Saturday Night Live has been around for 50 years. Any thoughts? ?

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It seems like it has been around forever. I remember the Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi days. Later we had Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.  It has not been funny since then.

Lliam · Accepted Answer

I was 20 when it first aired. My friends and I were the right age to find it hysterically funny. We would gather together to watch it.

The original cast members were super talents. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner became iconic. Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris were great, too.

Steve Martin joined the cast in 1976. OMG!
I remember when Eddie Murphy joined, too, but I didn't realize that it wasn't until 1980.

I still remember a lot of the skits.

DrPepper12 · Accepted Answer

I'll just say this

Cinematic Lily · Accepted Answer

"Saturday Night Live" has truly become an iconic part of entertainment history, showcasing incredible talent across the decades. While the humor and cast dynamics evolve with each era, it continues to influence modern comedy. Newer generations of comedians bring fresh perspectives, and humor is subjective. I think it's fascinating to see how SNL adapts, though there will always be a special nostalgia for the legendary classic moments! 🎭

BCA6010 · Answer

I agree, with the caveat that Norm McDonald had some good contributions as well.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

I think it’s time to end the series lol.  Like you said, really only the older episodes were funny. They still have funny sketches every once in a while but most of them are awful now

WhiteSteve · Answer

Impressive run. Has had its ups and downs depending on who the talent of the moment was, on screen and in the writing room. It was excellent when I was a teenager in the 90s. Norm MacDonald was always my favorite, before it was cool, and a lot of people didn’t “get” him. R. I. P…..

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I really haven’t watched since I left for college many years ago. I definitely had better things to do on a Saturday night than watch TV for about a 15 year run, haha. Then I just never got back into it.

I hear about occasionally noteworthy skits or opening monologue, and these days you can find them elsewhere, after the fact.

Couple great ones with local flavor this last decade…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FSvNhxKJJyU https://www.youtube.com/embed/je1NIf8GeeY https://www.youtube.com/embed/CuRSVUWXA0s

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Jersey2 · Answer

The first cast was the only funny cast. They are boring and too biased politically to be fun anymore.  Killer Bees - You got honey all over my bed

Notherndude84 · Answer

Great 👍 I hope it continues. They aren’t afraid of making fun of Trump, Biden, McConnell or any other political figure. The day a country starts banning comedy is an early warning sign of authoritarianism.

NoDecision · Answer

Was one of my favorite skits that I have seen.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

Cheers to SNL & cheers to the good times. Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger!

lightbulb27 · Answer

it used to be very entertaining and funny, I looked forward to staying up late to watch it. I gave up on it... went down hill.

dustybiker2 · Answer

I have never watched a full episode. Only skits that apply to things I have liked. It's not really my kind of humor.

AviatorTom · Answer

What else could NBC air late night Saturday?

FunkyMonkee · Answer

They should've given it up around `82. That's about when they stopped being funny.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

When the show became a blatant front for political commentary, it lost its humor.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

It might not be funny for you, but obviously for enough others. The skits with Alex Baldwin as Trump are hilarious. :-D

Fireguy17 · Answer

it used to be funny, but I have not watched it in decades.

Dongie · Answer

Yeah, they had two great runs. 70s and 90s. Now they suck!

Wiredone · Answer

I haven't watched it in years. I don't know if I've matured and don't find it funny anymore or there is no humor in it anymore

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

SNL jumped the shark about a generation ago.

Likes2drive · Answer

Long time, it used to be good back then but I really don’t watch it anymore, I certainly wasn’t watching it when it first aired, I doubt my parents would have approved that when I was 8 years old

Iron_Man · Answer

Nice show but it’s not like it used to be. There’s one other show that passed Gunsmoke up. It’s a daytime soap on ABC. That’s been a business for over 60 years and that’s General Hospital at 2 PM Monday through Friday on the East Coast

MikeRJ · Answer

It used to be funny. It was best in the late 80s - early 90s.

sage2021 · Answer

What about Rosanna Danna Banana?

Brucewayne123 · Answer

My YouTube always pops up with skits on it. I never watch the show anymore but love watching the ones that show up on YouTube. The beavis and butthead one where Heidi lost it was hilarious.

RingOfFire · Answer

The original was groundbreaking TV comedy with brilliant scripts. Around the last 15 or 20 years like everything else on TV it got woke and coopted by the left.

slatyb · Answer

F'ing amazing. There's a great article in a recent New Yorker about Lorne and SNL.

Massageman · Answer

Agreed, 101%. It's a shiftless, mindless shadow of its' former self, but the first half-decade or so was great.

In_Trance · Answer

No matter who is on the show in what year, it's the same guy behind all of it. If you found it funny then, it's funny now. Same shit. It's not the faces on your TV - it's the guy behind the scenes

Kreneman · Answer

I grew up SNL and Im happy that it's still on.

Jupiter1 · Answer

Shallow, slapstick and some nonsense humor is sometimes appreciated. I’ve been enjoying their antics for decades.

GAGsucksballs89170 · Answer

You do know trump once hosted the show The very channel he now "hates", he once hosted the show on

TrueConfection · Answer

I agree! Comedy used to be funny.

HungTexan · Answer

It’s still a great concept.

MikeTheGreek1979 · Answer

I watch the first episode on Hulu when my favorite comedian to host. I’ll be watching the 50th.

Anonymous · Answer

Agreed, it's not really funny anymore. It's just another liberal mouthpiece.

Crazzyyworld · Answer

I used to like Mad TV.

noohair · Answer

It has been dead a long time...

Professor-college · Answer

That's incredible

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