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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah... honestly that episode was so bad. They had Jay Pharrel doing his same "famous black people impersonations talk to each other" thing he's done a few times before, and they did baby body guy again, and they did something else too.... like literally half the sketches were just repeats of past sketches. Quick derail. You have to see SNL as a pile of time that has to be filled every week. There is a process to pitch sketches, arrange them, and place them into the schedule so that entire block of time is filled with entertainment every week. Some weeks just suck, or something didn't click in dress rehearsal, or the guest isn't as good at X as they thought, or whatever. So you have sketches on the shelf that aren't great, but good enough and can work with whatever guest is there that week. Baby body from this week works like that. Drake didn't do anything special in it, the cast member carried the whole thing, and it took up several minutes with no special costumes, sets, or props. THATS GOOD FILLER. Also, you gotta remember this is a great big world with people that just aren't as jaded as you and me. I know many SNL skits I think are terrible just KILL my parents when they come on. So, maybe baby-body fits that definition and is just HI-LAR-IOUS to some group of people. So, you gotta go into the show with the expectations that some will suck, some will be great, and most will be just OK. And if you take off the rose colored glasses, and stop watching "BEST OF" and actually watch the episodes, you'll realize that SNL/Python/etc. have always been that way. END DERAIL.
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FunOne posted:Quick derail. You have to see SNL as a pile of time that has to be filled every week. There is a process to pitch sketches, arrange them, and place them into the schedule so that entire block of time is filled with entertainment every week. Nice SNeLtdown
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On that same note a lot of people don't get the drake beef skit but I found it hilarious THE ANSWER WAS YES THAT SEATS FOR MY HAT
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FunOne posted:END DERAIL. I do get that, and I guess I should maybe be less critical. Its a ton of work to get done in a week and I'm aware from other shows like 30 Rock how often things get cut or changed last minute, and that can be a whole mess. There could be funnier skits that just weren't working out with this person or that person or whatever. The problem though is that early SNL was so magical, and I grew up on it, so it set a REALLY high bar. Classic SNL was the funniest thing on television, somehow, week after week. Its definitely changed, and its still better than MadTV or a few other sketch shows, but its got the same sense of fatigue that Simpsons does where they just keep going and going and almost feels like they're collapsing under the weight of how much they've already done and having to keep going. Reminds of Seinfeld, every time they got a new season picked up by the network Jerry would be real excited but Larry David would be pulling his hair out and losing his mind. "They want 20 episodes? How the hell are we going to write 20 MORE episodes of this?! We're never going to find a way" AAA DOLFAN posted:On that same note a lot of people don't get the drake beef skit but I found it hilarious That was actually the skit I laughed hardest at. I'm not a big Drake fan and some of the sketches were so-so, but that kinda digital short music format worked perfect for his style, and the idea of somebody getting really loving angry at minor workplace conflicts but keeping it bottled up and then rapping about it is pretty loving funny. I SAID I WASN'T DONE YET I STILL HAD LIKE TEN SIPS OF WATER
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crazy cloud posted:Nice SNeLtdown
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Zaphod42 posted:The problem though is that early SNL was so magical, and I grew up on it, so it set a REALLY high bar. Classic SNL was the funniest thing on television, somehow, week after week. It's definitely way worse now, but you're just remembering the gold sketches from whatever time period you're thinking of and not the 75% forgettable garbage that SNL has always killed time with since its inception.
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PostNouveau posted:It's definitely way worse now, but you're just remembering the gold sketches from whatever time period you're thinking of and not the
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SNL has had a bunch of funny epsiodes in the last couple years. The ryan gosling one was really good and im glad I watched it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkrpvCs-kfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPdYYsEfAE The cast is mostly really funny. e: kenan tompson continues to be a bane to the show though. He doesnt act with much depth. KoRMaK fucked around with this message at 02:06 on May 18, 2016 |
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Keenan is the new Jimmy Fallon/Horatio Sanz. He doesn't try to act, he plays the same basic part and breaks character to laugh or point out how ridiculous the sketch is. I laugh pretty much every time he does the "Holy poo poo what is going on on???" look.
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Medullah posted:I laugh pretty much every time he does the "Holy poo poo what is going on on???" look.
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I hated Horatio Sanz and his "laugh in the middle of a sketch" thing. You're a professional comedian, stop laughing.
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PassTheRemote posted:I hated Horatio Sanz and his "laugh in the middle of a sketch" thing. You're a professional comedian, stop laughing. People had similar complaints about Harvey Korman's cracking up in the middle of a sketch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfTyEtVIe84 Although some people loved it, taking it as proof that the sketch was indeed extra-funny.
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prefect posted:People had similar complaints about Harvey Korman's cracking up in the middle of a sketch. Seinfeld is always giggling and it made it even more funny to me, imagine goofing around with your friends and cracking each other up, what's wrong with that?
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jet sanchEz posted:imagine goofing around with your friends and cracking each other up, what's wrong with that?
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Whorelord posted:american dad also did a baby legs joke 2 years before rick and morty first aired i was born with baby legs smh
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prefect posted:People had similar complaints about Harvey Korman's cracking up in the middle of a sketch. Tim Conway was legendary though  nah I'm okay when people break up in a skit sometimes, but it only helps when it's a rare or clearly magical thing. Chris Farley destroying David Spade as Matt Foley type stuff. The Jeffries skit with Brosnan and Ferrell is a good example of it helping. But if it happens with every dumb joke during weekend update it loses any value.
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Whorelord posted:american dad also did a baby legs joke 2 years before rick and morty first aired Such a shame everyone writes off American dad for those first 2 semi bad seasons.
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Ehh... American Dad has had some amazing episodes here and there, but too often they relied on the Roger playing a persona and being the antagonist of the episode. Like, that is the plot of probably 3/4ths of all the episodes. It's still the best Macfarlane show by far though. SweetMercifulCrap! fucked around with this message at 23:54 on May 24, 2016 |
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The right/left wing McFarlane shows are just that. They're no better than each other, they just rely on observer bias. Which, honestly, was a pretty good shtick to run.
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:Ehh... American Dad has had some amazing episodes here and there, but too often they relied on the Roger playing a persona and being the antagonist of the episode. Like, that is the plot of probably 3/4ths of all the episodes. I'm not sure why you consider what you just described a bad thing.
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Mavric posted:Roger is one of the greatest cartoon characters ever created. but can you describe his character in one sentence?
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Alpha and Omega.
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max4me posted:but can you describe his character in one sentence? He's a needy melodramatic alien who lives in the attic.
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max4me posted:but can you describe his character in one sentence? Loki is a pretty good one word description.
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max4me posted:but can you describe his character in one sentence? An alien in a wig.
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Rama of Ra posted:The right/left wing McFarlane shows are just that. They're no better than each other, they just rely on observer bias. this makes literally no sense lol
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max4me posted:but can you describe his character in one sentence? Lovable Andy Dick
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Silhouette posted:Lovable Andy Dick Yes that was an episode
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Fateo McMurray posted:Yes that was an episode the one with the baby legs joke in it even
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NiceGuy posted:this makes literally no sense lol I don't think my opinion is nonsensical. I feel as though if anything it's passé. Unless you mean you couldn't understand WHAT I was trying to say. In which case, get gud at readings. And use some grammar skills if you're going to correct others. FOR NiceGuy: American Dad isn't funnier than Family Guy, nor Family Guy funnier than American Dad. One just delivers jokes under a more liberal umbrella, and the other more conservative. Which show you like, in my opinion, comes down to which one of those is more palatable to you. I also think MacFarlane is pretty smart for creating two shows with all the same humor, just flavored differently enough he expands his viewership and essentially profits twice on the same ideas.
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In others posts, what's people's opinion on Evil Morty being our Rick's first Morty? I feel like that was being telegraphed a bit.
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Uhh what? Both Family Guy and American Dad are liberal. Stan Smith is a conservative who always learns a liberal lesson. The main difference in the shows is Family Guy's humor is mostly derived from nonsensical cutaways and parodies whereas American Dad is more character-driven and doesn't really have cutaway jokes. Oh and my main issue with Roger and him being the center of a majority of episodes, aside from being a lazy fallback, is that he's what I feel an example of lazy writing for a "crass" character. They just make him say and do whatever and it doesn't matter because he's a crazy alien, get it? Rick is crass but feels like a real person with depth.
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American Dad is as conservative as The Colbert Show. In that it lampoons conservatives.
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Rama of Ra posted:American Dad isn't funnier than Family Guy, nor Family Guy funnier than American Dad. One just delivers jokes under a more liberal umbrella, and the other more conservative. Which show you like, in my opinion, comes down to which one of those is more palatable to you. I also think MacFarlane is pretty smart for creating two shows with all the same humor, just flavored differently enough he expands his viewership and essentially profits twice on the same ideas. Dude, what? Either you're talking out of your rear end and have never actually watched either show or you're an idiot. American Dad doesn't actually do much political humor anymore; they moved away from that years ago and started focusing on surealist humor and Roger based shenanigans. Frankly it was the right choice.
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American Dad is a lovely unfunny show, actually.
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Paladinus posted:American Dad is a lovely unfunny show, actually. You're thinking of Rick and Morty actually.
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MariusLecter posted:You're thinking of Rick and Morty actually. gently caress, i was about to post this
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