Blog Response #7 - SNL

Saturday Night Live is easily one of my favorite comedy shows. So many iconic quotes and skits have come from the show. Every time I watch the more cowbell skit I laugh just as much as I did the time before. I love when they bring in athletes to the skits because it’s funny how they so obviously look at the cue cards and can’t act very well. The athletes are clearly out of their comfort zone since on the court or the field they don't have to speak publicly unless they're in an interview. Kenan Thompson is one of my all time favorite cast members and his facial expressions are priceless. The two professional athletes presence are just funny because it’s two huge guys trying to do live comedy. Thompson makes it more comfortable and is able to get more laughs and make up for laughs the two athletes aren’t getting. I like how how both athletes argue over who plays the most intense sports. Just being a professional athlete in a sport is hard enough. When Thompson’s character chimes in like he can relate in how football is so hard and that he understands the struggle it’s funny since he’s trying to relate on the same level. I agree that the skit is very incongruent because I never know what nonsense Thompson is going to say. It’s also kind of true how Thompson portrays D.C. since most football players have been hit many times and is a major concern. I wasn’t expecting D.C. to chatter his lips then say, “half these teeth are fake”. I think SNL does a good job of bringing up important issues in society, but does it in a way that laughs can be produced from it. Even though most skits on the show can be pretty dumb I do think the writing is clever because it calls out issues, but doesn’t do in a harsh way. Thompson showed the truth of football players and how they sacrificed their health to play football and showed the negative effects it has on the body.

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  1. Shane Herron2 November 2018 at 08:26

    I think that's a great observation about athletes and how they function on the show. We are almost laughing more at how terrible they are at acting than anything else. Conan O'Brien used to have an ongoing skit that featured fake local athletes who were terrible at acting.

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