On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Kevin M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I watched the half hour "special." For regular SNL watchers, was this > typical of the current season? If so, it saves me having to sit > through an entire 90 episode to determine if they brought back the > funny.
Keep in mind that the current season must be divided into segments with Tina Fey's involvement and those without. The Fey segments of SNL this year have been first rate. The Non-Fey segments have been between second and third rate. I thought tonight's show was somewhat below average for the non-Fey segments this year. I really feel bad for Armisen. His Obama has always been mediocre, but now that he has to put it up against Fey's Palin, its mediocrity is underlined in bold capitals. They did not have a lot to work with in this debate, but I think they should have been able to come up with something better than this. They caved into their fear of seeming biased, and gave gutless characterization of both candidates, and settled for teasing Brokaw. I would have liked to see them turn their very funny "press in the tank for Obama" on its head with Brokaw's cozy relationship with McCain, or focus on McCain's recent nastiness, but I would have settled for them giving a sharper knife to Obama (maybe give McCain some variation on H.W. Bush's "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy"). This kind of pablum is a waste of time, and what earned SNL its recent reputation for being a light-weight when it comes to political humor. I would point out that what SNL needs is a double-dose of Tina Fey, but that might give the impression that I am totally gay for her... I would conclude that this whole Thursday Night SNL is a horrible idea, but it looks like they have a rerun this saturday night, so I guess it was worth a try to do something topical with the debate. If they ever do a Thursday show in front of a live saturday night show, they better get more serious about being funny. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
