SNL's Continued Downward Spiral Thread

[sgreenwell]

It was hardly classic, but I always enjoyed the sketch around 1997 in a Helen Hunt episode with Chris Kattan and a bunch of obscure at best MLBers come out of his closet. Mark Wohlers called Kattan's character (he was playing a little boy) a fag.

Speaking of:

The Oral History of the "Baseball Dreams Come True" 'Saturday Night Live' Sketch - The Ringer

 

[Inky_Wretch]

8 revelations from Questlove's new doc about SNL's music

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5272842/saturday-night-live-snl-music-documentary-questlove

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Watched the "Saturday Night" movie. Thought it was really good. I'm not sure how good it would be to anyone who isn't pretty well versed on the original cast and the beginning of the show. But I am and it's a thumbs up from me.

The actors portraying the cast really capture the vibe. And it's a creative way to look at the show, with the whole tale told in the 90 minutes before the first episode.

 

[nietsroob17]

Speaking of:

The Oral History of the "Baseball Dreams Come True" 'Saturday Night Live' Sketch - The Ringer

in 1998, the Braves invited high school journalists (including myself) from the Atlanta area down to Turner Field for a faux press conference before one of the exhibitions that end spring training. Gerald Williams (RIP) was one of the players involved, and I asked him about the SNL skit. I can't exactly remember his response, other than it was pretty short.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That opening montage was forking incredible.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Bets on if they'll laugh at themselves enough to show the Ashlee Simpson clip?

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Bets on if they'll laugh at themselves enough to show the Ashlee Simpson clip?

Well they had people saying Lorne didn't think The Blues Brothers was funny, so...

 

[garrow]

It was hardly classic, but I always enjoyed the sketch around 1997 in a Helen Hunt episode with Chris Kattan and a bunch of obscure at best MLBers come out of his closet. Mark Wohlers called Kattan's character (he was playing a little boy) a fag.

I had never scene or heard of this sketch before. And Mark Grudzielanek was not obscure!

 

[nietsroob17]

I had never scene or heard of this sketch before. And Mark Grudzielanek was not obscure!

OK, maybe mid-tier. And a largely unproven Scott Rolen.

 

[gingerbread]

Bets on if they'll laugh at themselves enough to show the Ashlee Simpson clip?

I'll take that bet!
(I read Inky's link from above.)

 

[Inky_Wretch]

That Rage/Forbes story was awesome.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Bets on if they'll laugh at themselves enough to show the Ashlee Simpson clip?

THEY WENT THERE!!!!!