# SNL - Who?! What?! I'm Officially Old... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622 "2011-12-18T05:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/61 "2011-12-19T20:51:30Z")
Fallon is an amazing [impressionist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai1T6rBUSo0), just [really really good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VMUQbNpWRc&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/62 "2011-12-19T21:46:17Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Half Jewish, Half Italian, Completely Neurotic - F I actually really loved that bit. Pretty true to life in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/63 "2011-12-19T23:09:55Z")
I’m no spring chicken and I still enjoy SNL. Some of the musical acts aren’t my taste, but I just hit the mute button until the act’s over. The comedy skits are mostly still funny and I have no trouble getting the topical references in the jokes. I find it quite interesting how they figure out the best way to work the guest host’s talent into the show, starting with the opening monologue and intro. ---
**Author:** ![DonLogan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DonLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonLogan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/64 "2011-12-19T23:55:35Z")
Smoke a few bones of schwag and do a quarter gram of coke and it’s probably just as funny as it was when you used to watch it smoking a few bones of schwag and doing a quarter gram of coke. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/65 "2011-12-20T03:23:24Z")
LOVE “Stefon.” Can’t wait to go to the club named SquiieEEK. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/66 "2011-12-20T03:27:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > My problem with SNL is that they seem to have got the mix of stand-up and sketch comedy exactly wrong for my tastes. Remember when _Weekend Update_ was done with some resemblance to a real newscast? Sure, it was completely satirical and over-the-top, but still with some connection to what they were satirizing, serious expressions and no playing to the audience. Somewhere in the era of “Opera Man, ladies and gentlemen!”, it just became stand-up comedy behind a desk. > > Oddly, the opening monologue went the other way. It used to be something close to stand-up comedy. The last few times I’ve watched it seemed to have morphed into some sort of sketch with the guest host playing some version of himself (badly) cast into some uncomfortable situation. > > I admit I haven’t seen it in a while. Can anyone tell me if that description still holds? Are you saying that Roseannroseannadana was a legitimate commentator Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/67 "2011-12-20T05:50:42Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Are you saying that Roseannroseannadana was a legitimate commentator > > Never mind. No, no, no… ‘never mind’ was Emily Letella! The elderly lady who alkways misheard things… Like presidential erection instead of election. 😛 Roseanne Rosannadanna was… well she was always pointing out things like someone with a booger in their nose and saying "I thought I was gonna puke!’ and the like. OH!!! How I loved the late great Gilda! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/68 "2011-12-20T08:05:27Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > LOVE “Stefon.” Can’t wait to go to the club named SquiieEEK. Or try out a subway sleeping bag. Hadar cracks me the hell up. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/69 "2011-12-20T18:46:36Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Or try out a subway sleeping bag. Hadar cracks me the hell up. i read about this character and apparently they change what he is supposed to say without telling him and so he doesn’t know it until it is on the cue cards, that is why it always cracks him up. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/70 "2011-12-20T21:56:02Z")
SDMB’s hottest thread is “SNL who what I’m officially old.” This thread has got everything. Bold fonts, punctuation, harsh critics, some dude’s MOM…quote buttons, and there’s even a Facebook share button. The thread is guarded by an English Bulldog that looks like Wilfred Brimley and the password is **"DIABEETUS."** Rumor has it the thread was started by an overweight game show host named “Fat Sajak.” Oh look who just replied, a woman who works at CVS, but don’t bother her cuz **she’s on break.** ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/71 "2011-12-21T01:03:26Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > i read about this character and apparently they change what he is supposed to say without telling him and so he doesn’t know it until it is on the cue cards, that is why it always cracks him up. Yep. FYI, The guy that writes Stefon with Hader is the very funny standup comic John Mulaney. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/72 "2011-12-21T03:50:23Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > i read about this character and apparently they change what he is supposed to say without telling him and so he doesn’t know it until it is on the cue cards, that is why it always cracks him up. The stuff he says is so out there, I already didn’t blame him for cracking up, but now that I know they’re purposely messing with him, that just makes the skits funny on another level. Stefon is my favorite Weekend Update skit. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eQ4-L8_X8qQ/maxresdefault.jpg "My Favourite SNL Character") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ4-L8_X8qQ) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/73 "2011-12-21T04:37:58Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I’ve often thought that a one hour SNL would be a tighter and much funnier show. I guess they want to stick with tradition at the possible expense of better quality. Also, they probably think most of the bits are funny, or they’d replace them with something else. With humor as subjective as it is, the 90 minute format means they’ll probably have something everyone watching finds funny (and something everyone thinks is stupid) - just not the same bits for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/74 "2011-12-21T14:34:16Z")
The Stephon skits crack me up on another level - I once worked with a kid like him. Seriously. He was a nice enough kid but really out there… and believe it or not, the more mature ladies LOVED him. We worked in a wine bar and many a time we’d have small groups of women in their 40’s and 50’s who would come in would happily wait for him to be available to serve them. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622/75 "2011-12-21T20:17:44Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > i read about this character and apparently they change what he is supposed to say without telling him and so he doesn’t know it until it is on the cue cards, that is why it always cracks him up. Thanks, I had wondered about that too. I’ve seen plenty of funnier sketches with Hader (especially the ones as Herb Welch) and he very rarely cracks up, but does it quite often as Stefon. Now I know why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-who-what-im-officially-old/606622.md?page=3)