I remain impressed with your Disdain for things like Aaron Sorkin and Parks and Recreation, yet consistent praise if someone like Kenan Thompson, who I find adequate at best; he is the Jerry Lewis to your France. Still I do enjoy What’s Up With That and was pleased to see them bring it back. I thought their first effort at a quarantine version was impressive in how average it was, and #2 was a step up. I thought their cold open was possibly the best of the Trump era, and not just because (perhaps in spite of) the stunt casting.
I also agree that this format almost forces them to give more downstream cast members more airtime, and mostly that works to their advantage. Though I like Kate McKinnon, and resist your Wiigization of her. These two shows have reminded me how difficult it is to do a live TV show. Even with the current limitations it seems it is easier to produce a polished output when it is put together from prerecorded (presumably with multiple takes) bits. They seem to be giving themselves two weeks to work on each show, which I think is smart. SNL has always had pre recorded material. There was a time when they started relying on this more (like the Andy Samberg era) when I balked at the deemphasis on live material. This is making me wonder about that. I’m not sure the “Live TV” element is as special or electric as it once was, and it does introduce a lot of quality limitations. Perhaps they can move to a format where they have something like a live Host monologue, live music, live WU, and maybe one live sketch, and do the rest with pre-produced pieces? On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > C'mon; think how full it would be in here if I weren't continually carping > about shows I dislike. > > Now, that said, after the trainwreck that was the first SNL At Home > broadcast, tonight's wasn't half-bad. Maybe it was just that Kenan and Aidy > had things to do. I will never get tired of "What's Up With That?" And > -that- said, I will always wonder why it is that when the show presents > "real people" appearing on television (as with tonight's commercials for > the supermarket and the cat place), they always act like they're > brain-damaged. Some of that, of course, is due to McKinnon having the range > of a fire hydrant, but it must be something that Lorne finds endlessly > amusing. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 6:49:26 AM UTC-7, PGage wrote: >> >> I had been geeking out over it on Twitter, but it made me feel good to >> see you post it here (and to give Sikula his chance to grouch all over it). >> So thanks >> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:34 AM JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> There is very little else I care more about... >>> > >>> > Absolutely! >>> >>> Then if I let you know, I'm glad to have helped. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFbRR%3DHnrip9rk5QP%3Dj_O-TdZfEgoaY3w9q%3DR_cT9x5eQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOFbRR%3DHnrip9rk5QP%3Dj_O-TdZfEgoaY3w9q%3DR_cT9x5eQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/04fee127-ed12-4005-912c-dfd8ccf17d3d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/04fee127-ed12-4005-912c-dfd8ccf17d3d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLQQ1D9iHMQJ3t_GaFzEjeYNKneKq4ACHXFe5Nj-qLacw%40mail.gmail.com.
