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Due to Strike, SNL Performs to Live Audience Without Cameras Running
breitbart.com — About 150 audience members in a tiny Manhattan theater were the only folks in the world to witness a totally new "Saturday Night Live" episode starring guest host Michael Cera and musical guest Yo La Tengo. Anyone who tuned into NBC was subjected to a two-week-old rerun featuring Brian Williams and Feist.
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- ericeman, on 11/18/2007, -16/+23I actually really like SNL, Cera, and Yo La Tengo so this makes the strike hurt even more. I do, however, applaud them for fiinding alternative methods to getting their writing out their... even if it is pretty exclusive.
- Rikkochet, on 11/18/2007, -1/+29Getting their writing out their what?
- saifatlast, on 11/18/2007, -5/+15You don't want to now man... I was there, I saw it all. Things like that... you don't unsee.
- saifatlast, on 11/19/2007, -0/+16*cough*know
- Obligation, on 11/19/2007, -6/+2I don't want to now what?
- saifatlast, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Your question doesn't make sense. Also, I correct myself before you did!
- saifatlast, on 11/18/2007, -5/+15You don't want to now man... I was there, I saw it all. Things like that... you don't unsee.
- Archon810, on 11/19/2007, -1/+14Videos or it didn't happen.
- Rikkochet, on 11/18/2007, -1/+29Getting their writing out their what?
- dunderballer, on 11/18/2007, -4/+95They should have recorded it, posted it online with a limited commercials and collected the advertising revenue. Because of copyright, they wouldn't be able to use the name, but that and other trademark phrases aside (e.g. Weekend Update), they could essentially do the same show without NBC. That would be some handy leverage for the negotiating table.
- ElAssoWipo, on 11/18/2007, -34/+3Oh yeah, huge leverage. Network television vs theater infront of 150 people.
- zachshmack, on 11/18/2007, -1/+34Reading comprehension.
- ElAssoWipo, on 11/18/2007, -8/+2Yeah, that didn't come out right at all. I was talking about the means of production. As in that show wouldn't be as well made and wouldn't reach an audience large enough or have the power to make as much money. As in it wouldn't impress the whole of network television enough to change it's policies.
I guess I was expecting theater to refer to a poor production.- mrsteveman1, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5They use props and a few quickly built sets. Its not like a movie or a TV show.
- jasonvw, on 11/18/2007, -0/+4it's all the same people in the same theater they preform in anyway. It's just that the cameras were not on. so.. same show, no cameras.
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3Umm...that's not right at all. It was in UCB's theater, not in 8H or 30 Rock. Next time, try reading the article.
- Velirno, on 11/18/2007, -5/+1Do you watch Revision 3 at all?
- ElAssoWipo, on 11/18/2007, -8/+2Yeah, that didn't come out right at all. I was talking about the means of production. As in that show wouldn't be as well made and wouldn't reach an audience large enough or have the power to make as much money. As in it wouldn't impress the whole of network television enough to change it's policies.
- zachshmack, on 11/18/2007, -1/+34Reading comprehension.
- HappyScrappy, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8They are almost certainly forbidden by contract from performing together and publishing it. Even if they weren't, to do so would violate the Writer's Guild strike, because the strike isn't just against NBC, it's nationwide (global?).
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9No, they are simply forbidden from producing any work for which they are under contract, nor are they allowed to have work put under contract during this time. Independent (No studios) projects and spec(ulative) scripts are all good.
- HappyScrappy, on 11/19/2007, -3/+1You're saying they can do work for hire, just not for the big studios? (I mean from the Writer's Guild side, what I said about their contracts still holds.)
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7No, that is not what I mean. Independent projects are side projects that they do on their own for which they are not under contract to anyone. I used studios as an overarching term for production companies, producers, execs, etc.
There is no violation with them making this show for ***** and giggles, the same way they could make some funny videos and post them online, or go out and perform their material on the streets.
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7No, that is not what I mean. Independent projects are side projects that they do on their own for which they are not under contract to anyone. I used studios as an overarching term for production companies, producers, execs, etc.
- HappyScrappy, on 11/19/2007, -3/+1You're saying they can do work for hire, just not for the big studios? (I mean from the Writer's Guild side, what I said about their contracts still holds.)
- cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1They should have recorded it made ad revenue then donated it to charities. So when NBC came crying contract problems they could just say it was for the children. What's NBC going to do get horrible PR?
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9No, they are simply forbidden from producing any work for which they are under contract, nor are they allowed to have work put under contract during this time. Independent (No studios) projects and spec(ulative) scripts are all good.
- Daggity, on 11/19/2007, -3/+1What would make more sense is just to upload it to a file sharing site or something. Some of the strikers might resent SNL for using commercials and getting revenue.
- whiteEEnerd, on 11/19/2007, -1/+2Actually, even the stage at SNL is copyrighted. If you ever visit the studio you are not allowed to take pictures or recordings of anything, even if it is empty.
- duo8675309, on 11/19/2007, -2/+3Then don't use the stage.
- urbanRock, on 11/19/2007, -2/+1Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
- MrNexus, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1That's so early 2007 dude.
- Matt174e, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1I appreciated the first few times, but now I can see it coming a kilometer away.
- Rich711, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1HELLO!! The strike is over writers not getting paid for internet rights.
- ElAssoWipo, on 11/18/2007, -34/+3Oh yeah, huge leverage. Network television vs theater infront of 150 people.
- JackandCoke, on 11/18/2007, -9/+58They forgot to mention that Jesus made a cameo on that nights show, it was beautiful and at the end of it, a cloud appeared around him and pulled him up through the ceiling, into the heavens.
- kurupttek, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6And Soon after the Knight rider car came and shot the audience with lasers
- brentinkc, on 11/18/2007, -0/+15KITT. C'mon dude. He was the best character in the show. The car's name is KITT.
And the answer to your question is Knight Industries Two Thousand
- brentinkc, on 11/18/2007, -0/+15KITT. C'mon dude. He was the best character in the show. The car's name is KITT.
- Tallon29, on 11/18/2007, -0/+32And then 10 minutes after you left, the Spice Girls came and slept with everybody.
- adoggz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+13why would god allow something so horrible to happen. I pray for the audience members to recover from that trauma quickly.
- brentinkc, on 11/18/2007, -1/+6Yeah. I know lots of people that would turn down sex with Victoria Beckham. C'mon now.
- adoggz, on 11/18/2007, -10/+2edit ..... sorry, bury.
- EmperorAwesome, on 11/19/2007, -0/+5Even the fat kid in the Babylon 5 t-shirt?
- adoggz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+13why would god allow something so horrible to happen. I pray for the audience members to recover from that trauma quickly.
- kurupttek, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6And Soon after the Knight rider car came and shot the audience with lasers
- kinerry, on 11/18/2007, -30/+3I say fire everyone and hire new, non-union workers
- aspork2727, on 11/18/2007, -5/+13What are you? Some kind of moron. That kind of talk is what big businesses wants to hear come out of your mouth. The writers are one most important things in a show. With out unions there would be no minimum wage, breaks, and children working in coal mines.
- kinerry, on 11/19/2007, -8/+3There are people out there with REAL ideas that are willing to get paid less
- funwithphobias, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1Then logically, they must be getting paid the most because their ideas are so ***** good.
- Killmaster, on 11/19/2007, -5/+1I dunno, we don't really have unions in Texas, and we seem to be doing fine.
- funwithphobias, on 11/20/2007, -0/+2HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- kinerry, on 11/19/2007, -8/+3There are people out there with REAL ideas that are willing to get paid less
- colberrep, on 11/18/2007, -7/+6I say you are a classic republican or libertarian. Siding against workers. Thankfully you are in the minority.
- solid12345, on 11/18/2007, -4/+3I was not aware writers were workers. Aren't they just like the CEO's, neither do manual labor and get paid to sit in a chair and do something.
- fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8Does work now only refer to manual labor?
- solid12345, on 11/19/2007, -5/+5No, but I find it insulting to compare the working conditions of coal laborers in the 1800s to the struggles of a writer's union.
- fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -1/+8Does work now only refer to manual labor?
- realunderdog, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1While I am no longer a member of the Libertarian party I still consider myself a Libertarian.
I do support the right of the people to strike.
In fact you colberrep are ignorant of history. The libertarian party was founded in the 1970's. The main inspiration for the founding of the party was a book originally called "The Strike".
In it the hero got tired of corporations and wealthy people abusing their power.
He started a strike and went around the USA with others convincing the working people to go on strike.
Later before the book was published Ayn Rand changed the name from "The Strike" to "Atlas Shrugged".
- solid12345, on 11/18/2007, -4/+3I was not aware writers were workers. Aren't they just like the CEO's, neither do manual labor and get paid to sit in a chair and do something.
- InfiniteNothing, on 11/18/2007, -2/+8I wish you and I could live in parallel universes. Me with my high paid good writers and you with your poorly paid bad writers.
- kinerry, on 11/19/2007, -7/+1Mine would turn out more stories, better stories because they have the incentive to
- Jrr6415sun, on 11/19/2007, -1/+6incentive to what? work more because they're getting paid *****? what happens when they produce an amazing script and realize they should be getting paid more than minimum wage? You think a big business like NBC or CBS is going to be kosher with giving the good writers more money? Hell no, they will fire all the writers who want more money, and be left with all the crappy writers... so basically all the good writers will be fired and we'll be left with what we already have now (according to you)
Sure dumbasses out of college are willing to work for free or minimum wage because they think they're the next big thing.. but you can't live on that salary for very long... eventually you're going to start to realize you can't live on that.. and you're going to wish you had a union that could stand up for your rights. That's why it's so necessary to have unions for any job that has such a high demand.
- Jrr6415sun, on 11/19/2007, -1/+6incentive to what? work more because they're getting paid *****? what happens when they produce an amazing script and realize they should be getting paid more than minimum wage? You think a big business like NBC or CBS is going to be kosher with giving the good writers more money? Hell no, they will fire all the writers who want more money, and be left with all the crappy writers... so basically all the good writers will be fired and we'll be left with what we already have now (according to you)
- kinerry, on 11/19/2007, -7/+1Mine would turn out more stories, better stories because they have the incentive to
- actorboy, on 11/18/2007, -4/+1I know you say it. I saw you say it 10 minutes ago in another thread. I disagree with it, but you certainly say it.
- actorboy, on 11/18/2007, -4/+1What is up with the double posts today?
- aspork2727, on 11/18/2007, -5/+13What are you? Some kind of moron. That kind of talk is what big businesses wants to hear come out of your mouth. The writers are one most important things in a show. With out unions there would be no minimum wage, breaks, and children working in coal mines.
- TimmyGUNZ, on 11/18/2007, -2/+23Ugh...Yo La Tengo?!?! Finally they get a band that I LOVE and it doesn't air.
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6They most likely wouldn't have been the band even if the show went to air. They chose the host and musical guest on who was in the area and flexible. SNL tends to chose based on market share and who has something to promote (With lots of money to back it).
- notahippie76, on 11/18/2007, -16/+9"Anyone who tuned into NBC was subjected to a two-week-old rerun featuring Brian Williams and Feist." That combination of guest host and musical performer makes it seem like the television audience got shafted. "Yeah, they got, pfft, *Feist*."
PS - Best thing to come out of the writers' strike? SNL not being able to air their *****-poor show.- sorrytheusernam, on 11/18/2007, -2/+6It still airs. Again and again and again.
- Shirt, on 11/19/2007, -4/+7Seriously. SNL is horrible
- colberrep, on 11/18/2007, -16/+4buried for linking to a ring wing news site--breitbart is drudge's protege. Oh, and SNL blows now
- twotimesthru, on 11/18/2007, -1/+15NYTimes article with slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/arts/television/ ...
- moisie, on 11/18/2007, -0/+49"He came and saw it and laughed a little bit"
Sounds about right for SNL - drake77, on 11/18/2007, -2/+3I really want to see this.
- petebert, on 11/18/2007, -3/+18I dont get it, so they had material to present, were the camera men on strike too?
- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7It wasn't meant to air or be taped. It was meant to be a creative outlet for the writers and performers.
- centran, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1The Writers Guild of America (WGA) are on strike. They are not allowed to do contract work.
However, this was a side project. It was not taped. They will not make revenue on it.
Any money they made from tickets went to the people who have been fired over this strike. - centran, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1what is with this double posting bug. Second time today!
- stellamaris, on 11/18/2007, -5/+5Those people who were in the studio audience are lucky. I've been there a few times to see the dress rehearsal, and the experience is so much more magical when you're actually there, watching everyone run around maniacally. It's a shame that the rest of us didn't get to see what I'm sure was a great episode. I lament the absence of Michael Cera's monologue in my mind-grapes.
- Cerebral, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1From what I remember hearing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip did a pretty good job of showing that "type" of stuff. That show was brilliantly written, directed and acted BTW. I was sad to see it go.
- Synn, on 11/18/2007, -8/+2I'm all for the writers in this strike, but this kind of pisses me off. I would've liked to have see that episode...but now I can't. It's like the writers punished the home viewers and that's not cool.
- eihwaz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+11That's the whole concept of strike: you need to get the attention of the public to your problem. Did you know anything about the tv writers problem before the strike? I'd say no. You started considering it only when you knew that your favourite tv show could have been cut in the middle of the season. Now they have your attention, and they can put more pressure on the "headquarters" to solve their problem.
- Synn, on 11/19/2007, -5/+1They already had my attention before this incident. But actually doing the show and not letting those who support them view it is *****.
- zwaldowski, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1This would be impossible to air (even on, say, YouTube). Not only was it not intended to air, but NBC has the actors' and actresses' bodies from torsos up copyrighted and the jokes and skits were some rejected, others made for the future.
- eihwaz, on 11/18/2007, -1/+11That's the whole concept of strike: you need to get the attention of the public to your problem. Did you know anything about the tv writers problem before the strike? I'd say no. You started considering it only when you knew that your favourite tv show could have been cut in the middle of the season. Now they have your attention, and they can put more pressure on the "headquarters" to solve their problem.
- Roger, on 11/18/2007, -1/+42Michael Cera?
You mean for once there was a good reason to watch SNL and it isn't even gonna air? Figures.- boonesfarm, on 11/19/2007, -15/+0Yeah, great. Watch Cera him-haw his way through his lines. He's a no-talent.
- humanerror, on 04/03/2008, -4/+30So it had about the same number of viewers as any other week then?
- jdevilz, on 11/18/2007, -0/+40Michael Cera and Yo La Tango....I mean...Come On!!!...He's George Michael!!
- therightclique, on 11/18/2007, -13/+26Isn't this what SNL has been doing for years? That ***** show is still on? How can SNL still be on? It hasn't been funny since Oops I Crapped My Pants. It's so ***** that when they make some garbage like "dick in a box" that is slightly funnier than the stuff they normally do, people actually think its funny. If they woulda done that dick in a box ***** back when the show was actually funny, nobody would have cared about it at all.
- UGM2099, on 11/19/2007, -2/+12You still think it sucks because you haven't watched it in a few years, and that's fair because it was awful for alot of years. If you did give it another chance you probably wouldn't like it anyway because you sound like a joyless cynic, but the show is actually funny again and there are routinely sketches that get quoted all week long as well as some occasional bits that could become classics.
- 3eeedeee, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2i wouldn't say the last few years of SNL have been any better or worse than any other period of the show's run. SNL has always been wildly uneven, week to week, skit to skit. even in the years people remember as being the better years. and even in the rock-bottom years there were always atleast 1 or 2 consistently funny cast members and some very funny skits.
- ShinRaTDR, on 11/19/2007, -2/+1People say the same thing about The Simpsons, "Yeah, it got crappy for a while but its great now!". These people are delusional. I love to laugh and have a large library of comedy movies and shows, so I think its fair to assume I have at least some sense of what's funny, and SNL & The Simpsons, as great as they were in their prime, they are just terrible now, and people cut them way too much slack because of their history.
- crapmatic, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1Yeah, I've got to say it mostly sucked from about 2001 to 2005. Glad to say it's been slowly getting better again. I fear that when Michael Lorne hangs it up, the show's gonna go straight into the *****.
- MrTea, on 11/19/2007, -5/+3IMO, SNL started to suck when Tina Fey started writing sketches (around early 90's).
- Pikachelsea, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Buried for badmouthing the greatness that is Dick In A Box. Granted, SNL hasn't been very funny in quite some time, but IMO Andy Samberg is one of the few highlights of the show these days.
- macbookpromat, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Andy Samberg is the show.
- UGM2099, on 11/19/2007, -2/+12You still think it sucks because you haven't watched it in a few years, and that's fair because it was awful for alot of years. If you did give it another chance you probably wouldn't like it anyway because you sound like a joyless cynic, but the show is actually funny again and there are routinely sketches that get quoted all week long as well as some occasional bits that could become classics.
- kinerry, on 11/19/2007, -13/+4The writers are already rich
Fire all of them, hire non-union writers with a passion for writing
= more stories, better stories because of the incentive- fantasticFlan, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6Scroll up man, you already said that.
- devjt2, on 11/19/2007, -0/+2Really? Done any freelance writing lately?
- funwithphobias, on 11/20/2007, -0/+2Dumbass. The system already rewards good writing.
- coit, on 11/19/2007, -6/+7Not bad, they got about half of their usual audience including TV then...
- UGM2099, on 11/19/2007, -4/+34I need
SNL.UCB.STRIKENIGHTLIVE.INTERNAL.CAM.XViD-mVs-WWW.WAREZLOUNGE.COM.rar.torrent - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -11/+4So.. they had what.. three people watching instead of four?.. five?
- Damian91, on 11/19/2007, -10/+4Oh wow they actually did a show without those 1 or 3 people watching from home? Go SNL!
- duggfunny, on 11/19/2007, -5/+1they should have done it in a model home in the desert
- fantasmacanino, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3Honor thy name.
- prenderlicious, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1they should have done it in a van down by the river!
- boonesfarm, on 11/19/2007, -7/+0That's a funny looking strike. So, who wrote the episode? How does this not violate the strike terms? Or contract terms? I seem to remember digg nation being down on SNL for being stale and "just not funny".
But, conjure images of the proletariat thwarting the bourgeoisie (aka producers), and the hammer and sickle wielding youth see it as an F you to "the man". NBC/Universal probably noticed this. UP WITH ESTABLISHMENT!!!- foxymcfox, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4The strike doesn't mean they can't write and perform material. They just can't write material for which they are under contract. Independent projects and spec scripts are still cool.
- googs2, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0Also, in the article it says all the material they've used was from past sketches that hadn't been aired, and/or were too "racey" for tv.
- boonesfarm, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0I actually still like the show... and you're right, there's plenty of unused material each week. But, the writers were there.. and Lorne, the producer, was there. NBC was not.
- bonesbrigade, on 11/19/2007, -5/+8And it still sucked.
- critikill, on 11/19/2007, -2/+4SNL is definitely one show that this strike may help. Maybe if they get payed more they'll have more of an incentive to write something that's actually funny or attract new writers with actual talent.
- Shirt, on 11/19/2007, -9/+8People still watch SNL? That show ***** blows. There hasn't been a funny thing on that pile of ***** for years.
- Urusai, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-MFhAtrF3M
- Eddiecoaster, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3dick in the box sucked. cant touch the good old days, like chris farley as a chippendale dancer or waynes world.
- cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3sean connery jeopardy was the ***** too. SNL is garbage anymore
- astrotrain, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1Yes the Celebrity Jeopardy was about the last time SNL was funny and worth tuning into. Now its just pointless skits, or skits SNL thinks that are funny and they left over gags to another week with same skit name.
- cowboy86, on 11/19/2007, -0/+3sean connery jeopardy was the ***** too. SNL is garbage anymore
- Eddiecoaster, on 11/19/2007, -1/+3dick in the box sucked. cant touch the good old days, like chris farley as a chippendale dancer or waynes world.
- Urusai, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-MFhAtrF3M
- imcybersmart, on 11/19/2007, -2/+3vids or it didnt happen
- crapmatic, on 11/19/2007, -7/+2I liked Mr. Cera much better when he was in the band Chicago... when he went solo he got a little too whiny for my tastes.
- brindon, on 11/19/2007, -4/+2I thought the benefit of the writer's strike was that terrible teevee programs like SNL were off the air, finally. If only we could keep that ***** off forever.
- Eddiecoaster, on 11/19/2007, -2/+2maybe with this strike they can get all new snl writers and a whole new cast. start it from scratch and maybe it will be good again.
- 3eeedeee, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1i think atleast some of the current cast is funny and should be kept, but hire some new writers (perhaps steal them from an actual funny show like Colbert or The Daily Show), and get rid of the big budget sets (the show would be a lot funnier if it looked funnier) and the lame same-every-week show format.
- nathew, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1some of the writers and cast members are actually pretty damn talented, and i get the feeling that any scabs they bring in wouldn't be as good as SNL's current worst.
- nickdngr, on 11/19/2007, -2/+3I'm not the biggest SNL fan, but it is occasionally funny. I would, however, kill to be at the 30 Rock setup on Monday.
- nathew, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1if they actually had guests like michael cera and yo la tengo, the show might actually still be relevant.
- yobrodude, on 11/19/2007, -2/+1SNL ROCKS! Keeping comedy punk rock, GO SNL!
- astrotrain, on 11/19/2007, -0/+1blah... SNL hasn't been funny in nearly ten years.
- swgc5, on 11/19/2007, -2/+1Michael Cera is my hero....
- astrotrain, on 11/19/2007, -1/+1SNL strike?
... Leaves now a slot for something way better to come on then then the crap NBC is calling SNL now a days. - haylcron, on 11/20/2007, -0/+2The only good thing to come from the strike... they can only torture a roomful of people at a time.
- drewbe121212, on 12/07/2007, -0/+1DA BEARS!
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