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Jason
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I may well be the only one who still watches it regularly to be fair 
I've been reading about the cast departures over the last few days and they're losing a lot of people. Brooks Whelan, John Milhiser and Noël Wells all gone with Mike O'Brien's future apparently up in the air. Seems unfair they've only been given a year because i thought they were all pretty decent.
Nasim Pedrad is also leaving so 4, potentially 5, cast members going is a lot to replace.
I've been reading about the cast departures over the last few days and they're losing a lot of people. Brooks Whelan, John Milhiser and Noël Wells all gone with Mike O'Brien's future apparently up in the air. Seems unfair they've only been given a year because i thought they were all pretty decent.
Nasim Pedrad is also leaving so 4, potentially 5, cast members going is a lot to replace.
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I still watch it regular (needs to be on UK TV though)
It is a shame as a few of them were alright, although generally this year was the poorest cast in a long time.
But then considering some of the sketches the others had, I must confess I wasn't massively surprised to hear they'd been let go.
Keyword there being probably, you haven't watched the later series, also that's your opinion, I quite like it and I find a few of the skits funny, but that's my opinion.
They could do with not replacing them at all. I was in the States earlier this year and was astonished by the size of the cast of SNL. It seemed to take Don Pardo about ten minutes to rattle through them all at the start of the show.
I'd maybe suggest you watch an episode from the last year or two rather than 30 odd years ago, but i have a sneaking suspicion you'll have already decided it'll be shit
It does take ages, i do agree. My BluRay player does have a handy skip function though so i can usually nick through the titles fairly quickly.
Was watching this sketch again last night - easily one of my favourites from the past few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkbiJYU4CNI
His opening monologue was good though - it took the crowd a bit of time to work it out, but i liked it.
Prince was amazing though.
I was in New York over the weekend (in fact I went to a taping of The Tonight Show last week) and Chris Rock’s monologue caused a bit of controversy. I didn’t see it all but I get the impression it was people just being a bit too over sensitive though.
I think part of the problem is that the SNL audience are generally spoon fed "safe" humour and Rock's monologue was far from that - i wouldn't be surprised if he wrote it himself.
But you're right, I think people were just over sensitive because it was about 9/11 but without actually being about 9/11. I guess the "isis" sketch just pushed them over the edge!
Oh yeah, thats right, the other bit that caused a bit of a stir was the ISIS Shark Tank sketch. But that was on Fox News though, who love to over react.
Anyone looking forward to tonight's show, its 3.5 hours long and lots of guests are turning up. I hope it's good
It has been on in the past, ITV4 showed it a few years ago and Sky Arts repeated the 70's episodes recently.
I liked it. I think they paced it as well as can be expected considering the running time. Always good to see the Californians sketch as well
The biggest letdown was Eddie Murphy's appearance. All the hype surrounding his return after 30 odd years and he's on stage for around 60 seconds and subsequently messes up throwing to commercials as well.
ITV showed the episodes weeks after they'd aired so a lot of the topical stuff didn't really make a lot of sense. They'd need to show it as soon as possible after the US airing for it to even stand a chance.
I'd like to see a channel take a chance on it again personally. Show it on Sunday nights after each new episode and see how it does - maybe on Dave ?
Some highlights for me were: Martin Short & 'Beyonce', Bill Murray's 'Jaws' love song, the Samberg/Sandler song, Wayne's World and Paul Simon's sublime 'Still Crazy ...'
I thought it was quite funny personally.
Don't know how long this will last, but this is his monologue
https://youtu.be/KctO7S62ZfY
I've not really enjoyed any of the post season 39 episodes other than Kevin Hart tbh. I miss Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and Kenan too much
Kenan is still in it
But I do agree about the others, they were a big loss. Fred Armisen as well.
There have been a few good episodes this season - Bill Hader's one, as well as Chris Rock's one as well (apart from that Leslie Jones screw-up
Update definitely needs an overhaul though.
Miley Cyrus hosts on October the 3rd
Amy Schumer on October the 10th
Tracey Morgan on October the 17th
Wasn't really a fan of the last time Cyrus hosted, but really looking forward to Amy Schumer and Tracey Morgan though.
I just don't think it would work. As we've seen, time and time again, these late night US comedy shows always go down like a cup of cold sick in the UK. I don't know why - but they just don't succeed. Letterman didn't work. Conan didn't work. Jon Stewart didn't work. Stephen Colbert didn't work.
I know SNL is a slightly different animal - but I just think it would share the same fate. I'd be glad if someone gave it a try - but the poor ratings would lead to inevitable cancellation.