IIRC, Sandler/Spade/Farley's prominance on SNL wouldn't come until the early '90s (think season 16-17 or later). Carvey, however, broke out with Nealon/Lovitz/Hooks/Hartman/etc. in the late 80s.
On Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 11:51:08 PM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > I frequently hear interviews -- Marc Maron falls into this category -- > that talks about SNL in the 80s being a Golden Age because of Sandler, > Spade, Farley, and Carvey, and for my money, a less amusing quartet would > be hard to find. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Thursday, June 17, 2021, 4:20:20 PM PDT, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > As for Carvey, he must be some kind of acquired taste. So many people I > respect in comedy talk about what a genius he is and every time I watch an > appearance I don't find him funny. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/-4dBkkjw4JY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFqssQGDVPmr8hjwhDL4gyQOr9EjzSXed-zuyEPQMmw-g%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFqssQGDVPmr8hjwhDL4gyQOr9EjzSXed-zuyEPQMmw-g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/642c95c0-4128-4809-8ff4-71bf09317b63n%40googlegroups.com.
