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'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary special watched by nearly 15 million people

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Remember when SNL used to be funny?

They should take inspiration from South Park.

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SBL is, nor ever was, remotely funny; it is now stale and overly scatological.

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Eddie Murphy doing Tracy Morgan, in front of Tracy Morgan was gold.

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iiotokoToday  02:47 pm JST

SBL is, nor ever was, remotely funny; it is now stale and overly scatological.

So SBL(?) is remotely funny or never was? LOL!

The first 15yrs featuring the Not Ready for Prime Time players was indeed very funny and set a standard for live comedy. The next 10yrs were okay. The last 25yrs?......running on fumes.

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Saturday Night Live being funny died with John Belushi, after that it was all downhill

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Sounds like it was a total yawnfest. Hasn't been funny since 1982.

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I watched it on YouTube and thought it was hilarious... wish it was shown on TV here in the UK

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I also watch it via YouTube...I found it very entreteining and got me laughing most of the sketches... Debbie Dawner one was the weakest for me.

The cold open and the monologue and weekly update where my favorites

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It's actually a good episode - that's why 15 million people tuned in

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