Her mother also just happens to be Lorne Michaels long term assistant

It was MBTA. I'm from the northeast.

“My precious” would have been too on the nose for the Gollum part for me.

Claudisms could be fun but probably too obscure for the target audience.

Recently I was channel surfing and caught some of the early seasons of SNL (Murray, Chase, Belushi, Radner, etc.). Someone syndicated the episodes into 30 minute shows with a few skits per show. They actually weren't as good as I remembered. Maybe one skit was funny per show. Maybe it was just something new and different in the 70's, with people making jokes about pot use and such. But it didn't really stand the test of time.

haven't watched yet, but, if this is how Art is received (in whatever form), then what is polished and presented on a platter (being turned down left, right and centre by commenters when the real audience is sitting in front of them, secondary to the camera that is worth more than their monthly paycheque or whatever other leverage the production machine behind the troupe has) needs to have a solid bleeding-edge punchline but also seasoned actors and entertainers willing to stand up to deliver it on time, (live but also not at risk of being delisted, demonetized, or put under an NDA that prevents you from speaking in any form of media unknowingly for exchange for a measly fiat currency), and then go online and search for themselves to find tips to improve for next week's show that people aren't tuning into as much live partially due to the discrepancies in the capitalistic system that's being pointed out nightly in comedy clubs around the globe, but, gotta be there to hear it & gotta be here to advance it - just not all the time, please. (reminder to myself in a way)

Listen to a Dario interview. I think it's pretty on the mark

I think it correlates with us getting old. They seem plenty funny for 20 year olds, which is why they're popular.

Man, the Simpsons stopped being funny a few years in, I have no idea what they’ve even been doing since then.

I think they are joking. I would be surprised if someone thinks that 30 fucking years are too little time to something to change

I miss The Day Today.

"This is ook-waeid"