Just the audience shots were amazing. That was a crowd full of comedy all stars.
SNL 50 (favorite skits)
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I've liked the cast over the last couple of years. Someone hit it on the head, the recurring skits are what they are missing out on (movie type level) but I think episodes have been fairly solid for the most part. Good variety of things too.
Probably not popular to say today with DEI, but I think the diversity really helps this cast. The other thing I’ll say is that the ability of the host to participate makes a huge difference. Athletes and musicians usually don’t add much. That’s why you see the same people hosting again and again.
Just finished watching the SNL 50 Homecoming concert that was held on Friday. Really good. I may have enjoyed it more than the anniversary special.
He pretty much saved SNL during the early 1980s. SNL was close to being cancelled a few times then.
I don’t watch much but when I have weekend update is really funny.
Not saying the show is as good as it has been, but if you watched full episodes from any era and not just highlights of the best skits, and there were lots of duds.
Plus I think people look at the old rosters that had tons of success after SNL and think the show was automatically better.
Not to mention the “the show sucks now compared to what it used to be” had been a constant since I was a kid watching in the mid 90s.
A huge % of humans think the comedy of their teens and 20s is the peak of humor. There have been studies. It’s just human nature.
I used to tape snl in late 80s snd 90s and watch on Sunday mornings. Tradition started with my family. We’d all agree to skip musical guest 90% of time and about a third of sketches. Tricky part was not fast forwarding past a fake commercial.
I’ve been watching on Sunday mornings on youtube now for many years the same way. Skip musical guest 90% of time and skip a sketch after a minute if not funny.
