SNL's Continued Downward Spiral Thread

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I kind of like Wayne's World 2! It's not as good of a movie as the original, but it's still got some great gags. And oddly, the humor in both has aged pretty well.

I certainly don't mind giving the sequel another chance! I just remember it felt forced and thin in '93. But I saw the original for its 25th anniversary return to the theaters and it was just as funny as it was in '92.

 

[garrow]

Didn't realize that Dan Aykroyd was just 23 on the first season, making him almost a decade younger than Chase. Fitzhume and Milbarge!

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I suspect one reason Mike Myers didn't appear much in the special is that it would have required people to talk and work with Mike Myers.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

My wife and daughter re-watched the anniversary show tonight. A few cast members I didn't notice.

- Anyone other than Martin Short and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who isn't famous because of her SNL stint) from the 1984-85 cast? Was Billy Crystal around? I think people forget how popular that season was. I was in 8th grade at the time and rarely missed it. It was a unicorn season, but in a good way. (Though I'm sure quite a bit of what I thought was funny at 13 hasn't dated well.)
- Anyone other than Lovitz from the 1985-86 cast? That season is justly infamous, but there were some stars in that cast.

I watched the Peacock doc on the 1985-86 season. Interesting. I recall thinking that season got better as it went along once I got used to the unconventional (and uneven) manner in which it played out. And as the doc touches on, it became self-referential in how bad it was going at the time which was pretty funny.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Billy Crystal was definitely there. Saw him a couple of times in the crowd.

I know Dennis Miller went pretty hard right after 9/11. Not sure if bridges were burned or what. But he's not really been involved with much since he left, as far as I know.

Heard Miller on the Carvey/Spade podcast recently. Good interview. No politics.

 

[sgreenwell]

Billy Crystal was definitely there. Saw him a couple of times in the crowd.

I know Dennis Miller went pretty hard right after 9/11. Not sure if bridges were burned or what. But he's not really been involved with much since he left, as far as I know.

Heard Miller on the Carvey/Spade podcast recently. Good interview. No politics.

Conan and others love to impersonate Miller, which is funny enough on its own. He's probably still my favorite solo Update anchor.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

I don't agree with his politics at all, but still have a ton of admiration for Miller. He's the greatest SNL news anchor by miles and his Off-White album is one of the funniest comedy albums I've ever heard.

 

[MTM]

I tried watching the red carpet show and bailed about 7 minutes in. It was an unprepared Leslie Jones and some dude I don't know fawning over the cast members. I didn't wait to see if Willie Geist added any professionalism.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Billy Crystal was definitely there. Saw him a couple of times in the crowd.

I know Dennis Miller went pretty hard right after 9/11. Not sure if bridges were burned or what. But he's not really been involved with much since he left, as far as I know.

Heard Miller on the Carvey/Spade podcast recently. Good interview. No politics.

Hey babe I'm the Chuck Cunningham of SNL cha cha cha

 

[sgreenwell]

I tried watching the red carpet show and bailed about 7 minutes in. It was an unprepared Leslie Jones and some dude I don't know fawning over the cast members. I didn't wait to see if Willie Geist added any professionalism.

I watched about 10 minutes, and it seemed like an environment especially bad for Geist, who I usually like. That whole program was a cluster fork.

 

[swingline]

I think "clusterfork" is one word.

 

[nietsroob17]

For those wanting a breakdown, the esteemed SNL Archives site has put together its summary of the SNL50 special.

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