Saturday Night Idiocy
Okay, now I'm going to gripe about a popular sketch comedy show called Saturday Night Live.
Tonight's show had Steve Martin as a guest, so it was funnier than usual (or actually funny at all). But that's not the only thing that's special about this particular show.
Regular cast member Fred Armisen has an "okay funny" recurring segment called The Prince Show, whe he plays artist Prince. Tonight's show also featured this particular sketch. However, not only was Steve Martin the guest cast member for tonight, the show also had the REAL Prince as the musical guest!
Now if you were the writer, and you know that the real Prince is going to be doing a gig as musical guest, and you are also going to slot The Prince Show segment into tonight's show, how are you going to connect the dots and seize the opportunity to make for an unusually exciting and hilarious comedy sketch? That's right! You feature the real Prince into The Prince Show with Fred Armisen, generating huge laughs and cheers in an offbeat, self-deprecating role.
Did the writers get it? NO! The Prince Show went by as usual, totally ignoring the fact that the real Prince had just played his gig in the previous segment before the commercial break.
Now I'm not saying that I should be among those writing for Saturday Night Live. In fact, this kind of idea is not new at all to the show. Back in the last decade, when the show was at its peak of its funniness, The Rolling Stones was the musical guest in one particular show, if I recall correctly. So on their Weekend Update segment, they had Mike Myers play Mick Jagger, and the real Mick Jagger play Keith Richards!! THAT was funny!!
Perhaps the writers did ask Prince to appear on The Prince Show, but he declined, even though I think he would be cool enough to accept the invitation. If that were the case, they should never have put The Prince Show segment on this show at all. It just leaves viewers like me angry and wanting answers!
These people couldn't even write a funny sketch if they were given a monkey that smells its own farts.
Tonight's show had Steve Martin as a guest, so it was funnier than usual (or actually funny at all). But that's not the only thing that's special about this particular show.
Regular cast member Fred Armisen has an "okay funny" recurring segment called The Prince Show, whe he plays artist Prince. Tonight's show also featured this particular sketch. However, not only was Steve Martin the guest cast member for tonight, the show also had the REAL Prince as the musical guest!
Now if you were the writer, and you know that the real Prince is going to be doing a gig as musical guest, and you are also going to slot The Prince Show segment into tonight's show, how are you going to connect the dots and seize the opportunity to make for an unusually exciting and hilarious comedy sketch? That's right! You feature the real Prince into The Prince Show with Fred Armisen, generating huge laughs and cheers in an offbeat, self-deprecating role.
Did the writers get it? NO! The Prince Show went by as usual, totally ignoring the fact that the real Prince had just played his gig in the previous segment before the commercial break.
Now I'm not saying that I should be among those writing for Saturday Night Live. In fact, this kind of idea is not new at all to the show. Back in the last decade, when the show was at its peak of its funniness, The Rolling Stones was the musical guest in one particular show, if I recall correctly. So on their Weekend Update segment, they had Mike Myers play Mick Jagger, and the real Mick Jagger play Keith Richards!! THAT was funny!!
Perhaps the writers did ask Prince to appear on The Prince Show, but he declined, even though I think he would be cool enough to accept the invitation. If that were the case, they should never have put The Prince Show segment on this show at all. It just leaves viewers like me angry and wanting answers!
These people couldn't even write a funny sketch if they were given a monkey that smells its own farts.
posted by Cosmic Ocean at 1:25 AM
3 Comments:
Yeah, I saw that episode. You totally read my mind. I was wondering wtf!?
Wow, I can't believe you still bother with that show. Then again, I don't even have access to that show even if I want to watch it. Hey, is that guy still called Prince?
Yes. He changed his name to that unpronounceable symbol to "emancipate" himself from the Warner Brothers label, although it's probably another reinvention strategy. He reinstated his name in 2000 after his contract with Warner expired.
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