How The Classic '94-'95 Season Of 'SNL' Almost Sabotaged The Show
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Mac's
There's a bunch of things in this video that they got wrong. Janeane left in February, not March. They showed a photo of Siobhan Fallon when discussing Morwenna Banks. Mike Myers was already a semi-established star following the Wayne's World movies, and I get the feeling that the narrator just doesn't like Chris Elliot for some reason. He was only there for one season but he did have his moments where his oddball humor worked great like George Foreman reading him a bedtime story. Season 20 was panned, and often considered a lowpoint for SNL like Seasons 6 & 11, but this whole video reads like a high school book report. Also there's a few lines lifted directly from the infamous New York Magazine article.
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There's a bunch of things in this video that they got wrong. Janeane left in February, not March. They showed a photo of Siobhan Fallon when discussing Morwenna Banks. Mike Myers was already a semi-established star following the Wayne's World movies, and I get the feeling that the narrator just doesn't like Chris Elliot for some reason. He was only there for one season but he did have his moments where his oddball humor worked great like George Foreman reading him a bedtime story. Season 20 was panned, and often considered a lowpoint for SNL like Seasons 6 & 11, but this whole video reads like a high school book report. Also there's a few lines lifted directly from the infamous New York Magazine article.
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Semechki
nice to know that SNL has always sucked. I was surprised when you said that mike myers was on it, because he's actually funny, but then you said he quit early and called working there a combination of love boat and das boot, and it all made sense. that roast is probably better than anything ever broadcast on SNL
the whole big comedy committe format seems to be really bad. we have a somewhat similar show in germany called die anstalt (the institution) that's also intensely unfunny, and we have other comedy shows more like last week tonight or the daily show that are way better, as are the american ones compared to SNL.
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nice to know that SNL has always sucked. I was surprised when you said that mike myers was on it, because he's actually funny, but then you said he quit early and called working there a combination of love boat and das boot, and it all made sense. that roast is probably better than anything ever broadcast on SNL
the whole big comedy committe format seems to be really bad. we have a somewhat similar show in germany called die anstalt (the institution) that's also intensely unfunny, and we have other comedy shows more like last week tonight or the daily show that are way better, as are the american ones compared to SNL.
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Mark
I remember this season. It was so disappointing to see so much great talent go to waste on such unfunny material. There were some good bits here and there for the dedicated watcher, but it reminded me so much of the season 11 bomb that had all those great cast members like Robert Downey Jr, Randy Quaid and Joan Cusack, performing some of the most awkward and obtuse comedy Id ever seen. Actually, that first season without Lorne had a similar vibe as well. Tim Kazurinsky was a funny guy, just not on that show with that cast. Just goes to show you that chemistry counts - a lot.
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I remember this season. It was so disappointing to see so much great talent go to waste on such unfunny material. There were some good bits here and there for the dedicated watcher, but it reminded me so much of the season 11 bomb that had all those great cast members like Robert Downey Jr, Randy Quaid and Joan Cusack, performing some of the most awkward and obtuse comedy Id ever seen. Actually, that first season without Lorne had a similar vibe as well. Tim Kazurinsky was a funny guy, just not on that show with that cast. Just goes to show you that chemistry counts - a lot.
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Paul
Saturday night live is pure crap! Rehashed, awful skits done by terrible actors. In the 70 and early 80s is was brilliant! The days of Bill Murray, Jane Curtain, Akroid, Buleshi, and others it was unbeatable! Eddie Murphy probably saved it from getting cancelled. I would use todays skits as a torture device to get confessions from prisoners. Its that bad! Did I mention its rehashed, just plain dumb skits? Valley people skits? Ya all seen that? Kristina Wig is great, but even this makes her look cringeworthy!
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Saturday night live is pure crap! Rehashed, awful skits done by terrible actors. In the 70 and early 80s is was brilliant! The days of Bill Murray, Jane Curtain, Akroid, Buleshi, and others it was unbeatable! Eddie Murphy probably saved it from getting cancelled. I would use todays skits as a torture device to get confessions from prisoners. Its that bad! Did I mention its rehashed, just plain dumb skits? Valley people skits? Ya all seen that? Kristina Wig is great, but even this makes her look cringeworthy!
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RedDragonM1
This season was seen at it's golden age of the '90s. unlike NOW. where it went so far left, it's just not funny anymore. it has moments like Weekend Update where they toss caution to the wind. but all most of all of it is crap. 123, 335, 556, 768, 122, 446 TRUMP jokes aren't funny. if they hate him so much, they could've done more than just went with if me make tons of jokes. maybe he'll go away! That's not good satire, they could've taken more risks to show the world what a monster that man was!
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This season was seen at it's golden age of the '90s. unlike NOW. where it went so far left, it's just not funny anymore. it has moments like Weekend Update where they toss caution to the wind. but all most of all of it is crap. 123, 335, 556, 768, 122, 446 TRUMP jokes aren't funny. if they hate him so much, they could've done more than just went with if me make tons of jokes. maybe he'll go away! That's not good satire, they could've taken more risks to show the world what a monster that man was!
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McCallos
that era is so overrated. i was there, and we watched weekly. while there are some famous and hilarious sketches, overall it was more miss than hit. instead of sketches having many different jokes layered throughout, they would just take one tired premise and hammer it over and over. the writing and performances were lazy and not up to par. the next era really brought it back tho, oteri, ferrell, and kattan were great
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that era is so overrated. i was there, and we watched weekly. while there are some famous and hilarious sketches, overall it was more miss than hit. instead of sketches having many different jokes layered throughout, they would just take one tired premise and hammer it over and over. the writing and performances were lazy and not up to par. the next era really brought it back tho, oteri, ferrell, and kattan were great
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nico
Dude that cast was great. If you go just before Kightlinger, Elliot, and McKeown when Carvey, Hartman, and Myers were still there with Sandler and co. That was one of the best. As a kid I watched from late eighties into 2000s regularly and that cast is tied with the 2010 Armisen/Whiig/Sudeikis/Hader/Samberg cast for best cast ever.
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Dude that cast was great. If you go just before Kightlinger, Elliot, and McKeown when Carvey, Hartman, and Myers were still there with Sandler and co. That was one of the best. As a kid I watched from late eighties into 2000s regularly and that cast is tied with the 2010 Armisen/Whiig/Sudeikis/Hader/Samberg cast for best cast ever.
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Marijka
I got a summer waitress job at freaking Waffle House at age 16 so I could buy a teeny black & white portable tv for my bedroom to watch SNL! I'm old enough to vote for the brilliant ORIGINAL CAST, which I watched live, and my favorite of all time is Gilda Radner.
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I got a summer waitress job at freaking Waffle House at age 16 so I could buy a teeny black & white portable tv for my bedroom to watch SNL! I'm old enough to vote for the brilliant ORIGINAL CAST, which I watched live, and my favorite of all time is Gilda Radner.
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Robert
After the mass exodus was when I stopped watching snl and I havent watched much since thats also when I noticed thats the start of too soon and you cant joke about that seemed to start when everyone got too sensitive leading to todays cancel culture bs
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After the mass exodus was when I stopped watching snl and I havent watched much since thats also when I noticed thats the start of too soon and you cant joke about that seemed to start when everyone got too sensitive leading to todays cancel culture bs
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Professional
This is actually the turning point when SNL started to go down the drain. None of those new cast members were as talented or funny as the early 90s cast, and the show has gone downhill since then to become just completely unfunny.
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This is actually the turning point when SNL started to go down the drain. None of those new cast members were as talented or funny as the early 90s cast, and the show has gone downhill since then to become just completely unfunny.
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Bill
This was my favorite SNL era and I love that most of the group stuck together through Adam Sandler movies and other related projects. Dont get me wrong, I love Will Ferrel, but I couldnt really watch any more without Farley and Sandler.
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This was my favorite SNL era and I love that most of the group stuck together through Adam Sandler movies and other related projects. Dont get me wrong, I love Will Ferrel, but I couldnt really watch any more without Farley and Sandler.
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John
This video is the worst. Extolling the virtues of the unfunny Janneane Garofalo, Laura Kitlinger and Al Franken and criticizing some of he greatest SNL performers. Garofoalo is as pretentious as they come and had no business on SNL.
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This video is the worst. Extolling the virtues of the unfunny Janneane Garofalo, Laura Kitlinger and Al Franken and criticizing some of he greatest SNL performers. Garofoalo is as pretentious as they come and had no business on SNL.
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Zane
I read Gasping for Airtime by Jay Mohr based on his SNL experience and he echoed these same things. I remember no one was watching by that time. I sat through half an show and only laughed during Weekend Update.
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I read Gasping for Airtime by Jay Mohr based on his SNL experience and he echoed these same things. I remember no one was watching by that time. I sat through half an show and only laughed during Weekend Update.
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Kat
most of this is wrong my dad was excited to watch this cause he loves snl and knows everything about it, literally EVERYTHING, and he says most of this was either incorrect or things were taken out of context
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most of this is wrong my dad was excited to watch this cause he loves snl and knows everything about it, literally EVERYTHING, and he says most of this was either incorrect or things were taken out of context
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bossfan49
There's a lot of unrelated photos and footage in here. Discussing cast members while showing pictures of other cast members. often that weren't even in the cast that's being discussed. Terrible editing.
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There's a lot of unrelated photos and footage in here. Discussing cast members while showing pictures of other cast members. often that weren't even in the cast that's being discussed. Terrible editing.
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AldousHuxleysCat
I don't think you can call Chris Elliott a newcomer at this point, he worked for Letterman for many years and even been in a terrible movie I think the name of it was cabin boy.
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I don't think you can call Chris Elliott a newcomer at this point, he worked for Letterman for many years and even been in a terrible movie I think the name of it was cabin boy.
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Peter
I remember hearing and seeing the cast call at the beginning of the first episode of the 21st season and thinking, Wow, I know almost none of these people. What happened to everyone!
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I remember hearing and seeing the cast call at the beginning of the first episode of the 21st season and thinking, Wow, I know almost none of these people. What happened to everyone!
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Jeff
For fans of the Simsons, Ian Maxtone-Grahame was the genius who thought it would be fun to kill off Maude Flanders which killed whatever quality was left in the show. Good for Norm.
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For fans of the Simsons, Ian Maxtone-Grahame was the genius who thought it would be fun to kill off Maude Flanders which killed whatever quality was left in the show. Good for Norm.
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Benj
Phil Hartman was the glue of the 90s and he balanced the Frat Boy humor of Farley, Spade and Sandler. Once he was gone, sadly a full changing of the guard had to happen
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Phil Hartman was the glue of the 90s and he balanced the Frat Boy humor of Farley, Spade and Sandler. Once he was gone, sadly a full changing of the guard had to happen
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TPTGopher
If only it had been the killing blow, and SNL didn't live for its modern iteration to become the exact thing Aykroyd/Belushi/Chase SNL was a rebellion against.
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If only it had been the killing blow, and SNL didn't live for its modern iteration to become the exact thing Aykroyd/Belushi/Chase SNL was a rebellion against.
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