[The Jewish Cunthead]

I like Pinky but if we're talking about both shows in their prime, SNL takes this in a landslide.


(12) Saturday Night Live


vs.

(53) Pinky & the Brain



Voting ends 10/24

[Batman]

I love Pinky & the Brain, but it should be on for 5 minutes not 20. In other words, go vote Animaniacs!

[DevSop]

Here's the issue with voting for SNL based on it's prime only. There were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many seasons of suck.

[punk/core]

Seriously. Can anyone even remember when SNL was actually funny?

[Jack Quinn]

yes Punker I can

[punk/core]

I actually knew I fucked up my point when I typed that out. I meant like, it's been how fucking long since SNL was good? Fifteen years?

[Jack Quinn]

they had a run in the mid 90's, and I THINK I remember a run of some good stuff since then, but I couldn't tell you when. They have been really hit or miss most of the time, and to me, have fallen behind MadTV as far as sketch humor goes.

[Krydor]

They had a run in the mid 80's with Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo and Tim Kazurinsky. They had a late 80's to mid 90's run Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman and John Lovitz.

[Boer the Heavy Metal Gnome]

SNL is cyclical like that. It's really a combination of the writing and the cast. You can have good writing and still miss the mark with the delivery. For quite a few years now, they really haven't done well. But there have been some great casts like the people that Krydor mentioned.

My personal favorite casts consisted of Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Billy Crystal. But I think I'm in the minority when it comes to this cast. I don't know that many other people who enjoyed this as much as I did.

[creepy]

krydor said:

They had a late 80's to mid 90's run Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman and John Lovitz.

Miller is ok. I never thought Hartman was funny. And I rather scratch out my eyeballs with icepics and weld my ears shut then to have to endure Jon Lovitz. Sweet Christ that guy is horrible. If I haven't voted yet, I'm giving SNL a smite vote just for that over-rated douchebag.


M: Damn it. Already voted.

[DevSop]

I'll give you the two biggest reasons to vote for Pinky & the Brain.

David Spade and Jimmy Fallon.

If you think they're funny, you're an idiot.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

boer said:

My personal favorite casts consisted of Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Billy Crystal. But I think I'm in the minority when it comes to this cast. I don't know that many other people who enjoyed this as much as I did.

I loved that cast too, especially the Crystal/Guest "I hate when that happens" skit.

[Jack Quinn]

i love when Sop makes broad statements like that, especially since I think David Spade is funny. Jimmy Fallon was ok doing the news, but other than that I don't remember much that he did that made me laugh a whole lot

[DevSop]

Neither of those things surprise me Moose. My comment about being an idiot if you find Spade funny stands. And Jimmy Fallon is just a waste of space, but he's not alone if I want to be honest. His sketches with Horatio Sanz were some of the most annoying pieces of TV ever. I understand the show is live, and sometimes you can't help be laugh at your own sketches if they're that funny...But Fallon and Hanz broke character in 95% of their sketches and just laughed at each other. It was dumb and they suck.

[Jack Quinn]

I love you too Sop, and I am sorry you get no joy out of life.

PLEASE GO STEP IN FRONT OF A BUS AND DIE

[Krydor]

I never thought Hartman was funny.

DEAD
TO
ME!

[The Canadian Content]

krydor said:

I never thought Hartman was funny.

DEAD
TO
ME!

Hey Krydor,

We've got this handy little function called "Quote" (see how I used it on your post?). Anyway, the thing I find it most useful for is knowing who to smite when someone makes a dumbass comment like the one you've bolded (again, see the handy "Quote" function in use above) without going back and reading all of the preceding posts. Please use it in the future so I can smite those who find Phil Hartman unfunny.

In the meantime, since you seem to be unfamiliar with the board's features, look at your "Karma," and notice that it's one lower than it used to be. This can happen to people who make asinine statements instead of happening to you. All you need to do is direct me towards those who make asinine statements.

And before you use the quote function against me, I can't smite myself, but nice try.

[Chris Eco]

I'm watching SNL right now, and am not laughing. Pinky.

[Lucky]

Christ, I think Fallon and Sanz' inability to get through one sketch without being able to not laugh at their own mediocre jokes is pretty much where I have up on SNL. Actually it was probably when Tina Fey and Fallon's Weekend Update was being praised as the greatest thing ever and yet it appeared to be inferior to pretty much every version of it SNL has ever done. That's when I realized the standards had just been lowered in general and the show wasn't for me until there was a MAJOR improvement.

But as much as I despise Fallon and Spade (and Spade had about 5 minutes where he amused me and since then I've just wished for his death) Chris Kattan is WAAAAY worse. And Rob Schneider was easily the worst thing on that show during the Spade days. The two of them were at most the 2nd worst acts in their casts. And Spade had Victoria Jackson too. I'm sure Fallon had lots of shitty people I don't know.

And I gotta admit, that Fallon/Red Sox movie amused me slightly. I guess they edited out him laughing at his own jokes.

[creepy]

psychofish said:

krydor said:

I never thought Hartman was funny.

DEAD
TO
ME!

Hey Krydor,

We've got this handy little function called "Quote" (see how I used it on your post?). Anyway, the thing I find it most useful for is knowing who to smite when someone makes a dumbass comment like the one you've bolded (again, see the handy "Quote" function in use above) without going back and reading all of the preceding posts. Please use it in the future so I can smite those who find Phil Hartman unfunny.

In the meantime, since you seem to be unfamiliar with the board's features, look at your "Karma," and notice that it's one lower than it used to be. This can happen to people who make asinine statements instead of happening to you. All you need to do is direct me towards those who make asinine statements.

And before you use the quote function against me, I can't smite myself, but nice try.

It was me. Smite me all you want, but Hartman is not that great. He was OK as a secondary guy who just threw out a witty line every once in awhile, but I don't think that I've ever once said, "You know, that Phil Hartman, he was a comical genius. Guy was funny. Real funny." I think I have said, "Why do people think this Hartman guy is so great? Just indescribable."


I also like Spade sometimes. Tommy Boy comes to mind. Most of his leading roles are pretty godawful, though. Fallon, Kattan, Lovitz, Nealon, Carvey, Schnieder, Breuer, and Tracy Morgan have been so overrated. Not that funny.



Smite away.

[Krydor]

psychofish said:

krydor said:

I never thought Hartman was funny.

DEAD
TO
ME!

Hey Krydor,

We've got this handy little function called "Quote" (see how I used it on your post?). Anyway, the thing I find it most useful for is knowing who to smite when someone makes a dumbass comment like the one you've bolded (again, see the handy "Quote" function in use above) without going back and reading all of the preceding posts. Please use it in the future so I can smite those who find Phil Hartman unfunny.

In the meantime, since you seem to be unfamiliar with the board's features, look at your "Karma," and notice that it's one lower than it used to be. This can happen to people who make asinine statements instead of happening to you. All you need to do is direct me towards those who make asinine statements.

And before you use the quote function against me, I can't smite myself, but nice try.

Gee, thanks. How will I ever get over losing a Karma? Best put me on suicide watch. I know how the board works, I dislike the quote function.

[Stu]

You may remember Phil Hartman from such roles as Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz and monorail salesman Lyle Lanley in the Simpsons.
And while I already voted for SNL, being reminded of Jimmy Fallon makes me wish I could go back and reconsider, and not even for his SNL stuff, but for being in the shit Taxi remake.

[The Canadian Content]

creepyjackalopeeye said:

Smite away.

Done and done.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Dana Carvey was overrated? Really? He was arguably the best all-around performer in the history of the show.

[creepy]

All i remember about him is The Church Lady and Wayne. Or I guess Garth. Never liked his characters.

And his acting career really took off, didn't it? Master of Disguise was so awful it made the Worst showdown here, people remember it being that godawful.


What else has he ever done besides the Wayne movies, MoD and SNL?

Putrid.