On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:07 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It would be hard to imagine any kind of very popular entertainer who > could not find significant face time on some mainstream television program. > The kind of performers who do not get on television now are not edgy or > subversive, just not popular enough. > > Just a thought-starter: do you think Bill Hicks would've had a snowball's > chance in hell to ever host SNL? > > The answer to that question tips your hand as to whether SNL was > counter-cultural. > Bill Hicks did get on television. SNL was just not the place for him. As a stand-up during his life, he was more influential than popular. But SNL does exist in a weird cultural gray zone. It's popular enough to be recognized, but not popular enough to really influence anything really. For most people, it's a show they "used to watch". But for people who love sketch comedy, it's really the only show on the air right now. It's still the apex of the sketch comedy world jobwise. The only time it ever does any influencing today is when something (lately, the stuff of The Lonely Island) goes viral. > > -- > 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 > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- 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
