On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I won't even try to explain humor to you, but I will vote on the side of > those who found Betty White to be amazing in the episode.
Hey, it was a given that she would be amazing, but amazing doesn't translate into laughter. > BTW, I wonder if Kevin is serious in raising the possibility of racism and > homophobia about those two sketches, or if that is just the kitchen sink > being thrown into his characteristic hyperbolic panning of the show? Not serious, but it is sad that the writers clearly had no other place to go, and are still resorting to jokes about stereotypes. Yes, there are also drunk Irishmen and Asians who have trouble pronouncing the letters R and L, but it smacks of desperation to build a comedy sketch about them in 2010. Believe it or don't, but my annual viewings of SNL are always with the hopes they will be funny. The Hugh Laurie episode a few years back was good and I said so, but then I learned the funny bits were recycled from decades-old episodes of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie," and that just made me sad. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
