I hear you, but I've found that SNL this season (and the Jenna Ortega episode in particular) are really starting to move away from the tried & true (and largely unfunny) talk show/game show sketch formats and re-embrace the absurd. Sure, it doesn't always land, but at least they're trying something.
On Sunday, March 26, 2023 at 3:50:28 PM UTC-4 Melissa P wrote: > Until the airing of the most recent show, I could not remember the last > time I laughed at something, anything, on SNL. > > I now have a benchmark, this skit: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYNFqmu2toI > > > On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM Marti Lawrence <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Glad to see this. We still watch SNL every week, but there are times when >> the only really funny thing is the pre-taped segment. >> >> ~Marti >> >> On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 11:19:30 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: >> >>> The people who edit the pre-shot segments for "Saturday Night LIve" and >>> NBCU have agreed to a pact that recognizes the IATSE union representing >>> the editors, while NBCU agrees to raises, health care and meals, hotels and >>> transportation for the staff who do most of their work overnight on Fridays >>> to get the segments ready for the live telecast (the sketches are usually >>> shot Thursday and Friday before the telecast): >>> >>> >>> https://www.thewrap.com/saturday-night-live-editors-ratify-new-labor-contract-averting-strike/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking_news_7234727 >>> >> >> -- 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/458b05ef-7ca9-4762-a334-35a43c6378bcn%40googlegroups.com.
