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Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson  <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> 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 ;)
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