Charles Rocket?

/RIP

She seemed indistinguishable from Nasim Perdido anyway.

Still no proper black dude to play Obama? Jesus Christ.

I used to wonder why the writing on that show was so bad, when I personally knew a dozen people who could each come up with a great sketch once a week.

Then I realized that SNL probably does hire good writers, but no talented writer would give SNL the good stuff, knowing that their brilliant sketch would be performed by some flavor-of-the-week guest star, with little rehearsal time, and might get cut at the last minute anyway.

FTA: "...there are four new cast members - including, for the first time since 2003, an African-American..."


Kenan Thompson isn't African-American? Because he sure looks like he is.

I'm going to miss Will Forte, I loved his totally bizarre characters and humor.

TFA: The moving and shaking continues over at SNL: Will Forte's gone, there are four new cast members - including, for the first time since 2003, an African-American - and now Deadline hears a rumor that Jenny Slate may be out to make room for all the new kids,.

Is that just bad English and they mean it's the first new African American since 2003, or are they forgetting....uhm...what's his name. The Good Burger guy?

Atomic Spunk: Kenan Thompson isn't African-American? Because he sure looks like he is.

-shakes a tiny fist in your direction-

Damn, is this show still on?

I think SNL is pretty much farked for good at this point. I know there have been unfunny slumps over the years, but the Daily Show has really pushed it into irrelevancy.

Even as a launching point, I think the Daily Show has kicked off a lot more careers in the past decade than SNL.

ElusiveWookiee:

Is that just bad English and they mean it's the first new African American since 2003, or are they forgetting....uhm...what's his name. The Good Burger guy?

Why does everyone always refer to him as the Good Burger guy? Kel Mitchell was the Good Burger guy. Kenan was in the movie, I think, but he wasn't the main guy.

TheSilverOne 2010-09-07 10:33:48 PM
Why does everyone always refer to him as the Good Burger guy? Kel Mitchell was the Good Burger guy. Kenan was in the movie, I think, but he wasn't the main guy.


And Bogie never said 'Play it again, Sam.' Forget about it. It's part of cinema history now and it's ingrained into all out lives.

SNL has a lot of good supporting cast members, but other than Sandberg's digital shorts, no real standouts.

People to keep on SNL:

Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Abby Elliot, Andy Samberg, and Bill Hader.

Everyone else needs to go, along with all the writers. Seth Meyers can stay, as long as he stops writing jokes.

deathbunny32: Still no proper black dude to play Obama? Jesus Christ.

Have you not heard Pharoah's Obama impersonation?

What it lacks in humor it makes up for in accuracy.

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Dear Jerk: TheSilverOne 2010-09-07 10:33:48 PM
Why does everyone always refer to him as the Good Burger guy? Kel Mitchell was the Good Burger guy. Kenan was in the movie, I think, but he wasn't the main guy.


And Bogie never said 'Play it again, Sam.' Forget about it. It's part of cinema history now and it's ingrained into all out lives.

Did you just compare Casablanca to Good Burger?

Awesome.

I just got rid of my TV, and hearing about SNL just makes me think that's the right decision.

/not one of those "I don't have a TV" people... I just watch TV on the internet now
//plus now that 24's over I don't need to see anything in real time

I liked her.

I liked her as the stoner girlfriend in Bored to Death.

The best F-bomb ever dropped on SNL was by Rocket.

Of course that was right around the time the show stopped working and became about as hilarious as a schoolbus fire.

That show hasn't been funny since Tina Fey Will Farrell Norm McDonald Phil Hartman Chris Farley Eddie Murphy John Bellushi Bill Murray Chevy Chase left.

/Am I doing it right?

ElusiveWookiee: Atomic Spunk: Kenan Thompson isn't African-American? Because he sure looks like he is.

-shakes a tiny fist in your direction-

*joins ElusiveWookiee in fist shaking action*

/"shake hahdeh, boy!"

It's the one that said "f*ck" live on the air during the season premiere

good thing nobody was watching or somebody would've complained

There's something mysteriously and counterintuitively sexy about the alarm sketches...

OH NOES! Somebody said the F-word on live TV at 11:30 at night?
Ow, my fricking ears! Won't someone think of the sleeping children?

Fer chrissakes, you can say ass, biatch, pussy, shiat and dick on TV, but "fark" gets you fired? fark that biatch pussy ass dick shiat!

Keenan is still on that show? What's up with that?

FuryOfFirestorm: Fer chrissakes, you can say ass, biatch, pussy, shiat and dick on TV, but "fark" gets you fired? fark that biatch pussy ass dick shiat!

I really doubt she was fired for saying fark (and the article doesn't claim that at all). Also some of those words are in fact banned by the FCC. You can't say shiat. The others would depend on context.

Glad it wasn't Abby Elliot, I find her unbelievably cute. You know, as in 'I can't believe half her genes came from Chris Elliot' cute.

TomServo24: Glad it wasn't Abby Elliot, I find her unbelievably cute. You know, as in 'I can't believe half her genes came from Chris Elliot' cute.



Holy shiat! Sparkles is her Dad?!?!

Newbaca : You can't say shiat [on TV]

South Park would like a word with you....162 "words", to be precise.

See Season 5, Episode 1: "It Hits The Fan".

Please let it be Samberg ... Please let it be Samberg ... Please let it be Samberg ... (checks article) ... Damn.

It is a shame that that show has not been funny since the early 90's. With the excepton of the shorts by Samberg. I havent watched it more than 20 minutes on a Saturday night. It just fails to keep my interest.Maybe my sense of humour has left me,but that would be an incorrect assumption I just dont think it has been very good comedy writing. They just dont puit as much into it as they did. And i hardly see any promos for it anymore.The days are gone where i would be excited to watch the show. The last time i watched it was when Betty White was on.

TheSilverOne: Why does everyone always refer to him as the Good Burger guy? Kel Mitchell was the Good Burger guy. Kenan was in the movie, I think, but he wasn't the main guy.

Eitehr way, Kenan is the "What up with that" guy, because that's the sketch that let's him demonstrate his unique ability to take a mediocre joke and run it into the ground, then begin to dig... and then proceed through the water table, continental shelf, mantle, crust, and deep into the Earth's core... and then continue until the entire planet has been hollowed out by his endless repetition of this painfully unfunny sketch.

Subby thinks I would have thought of three other women before Slate, and there are four women in the cast. Subby thinks I think Slate is the funniest.

Atomic Spunk: time since 200

He joined SNL in 2003, he became a featured cast member in 2005. Apparently they only needed on token black person for the last seven years.

I'll check out new episodes to see what they do with Jay Pharoah. He's probably one of the most talented comedians they've hired in a good while.

CowboyNinjaD: I think SNL is pretty much farked for good at this point. I know there have been unfunny slumps over the years, but the Daily Show has really pushed it into irrelevancy.

Even as a launching point, I think the Daily Show has kicked off a lot more careers in the past decade than SNL.

How many times have we said that? And how many times has SNL pulled itself out of their tailspin? SNL hasn't lived this long by sheer luck. Lorne knows what to do when the show starts sucking too much: keep two or three people and fire the rest.

Who the fark still watches that show? SNL hasn't been funny since about 1989.

/get the fark off my lawn!