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Sketch comedy shows- why did they all go away?

Fridays; In Living Color; MAD TV... only the most uneven of them all remains: SNL.

They often launched performers into stardom.

Don't people know how to 'write funny' anymore?

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by Anonymousreply 10April 17, 2021 4:31 AM

Political correctness killed them. You're not allowed to be funny anymore because you'll offend someone

by Anonymousreply 1April 7, 2021 8:13 AM

The generation that grew up with [italic]Full House[/italic] and [italic]Friends[/italic] doesn’t know the meaning of the word funny.

by Anonymousreply 2April 7, 2021 8:14 AM

I miss In Living Color.

by Anonymousreply 3April 7, 2021 11:28 AM

R3 I always felt MadTV was the poor man's In Living Color. I agree about political correctness killing funny. I was noticing the other day current SNL ( basically 2016-present) doesn't have as many iconic characters as In Living Color or MadTV . MadTV didn't have as many by the raw numbers, but the few they did have were hella funny. MadTV had: Miss Swan, Stuart , The Old Coughing Lady (mo collins) , Dixie Wentworth, Bunifa, Whitney (Debra Wilson) , Yvonne Kriddle, Funky Walker Dirty Talker, Vancome Lady, Lowered Expectations , The Two Latinas , and Reality Check.

In Living Color was crude but funny . That kind of rawness that is missing in SNL. You can't preach "sensitivity" and be a comedian too. Comedy requires truth. Sometimes the truth is dark, deal with it snowflakes. SNL was its best circa 1995-2002.

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by Anonymousreply 4April 7, 2021 12:28 PM

Because now everyone is a pussy.

by Anonymousreply 5April 7, 2021 1:09 PM

Thanks Obama!

by Anonymousreply 6April 7, 2021 1:22 PM

Kids in the Hall is coming back.

by Anonymousreply 7April 7, 2021 11:22 PM

Go Woke, Cant Joke

by Anonymousreply 8April 7, 2021 11:26 PM

Does anyone remember The State on MTV?

by Anonymousreply 9April 17, 2021 3:48 AM

R4 - Don't forget Stephanie Weir

by Anonymousreply 10April 17, 2021 4:31 AM
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