Shakeup at "SNL"

31. Horatio Sans is DEFINATELY FUNNY!!

Posted at 5:03PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by SAUL

32. They shouldn't let it go, they should just fire everyone and start over. I would watch is every Saturday IF IT WAS GOOD.

Posted at 5:10PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Riothag

33. the BEST snl was during the 70s...belushi, aykroyd, radner, curtin, chase...buck henry...those were the days!

Posted at 5:13PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by blondie

34. The show really sucks without Jimmy Fallon, Cheri Oteri, Chris Kattan(sp)!!! And I can't stand when they have Alec Baldwin on so many times to host. And with Rachel Dratch leaving its really gonna stink now.

Posted at 5:20PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Lori

35. The show really sucks without Jimmy Fallon, Cheri Oteri, Chris Kattan(sp)!!! And I can't stand when they have Alec Baldwin on so many times to host. And with Rachel Dratch leaving its really gonna stink now.

Posted at 5:20PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Lori

36. SNL has been the worst show ever! (Other than a few goofy commercials) Tina Fey should have been canned years ago... Too bad that a**hole, control freak Lorne Michels does give himself the axe!

Posted at 5:29PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Johnny B

37. It's MAYA Rudolph and Minnie RIPPERTON!

Posted at 5:41PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by steven

38. Are you guys KIDDING ME?
Did you even see the last season...that was funny s**t!!!!
The Chronicles of Narnia rap? The Prince Show skit? Horatio's Aaron Neville impersonation? Scarlet Johansen's My Sweet 16 skit? The Natalie Portman gangsta bitch rap? Keenan's MTV3 sketch? The Al Gore skit? 2 A-Holes? Seindfeld, Alexander and Dryfus reunited? The Smigel episode?
You guys missed out!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:52PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Vic

39. Dear Lorne,

Mark Twain once said, "Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom..To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometimes purposeless way, and seem innocently unaware that they are absurdities, is the basis of the American art, if my position is correct. Another feature is the slurring of the point. A third is the dropping of a studied remark apparently without knowing it, or as if one were thinking out loud. The fourth and the last is the pause. Repetition is a mighty power in the domain of humor. If frequently used, nearly any precisely worded and unchanging formula will eventually compel laughter if it be gravely and earnestly repeated, at intervals, five or six times." Lorne, it is time to go back to the basics. And finally, Twain last said," Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. The humourous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher." I rest my case. I remain,

Sincerely yours,

Bruce M.Pierce

Posted at 6:28PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Bruce Maynard Pierce

40. It has not been good since WIll Ferrell left! Well know since Sheri O'Teri and Molly Shannon left. Well Know its hasn't been good since Eddie Murphy Left. Well know it hasn't been good since Chevy Chase left.

Posted at 6:42PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Stan

41. It was over for me when Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell left. I wish they never left. It's been horrible since they left and Alec Baldwin is funny when they give him better sketches but I think they need new writers because the sketches just aren't funny to me and a new varity of people. Like black a lady for once!

Posted at 8:23PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by DJ_Angel

42. SNL has become too political. That is why I think that people have stopped watching. It used to be a lighthearted show that you could sit around with friends on a Saturday night, drink beer and laugh about... but now the segments are all either politically charged or just down right stupid. It would be sad to see it cancelled, but I wouldn't blame the network. The show needs to go back to it's roots, find some truly talented young comedians with great chemistry, some creative, original, funny writers - like SNL had in the 80's.

Posted at 8:38PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by pearlmoon

43. SNL has only some good and funny stuff now.
It was good when Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler and some others were on it... and Nothing can EVER compare to when Gilda Radner and John Baluchi (spelling?) were on it
They need to make it like the old days...cause it just is not half as funny as it used to be... MAD is pretty good.

Posted at 9:04PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Linda

44. If the SNL needs a new infusion, how about a new Executive Producer? Lorne, just hire someone young & fun and then step out of the way.

There are one or two semi decent skits, but it's sagging like grandma's old tits. Grandma needs some implants alone with her infusion.

Don't be like Dan Rather who refused to step down even when he knew he was the cause of low ratings. Just get someone else to do your job so you can jet off to LA & do movies. Hey, Don Cornelius did it with Soul Train & now it's better with all the young, hip, new blood.

Think about . . . okay, time's up! Who'd you hire for this season to executive produce . . . tick . . . tick . . . tick . . .

Posted at 9:12PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Apres Ski

45. The show has always ebbed and flowed. I've been watching it since I was eight and Belushi was on. After that, people said it was over. And that has happened periodically and after each upheaval -- as well as when casts dwindled and changed. But it always finds its groove again. SNL is still edgier than most network TV, but losing Tina Fey is a major hit. I hope this shakedown compels SNL to take more risks, not play it more safe.

Posted at 10:47PM on Aug 23rd 2006 by Julie