Speaking of SNL, Tina Fey is NOT funny. I can't watch the show anymore and she has a lot to do with it. She is NOT funny. And I state this because people who reguarly tell me that this chick is funny. She sucks.
Oh, and her movie, 'Mean Girls.' It totally SUCKED, other than Lindsey Lohan's huge breasts.
Agreed, LL's boobs are huge, and the movie was awful.
Tina Fey gets boatloads of undeserved adulation because she's female, period. She's the first person with a vagina to be SNL's head writer, thus she's a demigod to the Manhattan chattering classes. Pure political correctness.
Unfortunately, as you noted, she just isn't funny. And the show in its current form reflects her inability to recognize or write good humor. I'd say the program hasn't been this bad since the 1985-86 season, and that year it was so bad that it was almost canceled.
One need only look at their political skits to see how far the show has fallen in just the last few years. The cast members they had playing "Bush" and "Kerry" were about as good at the characterizations as any two average guys in a high school homeroom class. They didn't make any attempt to look like Bush or Kerry, and failed miserably at sounding like Bush or Kerry.
I agree .. she is bad and the weekend update .. CAN'T STAND IT
Once in awhile SNL can be still funny. Star Jones' wedding vow... 'I, in conjunction with Lady Speed Stick, take you to be my lawful wedded husband...' is a recent example. There are good lines here & there but overall, it's a waste of time. There's nothing else on worth watching (MadTV is just crude to me). Saturday night TV is like being in L.A. on New Year's Eve. There's one thing to watch and nothin' else going on anywhere.