SNL is relevant for all the wrong reasons. The viewers of SNL who really like it are not the brightest. Thus what SNL puts forward as commentary becomes the truth in many of their minds. "I can see Russia from my back yard" it the truth to many liberals about Sarah Palin, even though Tina Fey is the one who muttered them. President Ford was a klutz and a joke, becasue Chevy Chase fell down stairs, or a ladder every other week. The list goes on and on.
I have a couple of degrees and I retired the first time at 43. I guess I must be dim witted.
Based on your description of the show you probably last watched it when there was a 19 in the year.