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Iāve lied for too long. I donāt like SNL. I think most of the recent sketches are not funny. I donāt understand why people still consider it the pinnacle of comedy. It is definitely past its prime. If I have to see another version of that Espresso/Domingo sketch go viral idk what Iāll do.
Feb 17, 2025
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I swear to God, I hadnāt watched SNL in years because it was unwatchable for so long. But Iāve been tuning in recently, kind of on a lark & I was shocked at how genuinely funny it is this season. I donāt know if itās new writers or if Iām going senile. But I havenāt laughed at SNL like this since I was like 13 years old. Anyone else experience something similar. I feel like Iām losing my mind. You know what? Iām going to write an essay on it. Iām gonna post an essay about why SNL is good now on here.
Feb 6, 2025
Your 90% figure is something I use to describe how much art media is basically not good ā tv, movies, music, etc. But the particularity of standup as an art form ā the bizarre mutual expectation of a specific response (laughter) ā means that it can āfailā more obviously. Mediocre music can be shrugged off, and pretty easily tolerated by most; it doesnāt come with the same expectations. But when someoneās jokes don't land, it immediately lays bare a devastating rift between performer and audience.
Most people just want to laugh, though, and theyāre ok with laughing at anything that purports to be funny. You make a joke about the difference between men and women, I laugh, everyone goes home happy. So thereās a lot of trash that ends up getting elevated because itās āgoodā enough to fulfill this social contract for enough people.
But thereās always good stuff out there!
Iāll 4th Chris Fleming and throw in Conner OāMalleys recent special.
Sorry but they both yell, lol.
If you want a very different, bizarre, highly personal, often uncomfortable, avant-garde, and of course, funny rec: Natalie Palamidesās Nate: A One Man Show which was out on Netflix a few years ago.
Jun 21, 2024
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The sheer amount of standup specials, YouTube/IG/TikTok stars, etc. oversaturate our brains, and I think it dilutes our experience. This is surely true of music for me lately - I need breaks from new things pretty often. I think another symptom of it being so abundant is the more you've seen, the harder it is to be surprised by new styles and personalities. I've been a life-long standup fan for as long as I can remember, and gimmicks and fads have always been a thing. But still, every year, something new grabs my attention. It just takes some digging to find the people that tell the kind of stories that make you laugh. Here are some ones I really liked recently:
Kyle Kinane - Dirt Nap
Jacqueline Novak - Get On Your Knees
Sheng Wang - Sweet & Juicy
Brian Simpson - Live From The Mothership
Chris Fleming - Hell (As mentioned in other responses, just the best kind of weird)
Taylor Tomlinson - Look At You
Nate Bargatze (any of his many on Netflix)
Jun 21, 2024
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I found out a friend annotates every book he reads. I donāt think I could ever do that, but I would love to read something heās annotated. More than that I would love to read a book someone has specifically annotated with me in mind.
Mar 15, 2025
This was at some company event he was hired to work at. I was mostly upset that the Totally Spies graphic tee was being obstructed by the balloon plane.
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