Gothamist: Seth Meyers Defends SNL Against Claims of Homoverload

virgil

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:58:37 -0500

JP Lynch; using the word ridiculous was a bit harsh, sorry about that, hadn't had my coffee. Your point wasn't that the left hasn't spewed venom (which they have; there are a lot of vicious curs on the fringes of both sides, but I'd say the mainstreams forms of those jabs are not comparable-- but that's probably another conversation entirely), your point was that nobody is allowed to make fun of any democratic figure or everyone gets upset, which a quick stroll through the YouTube archives of SNL, The Daily Show, the Onion, or Stephen Colbert will show is completely untrue. As for minorities, personally, I thought some of it was pretty funny, and some was lame, but I didn't find any of it offensive. However, I'm not gay, so I haven't grown up being viewed as a freak by the majority of the civilized world.

Reflect

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:42:54 -0500

The only way this show and most of television are ever watchable is with DVR or TIVO. I just fastforward the tired skits. And very immature music selections. Like Beyonce and Lil wanyne. Other than that sometimes it is damn funny. Miss you already Amy Fey and Rachel. Hopefully the new girls will be just as good as Wigg.

Blumpkin

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:10:15 -0500

@felixthecat--you think SNL isn't funny, but a cynical, predictable internet comment from someone like toby von makes you "LMAO?" Please, Gothamist comments haven't been funny for years! Not since high school! Not since Will Farrell! Not since the early 1990's! Not since Eddie Murphy! Not since Bill Murray! Not since Chevy Chase left after season 1! Cutting on SNL is tired and boring.

JMH

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:47:43 -0500

Chris Lee, NBC is very strict about policing Youtube to make sure their clips aren't posted there. There's a pretty good archive of SNL clips on NBC.com, but it's tremendously poorly organized (and not searchable as far as I can tell); maybe you can find what you're looking for there.

JP Lynch

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:39:25 -0500

vigil: Not being ridiculous. I consider myself liberal but have been bothered by the whining on both sides. And there is no way you can tell me that the venow spewed by the left hasn't been as nasty as that by the right.

virgil

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:29:39 -0500

Brooklynbobby: I've noticed the same thing; all sorts of folks saying it hasn't been funny in years, that only fools watch it, and then go on to name all the things they currently hate about this show they supposedly don't watch. JP Lynch: don't be ridiculous. Have you managed to miss the last 18 years of Clinton and Gore caricatures?

MatthewJC

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:15:59 -0500

I firmly believe that all the cast members simply wanted to kiss Paul Rudd... which is understandable. It was a bit much though.

JP Lynch

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:46:56 -0500

Why does it seem that when anyone makes fun of the Right (Bush, Republicans, numerous douchebags) it's OK, but when it's pointed at the Left (Obama, Democrats, minorities) it's offensive?

Brooklynbobby

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:06:45 -0500

I love the way everyone says the show is not funny anymore, yet they still watch it every week.

chris lee

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:17:32 -0500

It was funny, it was topical. Get over it. I am 46, remember when we would stop the party to watch SNL. Not every skit was funny, I LOVE this cast. They are cute and appropriate for the times. Rock on! I want someone to post Will Forte and the Colt's QB dancing on Youtube.

NannyState

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:26:24 -0500

As they say across the pond, SNL is the fag-end of comedy shows.

babyhitler

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:08:38 -0500

gays are the new asians. that justin timberlake skit was funny

cucarachita

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:56:47 -0500

Woah. These people need to get a life. That show was totally inoffensive. It was silly, and funny. And I love how everyone says SNL isn't funny anymore not realizing that it only shows how old they are. For the last twenty years generations of sad sacks have been saying that SNL was funnier "before." Like, when they were kids. Should be a clue.

rcltrh

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:50:16 -0500

I'm a homo and wasn't offended. It wasn't any more or less funny than any of the other episodes of SNL in the past few seasons which isn't saying much. Tina Fey as Sarah Palin I will admit was damned funny in all those skits, but the rest of the show is blah.

felixthecat

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:42 -0500

and they cancelled Mad Show which was way funnier than SNL

felixthecat

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:49:19 -0500

#1 LMAO, only Tina Fey made the show funny temporary.

Toby von Meistersinger

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:27 -0500

Seth Meyers can you defend why the show hasn't been funny for years?