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14. It is still viewed as "funny" to younger people
Mon Apr 29, 2024, 12:54 AM
Apr 2024

One's sense of humor changes as they get older. To those who watched SNL in the beginning with Chase, Aykroyd, Belushi, etc., not only was it a new concept but the audience was comprised of young draft-age people who were celebrating Nixon's departure and the end of the war. It's fifty years later and that demographic's sense of humor has changed, has other things to worry about, and finds contemporary humor hard to relate to since popular culture has changed.

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It hasn't been more than occasionally funny in at least 30 years. Ocelot II Apr 2024 #1
It used to be funny montanacowboy Apr 2024 #2
Connie Conehead BOSSHOG Apr 2024 #6
My all time favorite montanacowboy Apr 2024 #13
Even the later "two wild and crazy guys". Absolutely loved these guys.... a kennedy May 2024 #20
Jane You Ignorant Slut BOSSHOG May 2024 #24
nevermind samnsara May 2024 #22
No, it's a long time since I've watched it, and last times I passed by it, elleng Apr 2024 #3
Last time I watched, it was hours of childish humor with occasional brilliant satire. But now with DU LT Barclay Apr 2024 #4
Generally update desk is good... JT45242 Apr 2024 #5
If you can stay awake long enough to watch it, last night I changed channels before doc03 Apr 2024 #11
OMG the skits portraying NY Gov Dave Patterson samnsara May 2024 #23
Gotta say Traildogbob Apr 2024 #7
How could American humor ever top Benny Hill? ... marble falls Apr 2024 #8
Mr. Bill was super funny - TBF Apr 2024 #9
Same here. But, back in the day -- like in my late 20s (1970s) -- it was great, especially at the time that weed made Silent Type Apr 2024 #10
I used to love the skits with Gilda Radner, the Steve Martin skits, way back when peacebuzzard Apr 2024 #12
It is still viewed as "funny" to younger people PSPS Apr 2024 #14
I always record it. Sometimes the musical guest is good. IcyPeas Apr 2024 #15
Lorne Michaels has allowed Saturday Night Live to morph into Fridays. no_hypocrisy Apr 2024 #16
Funny very sporadically--especially in recent decades. Can have biting political humor that is not LOL funny, but... hlthe2b Apr 2024 #17
To be fair Traildogbob Apr 2024 #18
Haven't watched it in years for that very reason. bif Apr 2024 #19
early SNL was genius as was the cast... samnsara May 2024 #21
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