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TMC · 05-22-2018, 03:43 PM

...mbers who are stars

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...finale/560792/

"Since the departure of its prior core group of stars (the last of whom, Seth Meyers, departed midway through Season 39), SNL has struggled to build a major identity around its newer ensemble," says David Simms. "(Kate) McKinnon, the show’s one bona-fide star, and Kenan Thompson, its longest-running cast member, are two hall-of-famers. Everyone else is a mix of solid but unspectacular performers, some of whom (like Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong) have been with the show for six years without ever quite making it their own." Simms notes that Saturday Night Live is doing fine, ratings-wise. But, he adds, "beyond the growing staleness of its Trump material, SNL struggled to really address some of the biggest news stories of the year, especially the #MeToo movement." The one standout episode was the one hosted by Donald Glover, he says. "There’s a lesson to be learned from Glover’s episode: Its distinctiveness is what made it work, and helped so many of its sketches travel online in the days following," says Simms." More often than not, SNL succeeds when its cast members and writers build up recognizable brands of humor that can recur throughout the show. That’s never been true for much of SNL’s current cast, partly because they’re not given enough air time to define themselves onscreen, and some of the longer-serving veterans may have missed their chance to do so entirely. It’s a problem the show knows that it has—and a mistake it should steer clear of when it begins its next rebuild around newer stars."

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MrCleveland · 05-22-2018, 09:32 PM

SNL is in another Dark Ages...maybe after 45 years, they can ditch SNL.

Is there a way you can be part of the cast of SNL?

Because not only I can write...but I can do many character actors and celebrity voices. Plus...if I live in New York, I'll bunk with a friend of mine who lives there, we used to go to church together.

70s show watcher · 05-27-2018, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

SNL is in another Dark Ages...maybe after 45 years, they can ditch SNL.

Is there a way you can be part of the cast of SNL?

Because not only I can write...but I can do many character actors and celebrity voices. Plus...if I live in New York, I'll bunk with a friend of mine who lives there, we used to go to church together.

try making a film of your self and putting it on youtube that how a number of writers/cast members were found

MrCleveland · 06-02-2018, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by 70s show watcher

try making a film of your self and putting it on youtube that how a number of writers/cast members were found

Me and my brother are planning on making a late-night style TV Show which combines SNL, MST3K, and a Cleveland TV Show called Big Chuck and Lil' John.

It would be interesting that one of us gets a gig to try out on SNL. Plus, I'm a good writer.

70s show watcher · 06-07-2018, 08:39 PM

[QUOTE=MrCleveland]Me and my brother are planning on making a late-night style TV Show which combines SNL, MST3K, and a Cleveland TV Show called Big Chuck and Lil' John.

It would be interesting that one of us gets a gig to try out on SNL. Plus, I'm a good writer.[/QUOTE i wish you and your brother the best of luck with the show

Impressions · 06-09-2018, 11:25 AM

Honestly, the only reason I watch SNL is for the cold open, opening monologue and the weekend update. That's really the old good parts of the show. The other sketches are just flat out terrible or incredibly stupid. So I fast forward through a lot of the show

DJM77 · 06-09-2018, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Impressions

Honestly, the only reason I watch SNL is for the cold open, opening monologue and the weekend update. That's really the old good parts of the show. The other sketches are just flat out terrible or incredibly stupid. So I fast forward through a lot of the show

Yeah, all I usually watch anymore is the cold open and the weekend update.

05-22-2018, 03:43 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,743	SNL's celebrity cameo-filled 43rd season highlights the problem of having few cast me ...mbers who are stars https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...finale/560792/ "Since the departure of its prior core group of stars (the last of whom, Seth Meyers, departed midway through Season 39), SNL has struggled to build a major identity around its newer ensemble," says David Simms. "(Kate) McKinnon, the show’s one bona-fide star, and Kenan Thompson, its longest-running cast member, are two hall-of-famers. Everyone else is a mix of solid but unspectacular performers, some of whom (like Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong) have been with the show for six years without ever quite making it their own." Simms notes that Saturday Night Live is doing fine, ratings-wise. But, he adds, "beyond the growing staleness of its Trump material, SNL struggled to really address some of the biggest news stories of the year, especially the #MeToo movement." The one standout episode was the one hosted by Donald Glover, he says. "There’s a lesson to be learned from Glover’s episode: Its distinctiveness is what made it work, and helped so many of its sketches travel online in the days following," says Simms." More often than not, SNL succeeds when its cast members and writers build up recognizable brands of humor that can recur throughout the show. That’s never been true for much of SNL’s current cast, partly because they’re not given enough air time to define themselves onscreen, and some of the longer-serving veterans may have missed their chance to do so entirely. It’s a problem the show knows that it has—and a mistake it should steer clear of when it begins its next rebuild around newer stars." ALSO: There’s no excuse for SNL to be as stodgy and self-referentially lifeless as it was in the season finale Here are the 10 best sketches of Season 43 Give it up to the SNL costume department for their fast work on the royal wedding sketch Was Nicki Minaj's SNL performance cultural appropriation? Kate McKinnon is glad to walk you through her SNL work, but she explains why she won't discuss her personal life Watch McKinnon "trash" a hotel room for GQ Read a history of SNL's Jeopardy! sketches Pete Davidson is "casually dating" former SNL musical guest Ariana Grande

05-22-2018, 09:32 PM	#2
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,232	SNL is in another Dark Ages...maybe after 45 years, they can ditch SNL. Is there a way you can be part of the cast of SNL? Because not only I can write...but I can do many character actors and celebrity voices. Plus...if I live in New York, I'll bunk with a friend of mine who lives there, we used to go to church together.
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06-07-2018, 08:39 PM	#5
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	[QUOTE=MrCleveland]Me and my brother are planning on making a late-night style TV Show which combines SNL, MST3K, and a Cleveland TV Show called Big Chuck and Lil' John. It would be interesting that one of us gets a gig to try out on SNL. Plus, I'm a good writer.[/QUOTE i wish you and your brother the best of luck with the show

06-09-2018, 11:25 AM	#6
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	Honestly, the only reason I watch SNL is for the cold open, opening monologue and the weekend update. That's really the old good parts of the show. The other sketches are just flat out terrible or incredibly stupid. So I fast forward through a lot of the show