My theory: Part of SNL's appeal is that it is basically accessible to everyone. Mad TV, In Living Color, Tracy Ulman⦠etc. all pushed the boundaries by being edgier, but that limits the audience as well as being more susceptible to changes in comedy over time. Just spitballing here.
by Anonymous1 week ago
also, Steven Seagal was way better on mad TV than he was on SNL
by Itchy-Two-60641 week ago
I can see that
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
I haven't watched MAD TV in a long time but I feel the opposite that SNL has higher highs and lower lows. did you see the Elon Musk as Wario sketch? SNL does takes risks sometimes like in its ISIS sketches for instance.
by jaroddeckow1 week ago
I wonder how Mad would have handled ISIS
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Probably have Bobby Lee as the member of ISIS that is completely incompetent and screws everything up, also nobody acknowledges he is Korean
by Edd771 week ago
I would laugh. And as a trans poc I can only imagine what they'd do to my demographic ππ
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
But they will call him Chinese, at least once.
by Southern-Leopard60721 week ago
Bet they wouldn't do the Bob ISIS Toyota sketch! Look it up on YT. It's frickin' hillarious.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Keenan is the best !
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
Agreed! Loved him all the way back to the nickelodeon days.
by Southern-Leopard60721 week ago
Weekend update can get a little spicy. It's the best segment snl has nowadays.
by Important-Many18161 week ago
This is true
by Southern-Leopard60721 week ago
The only thing I found funny was Heidi's genuine reaction. The acting wasn't funny.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
I don't think they were acting , that's the thing
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
Which is why I don't think it's funny. It just seems lazy. Heidi seems like the only one in actual character of some sort, with Kenan pretending to be surprised
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Nothing cracks me up more when professionals break character ! Keenan was born with that face lol
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
I mean, there's no accounting for taste.
by Southern-Leopard60721 week ago
I think it's totally relevant in the context of sketch comedy
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
The QUEEN
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
70s comedy is dead. Honestly beyond dead
by Anonymous1 week ago
Yeah but they had all the time they needed to write her show. Seinfeld was live as well, but masterfully written months before it was filmed. SNL starts work on the next show on the Sunday after the previous one airs. Do you know how much pressure that has to be?
by Anonymous1 week ago
I loved MadTV and still like SNL. I think SNL is just in one of those phases in between iconic casts. I think people look back on MadTV as funnier now because all they see are the hits. There were plenty of terrible sketches and episodes of MadTV too. Regardless of which is funnier SNL has always been more impressive because they have to do it live.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I think they were definitely competitors.. What do you think this outcome would have been?
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Hmm, I see. Point taken
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Literally nothing beats Kenny Rogers Jackass.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Yoooo! Whenever I hear his name, that's what I think of.
by Lemkehailee1 week ago
"I was raised on the dairy, bitch."
by Anonymous1 week ago
"This is the bat fetcher trick with ma teeth!"
by Lemkehailee1 week ago
The best part about it, Kenny Rogers wasn't wild at all. No drugs, partying. Downright boring guy. Then MadTV turned him into a psychopath. Brilliant
by Theller1 week ago
Kenny rodgers was great. Another great one is will sasso playing louie anderson on family fued
by Anonymous1 week ago
Lowered expecta-ations!
by Zokeefe1 week ago
I can't handle this deep-dive you're all sending me into π
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
YES! In this day of reboots and revivals, I hope we get some reunion or "Where are they now" episodes
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
SNL isn't funny. I'm so cool .
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
I mean, that's kind of valid .
by Prestigious_Box71011 week ago
ππ
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
SNL is hit or miss
by Latter_Lab_69601 week ago
Or miss and miss and miss and miss in my case. I've tried.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
They have had their moments, but they've also run flat IMO
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Mad had a great run for a few years but fell off a cliff and never recovered. SNL isn't always the best, but it's moreso a pop culture staple in a way Mad never achieved.
by TouchPowerful60601 week ago
No two ways about it, MadTV is hilarious. So many talents, especially the earliest days. I still think Mo Collins is one of the most talented comedic actors out there. Alex Borstein, Nicole Sullivan, Debra Wilson and of course Michael McDonald. It was must watch TV.
by Lumpy_Emotion46511 week ago
You mustn't forget Will Sasso!
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
I'm glad that I could inspire some happy rewatching for you!
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
It's still weird seeing Debra Wilson in games now
by Anonymous1 week ago
3 out of 4 of my farts are funnier than SNL
by Anonymous1 week ago
I was a bit too young for that ('89), but culturally speaking, I may have enjoyed it
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Yeah...if you like Mad TV...you will love In Living Color too. We watched every one of those when they came out. As you know, Jim Carrey emerged from In Living Color as well as the Wayans brothers and more names that became big. It was pretty consistent as well. I was in my earliest 20s when it came out. Hope you check it out and it hits for 'ya. Laughter is the best medicine for 21st Century Stress Living! lol
by Lumpy_Emotion46511 week ago
In living color, Mr show, and kids in the hall were the best
by Important-Many18161 week ago
I don't know if Mad TV was better but it was pretty underrated and undeservedly forgotten.
by jaroddeckow1 week ago
I guess I could agree with this
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
That's unpopular?
by Anonymous1 week ago
I assumed it was, given SNL is still on the air while Mad is not..
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
That is correct
by Anonymous1 week ago
Hahaha π
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Yes it was way funnier
by ted551 week ago
What? Prostitute garden. I do not remember this πππ I'm going to have to binge this series
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
I hope this isn't a case of the Mandela effect π
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
By German standards, SNL is a very funny show.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Really? Maybe Germany should take it.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Agree vs most of snl
by Mobile_Block1 week ago
I rewatched mad TV not too long ago and honestly...I think every single skit boiled down to a stereotype and an accent. After realizing the formula, I don't think it aged as well as my nostalgia recalled.
by Top_Imagination_8391 week ago
I'll have to give it a review..
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
That's petty. And hilarious.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
the makeup was funny. the skit and its jokes were just okay.
by Fabulous_Remove60441 week ago
Yeah, they'd have gone further if Heidi were completely unaware going in and if Ryan and Mikey put more effort into staying in character.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Mr. Show? What's Mr. Show? Also, low-brow can be good. Scary Movie. American Pie. White Chicks. Sometimes we just need a laugh.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Not unpopular at all
by Anonymous1 week ago
This I'm realizing π
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Paint drying is funnier than some SNL.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Damn. I mean, you're not wrong.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Love this opinionβ¦so listen, can I have your number? Can I have it?
by Beneficial-Falcon5151 week ago
Does anyone else loathe SNL ? I wish we had shows like Space Ghost Coast to Coast currently. That is humor to me.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Cartoon network is playing it for free on their YouTube channel for the 30th anniversary
by Anonymous1 week ago
Kenny Rogers Jacakss is the hardest I have ever laughed in my life.
by Sframi1 week ago
Someone else mentioned such, and after refreshing my memory with YouTube I agree
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Mad TV was pretty bad. It gave us some good actors, but it's a far cry from SNL and Living Color
by OtherwiseDatabase1 week ago
You're entitled to your opinion
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
It always has been, I preferred it over SNL always
by dewayne221 week ago
MAD TV was absolute trash. It was Dollar General SNL.
by ahmadquitzon1 week ago
You're 100% trippin lol, Stewart & Miss Swan were some peak TV characters.
by Single-Time1 week ago
Facts.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
If you actually understood why it's being talked about you wouldn't have such a naive take. The sketch was remarkable because of how hard the actors broke. That's not normal. The humor is seeing them break. Especially with such a dumb premise.
by wilkinsonrubye1 week ago
I mean, to me it obviously means something.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Thank you, I am. And I did address one of your points. I just didn't find it worth my time to elaborate on your other.
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
snl isn't very funny. ive tried to watch it now, before, the classics, the best of. I saw Norm McDonald dunk on OJ and that was pretty much the funniest SNL thing by a long shot. I get that comedy is hard and they represent the origins of a lot of famous comedians turned actors, but it's just so lame.
by Marianne181 week ago
SNL is the cringiest show..idk how people find it funny
by Anonymous1 week ago
SNL isn't even funny. The actors losing it live is what everyone laughs at. WatchMojo did a list of funniest SNL skits and I watched them all. They were all done live and had the cast cracking, the skits themselves weren't that funny. There are still funny skits with the cast breaking.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Not an unpopular opinion. That's facts.
by No_Pomegranate1 week ago
Nick O Trel.
by TrainerOtherwise1 week ago
Well ya, madtv had key and peele
by Anonymous1 week ago
Wouldn't it (Mad tv) be socially cancelled today?
by Robertoblock1 week ago
sigh .. maybe not if you got the demographic in question to poke fun at themselves. Although some would probably boycott it for going "woke," as I presume it would lean that way
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
I mean. Things have changed so much since the original series in 2009! Then it showed one last time in 2016! 2009 and now is so different comedy-wise! It seems like culture has changed so dramatically!
by Robertoblock1 week ago
Like I'm trans and poc, and while some sensitivity and tact is appreciated.. I'm tired of everyone wanting to be all politically correct and "Disney." If someone got on air and made a sketch about the awkwardness of being trans.. followed by a sketch of the awkwardness of being politically conservative, I'd blow a gasket
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Haha!
by Robertoblock1 week ago
SnL hasn't been funny in a LONG time... I mean 15-20 years long time.. Who TF even watches SnL anymore?
by Anonymous1 week ago
Which is why I'm wondering why it's still on air
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
Exact same.. With one exception and that's Shane Gillis, but even with him, the skits they have him in have NOTHING compared to what he has done in the past.. Go look up Bob ISIS Toyota. Dude is a frickin' comedic genious!
by Anonymous1 week ago
Big yes!! 100%! The coffee guy, Stewart, Ms. Swan
by kaileewaters1 week ago
They will forever live in my head, rent free
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
The last several years of SNL have been very forgettable, but if you don't think that Beavis and Butthead was hilarious, you've lost any credibility when it comes to rating or comparing comedy.
by Anonymous1 week ago
What makes your opinion any more valid than my own?
by Otislubowitz1 week ago
SNL right now is what happens when you cast people based on diversity and not talent, there I said it
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