Comments on: Complaints about Saturday Night Live http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Finnagain http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1649167 Finnagain Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1649167 You can only see Yetis (or Shamans of the forest) while in trance. I'm assuming the same is true for dating or sexing. NTTAWWT. You can only see Yetis (or Shamans of the forest) while in trance. I’m assuming the same is true for dating or sexing. NTTAWWT.

]]> By: donniebnyc http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1647141 donniebnyc Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1647141 Obviously if there were fewer guns in this country there would also be fewer people being forced to watch television programs they think aren't funny.  Please stop this madness!! Obviously if there were fewer guns in this country there would also be fewer people being forced to watch television programs they think aren’t funny. 

Please stop this madness!!

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646912 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646912 I occasionally appreciate a donut, and am willing to pay for it when circumstances warrant.  I do not expect free donuts to be forced upon me in the company lounge. I think it's a free market argument or something about pornographers pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps or garters or whatever. I occasionally appreciate a donut, and am willing to pay for it when circumstances warrant.  I do not expect free donuts to be forced upon me in the company lounge.

I think it’s a free market argument or something about pornographers pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps or garters or whatever.

]]> By: Steve Gentry http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646794 Steve Gentry Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646794 Probably because A. Miss Kitty wasn't a prostitute, she was a madam and the owner of the Long Branch, AND in a stable long term relationship with US Marshall Matt Dillon, and B. She wasn't on "Bonanza", she was on "Gunsmoke", a completely different show. duh. Probably because A. Miss Kitty wasn’t a prostitute, she was a madam and the owner of the Long Branch, AND in a stable long term relationship with US Marshall Matt Dillon, and B. She wasn’t on “Bonanza”, she was on “Gunsmoke”, a completely different show. duh.

]]> By: Matt L http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646675 Matt L Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646675 "As an adult at 58 years of age, I occasionally appreciate a measure of pornographic entertainment and am willing to pay for it when circumstances and I warrant. I do not  expect it to be thrown in my face while watching network television." Only 58? Awww, he'll need a fake ID to rent ultraporn.  “As an adult at 58 years of age, I occasionally appreciate a measure of pornographic entertainment and am willing to pay for it when circumstances and I warrant. I do not  expect it to be thrown in my face while watching network television.”

Only 58? Awww, he’ll need a fake ID to rent ultraporn. 

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646523 Navin_Johnson Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646523 The complaints about SNL being just *completely* unfunny are so predictable and tiresome. Always the same cliched complaints about SNL and The Simpsons only being funny pre: [insert year] or even more ridiculous: saying that SNL was *never* funny. SNL may not be very great, and may be nowhere near "alternative", or more cutting edge comedy, <i>but it's far from bad.</i> Taste is certainly subjective, but when people write off SNL *completely* my bullshit detector begins beeping, and I start to hear King Missile's "Sensitive Artist" play in the background... I can just imagine the same people complaining going back to their Monty Python, Bill Hicks (groan), and Family Guy dvds and just laaaafffing hysterically................... The complaints about SNL being just *completely* unfunny are so predictable and tiresome. Always the same cliched complaints about SNL and The Simpsons only being funny pre: [insert year] or even more ridiculous: saying that SNL was *never* funny. SNL may not be very great, and may be nowhere near “alternative”, or more cutting edge comedy, but it’s far from bad.

Taste is certainly subjective, but when people write off SNL *completely* my bullshit detector begins beeping, and I start to hear King Missile’s “Sensitive Artist” play in the background…

I can just imagine the same people complaining going back to their Monty Python, Bill Hicks (groan), and Family Guy dvds and just laaaafffing hysterically……………….

]]> By: Blue387 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646430 Blue387 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646430 For the record, the Rays rallied to beat the Red Sox 7-4 with six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on September 20, 2012. It was apparently Star Trek theme night for the Rays. They should have stuck with the Rays game. For the record, the Rays rallied to beat the Red Sox 7-4 with six runs in the bottom of the ninth inning on September 20, 2012. It was apparently Star Trek theme night for the Rays.

They should have stuck with the Rays game.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646418 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646418  "Pops!  The kids got into the nitrous again!"  ”Pops!  The kids got into the nitrous again!”

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646417 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646417  Yeah, this is the sort of topic that screams out for accurate reporting.  Because it's important news and not trivial humor.  Yeah, this is the sort of topic that screams out for accurate reporting.  Because it’s important news and not trivial humor.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646415 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646415 Nailed it. Nailed it.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646409 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646409 ...lolwut? SNL has been on the air for 40 years.  Lots of people watch it including former roommates of mine.  I don't need to be "in the habit of watching" it to have seen a few episodes and realized it's not even remotely funny. Put another way: do you like Jersey Shore?  If yes, hahaha.  If no, well how would you know if you didn't watch it?  I guess you're in the habit of watching shows you don't find entertaining. …lolwut?

SNL has been on the air for 40 years.  Lots of people watch it including former roommates of mine.  I don’t need to be “in the habit of watching” it to have seen a few episodes and realized it’s not even remotely funny.

Put another way: do you like Jersey Shore?  If yes, hahaha.  If no, well how would you know if you didn’t watch it?  I guess you’re in the habit of watching shows you don’t find entertaining.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646402 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646402  I want the time spent watching the commercials back, or a cash equivalent.  I want the time spent watching the commercials back, or a cash equivalent.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646397 wysinwyg Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646397  It really isn't funny.  It really isn’t funny.

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646387 Snig Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646387 could also refer to this imagery: http://ak9.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1213528/preview/stock-footage-back-to-school-carved-apples-outdoors.jpg could also refer to this imagery:
http://ak9.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/1213528/preview/stock-footage-back-to-school-carved-apples-outdoors.jpg

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646361 IronEdithKidd Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646361 My mom rented compilations of the Mr. Bill skits for us to watch.  It was definitely more efficient than me trying to stay up and then being a total grumpus on Sunday. My mom rented compilations of the Mr. Bill skits for us to watch.  It was definitely more efficient than me trying to stay up and then being a total grumpus on Sunday.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646337 timquinn Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646337 You know, if the kids are laughing and you are not it isn't the material, pops. You know, if the kids are laughing and you are not it isn’t the material, pops.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646336 timquinn Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646336 you don't watch it do you? you don’t watch it do you?

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646221 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646221 Well played, sir.  I parry with "You mean the nation's showcase for psychiatrist jokes and musical comedy numbers?" Well played, sir.  I parry with “You mean the nation’s showcase for psychiatrist jokes and musical comedy numbers?”

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646216 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646216 Are you... Are you applauding or bemoaning? Are you… Are you applauding or bemoaning?

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646210 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646210 On the other hand, the complainant's phrasing suggests that depictions of "seduction by Yeti rape" would have been acceptable but for the timing.  On the other hand, the complainant’s phrasing suggests that depictions of “seduction by Yeti rape” would have been acceptable but for the timing. 

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646203 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646203 And now another episode of The Big Ear Family! *enter giant Q-tip* And now another episode of The Big Ear Family!

*enter giant Q-tip*

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646200 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646200 So... shopping... television show... moral police... I'm a little foggy on the prescription, but I think you want me to watch a variety of shows about moral cops rating movies at a bargain store that isn't funny once you get to know the staff.  CBS, here we come! So… shopping… television show… moral police… I’m a little foggy on the prescription, but I think you want me to watch a variety of shows about moral cops rating movies at a bargain store that isn’t funny once you get to know the staff.  CBS, here we come!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646196 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646196 The Simpsons? You mean that bit on the Tracey Ullman Show? The Simpsons? You mean that bit on the Tracey Ullman Show?

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646192 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646192 Same thing, but "The Simpsons". It stopped being relevant in the mid-to-late 90's, but someone forgot to unplug the sausage machine. Same thing, but “The Simpsons”.

It stopped being relevant in the mid-to-late 90′s, but someone forgot to unplug the sausage machine.

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646190 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646190 They're an easy target.  They have the stamina of the Energizer Bunny and they make a helluva mess. They’re an easy target.  They have the stamina of the Energizer Bunny and they make a helluva mess.

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646189 Aaron Gilliland Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646189 Darn those un-American liberal commie godless Satan-worshippers and their subversive mainstream trash.  You don't know how it pains me to sit through hours and hours of that garbage, closely analyzing every disgusting moment, my faith tested as I dutifully catalog every obscene image hidden in the prop ice cubes.  The constant allusions to unnatural fornication coupled with the pain in my thumb as I'm forced to rewind again and again. Oh how I've suffered..... But, back to the salt mines, eh?  Blah blah, take one for the team, etc. etc.  No calls, dear. Darn those un-American liberal commie godless Satan-worshippers and their subversive mainstream trash.  You don’t know how it pains me to sit through hours and hours of that garbage, closely analyzing every disgusting moment, my faith tested as I dutifully catalog every obscene image hidden in the prop ice cubes.  The constant allusions to unnatural fornication coupled with the pain in my thumb as I’m forced to rewind again and again.

Oh how I’ve suffered…..

But, back to the salt mines, eh?  Blah blah, take one for the team, etc. etc.  No calls, dear.

]]> By: eris_kallisti http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646115 eris_kallisti Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646115 "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=O-gCAAAAYAAJ" rel="nofollow">The Apples of New York</a>" is a classic work of pomography. “The Apples of New York” is a classic work of pomography.

]]> By: Charlie Parker http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646096 Charlie Parker Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646096 I guess in the land of the boing-boing the one-eyed moderator is king. I guess in the land of the boing-boing the one-eyed moderator is king.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646043 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646043 SNL's biggest problem is taking funny 90 second sketches and stretching them to five minutes.  That and constantly looking into the camera as if to say, "Look at us!  We're COMEDIANS!!!" SNL’s biggest problem is taking funny 90 second sketches and stretching them to five minutes.  That and constantly looking into the camera as if to say, “Look at us!  We’re COMEDIANS!!!”

]]> By: welcomeabored http://boingboing.net/2013/02/04/complaints-about-saturday-nigh.html#comment-1646031 welcomeabored Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=210789#comment-1646031 Miss Kitty (Russell) owned the Long Branch Saloon. Miss Kitty (Russell) owned the Long Branch Saloon.

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