Have you watched Saturday ...
Question: Have you watched
Saturday Night Live at all this season? I am a fan of the show and usually TiVo it. While it does have a few bright spots (
Tina and
Amy's Weekend Update to name one), I would say that this season hasn't really been cutting it. Any thoughts?
Answer: I'm finding myself less enchanted these days even by the Weekend Update segments. Good to have Tina back, but there's a smugness to their delivery that can drive me berserk. This year I've settled back into the pattern that I adopted many seasons ago of half-watching the show for the first half-hour, muting the annoying musical guest (depending on the act) and tuning out after Weekend Update. I usually record the rest of the show to watch later, but then decide I've got better things to do and erase it. The sketches are almost always too painful to endure, and if there have been great new characters and recurring bits introduced lately, I haven't heard about it. And yet, most weekends I still find myself feeling hopeful and tuning in. Kinda like Charlie Brown and the football. Like him, I end up flat on my back, but usually I'm asleep. (The one standout to me lately:
Will Forte's
Bush, which he perfected during last year's debate parodies.)
