Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:58:39 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: SNL (Re: Free Castle Break on Steam!) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <6cvngjdpp63c5am0e90kjma3t4ktjs5vnh@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 23:58:39 +0000 Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-wVOjG1I6ttzIa0ltvkrWmKhS5SLclPCBLfaHrL7+r5rluNJHauTfG2BwPWXmLP94WtVrO5rNmfwBSSk!qGdjRVr5NnISc4JwzeclXP9L+iVY1Yue4yLlyVifj3VYMyHY3uTfqQGlu0+5dxmpviLMhWbqcVbP!F2E3fZkpbTBbQXpZs1STkQO4p4b+9Iw5 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3514 Ross Ridge wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >TL;DR: in twenty years, we (either personally or as a culture) be > >looking back fondly on a lot of the current SNL skits and wondering > >why the 2050 cast is so unfunny ;-) > I remember first watching Saturday Night Live a few years after it > first aired and already people were telling me that original cast was > much better. I beleived them too, since most of the original cast > where big name stars with movie careers by then. How could nobodies > like Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo compare with the likes of Dan Aykroyd > or Chevy Chase? > As I continued to watch and enjoy it, I kept hearing how previous seasons > and casts were better and how far downhill it had gone. Except now they > were talking about seasons and casts I had seen myself. While I could > agree such-and-such a sketch was a classic and so-and-so who left the > show was really funny, I was still enjoying the show. > By the time the 90's rolled around I realized people were just going > to continue saying the show had gone downhill and whatever season and > cast they first watched was the best. No one really had a viewpoint > where they could objectively compare the seasons. Even me who never > thought the show was bad couldn't really see where the show had it's > inevitiable up and downs. Just too hard to objectively compare a show > you're watching today to a show you saw years ago. > When I heard people making similar complaints about The Simpsons I just > ignored them. Somehow both perputually downhill shows have managed to > survive even now when TV itself is in decline. Like gaming. Older computer action games were better. /s ;) -- "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." --1 Corinthians 10:13. Trojans failed again. Go Doyers! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )