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Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: spearmint
Date: November 18, 2007 12:11AM
Nearly all staff fired. Writers' strike.

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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Anonymous User
Date: November 18, 2007 12:13AM
'bout time....
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: vision63
Date: November 18, 2007 12:39AM
They'll just have to hire them back. They're being opportunistic with their union-busting.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: spearmint
Date: November 18, 2007 12:41AM
Why fire instead of layoff?



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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: vision63
Date: November 18, 2007 12:56AM
Then they can rehire at re-negotiated salaries. I'm sure the guilds will cry foul. I think to dump SNL is to dump Lorne Michaels which I doubt they'd be prepared to do.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: November 18, 2007 01:04AM
Knowing management at NBC, it's punishment for the attempt at public solidarity.

Way to go, SNL...
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NEW YORK (AP) — With their regular programs halted by a writers' strike, cast members of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" planned to stage a pair of live performances at a Manhattan improv theater.

The shows, held at the 150-seat Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre co-founded by SNL's Amy Poehler, will benefit the behind-the-scenes staffers who have lost work because of the shutdowns caused by the two-week strike by the Writers Guild of America...
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: spearmint
Date: November 18, 2007 01:25AM
150 seats, 300 tickets? That sure is not going to raise a hll of a lot of money.

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Knowing management at NBC, it's punishment for the attempt at public solidarity.

Way to go, SNL...
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NEW YORK (AP) — With their regular programs halted by a writers' strike, cast members of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" planned to stage a pair of live performances at a Manhattan improv theater.

The shows, held at the 150-seat Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre co-founded by SNL's Amy Poehler, will benefit the behind-the-scenes staffers who have lost work because of the shutdowns caused by the two-week strike by the Writers Guild of America...



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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: vision63
Date: November 18, 2007 01:27AM
Absolutely. And NBC has about 3 watchable shows in total. At least SNL draws numbers.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: November 18, 2007 01:34AM
> 50 seats, 300 tickets? That sure is not going to raise a hll of a lot of money.

You're right.

150 seats at $20 bucks a head = $3,000... one might think the average SNL cast member could just have paid that out of pocket.

smiling smiley


But I think the point was to make a public show of support for both the writers and the crew.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: spearmint
Date: November 18, 2007 01:51AM
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MacMagus
> 50 seats, 300 tickets? That sure is not going to raise a hll of a lot of money.

You're right.

150 seats at $20 bucks a head = $3,000... one might think the average SNL cast member could just have paid that out of pocket.

smiling smiley


But I think the point was to make a public show of support for both the writers and the crew.

Just a silly gesture although they will probably get $50 or more a pop. Woo hoo.



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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: November 18, 2007 02:07AM
> Just a silly gesture although they will probably get $50 or more a pop. Woo hoo.

The normal ticket price for that theater is $8 dollars. Tickets to the SNL show are $20 dollars.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: davester
Date: November 18, 2007 02:42AM
I thought it was over when Belushi died.


"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: Grateful11
Date: November 18, 2007 06:48AM
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I thought it was over when Belushi died.

Me too. I haven't watched it since the early 80's.


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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: volcs0
Date: November 18, 2007 07:33AM
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davester
I thought it was over when Belushi died.

Me too. I haven't watched it since the early 80's.

I just read this section in the "Fark" book (great book, by the way). He points out that every year, the media claims, "SNL was much better 10 years ago." Except that they say that every year...

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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: volcs0
Date: November 18, 2007 07:40AM
Urban legend?

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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: josntme
Date: November 18, 2007 08:43AM
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volcs0
Urban legend?

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You sure missed the subject here.

This needs to be here: [forums.macresource.com]
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: RgrF
Date: November 18, 2007 08:48AM
SNL jumped the shark before the second Reagan term. That it's still around is a testament to the lack of creativity of network television.


"Who's more foolish - the fool or the fool that follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: volcs0
Date: November 18, 2007 08:52AM
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volcs0
Urban legend?

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You sure missed the subject here.

This needs to be here: [forums.macresource.com]

LOL! I guess that's what I get for keeping more than one forum window open!
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: h'
Date: November 18, 2007 01:02PM
Such actions have much more value in terms of raising awareness than raising money.
And . . . here you are helping their cause by informing hundreds about it.
Deep down inside, I think you really might care about other people, sminty.

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MacMagus
> 50 seats, 300 tickets? That sure is not going to raise a hll of a lot of money.

You're right.

150 seats at $20 bucks a head = $3,000... one might think the average SNL cast member could just have paid that out of pocket.

smiling smiley


But I think the point was to make a public show of support for both the writers and the crew.

Just a silly gesture although they will probably get $50 or more a pop. Woo hoo.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: zero
Date: November 18, 2007 01:47PM
THANK YOU GOD!!! SNL has sucked for years. Maybe it will be funny again!!!
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: MacMagus
Date: November 18, 2007 02:30PM
> I just read this section in the "Fark" book (great book, by the way). He points out that every
> year, the media claims, "SNL was much better 10 years ago." Except that they say that
> every year...

I say that SNL hasn't been especially funny since the end of 1979.

Were people in 1979 saying that the show "was much better" in 1951?
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: Silencio
Date: November 18, 2007 03:09PM
SNL has its peaks and valleys. I thought their work in the early 90s was outstanding -- they certainly had a lot of talented and funny people there at the time. It's mostly been in a creative valley for the past 10 years with fewer cast members crossing over into successful post-SNL careers.

I still keep one eye loosely on the show and they have the occasional funny moment still.
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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: vision63
Date: November 18, 2007 06:00PM
It can still be funny. Often they don't know when to end a sketch. You take the funny out of something if you drag it out too long. But:

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Re: Is it over for SNL?
Posted by: davester
Date: November 19, 2007 12:41AM
Actually I do recall one funny post-Belushi skit...

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"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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