# Saturday Night Live: There is no reason why this show should suck so hard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554 "2005-10-30T03:57:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/61 "2005-10-31T14:16:42Z")
Even 3 years ago, with largely the same cast, the show was pretty funny. I remember having high expectations for the 2004-05 season because they’d have the election to play with, but things just started sucking. I think that’s when Amy Poehler was really getting pushed as the star. She can be funny, but I don’t want to see her in every skit and hosting update. Tina Fey needs a foil (like Jimmy Fallon was) for that bit to work right. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/62 "2005-10-31T14:34:53Z")
The only time I laughed at this week’s show was the WU joke about Bush’s approval rating on the handling of the war. Paraphrasing, of course: > [@](#): > > “Polls show that 66% of Americans do not approve of Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq, while the other 34% think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church”. > [@magellan01](#): > > As usual, the only funny thing last night was Darryl Hammond. He should just break off and do his own show. SNL sucks.I am done with it. He’s usually my favorite performer. His Donald Trump is great, but his delivery of the O’Reilly bit was HORRIBLE. I’ve never seen him “phone it in” like that. It’s like he doesn’t care anymore. But I’m surprised he hasn’t moved on to greener pastures because he is better than that. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/63 "2005-10-31T18:42:54Z")
> [@](#): > > “Polls show that 66% of Americans do not approve of Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq, while the other 34% think Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to church”. Yeah, that was hilarious. I found myself thinking: “That’s funny enough for the Daily Show.”. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/64 "2005-10-31T19:15:21Z")
> [@Carnac the Magnificent!](#): > > What the hell is the matter with SNL? It hasn’t been funny–really ha-ha-ha funny–in a good 15 years. Maybe longer. Longer. Their first season was funny. They had the Muppets and the Land of Gorch. Then they lost the Muppets and haven’t been funny since. Lately, they’ve slid even further down the toilet and become nothing but a cesspool of liberal political bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/65 "2005-10-31T19:19:15Z")
> [@Max the Immortal](#): > > Yeah, that was hilarious. I found myself thinking: “That’s funny enough for the Daily Show.”. That’s the thing that irks me. _The Daily Show_ comes up with funnier stuff 4 nights a week most of the year than SNL can come up with using more writers once a week for 22 weeks per year. BTW, slight hijack, but the recent _Family Guy_ episode in which Peter pummeled Jimmy Fallon “for laughing through every sketch you were ever in” was wonderful. If only it’d been the real Jimmy. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/66 "2005-10-31T23:11:49Z")
Here’s what Lorne Michaels needs to do to make SNL relevant again (or an exec at another network who wants to drive a wooden stake through SNL): Hire Dave Chapelle and let him do whatever he wants, so long as it doesn’t include nudity. **Don’t** give advance warning that Chapelle can say whatever he wants (since the “Biddy Brigade” who normally **doesn’t** watch SNL will be up watching with the FCC on speed dial), drop a few hints, but that’s it. (If the FCC **does** slap fines, pay them quickly and make a public statement that the **only** reason the FCC has their panties bunched about this is that they’re trying to deflect attention from Iraq.) ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/67 "2005-10-31T23:36:59Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Here’s what Lorne Michaels needs to do to make SNL relevant again (or an exec at another network who wants to drive a wooden stake through SNL): Hire Dave Chapelle and let him do whatever he wants, so long as it doesn’t include nudity. **Don’t** give advance warning that Chapelle can say whatever he wants (since the “Biddy Brigade” who normally **doesn’t** watch SNL will be up watching with the FCC on speed dial), drop a few hints, but that’s it. (If the FCC **does** slap fines, pay them quickly and make a public statement that the **only** reason the FCC has their panties bunched about this is that they’re trying to deflect attention from Iraq.) The he can have a nervous breakdown quit after making 3 episodes and run away to Africa. Then NBC can give the time slot to Adam Corolla and everybody wins. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/68 "2005-10-31T23:42:40Z")
> [@parthenokinesis](#): > > The he can have a nervous breakdown quit after making 3 episodes and run away to Africa. Then NBC can give the time slot to Adam Corolla and everybody wins. eww. no, _i_ don’t. eww. 😛 ---
**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:** [October 31, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/69 "2005-10-31T23:50:35Z")
> [@parthenokinesis](#): > > Then NBC can give the time slot to Adam Corolla and everybody wins. If by “everybody wins”, you mean, “everybody will be bored to tears and shoot their televisions”, then I agree. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/70 "2008-09-14T20:44:16Z")
The opening sketch with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin was OK, but by midnight I gave up for another season. How does this show continue? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/71 "2008-09-14T21:01:46Z")
Hi, try this one instead: [SNL: 9/13/08 (season premiere)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=483270) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/72 "2008-09-14T22:25:01Z")
I thought that Michael Phelps was pretty wooden…kind of like a zombie… ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554/73 "2008-09-14T23:17:59Z")
Zombie threads in Cafe Society are normally okay–as long as they’re revived with more than a “me, too”-type post. In this case, however, since the reviving comment was about a current episode, and there’s already a thread about that episode going on, then I’ll close this thread and comments can go in the new one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-there-is-no-reason-why-this-show-should-suck-so-hard/328554.md?page=3)