Senator Franken straight up dissing Chevy Chase with a straight face is pure gold!

@metalEric69

6 ай бұрын

Too bad he turned into his acting self when he turned politician, what a moron.

@mikebradshaw6484

4 ай бұрын

Disgraced former Senator Al Franken.

@percyvolnar8010

4 ай бұрын

@adshaw6484 mee-too'd former senator Al Franken. He wrote some of the BEST SNL sketches too!

That Franken/Greatful Dead episode never happened thanks to a Writers' Strike by the way.

@jojopuppyfish

Жыл бұрын

And Dick Ebersol conveniently never returned Al Franken's calls

@dominickdirienzo8266

2 ай бұрын

3:51, I think Dick took Al’s crack at him personally.

@tropicten

2 ай бұрын

To this very day, Al has never hosted Saturday Night Live.

Al Franken flat out telling the truth. Astonishing that they let him! Jean was horrible for the show, and Dick wasn't much better. But Michaels finally came back and lasted over 40 years.

@Dazlidorne

3 ай бұрын

I never knew that Lorne left the show before this video.

@calebboatman9840

3 ай бұрын

Dick Ebersole wasn't that bad, he had the sense to give Murphy the majority of the airtime (Jean famously tried to sideline Murphy) and then once Murphy and Piscopoe left he had the fortitude to hire Crystal, Short and Guest. Obviously he's not as good as Lorne, but he deserves credit for keeping the show afloat until Lorne got back.

Franken 2020. He's good enough. He's smart enough. And doggone it, people like him.

@entlvr35

6 жыл бұрын

OMG that was an oldy ~ hahaha

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm, not anymore. :/

@GeneBurnett

6 жыл бұрын

Time will tell on that one, but you might be right. I don't think he wants the job anyway.

@nonsensepoem

5 жыл бұрын

@@blueblade455 The capacity of the Democratic Party to undermine itself is utterly disheartening to me. I'm no fan of their coporatism (which might be unavoidable in our political landscape), but at least when they fuck us over, they use lube and sweet words. They should have fought for Franken.

@waynej2608

5 жыл бұрын

@@nonsensepoem yes, I agree.

Who’s to say that Dick Ebersol doesn’t have a sense of humor, he thought that the XFL was a good idea.

@vancedurbin1132

2 жыл бұрын

...and the Alliance of American Football. NOT!!!

@bobnunes7534

Жыл бұрын

@@vancedurbin1132 The AAF was more or less the brainchild of Dick's son Charlie.

actually it is true, Al Franken was chosen by Lorne Michaels to become producer after him but, as Wikipedia says, "On Weekend Update near the end of Season 5, Franken delivered a commentary called "A Limo For A Lame-O". He mocked controversial NBC president Fred Silverman as "a total unequivocal failure" and displayed a chart showing the poor ratings of NBC programs. As a result of this sketch, Silverman refused Lorne Michaels' request that Franken succeed him as producer, prompting Franken to leave the show when Michaels did, at the end of the 1979-80 season."

@clipobserver

4 жыл бұрын

Silverman was an asshole.

@SuperWolsey

2 жыл бұрын

"The Peacock's Dead! Thank you, Fred!"

@SuperWolsey

2 жыл бұрын

Also, @Gabriela, I have a feeling Fox would've died like Dumont had he ever entertained the idea of a new network being his redemption song

@Dazlidorne

2 жыл бұрын

@@clipobserver Is Silverman related to Sara Silverman?!

@henrykujawa4427

2 жыл бұрын

ALL THESE YEARS I thought it was a JOKE!

The episode Franken and Davis were going to host was canceled by a writers strike.

Ok Al Franken will be back. The public will see that he was thrown under the bus by his own and he will return.

@stevenmandl4920

4 жыл бұрын

he has a radio show

@zeus6662

4 жыл бұрын

Not a fan of Al's politics (not what you think, go look up Sam Seder) but Al is making a come back and he'll be back.

@GabiTantw

3 жыл бұрын

@@zeus6662 and where is he?

@millhousemillard2140

3 жыл бұрын

@@zeus6662 love the comment. Majority report rules

This is so much more hilarious now that he's a senator.

@whocares.95

6 жыл бұрын

He is shady AF.

@Gsmooth10455

6 жыл бұрын

This is so much more hilarious now that he's no longer a senator. I say that even though I am not a Republican or Trump supporter.

@sirpoopalot6420

Жыл бұрын

@@whocares.95 better than Biden, Hillary, Trump, Obomba or Bush.

whatever else people may say about him, his 'ME, Al Franken' ongoing joke premise was so simple, yet genius.

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Went on beyond the 80's "the Al Franken decade" Seriously, he was a great Senator and should be President right now.

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Except Americans will never vote for a Jew

He looks like the kid in Stranger Things.

@johndoherty487

3 жыл бұрын

Dustin

Wonder if that offer of putting the show out of its misery still applies today....

This sketch permanently engrained the name Al Franken in my memory as a kid. lol

They looked so young back then. SNL used to be such a good show.

@EllissDee4you4me

3 жыл бұрын

Snl is still a good show. But yes, it used to be too.

@sillygoose635

3 жыл бұрын

@@EllissDee4you4me yeah.

@FakingANerve

3 жыл бұрын

No SNL clip or conversation is complete without at _least_ one "SNL *used* to be good" comment. I'm told there are bonus points if you point to the years when it _was_ good, and they just happened to be when you were in high school, but I can't get confirmation on those extra points.

@aquamarine99911

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllissDee4you4me I assume that's a Mitch reference. Good one, too.

@Unkle_Mike

Жыл бұрын

@@FakingANerve the irony of the original comment stating the show was good when it was going through one of its worst seasons

Al Franken is a good politician. You have to have a sense of humor to deal with the shit in Washington today.

@Anthony-hu3rj

3 жыл бұрын

@@blueblade455 He didn't grope that right-wing creep. He was making fun of her. You obviously don't a sense of humor either. Right-wingnutters tend not..

@kendallpeters6451

3 жыл бұрын

@@blueblade455 Did you notice that Al didn’t even try to lie about a tacky sexist gag. He resigned 😑

@NormAppleton

2 жыл бұрын

I would have no problem with President Franken.

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Screw that, he was meat and potatoes. He got shit done and that is sadly missed.

in the late 80s/early 90s, they used to hour reruns of the shows from the beginning all the way up to the present day. It got really bad. On occasion, you'd have something funny, but man, it got bad. I'm surprised it made it to 86.... when it would be funny again. Al Franken got to work on both good eras of the show.

Not many remember the original name was “NBC Saturday Night” (bc Howard Cosell wanted “Saturday Night Live” for his show)

@rosemarieholt2261

5 жыл бұрын

Sarah Kelly once upon a time absolutely nobody believed me when I said that. Good to know that’s been fixed.

@tropicten

2 ай бұрын

Hence the: Live from New York it's "Saturday Night".

@bluebear1985

20 күн бұрын

In an amazing coincidence, the season finale of the 1984-85 season (the last episode before Lorne Michaels' return) was hosted by Howard Cosell. During his opening monologue, he made reference to the ABC version. I think he called it "the real Saturday Night Live" in the process.

Cruelty is one of the traits of SNL, and no target is attacked more harshly than SNL.

Good thing no one took him seriously, or else we wouldn't have gotten Eddie Murphy, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wigg, Bill Hader, Kenan Thomposon, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, etc etc..

@newportnew3912

4 жыл бұрын

Get your history right . Al came back as the head writer and was there from 1985 to 1995. He probably helped hired many of the people you mentioned

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

Al literally hired Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey and Several other cast members. When Lorne returned in 85 he made Al head writer and Producer.

@tomhill9066

3 жыл бұрын

@@newportnew3912 I think the poster is referring to Al's insistence that people stop watching, because then the show would not have continued

@saveourrivers

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglaslowe5 A job eventually passed to Tina (swoon, thud) Fey. I agree with those who say that there was a bit of a dead spot prior to Al's return. Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, yes, but I never thought that Tim Kazurinsky was funny, and Mary Gross rarely was.

@silentxero5955

11 ай бұрын

The Tim K and Mary Gross and Joe Piscapo (and even Eddie Murphy for a season) era was absolutely Awful and unwatchable.

During the Persian Gulf War, he corresponded with SNL using his one-man mobile satellite hookup!

Why is him just saying his name so fucking funny

@PhoenixProdLLC

6 жыл бұрын

Jackson DeStefano Because he doesn't need to.

@bonnieibsen9605

6 жыл бұрын

A

@JenniBee

6 жыл бұрын

It's Al Franken's own response to his "Limo For A Lame-O" segment in May 1980, in which he claimed that NBC president Fred Silverman shouldn't get a limo as his tenure at NBC was a failure, which led to Silverman refusing to allow Al Franken to take over from Al Michaels as producer of SNL. Less than one year later, Fred Silverman was gone from NBC, Silverman's choice to replace Lorne Michaels was fired, and Al Franken was back at SNL. So this was Al Franken's chance to rub it in, in the mock-self-serving way that he made famous during his time on SNL. It's really only funny if you know the backstory. That's why the audience laughed at the skit, since the incident was still very fresh at the time.

@michellemoffett9458

3 жыл бұрын

I know! That's what I laugh to the most! I'm so glad to see these old clips again.

@robertshubitowski1984

5 ай бұрын

It is to suggest that he is conceited.

*_Trump fans don't get Al Franken at all, lol._*

@jwurnig

6 жыл бұрын

trump fans don't get knock knock jokes

@TheRealBizWiz

6 жыл бұрын

David Rosen 😂 Good point!

@robotsongs

6 жыл бұрын

Trump fans don't get laid.

@teamgard

6 жыл бұрын

BizWiz :: Closed mindedness.

@TheRealBizWiz

6 жыл бұрын

Seaside Wister Well, it's certainly possible that they're closed minded, ignorant or maybe just stuck in their ways. I got the point where where I kind of feel sorry for them to be honest.

I can't believe he's going to be President of the United States of America in four years.

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

You sure about that? lol

@waynej2608

5 жыл бұрын

I'd be just fine with that. By electing him, Al Franken! 😎👍

@wylier

4 жыл бұрын

Al actually wrote a satirical book about just that ( a presidential) bid, when he was still a senator. It came out around 1998. He jokingly selects Joe Lieberman as a running mate, when in real life Joe was the VP nominee in 2000.

@tayloreh

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry!

I never found Al Franken funny and living in MN, wasn't thrilled with him running for senator. I have to say though, I've been very happy with him and even bought his latest book(and laughed).

@thecinephill8999

6 жыл бұрын

His books are pretty awesome.

@guynorth3136

6 жыл бұрын

Truly are!!!!

@TCt83067695

6 жыл бұрын

he had help writing it most probably

@judychandler8485

4 жыл бұрын

I think Al Franken is hilarious. I happen to love the guy . You don't have to live in MN to appreciate him as a Senator ..I have great respect for Al Franken in spite of the conspiracy against him..He's amazing.

@heatherjamieson4295

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve always found Al Franken hilariously funny and waited for six months for him to finally be installed as our Junior Senator. He took the job seriously, kept his head down and learned the ropes. As time went on he earned the respect of his colleagues with his quick intelligence and sharp wit. What was done to him by his fellow Democrats was an unforgivable travesty which many Minnesotans still condemn. It would be poetic justice to have him return to the Senate and finish the job he started.

Saw this when it first aired. Did impressions of Al Franken with friends for months afterwards.

If Al Franken had been put in charge, perhaps the sixth year would’ve turned out completely different.

Please upload that original one, where he first announced the Al Franken Decade, and offers the "Abraham Lincoln Medallion" (i.e. a penny).

I loved SNL and 2nd City. I went overseas in 1976 (before Al Franken) and back then that meant you were cut off from American media. When I returned' in 1980 the show was dreary, and while still sort of funny, it had become a sort of mean humor imo. BTW, I lost the habit, never got back into watching TV.

Hey that pretty good

I sure miss Senator Al Franken. Al Franken is a thoughtful well-spoken man who brought the truth to politics. Too bad there aren't more politicians like Al Franken. When Al Franken left the Capitol Hill Arena things got sadder and less transparent. Al Franken the man for the country.

@cyclitimb3336

2 жыл бұрын

Al Franken, Amen 🙏🏻 Al Franken

Just LOVE this! Thank you for the posting!~~~

Obviously Al Frank was the real deal cause he even made Chevy sit there like a little boy and say absolutely nothing smug , he just sad there and looked ashamed

"So watch the snow next week. But not after that." Lol

@gecafe

6 жыл бұрын

And sadly, that episode never happened, victim of a writer's strike that ended the season prematurely.

Just looked up Jean Doumanian. I assumed that the SNL debacle was the end of her, but actually she continued on to have a big career producing movies and plays.

He looks like a young Mickey Dolenz.

He's not kidding. SNL at that point was crap.

@bluskies1000

4 жыл бұрын

True.

@jasonpate7900

4 жыл бұрын

They ran out of cocaine and the show went to shit.

@cityhawk

4 жыл бұрын

Jason Pate Not true. Charles Rocket snorted it all and thought he was funny.

I miss Al Franken!

He should have not resign ed from the Senate.

@vestibulate

3 жыл бұрын

Arnold Stollar He was forced out by the Democratic leadership's refusal to back him. In fact, they told him to resign. For his part, he should have shown more guts and refused, because they were not prepared to expel him, and the petty accusations would have blown over. He was not ready for the hardball world of politics. That he thought he was is merely an indication of the hubris found in so many entertainers today.

Ebersol promoted Eddie Murphy which meant he had to do nothing else as show runner.

@tropicten

2 ай бұрын

Eddie Murphy single handedly saved SNL during the Ebersol years. The show wouldn't have survived without him.

He's a head of his time. predicting SNL downfall so early. I personally ALWAYS loved the show.

@freddyrichards878

4 жыл бұрын

It went downhill in this season, it got rocky with the show ever since

@KalOrtPor

3 жыл бұрын

It was a known trainwreck at the time, Lorne Michael's replacement barely lasted half a season and most of the cast had already been fired, with Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo being the only 1980 members to come back. Without Murphy it probably would've been cancelled...It didn't really hit a high point again until Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, and Kevin Nealon came on in 1986.

@picture-you

8 ай бұрын

@@KalOrtPorand Jon Lovitz!

@RobertShubitowski

4 ай бұрын

@@picture-you Jon Lovitz actually debuted during the 1985-86 season, which was almost as much of a disaster as 1980-81. He was one of maybe two or three performers to return the next season. Everybody else was let go.

Wow, did he get fired in an EPIC way.

Lol. Them, them we missed.

and me......... AL FRANKEN

Or Millennials coming up to him and saying "Al? Al Franken? Senator Al Franken WAS on Saturday Night Live?"

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

I forgot he WAS a senator. I will always remember him mostly from SNL. And as being a sexual predator. XD

@RavenBlaze

6 жыл бұрын

He apologized and the radio host accepted his apology....unlike others currently being investigated.

@joshuasteward6097

19 күн бұрын

​@@RavenBlaze There is a great piece from the New Yorker from 2019, that explains how he was set up by the woman and her radio station, then railroaded out of the Senate by the Democratic leadership. He should not have apologized or resigned according to the article.

just a little tension there

Between Franken and Smigel they were the real aces in the hole.

Yay go Minnesota!!

Okay, so Al declared the 80s were the Al Franken Decade, which gave us two terms of Reagan and one of George HW Bush. He handed the 90s to his son Joe Franken, and that decade gave us Clinton, the end of the Soviet Union, and a booming economy. So if the Senator ever sneaks a peek at these comments, I only have one question: Which member of your family do we get to blame for the 2000s?

@china_is_asshole

7 ай бұрын

Hunter Franken??😂😂😂

Good old, natural, old fashioned sulfuric acid.

Bowen Yang apparently "stole" this bit this weekend during the "me, Ethan" skit on Weekend Update no less.

Omg am Franken looks.like a high school kid

Franken 2020

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

It's over, he will be forced to resign soon.

@Gsmooth10455

6 жыл бұрын

You were 100% completely correct.

@MTsteelMT

6 жыл бұрын

Emanuel Combs oof

@caelachyt

6 жыл бұрын

Is that the number of asses he's grabbed?

Mom's got this cold

I, Susan Filek, found you, Al Franken, very funny as yourself, Al Franken, and I, Susan Filek, loved you as Stuart Smalley. 😂

SnL could do a skit called "The downfall of Al Franken".

great guy

Shame they canned him; we need/ed him. For those who don't know, though, apparently Al *was* in contention to take over the show, though whether it was before or after Jean, I'm not quite sure.

Ummmmmm oooook?

Can anyone tell me why he did this bit? He says he isn't involved with the new SNL. What did they do to him or what happened and why did they let him still do the bit? So many questions!

@mikebradshaw6484

3 ай бұрын

You had to be there.

I remember Joe and Valerie. all I remember is she was cute. can't find any clips online. I think it lasted 4 episodes. oh now there's 2 on here, not much tho. what a loss to the arts.

This aged pretty well, seeing how snl is dog crap now

I wish.

...And as such was the first person to steal credit for the success of SNL.

Dick Ebersol turned out to be a solid producer. He recognized the talent that Eddie Murphy had and gave him and Joe Piscopoe center stage, and then once Eddie and Joe left, he brought on Billy Crystal, Martin Short and Christopher Guest. Was he as good as Lorne? No, but was he solid? yeah

@dominickdirienzo8266

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, Dick decided to leave when NBC rejected his taped format proposal. To that end, Lorne Michaels returned at the helm of SNL.

Hey, it's the kid from Stranger Things

Al Frankenstein serial groper but he is still funny lol

This was toward the end of season 6, which sucked badly. The only decent cast member was Eddie Murphy. Joe Piscopo thought he was funny, but he wasn’t, even though he desperately tried to be Eddie Murphy’s best friend. It wasn’t until season 12 (Lorne Michael’s second season after he returned as SNL producer) that the show returned to its former glory. If NBC Universal released seasons 12 through 16 (1986-1991) on DVD, I would buy all those season sets immediately. And by the way, Al Franken and Tom Davis did NOT get to guest host the next episode of season six because there was a writer’s strike that put an end to the worst season ever of Saturday Night Live.

He looks like a *baby* here!!!

Yes, that woman was groped by me, Al Franken

@tonybronson2725

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Duff even though I'm politically more on...Al Franken's side, that's a funny comment.

@jarreauforney1035

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Duff I like franken but that was fucking funny😂

@kenroycherrington148

6 жыл бұрын

True!

@HaleysComet81

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck you, pussy

That is DARK HUMOR!’

I'm 21 and I never knew that Al Franken was a comedian! I only know him as a senator.

@teamgard

6 жыл бұрын

Spacetime :: Share the love ❤️ for your generations security. He’s the man. Progressive & cannabis friendly. 🌿❤️🌏

@Meredith.A

6 жыл бұрын

Spacetime I'm older than you and didn't even know whotf. al Franken even was? I'm suscribed to SNL and this SNL video with al Frankenstein poped up ...now I get it.

@markkalfahs1047

6 жыл бұрын

.....when you're a progressive, or a regressive (same thing), you need cannabis to rationalize your irrationality.....or maybe your use of cannabis led to your inability to call yourself exactly what you are, a liberal who hides behind the progressive label....go burn one and help this country become greater....stoned citizens are the answer....

@yahooyaboo439

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think anything Poped up. Franken isn't Catholic.

Franken would be the greatest breath of fresh air as president in 2020. My god, we need this guy.

@kevinbergman3784

6 жыл бұрын

Should the 2020's be the real Al Franken decade?

@cagedtigersteve

6 жыл бұрын

The next president doesn't take office until 2021.

@guynorth3136

6 жыл бұрын

You don't say? (It'll be here tomorrow).

@purpliciousdiva

6 жыл бұрын

Sen Franken was on Hillary's short list for VP...dare i dream about how the world would be different now had she actually picked him?? :X

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

President re-elect Trump 2020! Al Franken in jail, 2020!

It's "The Al Franken Decade" all over again! Franken/Stein 2020!!

@jonnyleeconway

6 жыл бұрын

Why would he choose a dumbass bitch like Jill Stein

@Offmedication

6 жыл бұрын

Not that crazy about Jill Stein but it fit for comedic purposes.

@jonnyleeconway

6 жыл бұрын

FilmsFor SMARTpeople oh, sorry

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

LOL FrankenStein! I see what you did there! But seriously, his political career is over. Maybe SNL might welcome him back? Or maybe not. :/

@TimThomason

5 жыл бұрын

@@blueblade455 If Lorne Michaels retires in a couple years, Franken *might* actually take over as showrunner, although it's unlikely.

I wonder if SNL will soon be doing a sketch about the downfall of Al Franken!

@JJensen9

6 жыл бұрын

Larry Lee Moniz AMAZING COMMENT! Lol

9 seconds

AL FRANKEN FOR PRESIDENT!

Franken/Harris 2020?

@thechillywinds5810

6 жыл бұрын

Zach Toundas Why vote for someone who accepts corporate donations when you could, idk, not do that.

@ireneadler4925

6 жыл бұрын

I'd prefer Harris/Franken but yea

@ireneadler4925

6 жыл бұрын

The ChillyWinds you must have never voted in your life

@thechillywinds5810

6 жыл бұрын

Irene Adler In 2020 we will undoubtedly have a candidate who takes no corporate money either Bernie or Warren(assuming she doesnt take the money) or both so why would you vote for someone who does take corporate money when you have the option not to? In most elections you dont get that option, but 2016 saw a shift and 2018 and 2020 will have those options.

@ireneadler4925

6 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt that they are electable. They won't capture the center, let alone die-hard democrats.

This euro guy only found out about this man, Al Franken, thanks to the Trump administration and the interviews to the Trump's picks by this man himself, Al Franken. They were very interesting interviews where he, Al Franken, asked very incisive questions and set those guys straight. He's a very intimidating adversary, Al Franken. I had no idea that this man, Al Franken, was also once a SNL comedian.

Maybe it's because SNL decided humor wasn't important.

At least Chevy kept his cool when Al Franken rubbed his departure in.

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

It’s a scripted show

how much of this comedy was derived from heavy pot smoking sessions yet was seriously funny !!!????

this is great! AL FRANKEN

He looks like such a kid.

The anti-establishment aspect to this compared to what SNL is today is staggering. He literally insulted the president of the network he was appearing on and called for an end to the show a week before he was set to host it. Now SNL is bad political sketches a week after late night shows told the same jokes

@SKa-tt9nm

Жыл бұрын

Don’t watch it. You aren’t missed.

@psrabe7444

Жыл бұрын

@@SKa-tt9nm 20-30% of the people watching TV on Saturday night used to be watching SNL back in this time. Now it's around 7%. Imagine only being able to get 7% of the people watching TV at 11 on a Saturday Night. It basically means 90%+ of people would rather watch reruns they could stream than SNL. Other live event television still does fine. SNL doesnt...because its bad...I guarantee the ratings are missed.

This man will be president one day

@kevinbergman3784

6 жыл бұрын

Could be.

@saratasaidykhan6781

6 жыл бұрын

Colin Kruse God I hope so.

@DesmondRayBeltrop

6 жыл бұрын

I'm worried he won't risk giving up his seat in a state that could easily turn red.

@clynnvandersmythington4578

6 жыл бұрын

Colin Kruse I certainly hope so!

@markwilliams2620

6 жыл бұрын

Jamie Estep. Doubt it. The Mississippi keeps the vestiges of Bircherism and white supremacist tendecies firmly in Wisconsin.

Lets hope there's a "Weekend Update Segment - SNL on the Downfall of Al Franken"

Franken ended up a frightened loser when he got thrown out of the Senate for sexual harassment. Sweet

Put SNL to sleep... it's been doing that for you, and it's time you returned the favor.

Is Al Franken aware that there is a comedian in the Middle East who has stolen his schtick word-for-word? He even calls himself Al Franken~Hahadeed.

Happy 70th Al! This segment was about how far SNL had fallen only a year after the original ended. Little did anyone know it was still exist 40 years later and how much further it's fallen!

@broadwaysam8405

2 жыл бұрын

Could not agree with you more. Can’t remember when I quit watching. Do remember watching a Sarah Palin bit at a friend’s home and I thoroughly enjoyed KZread’s videos of Melissa McCarthy portraying Sean Spicer. However, I’ve not wasted time by turning it on in years.

@beenaplumber8379

Жыл бұрын

@@broadwaysam8405 That's your loss! Good casts have come and gone since then. I think 1989 through about 1992 was a real golden age for them (Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, Mike Meyers, John Lovitz...) - tons of cast members who were incredibly funny in the show but terribly un-funny in movies (Dana Carvey, Rob Schneider, Adam Sandler...). The late 90s and early naughties were really good too (Will Ferrel, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Shari Oteri, etc). Each cast has its own personality, and none will be the same as the original cast, but that's a good thing IMO. I've enjoyed SNL over the years. When they're on, they're incredible. Though, when they're off, they can be sickening. I think Ebersol was punting when he let Franken roast him like that. It was so obviously true - the show sucked profoundly in 1980-81, and they kept getting worse every year after. Everyone knew it, so why not use it for comic effect? I re-discovered the show in 88 or so, and Lorne was back with this fantastic cast. I'm curious - did you watch ABC's live sketch comedy show Fridays? It ran 1980-83 I think? I was sad to see that show go. When SNL was rotten, Fridays really had life.

@119Agent

Жыл бұрын

SNl is still on the air?

There many great things about him, Al Franken, but the best story is when he denied Henry Kissinger tickets to SNL for Kissinger's niece and nephew because he wouldn't stop the Christmas Bombings of Hanoi in '72.

I would vote for Al any day of the week.

Al Franken. What a horse’s patoot.

I diddnt know Al did this long before norm

Make the 2020s the Al Franken Decade!

Ha

Franken 2020!

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

Not anymore! XD

@robertopenheimer1451

6 жыл бұрын

hhahahah

@jojopuppyfish

6 жыл бұрын

Franken =Never

@feelsmatter2248

6 жыл бұрын

Micah Henry well this comment aged quickly

Al Franken should be a guest host on SNL where he can star in a hilarious groping sketch.

Al Franken for president 🇺🇸

@blueblade455

6 жыл бұрын

Not anymore! XD

Al Franken. Still hot.