SNL UK

[tamore]

couldn't see a thread for it, but i'm a fan of some off the SNL stuff that ends up on youtube. i hope the UK version is gloves off and does't hold back.

[MC Bodge]

tamore said:

couldn't see a thread for it, but i'm a fan of some off the SNL stuff that ends up on youtube. i hope the UK version is gloves off and does't hold back.

Wasn't it tried here in the 1980s?

SNL USA is a bit hit and miss, from what I've seen.

[speedtwelve]

Saturday Live (and later Friday Night Live) was on in the UK in the 80s. It wasn't a spin-off of SNL though. Ben Elton, Fry and Laurie et al. Each week Ade Edmonson and Rik Mayall appeared as 'The Dangerous Brothers'. Sketches usually involved blank-firing Uzis on full auto, explosives, chainsaws and Ade being set on fire during 'Dante's Towering Inferno' which went slightly wrong. It's on YouTube.

[DoctorX]

I’ve managed 20 minutes. I don’t think they’ll be many more.

[Ikobo]

Beyond awful. The US version has only ever survived by a small percentage of genuinely funny stuff that has gone on to reach comedy gold status, mainly by true comedy legends. This though, absolute turd, and Tina Fey as much as I love her isn’t going to save it.

[Ridgemont]

Well just watched it.

It had some laugh out loud moments and some moments of utter boredom. Much like US SNL.

It’s an outdated format but to be honest it was nice to see some non panel show comedy.

[DSLiverpool]

The U.K. version of Colin & Michael’s weekend update was pretty cringe. They copied the side eye, in jokes without being that funny.


https://youtube.com/shorts/yUw1BSDjxhQ?si=ST9TEAPt...

[Ridgemont]

lol.

I happened to be browsing Sky after I watched it and saw this description for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Someone is having a fun night.

[Ridgemont]

DSLiverpool said:

The U.K. version of Colin & Michael s weekend update was pretty cringe. They copied the side eye, in jokes without being that funny.


https://youtube.com/shorts/yUw1BSDjxhQ?si=ST9TEAPt...

The thing is that if you are going to do that you have to be edgy. They weren’t.

[bloomen]

MC Bodge said:

SNL USA is a bit hit and miss, from what I've seen.

The stuff we see and hear about is going to be the gems. There'll be an awful of dross and filler.

Spitting Image was the same despite its legendary status, and they didn't have to pump it out every single week for years on end.

Didn't watch the subject of this thread.

[Jefferson Steelflex]

I didn’t think it was too bad, certainly watchable. Started out a bit ropey, the opening sketch was a bad start, but later on some of the stuff had me laughing especially the Andrew jokes. Great live music as well.

I think if you go into these things expecting an hour of non-stop laughs you’ll be disappointed, but if the bar is Mrs Brown’s Boys then this was well above standard.

[tamore]

Jefferson Steelflex said:

I didn t think it was too bad, certainly watchable. Started out a bit ropey, the opening sketch was a bad start, but later on some of the stuff had me laughing especially the Andrew jokes. Great live music as well.

I think if you go into these things expecting an hour of non-stop laughs you ll be disappointed, but if the bar is Mrs Brown s Boys then this was well above standard.

that's a seriously low bar!

[BunkMoreland]

But you can get an hour ish of constant laughs from other programmes. Whether that's dedicated comedy shows or the topical ones like HIGNFY and MTW

The one thing a comedy show has to do is entertain

[MC Bodge]

Jefferson Steelflex said:

...if the bar is Mrs Brown s Boys then this was well above standard.

Is that a comedy?

[DaveGrohl]

Princess Di made me chuckle anyway.

[oobster]

DaveGrohl said:

Princess Di made me chuckle anyway.

Agree, that part was very funny. Some of the other bits were decent, the face cream advert, the movie review guy, the Shakespeare returning from London wasn’t something I found funny, neither was the shy baby or the Jugs bra measurement bit, the Weekend Review part was quite good though.

Overall, 5 out of 10, hopefully it’ll improve as the cast work together longer.

[DaveGrohl]

oobster said:

DaveGrohl said:

Princess Di made me chuckle anyway.

Agree, that part was very funny. Some of the other bits were decent, the face cream advert, the movie review guy, the Shakespeare returning from London wasn t something I found funny, neither was the shy baby or the Jugs bra measurement bit, the Weekend Review part was quite good though.

Overall, 5 out of 10, hopefully it ll improve as the cast work together longer.

Indeed, I’m looking at the reviews above and thinking you’re all just miserable. There were quite a lot of funny moments for me.
And it’s live apparently. I’ll defo give it another go.

[poo at Paul's]

It wasn’t a classic, but it was a lot better than I thought it might be.
I think Tina Fey carried it quite a lot though, but maybe that is the format, the guest presenter features a lot.
Anyway, I watched on catch up and will do again.

[DSLiverpool]

The cold opener is possible worse this week.

[DoctorX]

They’re reading all of the lines from something out of shot which is very distracting. Mind you, I wouldn’t fancy learning them either.