# Snl 12.15.12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162 "2012-12-16T04:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/61 "2012-12-18T01:57:19Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Jane you ignorant slut. > > I’m Gumby Damn it > > We are Wild and Crazy Guys > > We are from France > > If I gave it more than a moment’s thought I’m sure I could come up with plenty more. You are comparing a weekly live comedy show to a movie, and a BBC comedy show (and hey, if it is British it is cool) that was shown in repeats more often than it was new, and certainly didn’t run for 30+ years. > > My argument is still that if you were right… the show would have never survived. My argument is that it is that more people enjoy it than don’t. You clearly don’t… I do. I’m in the majority. > > Enough with this… I’m going out to get a Big Mac. I don’t think you are actually reading my post. I actually do enjoy SNL. I’ve watched it for the better part of four decades, most shows. But that doesn’t mean that it brings a lot of funny. Sometimes it does. But the examples people have brought are one bit from an era that was funny the first time, and then repeated. “I’m Gumby damnit” was funny the first time. Not really after that. Three funny bits in a 90 minute show, and I’m happy, but that isn’t good comedy. 2.5 men has me laughing pretty much the whole show. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/62 "2012-12-18T02:43:14Z")
I’m going to go against the consensus here and confess that not only can I not stand WUWT, the entire appeal of Kenan Thompson is lost on me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/63 "2012-12-18T03:46:05Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > 2.5 men has me laughing pretty much the whole show. Ok… this explains it. I rest my case. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/64 "2012-12-18T11:53:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I’m going to go against the consensus here and confess that not only can I not stand WUWT, the entire appeal of Kenan Thompson is lost on me. ☹ You’re not alone, by any means. I like Kenan OK, but WUWT was old for me halfway through the first time, and every time after that I’ve just ignored it. Same with many of the other things they do over and over and over again — the bits I already mentioned on Weekend Update, the Latino show where everybody does a head-snapping dance whenever a new guest comes on, the character who always has to one-up everybody, Gilly, etc. Since it’s beginning to sound like I hate Kristen Wiig, I’ll note that I love the Secret Word game show where Kristen Wiig’s character doesn’t get the concept. IMO it’s the best recurring skit they’ve had since Will Ferrell hosted Celebrity Jeopardy. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/65 "2012-12-18T14:06:49Z")
I like WUWT but it is really overplayed. It’s the same bit everytime. Interrupting guests, Lindsay Buckingham never talks, Running-Suit Man and random dancers. It would be funny at most 2-3 times a season but it seems to be almost every show because it is so easy to write. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/66 "2012-12-18T15:43:18Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Ok… this explains it. > > I rest my case. But lots of people watch _Two and a Half Men_; ergo, it cannot be crap. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/67 "2012-12-18T16:33:39Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > But lots of people watch _Two and a Half Men_; ergo, it cannot be crap. Never said it was… it used to be a damn funny show. It is now sort of coasting on it’s past glory… sort of like some other comedy show on Saturday Nights that I can’t remember the name of right now. I will however argue that SNL in it’s prime was far funnier than 2.5 men in it’s prome. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/68 "2012-12-18T19:24:02Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > I like WUWT but it is really overplayed. It’s the same bit everytime. Interrupting guests, Lindsay Buckingham never talks, Running-Suit Man and random dancers. It would be funny at most 2-3 times a season but it seems to be almost every show because it is so easy to write. They’re 10 shows into this season and I think this is only the first or second time it’s been on. I’m a little back and forth on it. It’s the classic example of SNL’s repetitivness in their skits but it’s also so fun to see what they’re going to do next and it has such energy. It may be worth doing earlier in the show because of that energy. I can live with it being on 3 or 4 times a season. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/69 "2012-12-18T19:44:07Z")
One fun aspect of What Up With That is the random real-life guests who just sit there without saying anything. And I have to give Kenan Thompson credit for his performance in the skit, as it seems to require a tremendous amount of energy. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162/70 "2012-12-19T00:35:20Z")
I was primarily annoyed at the band playing crap, when they could have done something really good. ☹ I watch it every week since forever. It seems the writers are just phoning it in, playing it safe, maybe even forced to write plain jane skits because of the cast is bitchy, or the producers are. I don’t expect a laugh a minute. I don’t have to get all the jokes. I could care less about Snookie, the Kardashians and Honey Boo whatever. I’d just like somewhat entertainment for a premier broadcast, which is why I watch. There is a lot of subpar going on, when there is plenty to poke fun at. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-15-12/644162.md?page=3)