Whenever I think of SNL, a very distinct memory comes to mind. I am having a sleepover with my buddies and we are sneakily staying up late to watch it and the announcer with the booming voice says (something like), "Saturday Night Live - entertaining America for a fiftieth of a century!"
We laugh and think that's very witty. It was obviously in its second year. That must be 30 years ago since I'm more than a bit past the age of having sleepovers with my buddies. But we thought the show was great and felt like quite the little badasses for watching it.
Whenever I see the show now - and this has been the case for decades - I am amazed at how bad it is, and yet still survives. I generally can't watch more than five minutes at a time. I saw the intro with Julia Louis-Dreyfus this past weekend and it was painful to watch.
What I'm not sure of is if it was always the same quality but it just used to seem funnier because we were kids up past our bedtime. Then again these things are a matter of taste - maybe some people find it genuinely funny now.
Just wondering where SNL fits into the pop culture landscape these days.
We laugh and think that's very witty. It was obviously in its second year. That must be 30 years ago since I'm more than a bit past the age of having sleepovers with my buddies. But we thought the show was great and felt like quite the little badasses for watching it.
Whenever I see the show now - and this has been the case for decades - I am amazed at how bad it is, and yet still survives. I generally can't watch more than five minutes at a time. I saw the intro with Julia Louis-Dreyfus this past weekend and it was painful to watch.
What I'm not sure of is if it was always the same quality but it just used to seem funnier because we were kids up past our bedtime. Then again these things are a matter of taste - maybe some people find it genuinely funny now.
Just wondering where SNL fits into the pop culture landscape these days.
