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Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:34:25 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

> >Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote:
> >> ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> >> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> >
> >> >Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
> >> >> On 10/10/2024 8:48 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> >> >> > On Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:27:25 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1018130/Castle_Break/ until 10/13/2024 @ 10 AM PDT (USA).
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Urg, retro graphics and arcade gameplay. Not my thing at all.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > But it's free! And it would make The Number go up.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > I'm so torn.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Internet, tell me what to do!
> >> >> > 
> >> >> Internet: Get a Life!  :P
> >> >
> >> >William Shatner said that: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/06/the-snl-shatner-get-a-life-video.html ;)
> >
> >> I remember watching that live, back when SNL was still worth watching.
> >
> >> The decaying zombie of snl still shambles on apparently, but there's no
> >> spark of life anymore.
> >
> >It's very rare SNL is funny even with its cold openings. SNL is 50 (dang!) now. 
> >Even its season premiere was weak. :(

> Part of what was cutting edge about SNL during the golden years is
> that they could push the envelope of what was comedically possible
> within the contstraints of allowable TV broadcasting.

> But the Internet mostly removed censorship barriers, and even though
> though the bar of censorship for mainstream TV has moved a bit with
> changing times, it can't keep up with the rawness of content available
> elsewhere.

> Where I think SNL really jumped the shark was when it seemed like in
> almost every skit, cast and guests were going out of their way to
> break character and crack up at everything.  During the best days of
> SNL, the cast was good enough at what they do that this happened
> rarely and when it did it was a sincere moment instead of part of the
> act.

SNL used to be only at 11:30 PM to be edgy and stuff. Now, they can't 
because their do show earlier for west coasts (8:30 PM PT) and others. :(
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