.

Plus he had had a lousy face lift. I didn't recognize him during the opening.

Even Weekend Update was weak this week.

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
15. I used to work in the cosmetic field
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 05:08 PM
Jan 2018

I spotted the bad plastic surgery immediately...It was just a really bad show last nite. Farrell does slapstick,,,so that is where the writers went.

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