I agree. When I was growing up (not too long ago as I'm now in college), from about 6th or 7th grade on, I used to stay up late on Saturday nights and watch at least the first half of the show. I was never really familiar with some of the old greats, but the cast at the end of the 90s was pretty good in my estimation. They've lost a lot of talent and they stopped doing comedy--they transitioned into a DNC mouthpiece.
MAD TV is heading down the slope too. For the first 6 years they were fresh, but now the show is stale and tonight they just plain spent half the show bashing Bush. I still enjoy watching the Comedy Central reruns as THAT was actually comedy. This isn't comedy nor does it purport to be.
I haven't watched SNL since Eddie Murphty was on the show when I was a kid.
They mistake sarcasm and cheap shots for wit and cleverness.
SNL turned to crap after Conan stopped writing for them. SNL is ridiculous. Where's the humor? There is none. I was flipping channels and noticed that skit as well. Was ridiculous. Correct, it's run by a bunch of liberals who want to mimick anyone with moral values.
I also noticed Maher was on MAD TV. He got the pleasure to do the exact same thing. Mimick and lash out at Bush while degrading thanksgiving.
And you wonder if they hate what America stands for? Bill Maher is an idiot. He takes acts that were done hundreds of years ago to justify his anger towards us, when every single country took part in what we did long ago. With their logic, every single country should reverse into history to give whomevers land was stolen. Where does that lead?
Maher, go to hell.
First, I should start by saying that I didn't see the skit in question. SNL has not been high on my priority list for at least 10 years, but it WAS funny at one time. As conservatives, we need to maintain a healthy sense of humor, because we aren't perfect either, and a little bit of humorous jabbing (even if it is thoroughly un-funny) is good for us--it keeps us focused on our values.
No matter how much the Left carps at those values, we still have Nixon's "silent majority." Unfortunately, the rhetoric often corrupts and poisons our children unless we as parents living in the REAL world (a concept the left has yet to grasp) step up and provide the kind of values and moral leadership example that founded and has kept this country going for 200+ years.
I used to religiously watch SNL in the early 90s. Those who indicate that it hasn't been funny since 1985--what about the Carvey/Hartman/Sandler/Myers/Farley/Spade era? A brief bright spot, to be certain, but some memorable (and funny) stuff during that time.
Finally, humor is humor, and it will occasionally offend people, particularly when it hits a little too close to the truth. I am not defending SNL, because lately, their show has been nothing short of awful, but let's all keep in mind that humor, by its nature, pokes fun at or satirizes something. When it becomes vicious or unintelligent, people will stop enjoying it, and fewer and fewer people will watch. Ultimately, the free market of ideas will correct itself and the show will either reinvent itself or be cancelled when it loses its core audience. If SNL or any other show shoots itself in the foot often enough, it will eventually be off the air.