A Friendly Correction for those Man-Haters who Delve to be Single

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

For me, Rosana Rosanadanna and the Church Lady win over all of them, but, clearly, I'm in the minority.

But, yeah, Bellushi was better than Murray.

I would put Gilda Radner -- Rosana Rosadanna and Emily Latella -- up there with Belushi and maybe beyond.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Also, these greatest ever polls make even less sense when it's something like this because they always skew towards the contemporary. I bet 90% of the people voting for Ferrell never saw more than a couple of Belushi's or Murphy's skits.

TM

yes. I learned this in 1974, when this song was still #1 on the top 40 charts, and the top 40 station had a poll for "Best Song Ever!" and it was voted that too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzPcMzy4WI8 (of course without the groovy video)

[notcasesensitive]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

I would put Gilda Radner -- Rosana Rosadanna and Emily Latella -- up there with Belushi and maybe beyond.

Girls can't be funny.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

Girls can't be funny.

Wait just a minute there. What about the Church Lady?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

girls can't be funny.

lol

eta: Also, this is awesome. Read it soon before they reinstall the paywall.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I think Eddie, like Belushi, was so high that most of the time (unless it was pre-filmed, like Mr. White--probably the greatest SNL piece ever) they just gave him a concept and he improvised the whole thing.

This reminded me of something Tina Fey wrote in the above:

(4) When hiring, mix Harvard nerds with Chicago improvisers and stir.

The staff of “Saturday Night Live” has always been a blend of hyper-intelligent Harvard boys (Jim Downey, Al Franken, Conan O’Brien) and gifted, visceral, fun performers (John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks, Horatio Sanz, Bill Murray, Maya Rudolph). Lorne somehow knew that too many of one or the other would knock the show out of balance. To generalize with abandon, if you had nothing but Harvard guys the whole show would be made up of commercial parodies about people wearing barrels after the 1929 stock-market crash. “Flenderson’s Poverty Barrels: Replacing Clothes Despite Being More Expensive Since . . . Right Now. Formerly known as Flenderson’s Pickles and Suspenders: A Semiotic Exegesis of Jazz Age Excess and the Failings of the Sherman Antitrust Act.”

If you had nothing but improvisers, the whole show would be made up of loud drag characters named Vicki and Staci screaming their catchphrase over and over: “YOU KISS YOUR MUTHA WITH THAT FACE?”

She continues. Read the whole thing, as they say.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

Girls can't be funny.

You've been too focused on posts here I think?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

This reminded me of something Tina Fey wrote...

I can't believe she mentions Horatio Sanz. That guy fucking sucks. Being fat isn't funny in and of itself.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

She continues. Read the whole thing, as they say.

there was always the weirdness of Mr. Mike- I don't recall seeing him around Harvard.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I can't believe she mentions Horatio Sanz. That guy fucking sucks. Being fat isn't funny in and of itself.

TM

if you had to pick 6 "performers" it is an odd set. She had to be tossing some friends a bone.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2745

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2746

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2747

Maybe the single best post I've ever created (it definitely contains the best photo I've ever posted):

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2748

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2745

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2746

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2747

Maybe the single best post I've ever created (it definitely contains the best photo I've ever posted):

http://www.lawtalkers.com/forums/sho...postcount=2748

TM

comment referring to the link above, or below?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

comment referring to the link above, or below?

There's a colon. I didn't think it was a mystery.

TM

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

There's a colon. I didn't think it was a mystery.

TM

eww, you like scat?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive

Girls can't be funny.

Um.....huh?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

There's a colon. I didn't think it was a mystery.

TM

And it appears to be snorkeling.