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SNL Season Finale

Ben Affleck hosted and hit the famous Five Timers Club. However, nobody from the club showed up for him as they did for Justin Timberlake several weeks back.

That's ok because I'd say most of the attention was on the castmembers who are leaving or might be leaving.

**SPOILERS***

Bill Hader got his final appearance as Stefon on Weekend Update. Stefon didn't think Seth Myers respected him so he ran off to get married (to Anderson Cooper) but Seth ran off to find him and stopped the wedding and brought Stefon back to the studio for the Update goodbye. We also got a surprise appearance from Amy Poehler and they gave us a "Really! With Seth and Amy".

Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis have been mentioned as possibly leaving after the season. If the final sketch is any indication, I think they've made up their minds. Bill, Fred, and Jason all played band members who were leaving to go on tour and they were saying goodbye. Naturally, I can't think of the song Fred sang but it was pretty obvious, to me anyway, that they were saying goodbye to everyone and the show. Several musicians joined them as the sketch went on including actress Kerry Brownstein who is Fred's business partner. This was their goodbye just as Kristin Wiig got one last year with all the castmembers dancing with her.

During the final cast goodbye, Bill and Fred were front and center waving goodbye but did anyone notice Jason was nowhere to be seen, just like last year when he floated into the back of the scene after his dance with Kristin.

Seth Myers will also eventually be leaving as he takes over Late Night next spring but I THINK, although I could be wrong, that he might still be back in the fall and stick around for a few months.
 
Too bad it wasn't the series finale. I am really not sure why SNL continues. It's not even remotely funny.
 
Casey said:
Too bad it wasn't the series finale. I am really not sure why SNL continues. It's not even remotely funny.
Perhaps because for NBC it won their February sweeps (& that was with only 2 new episodes)
 
When I saw that horrible, nasty acupuncture skit a couple of weekends ago, I said "screw it" to SNL. I never watch it anyways and wanted to see how bad it was...

-crainbebo
 
Irishfl said:
Casey said:
Too bad it wasn't the series finale. I am really not sure why SNL continues. It's not even remotely funny.
Perhaps because for NBC it won their February sweeps (& that was with only 2 new episodes)
What are they down to, 16 shows each season? Seems like the weeks they're off are always when some big news/political development comes up that might have comedic potential(Or at least it would if they had the type of casts they used to have). Hard to do topical humor when so many of their jokes end up falling flat because of all the lag time, 'Hey, you know that thing that happened last month when we were in reruns? REALLY, thing?' ::)
 
onairb said:
Irishfl said:
Casey said:
Too bad it wasn't the series finale. I am really not sure why SNL continues. It's not even remotely funny.
Perhaps because for NBC it won their February sweeps (& that was with only 2 new episodes)
What are they down to, 16 shows each season? Seems like the weeks they're off are always when some big news/political development comes up that might have comedic potential(Or at least it would if they had the type of casts they used to have). Hard to do topical humor when so many of their jokes end up falling flat because of all the lag time, 'Hey, you know that thing that happened last month when we were in reruns? REALLY, thing?' ::)

Nope, 22. But they have to stretch that over 33-35 weeks.
 
It seems that over the past three decades there has always been a "SNL's not as good as it used to be" contingent. There have been highs and lows in every era of the show. Even the original '70s cast had to deal with a clunky sketch now and again.
 
rnigma said:
It seems that over the past three decades there has always been a "SNL's not as good as it used to be" contingent. There have been highs and lows in every era of the show. Even the original '70s cast had to deal with a clunky sketch now and again.

The difference now is that there are better, funnier alternatives for topical humor. The skits on The Daily Show and Colbert Report are what my co-workers talk about the next day, never about SNL anymore.
 
After watching the box set of the 1975-1976 season, Jane Curtin said on NPR that "Saturday Night Live was never as good as it used to be."

When people remember the glory days of SNL they only remember the high points, and forget the other 90% of the show. It's always been a mixed bag, but enough "Mr. Bill Shows" and "Coneheads" can make people forget "Bee Hospital" and "The Fabulous Blaine Hotel."

People watching SNL today don't think about the fact that its ratio of genius to crap is about the same as it was back in 1975. They compare each week's episode to a mythical episode that never existed that was only the good stuff of 1975-1980 instead of to each individual episode.

I also love what Harry Shearer had to say about his experiences: "There are two ways of doing things: the right way and Saturday Night Live."
 
Pab Sungenis said:
After watching the box set of the 1975-1976 season, Jane Curtin said on NPR that "Saturday Night Live was never as good as it used to be."

When people remember the glory days of SNL they only remember the high points, and forget the other 90% of the show. It's always been a mixed bag, but enough "Mr. Bill Shows" and "Coneheads" can make people forget "Bee Hospital" and "The Fabulous Blaine Hotel."

People watching SNL today don't think about the fact that its ratio of genius to crap is about the same as it was back in 1975. They compare each week's episode to a mythical episode that never existed that was only the good stuff of 1975-1980 instead of to each individual episode.

I also love what Harry Shearer had to say about his experiences: "There are two ways of doing things: the right way and Saturday Night Live."

Plus, in the intervening decades, we all grew up! As a teenager in 1975, what I thought was humorous is much, much different than it is today.
 
rnigma said:
It seems that over the past three decades there has always been a "SNL's not as good as it used to be" contingent. There have been highs and lows in every era of the show. Even the original '70s cast had to deal with a clunky sketch now and again.

benwolf said:
The difference now is that there are better, funnier alternatives for topical humor. The skits on The Daily Show and Colbert Report are what my co-workers talk about the next day, never about SNL anymore.

Do you work on Sundays? Maybe by the time Monday rolls around your co-workers gotten SNL out of their system. I don't watch Daily Show or Colbert Report so I can't comment on how they are "better, funnier alternatives for topical humor" but in a crowded weekday talk show lineup (including CBS, NBC, ABC & TBS) SNL has their night to themselves.
 
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