SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC)
Saturday Night Live is not Saturday night funny anymore. Not to take anything away from the greatness this show once was, today’s version of Saturday Night Live is disgustingly pale in comparison to its earlier predecessors. Nobody is reminiscent of Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, John Belushi and Chris Farley. Those who still manage to put SNL into their shortage of time is truly nothing short of lame in my eyes. Why? Because it’s not funny. At all. Even Will Farrell’s SNL wasn’t that funny. And yeah, Will Ferrell is SUPER OVERRATED. And not funny. Did I mention he’s not funny?
WATCH THIS INSTEAD
IN LIVING COLOR (FOX)
Sketch comedy at its best and edgiest (on network tv anyways), In Living Color was basically the hip hop fuck you to Saturday Night Live. The multiracial Fox (of course) show was an immediate hit and even drew 25 million viewers during a controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show segment. What was also cool was the hip hop groups coming out to perform at the end of the show for the audience. It helped put hip hop in the public eye too. Jim Carey and Damon Wayans play two of the most memorable sketch comedy characters of all time in Fire Marshall Bill and Homey D. Clown. Oh, and besides Carey and Wayans, the show also gave us Jennifer Lopez (as one of the Fly Girls), Marlon Wayans (Damon’s brother), David Alan Grier and Jamie Foxx. Not bad for only five seasons.
