# Colin Quinn's New Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2002, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712 "2002-12-10T04:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/21 "2002-12-11T00:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hastur \* > \*\*Does he not realize that he stopped being amusing after Remote Control was cancelled? \*\* Hate to burst your bubble, but he wasn’t funny then, either. ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/22 "2002-12-11T00:51:54Z")
Colin Quinn is anti-funny: he annihilates the surrounding humor. I heart Jimmy & Tina, though. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/23 "2002-12-11T00:59:56Z")
i saw the pre-show rant. unfunny de mucho… it is so bad, that i’m looking for it to be on for a long time. (cf. arsenio) ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/24 "2002-12-11T01:02:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\ ***Continuing the SNL/WU hijack…** > > Best Weekend Update anchor: Dennis Miller > Worst: Norm MacDonald \*\* YOU SPEAK LIES!!! LIIIIIIEEEEESSSSSS!!! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/25 "2002-12-11T02:16:56Z")
Nah, Dennis Miller was the best, definitely. Colin was the worst. Norm wasn’t that bad. Not as good as some of the others, but not bad. ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/26 "2002-12-11T02:37:56Z")
Norm got **REALLY** annoying and tired and boring when he kept harping on OJ Simpon and his relationship with Brandon Tarticoff (SP?) and his incessant need to insert the phrase _crack whore_ at least 3 times in every **Weekend Update** segment and his ending every Update segment with some unfunny comment about Frank Stallone. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/27 "2002-12-11T02:48:02Z")
You guys who think Colin Quinn was the worst have obviously never seen Charles Rocket do the job. That is, before he was kicked off the show for saying the big F word during update. Weekend Update anchors, in order of best to worst: 1. Dennis Miller 2. Norm MacDonald 3. Chevy Chase 4. Tina Fey/Jimmy Fallon 5. Bill Murray/Jane Curtin 6. Dan Ayckroyd/Jane Curtin 7. Colin Quinn 8. Kevin Nealon 9. Brian Doyle-Murray 10. Christopher Guest 11. Brad Hall 12. Mary Gross 13. Charles Rocket 14. Gail Matthias 15. Christine Ebersol Now that I’ve listed them all, I’ve decided that Colin Quinn wasn’t that bad. God, the early 80’s of that show sucked. Especially the Dick Ebersol years, before Lorne Michaels came back in from the wilderness. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/28 "2002-12-11T03:25:24Z")
Well, I’ll give you that. I’ve never even heard of Charles Rocket. When was he on? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/29 "2002-12-11T03:38:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Well, I’ll give you that. I’ve never even heard of Charles Rocket. When was he on? \*\* He was a cast member during the ill-fated 1980-81 season. IIRC, he said the “f-word” on the air and got the boot. He would then go on the plague such shows as _Moonlighting_ (David’s brother) and _Max Headroom_ (head of Network 66). ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/30 "2002-12-11T03:48:29Z")
Colin Quinn was in _Comedian_, the documentary about Jerry Seinfield coming back to being a stand-up. He kept saying things that made all the other comics squirt milk through their noses. I guess you had to be there. Weirdly, I was going to start a Rate the Weekend Update Anchors thread after reading the great oral history of the show _Live from New York_, but then I realized that the book pretty much skipped over the anchors for the lost five years that Rocket et al. were on. So here’s the rest: 1. Dennis Miller 2. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/31 "2002-12-11T03:53:52Z")
How in the world did that happen? Anyway, here’s the list, minus those I don’t care about: 1. Dennis Miller 2. Chevy Chase 3. Tina Fey/Jimmy Fallon 4. Jane Curtin w/ Dan Ayckroyd 5. Jane Curtin w/Bill Murray 1. Colin Quinn 2. Kevin Nealon 1. Norm MacDonald ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/32 "2002-12-11T04:48:36Z")
For reasons unknown to anyone in the universe, I’m watching this festering boil of a show again. I think it’s because I really like Janeane Garofalo. On that note, she looks so uncomfortable there. And Colin is scaring the hell out of some kid. I’m guessing this thing doesn’t make it out of the week. Even Colin is admitting the show sucks. They cancelled “Battlebots” and gave us this? I’ll take the robots any day, even if I have to put up with Carmen Electra. Oh, by the way, Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd were the best on Weekend Update. -brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/33 "2002-12-11T04:58:49Z")
Oh my god is this show horrible. Please replace it with something better, maybe Blossom - that was funnier, no? BTWIMHO the absolute GREATEST person ever on Weekend Update (not just anchors) is easily Gilda Radner. Mr. Richard Fedder of Fort Lee, New Jersey wrote in to tell me that. What’s that? Oh. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/34 "2002-12-11T05:24:09Z")
Jesus god, this show stinks so much I feel like I ought to be watching it in a well-ventilated area. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/35 "2002-12-11T15:08:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*I give Colin’s show a week and a half before Comedy Central pulls the plug. They killed Chris Wylde after three weeks, and that was better than this. \*\* Chris Wylde will always have a special place in my heart because he said the funniest word I’ve heard in my life: assgasms. _Assgasms!_ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/36 "2002-12-11T15:26:01Z")
Did Quinn try to do this show last year? It sucked then, it sucks even worse now. Poor Jeanine Garofolo for showing up. It’s _Politically Incorrect_ without the politics or feigned intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/37 "2002-12-11T15:45:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by king of spain \* > **Colin Quinn is anti-funny: he annihilates the surrounding humor.** He has this in common with Norm MacDonald, Pauly Shore, Chris Tucker and Martin Lawrence. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/38 "2002-12-11T17:24:03Z")
> [@](#): > > He has this in common with Norm MacDonald, Pauly Shore, **Chris Tucker** and Martin Lawrence. You take that back! Chris Tucker is hilarious. I watched the opening 5 minutes or so of last night’s debacle, and my God, all I could think was, “Get out, Janeane! Get out while you can!” There’s something terribly painful about watching people trot out mean-spirited “jokes” that you know they spent weeks preparing, and acting like their one-liners just occured to them. “Coyotes with AIDS”? Wtf? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/39 "2002-12-11T17:34:44Z")
I saw a bit as well, “PI” was my reaction. BTW, I’m waiting for Jimmy to call Tina an ignorant slut. (she writes it, so I doubt it’ll happen). ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712/40 "2002-12-11T18:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brianjedi \* > \*\*For reasons unknown to anyone in the universe, I’m watching this festering boil of a show again. I think it’s because I really like Janeane Garofalo. On that note, she looks so uncomfortable there. And Colin is scaring the hell out of some kid. I’m guessing this thing doesn’t make it out of the week. Even Colin is admitting the show sucks. > > -brianjedi \*\* The only person I pitied more than Janeane was that little girl Colin was grilling. I miss Bill Maher. And I love Janeane Garofalo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-quinns-new-show/141712.md?page=3)