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On 4/19/24 9:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Apr 19, 2024 at 7:24:13 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:39:41 -0400
>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>>   Neal Brennan is a stand-up comic, actor, writer, director, and host
>>>   of the podcast "Blocks." Catch his new special, "Neal Brennan: Crazy
>>>   Good," on Netflix.
>>>   
>>>   Host: Joe Rogan
>>>   
>>>   Producer: Jamie Vernon
>>>   
>>>   Full Podcast here:
>>>   https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
>>>   
>> Like beauty, funny is in the eye of the beholder. I personally haven't
>> found SNL funny in many decades. The only bits I particularly liked
>> were when Eddie Murphy mocked Michael Jackson by pulling out a
>> Michael Jackson doll and noting that it was anatomically correct - it
>> had no genitals at all. Also, some of the musical performances in the
>> early days were good.
>>
>> Somehow, SNL became a tradition and keeps getting renewed for no
>> obvious reason. Does it actually have good ratings or is it just kept
>> going because it is reliably leftist in its sentiments and tone?
> 
> The Weekend Update fake newscast is still usually funny, even if most of the
> jokes are biased in favor of leftists. 


Yeah, right wing guys tend to be about as funny as cancer.  Humor is 
highly subjective though so you seem extra stupid today acting like 
you're the final arbiter of what's "funny."


I particularly like the bit where Colin
> Jost and Michael Che each have to read jokes they've never seen before which
> were written by the other guy. Those are genuinely laugh-out-loud hilarious.
> 
> But the rest of the show? I rarely crack and smile and the musical acts are
> usually horrendous. Most are some version of rap or hip hop. I'd rather listen
> to five minutes of fingernails scratching a chalkboard than that.
> 
>