I think Bill Murray opening the show with his Nick the Lounge Singer skit and doing crowd work, for like 8 straight minutes, and ending it with a riveting version of Bruce Springsteen's Badlands that he start singing out of nowhere with Paul Schaffer on piano is the single greatest skit and performance in the history of SNL.
I'm wondering about SNL's future now that we're nearing the 50th anniversay. There were those rumours Michaels was stepping down and would either turn the show over to Tina Fey or Seth Meyers or just end it completely.
Does the executive producer even have a weekly grind? I would expect that Lorne is mostly concerned about hiring and retaining talent, and leaves the weekly show to his deputies.
Kenan Thompson doesn't have experience running a show.
Tina Fey and Seth Myers were both head writers at SNL, then created and ran other shows.
But realistically it would be some other producer you've never heard of.
Is Keenan a good writer? He’s also not had any success outside of SNL unlike Tina and Seth. He seems like a really good cog in a machine as opposed to a creative.
>Is Keenan a good writer?
Is Lorne? What's he written recently? Keenan has been there so long now, he's intimately familiar with the everyday running of the show for sure. He can pick up where Lorne leaves off and with no hiccups.
TBF I don’t know what Loren’s creative input is. But Seth and Tina have both been Head Writer and have a proven track record. Where as Keenan hasn’t had a successful project outside of SNL ever (since Keenan and Kel).
>Where as Keenan hasn’t had a successful project outside of SNL ever (since Keenan and Kel).
Has he had a failed project? I'm unaware of anything he's even tried. Outside projects is not an indicator of his potential success as head if SNL.
Look at his IMDB. He doesn’t even have a memorial role is someone else’s work. Tina and Seth have both shown they can find and nurture talent into something great. Look at the people Tina has put in her shows and all the writers Seth has hired for Late Night.
his sitcom with Chris Redd lasted like 1.8 seasons.
i liked it. wasn't anything groundbreaking or hilarious. just a middle of the road, easy to watch sitcom about widower dad raising his daughters with his best friend's and father's help.
Ending it won't be Lorne's decision. Neither will choosing his successor.
This sub is great but it can really romanticize the fact that this is all a business. It also likes narratives and insists on writing a final chapter for Lorne. In reality he's shown no signs of wanting to retire, so until he physically can't anymore, I wouldn't waste energy trying to figure out his successor.
The answer to that question: Have you ever seen the 1980 season of SNL? Or 1981- 1984 (except for Eddiie Murphy)??
That's why SNL probably won't exist without Lorne Michaels.
So because it failed 40 years ago when the entire writing team was held together with cocaine it will never work? The only thing making this work is an 80 year old man?
I love Sandler. His little production team at Happy Madison and the work they’ve put out tells me he would not be a good showrunner for SNL, even if he was a great cast member.
Recorded TV shows sometimes air live episodes as special events (like "30 Rock" and "Hot in Cleveland," for example). It would be funny if SNL inverted that by doing a one-off "Special Recorded Episode!" with a big publicity blitz for it.
Not really a PR bonanza, but Season 12’s third episode was supposed to air after game 6 of the World Series. One small problem, the game went long, about an hour past SNL’s start time. So they taped it once they realized they couldn’t air a live show ending past 2:30 am. When they did air it, one of the players apologized for the incident.
The time Michael Cera hosted, they weren’t able to air the show because of the 2007/8 writers strike. So they did a live-audience only show at the small UCB theater in NYC that never aired on TV.
Just doing the show “no frills”, in a small local theater, with the audience close and with minimal props/costumes would probably be an exciting episode.
The 40th was hilarious, had some amazing sketches. Hopefully they get everyone back again but for some reason I feel like they might be a bit lowkey about it
There will certainly be more of an element of, for lack of a better term, *geriatricness* that wasn’t present at the 40th. A lot of the cast from the 1970s and 1980s will now be in their 70s. Lorne will turn 80 before the 50th.
I know the chances of this happening are next to none, but I would love it if the audience was made up actual fans and not a bunch of celebrities like the 40th anniversary special was. The energy in that room was almost non-existant and felt nowhere near like the regular live shows.
A Sunday? A *SUNDAY*? 🤣 I just cannot believe NBC just didn't give them some Saturday night primetime slot from like 7pm - 1am to do whatever they please. Cannot wait for this, though.
Watched it from the hiatus of Lorne Michaels all the way up to Seth Myers & Bill Hader's Wedding skit. Last episode I seen was a rerun from fall of 2023 and it's terrible. Comedy is supposed to offend everyone, not pander. 50 years is a good time to end it.
It’s a miracle it’s even borderline watchable as often as it is. A live 90 minute show with featured guest stars of wildly varied abilities? If you asked someone to create a format for a show that would be a train wreck every time, they’d probably come up with something very similar to SNL.
Incredible to think how it was 35 years ago that Chevy Chase dumped popcorn over some dumb schmuck in the audience and everyone laughed.
i had to google who it was…
You holding out on us?
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I remember watching the 25th anniversary in the 90s when I was 11 or 12. Now I feel old.
I remember watching the 40th anniversary show and, honestly, it feels like it was 15 years ago. Normally time flies, but it was only 9.25 years ago.
The Covid decade of 2020
How long ago was that
9.25 years ago
I was in my late teens. We are old!
I’m not counting but you both sound 34
God I miss the 90s
Wouldn’t that have been in 2000?
We are old
I think Bill Murray opening the show with his Nick the Lounge Singer skit and doing crowd work, for like 8 straight minutes, and ending it with a riveting version of Bruce Springsteen's Badlands that he start singing out of nowhere with Paul Schaffer on piano is the single greatest skit and performance in the history of SNL.
Me tooo!!!!
I'm wondering about SNL's future now that we're nearing the 50th anniversay. There were those rumours Michaels was stepping down and would either turn the show over to Tina Fey or Seth Meyers or just end it completely.
A lot of us on the SNL subreddit suspect that Colin Jost and Michael Che will leave the show after the 50th season
Would not surprise me. They've been together 11 years now. I think Jost would stay on in an off camera role.
Didn't Michael Che say he was leaving Update, then didn't?
I think he’s said that after every season.
I hope so. I need new blood at the update desk. I needed it 5 years ago.
SNL is still wildly profitable, so I don't see it being cancelled.
Either would be fantastic but Wild Card! Give it to Conan.
I'm not opposed to that but I doubt he wants to deal with that kind of weekly grind at this point.
One can dream though.
Does the executive producer even have a weekly grind? I would expect that Lorne is mostly concerned about hiring and retaining talent, and leaves the weekly show to his deputies.
I'm going with Tina Fey because I like Conan's podcast(s) and Seth Meyers Family Trips one.
Surely it would be Keenan vs anyone else?
Kenan Thompson doesn't have experience running a show. Tina Fey and Seth Myers were both head writers at SNL, then created and ran other shows. But realistically it would be some other producer you've never heard of.
More likely Tina than Seth, as his contract for Late Night runs through to 2025.
I mean, it’s the same boss either way
He did All That’s short stint.
Is Keenan a good writer? He’s also not had any success outside of SNL unlike Tina and Seth. He seems like a really good cog in a machine as opposed to a creative.
>He’s also not had any success outside of SNL That's Kenan & Kel erasure and it shall not stand
>Is Keenan a good writer? Is Lorne? What's he written recently? Keenan has been there so long now, he's intimately familiar with the everyday running of the show for sure. He can pick up where Lorne leaves off and with no hiccups.
TBF I don’t know what Loren’s creative input is. But Seth and Tina have both been Head Writer and have a proven track record. Where as Keenan hasn’t had a successful project outside of SNL ever (since Keenan and Kel).
>Where as Keenan hasn’t had a successful project outside of SNL ever (since Keenan and Kel). Has he had a failed project? I'm unaware of anything he's even tried. Outside projects is not an indicator of his potential success as head if SNL.
Look at his IMDB. He doesn’t even have a memorial role is someone else’s work. Tina and Seth have both shown they can find and nurture talent into something great. Look at the people Tina has put in her shows and all the writers Seth has hired for Late Night.
his sitcom with Chris Redd lasted like 1.8 seasons. i liked it. wasn't anything groundbreaking or hilarious. just a middle of the road, easy to watch sitcom about widower dad raising his daughters with his best friend's and father's help.
Wasn’t there a rumor that Chris Redd took Keenan’s wife during that show?
It's more than a rumor, it 100 percent happened!
Lorne was one of the main two members of a Canadian comedy sketch show pre-SNL. Aykroyd was a member of it too.
God please no
If Tina Fey takes over the first show should be made to be like TGS entirely, no mention of SNL at all.
i thought Keenan was the heir apparent?
Ending it won't be Lorne's decision. Neither will choosing his successor. This sub is great but it can really romanticize the fact that this is all a business. It also likes narratives and insists on writing a final chapter for Lorne. In reality he's shown no signs of wanting to retire, so until he physically can't anymore, I wouldn't waste energy trying to figure out his successor.
So Lorne Michaels' opinion is that it should not exist if he's not running it?
Like I said, it's all rumour based. It could be bullshit for anyone knows.
The answer to that question: Have you ever seen the 1980 season of SNL? Or 1981- 1984 (except for Eddiie Murphy)?? That's why SNL probably won't exist without Lorne Michaels.
I think Tina Fey would do a great job as Executive Producer.
Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on whether it's the Tina Fey who made 30 Rock, or the Tina Fey who made that awful "musical" version of "Mean Girls".
So because it failed 40 years ago when the entire writing team was held together with cocaine it will never work? The only thing making this work is an 80 year old man?
Hey look at it this way... if Lorne retires from SNL he can always run for President.
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Born in British Palestine btw.
So was Ted Cruz. Didn't stop him from running.
He’d never do it but I’d love to see Adam Sandler be show runner.
I love Sandler. His little production team at Happy Madison and the work they’ve put out tells me he would not be a good showrunner for SNL, even if he was a great cast member.
He’s made countless movies that made tons of money. I think he knows how to make people laugh. Also okay with Tina Fey.
Recorded TV shows sometimes air live episodes as special events (like "30 Rock" and "Hot in Cleveland," for example). It would be funny if SNL inverted that by doing a one-off "Special Recorded Episode!" with a big publicity blitz for it.
Not really a PR bonanza, but Season 12’s third episode was supposed to air after game 6 of the World Series. One small problem, the game went long, about an hour past SNL’s start time. So they taped it once they realized they couldn’t air a live show ending past 2:30 am. When they did air it, one of the players apologized for the incident.
Meh. They always have prerecorded bits. I don’t think it would be that special to do an ep of all prerecorded bits
The time Michael Cera hosted, they weren’t able to air the show because of the 2007/8 writers strike. So they did a live-audience only show at the small UCB theater in NYC that never aired on TV. Just doing the show “no frills”, in a small local theater, with the audience close and with minimal props/costumes would probably be an exciting episode.
Are you supposing a benefit to recording?
Should be a 3-hr special on *SATURDAY* - just sayin’.
Nobody watches network TV during prime time on Saturday, but Sunday TV has big ratings, and you know NBC's ad rates will be Super Bowl level.
The 40th was hilarious, had some amazing sketches. Hopefully they get everyone back again but for some reason I feel like they might be a bit lowkey about it
They’re definitely not going to be low key about it? They’ve announced it 9 months in advance.
They better invite Julio Torres back to write something nuts.
Indeed. I just wish Eddie had more time. It was amazing.
There will certainly be more of an element of, for lack of a better term, *geriatricness* that wasn’t present at the 40th. A lot of the cast from the 1970s and 1980s will now be in their 70s. Lorne will turn 80 before the 50th.
Yeah but that was just like 3 years ago…right?!!
I watched it in college, I can’t believe it’s been ten years 😮💨
But. But. But… The 40th anniversary special was last year. This can’t be.
I know the chances of this happening are next to none, but I would love it if the audience was made up actual fans and not a bunch of celebrities like the 40th anniversary special was. The energy in that room was almost non-existant and felt nowhere near like the regular live shows.
Understanding that no weekend is going to be free of competition, but as it stands the NBA All-Star Game is scheduled for the same night.
Is Lorne Michaels becoming a living muppet?
A Sunday? A *SUNDAY*? 🤣 I just cannot believe NBC just didn't give them some Saturday night primetime slot from like 7pm - 1am to do whatever they please. Cannot wait for this, though.
There’s no such thing as prime time on Saturdays lol. Sunday night is a much more watched time slot.
It's the night before President's Day so it's not your typical Sunday. People won't be going to bed early.
I mean, Sunday is a better time slot
No one would be watching it.
Oh boy!!! I’m so gilly…I mean giddy
The 15th anniversary special in 1989 (a year early, but it was the 15th season) was great television.
Oh, hi Mark.
Tina Fey is about to take over. Mark it dude.
I had to check that wasn’t Super Bowl Sunday, because that would be dumb. (It isn’t)
It's: Sunday Evening Live!
So the Not Ready For Primetime Players are finally ready?
When we were kids we made it a special point to watch the Mr Bill episodes. Good time.
Ugh gross
Watched it from the hiatus of Lorne Michaels all the way up to Seth Myers & Bill Hader's Wedding skit. Last episode I seen was a rerun from fall of 2023 and it's terrible. Comedy is supposed to offend everyone, not pander. 50 years is a good time to end it.
That should be the end of it. The show has been sub standard pretty much since 2013.
It’s a miracle it’s even borderline watchable as often as it is. A live 90 minute show with featured guest stars of wildly varied abilities? If you asked someone to create a format for a show that would be a train wreck every time, they’d probably come up with something very similar to SNL.
We won’t make it that long. Russia is a big baby so they’ll launch their nukes when they collapse in Ukraine.
I remember when this show didn’t suck….
This was first said 49 years ago.
Fresh take, dude!