I should have some deeper thoughts on this, but it's been interesting to reach my 40s and see which pop culture gets lost. SNL's a special test of this: Lorne owns the re-airing rights, 80s stuff that my parents used to quote is completely forgotten now bc it never gets clipped or re-run. - ThreadSky

daveweigel.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I should have some deeper thoughts on this, but it's been interesting to reach my 40s and see which pop culture gets lost. SNL's a special test of this: Lorne owns the re-airing rights, 80s stuff that my parents used to quote is completely forgotten now bc it never gets clipped or re-run.

Reposted from "Two-Carat" Timmy Heartbeats, "The Cream City Romantic"

I was on a call with some twentysomethings -- I'm giving a talk at a convention -- and likened my speaking style to Chris Farley's Matt Foley character. Crickets—they'd never heard of it before. It got worse... they'd also never heard of Chris Farley. What the fuck are we doing

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seashell-kittens.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm pretty much a movie/series hoarder and it blows my mind how much either never made it to DVD <- VHS or never made it to BluRay <- DVD. And now that the primary source for most people is streaming, so much of that is lost to nearly everyone.

As for SNL, data hoarders have it all so no worries.

briween.bsky.social•3 days ago

your parents used to say "i'm gumby, dammit!" too, huh? interesting

tubetone.bsky.social•2 days ago

Northern Exposure can't re-air because music copyrights are prohibitive. Austin City Limits is a gold mine, the public paid for it, the creator got wealthy but you can't see stuff that aired going on 50 years ago without making a substantial purchase. #capitalistcannibals

yourpalhawkboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

Today's generation cannot understand how much Eddie Murphy owned the 80's. Every kid from grades 4-8 could recite portions of DELIRIOUS and RAW from memory. The best of SNL VHS tape that they put out for him was traded like currency in my school.

scottstevrva.bsky.social•3 days ago

We would taunt each other on the playground with "you ain't got no ice cream"

michaeljlewis75.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Charlie's over there with third degree burns, Gus!"

yourpalhawkboy.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Eating a motherfucking FRANK."

michaeljlewis75.bsky.social•2 days ago

"Aunt Bunny has fallen down the steps again!"

venerablebidet.bsky.social•3 days ago

No, fire shoot out my dick!

ajbl.bsky.social•3 days ago

The keys to SNL's longevity are its relentless targeting of the current youth demo and its constant refreshment of cast and writers in pursuit of that aim (with the exception of Lorne himself and a few others like Jim Downey).

ajbl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Airing clips beloved by previous cohorts of viewers, now uncool oldsters, would run counter to its whole reason for being.

bobbyhilll.bsky.social•3 days ago

The real thing is that zoomers and below have streaming. There’s no watching cable tv and just seeing what’s on. Even though they have more at their fingertips there’s no mechanism for them to actually find the stuff.

trevorandwatts.bsky.social•3 days ago

“Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger!”

grungehamster.bsky.social•3 days ago

"No Coke, Pepsi!"

rallykeeper.bsky.social•3 days ago

I see what you did with deeper thoughts and early 90s SNL. Btw, Matt Foley clips are on SNL’s YouTube channel and almost the entire SNL catalog (sans music) is on Peacock. Readily available for the kids. They just aren’t watching…

jeffgreco.com•3 days ago

Curious, what were they quoting? Crystal? Murphy?

craigdegel.bsky.social•3 days ago

I remember MTV ran all the old school (I’m older so that means 70s and 80s to me) shows in half hour clipped spots. Comedy education.

semiapies.bsky.social•3 days ago

Back in the 90s, Comedy Central ran a lot of older SNL.

craigdegel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe I’m confused and it was early Comedy Central. Like I said. Old.

semiapies.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don't know that they didn't run it on MTV, too.

benzosforbonzo.bsky.social•3 days ago

SNL has been so irrelevant for so long. I was listening to the latest Doughboys podcast where they’re talking about Farley as some kind of comedy god and I bet the majority of people under 30 have no idea who he is

jorgecsantos.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s not just generational but the close of mass culture given how everyone streams and uses the internet for niche content.

playtyperguy.com•3 days ago

Also, when I was in high school, Nick at Nite aired heavily edited 30 minute versions of the first five years. I was very aware of most of the big bits.

playtyperguy.com•3 days ago

There was also a Best of Eddie Murphy VHS that my family watched constantly

playtyperguy.com•3 days ago

Comedy Central aired some SNL reruns in the early 90s but I feel as if that all stopped. It’s easy for someone under 40 to have not seen some classic sketches from the late ‘80s

jeremywallace.bsky.social•3 days ago

And he's just keeping it in his pocket like that Wu-Tang album???

frozzbot.bsky.social•3 days ago

All part of our information dystopia. Common culture as a binding force is disappearing fast. Thanks Internet.

rickskron.bsky.social•3 days ago

Billy Crystal must be thrilled his Sammy Davis Jr impersonation has not resurfaced.

duf69.bsky.social•3 days ago

Candy Gram, now that's old! Land shark

paulschmitz1.bsky.social•3 days ago

I showed this to my young adult kids and they found it mildly amusing. Senses of humor have also changed a bunch in recent decades

proudtxliberal.bsky.social•3 days ago

The 70s were better than the 80s. But all 50 seasons are available on Peacock. I go through episodes looking hosts or music guests and watch.

lyintad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just watched Lothar of the Hill People and Anal-Retentive Chef on YouTube

televisionaryzw.bsky.social•3 days ago

Like what shows/movies you thinking of out of curiosity?

daveweigel.bsky.social•3 days ago

From SNL? Nothing important, but my dad used to say "you rook MAH-vah-lous" all the time because Billy Crystal did that as Fernando. But Crystal was in the cast during the Dick Ebersol years so those eps never re-run. And I feel like no one under 40 remembers Fernando.

televisionaryzw.bsky.social•3 days ago

Being roughly 40 the Ebersol era actually feels like "my" era because it was much easier to see the Comedy Central reruns than stay up that late on a Saturday night.

I wanted more of that during the 50th special but wasn't actually expecting it.

mattleet.bsky.social•3 days ago

My husband is turning 50 this year and while planning his party with his younger sister (in her early 30s) I mentioned Sally OMally and she had never heard of her. Luckily she was able to look it up on YouTube.

smallakedzie.bsky.social•2 days ago

My son mostly knows old references from Family Guy.

row30.bsky.social•2 days ago

Never got the Doors hate. I listen to them once a year to see if my opinion has changed. I still like the sound, and don't mind the lyrics.

jryman.bsky.social•3 days ago

It seems like the drive to preserve cultural artifacts is all but lost in the vast sea of Content - tears in rain, etc.

christianschneider.bsky.social•3 days ago

Doing my best, man

tommyoblivion.bsky.social•3 days ago

He should get one of those channels no one watches and start doing like, 70s and 80s SNL 3-7pm, 90s 7-11, 2000s and later overnight, something like that

endmetothemoon.bsky.social•3 days ago

And yet, I grew up knowing who people like George Burns, Charlie Chaplin, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart were, bc Warner Bros cartoons wouldnt stop lamponing then in their cartoons

daveweigel.bsky.social•3 days ago

But I know more about pop music and it's been fascinating to see which boomer stuff floats and sinks. Does anyone still listen to The Doors? Jackson Browne? Cream? When I was growing up those were in the Rolling Stone canon.

patrickwall.bsky.social•3 days ago

the band stuff is tough too because, hoo boy, *a lot* of those bands (including all three you mentioned) were Very Racist and/or Horrible To Women

alanzilberman.bsky.social•3 days ago

I got a ton of pop culture osmosis simply by watching SNL reruns on Comedy Central, and watching boomer bait documentaries on VH1. The kids these days don’t waste their youth the same way.

blumenfeld.bsky.social•3 days ago

I have very distinct memories of watching the biggest one hit wonders on VH1 music in the early 2000s as a 10 year old.

intent2treat.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Doors and Cream haven't aged well, but Jackson Browne is timeless. Wouldn't have bet on the Dead being the clear winners of the 60s, but here we are.

matthardwick.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤔💡I figure In The Dark was helpful to their winning. The band caught the late Eighties 1960s nostalgia wave, and people liked Touch Of Grey, Hell In A Bucket, etc. enough to try the old stuff, or the traded tapes...

markrussell.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s fun going through old Billboard magazines & looking at the charts. So many huge hits that no one has listened to in years, but a lot of songs that have survived weren’t so big at the time. But you can find the same trends with classical music too. Fascinating how popularity rises & falls.

adambonin.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've been thinking lately about how much, compared to the 80s and 90s, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix seem to have disappeared from the canon in addition to The Doors. On The Doors, I wonder if the Stone film had a negative impact on their reputation.

poniewozik.bsky.social•3 days ago

If you had asked me in like 1983, I would not have guessed that The Cure would have so much more staying power than U2

adambonin.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not sure on that one in particular. Could The Cure sustain a long-term gig at The Sphere? Not sure. (Did people get a bit sick of Bono after too many zigs and zags and sunglasses? Of course.)

Had you told me in 1989 how respected Nine Inch Nails and RHCP would still be today, however ...

volcanicsand.bsky.social•3 days ago

I do think at least some of this (certainly it is for me) is seeking out stuff you didn't get sick of at the time.

poniewozik.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, it may just be my particular circle. I’d be curious the demo that U2 gets at the Sphere tho—it feels like the Cure has more currency among people who didn’t grow up with them. That could be wrong and anecdotal!

adambonin.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your anecdata is consistent with the sample size of my 17-year-old daughter, who is excited that Devo and NIN are both touring again this year. No U2 I've ever played for her has drawn much interest.

polking.bsky.social•3 days ago

Among my high school students, several are fans of The Cure (one even wore a Songs of a Lost World t-shirt last week); I'm not sure any of them know who U2 is (insert caveat about my students not necessarily being representative of all current high school students)

volcanicsand.bsky.social•3 days ago

My kids know Bono as the lion from Sing 2 and *much* prefer ScarJo vocals on the U2 songs

ehoffp.bsky.social•3 days ago

There are so many things that get lost because there is no vested interest in broadcasting it. My wife’s family was shocked to find out I had no clue who Billy Jack was - turns out it was a really big hit in the 1970s, almost completely forgotten now.

ehoffp.bsky.social•3 days ago

There was a great Atlantic piece a while back that discussed the Rod McKuen phenomenon in this light. (I made the mistake of telling my in-laws, who gave me 6 Rod McKuen records a few months later.)

snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Just a function of them being dead for so long. It’s easy to picture a still-living Jimi Hendrix doing Santana-style albums with pop stars and stuff

adambonin.bsky.social•3 days ago

There's probably something to that, but it also occurs to be that Eric Clapton's place in the canon has also really dropped in the past 20 years and I don't think it's just because of his politics or the song about the kid.

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not for me! Janis & Jimi are on heavy rotation in my house. Jimi's guitar break in "All Along the Watchtower" is the ringtone for my phone.

daveweigel.bsky.social•3 days ago

There's always some Janis movie in production, that could reignite interest. I was one of like four people who saw the Andre 3000 Jimi movie... that didn't do it!

adambonin.bsky.social•3 days ago

We all want to see Jackie Jormp-Jomp released already. (I do wonder on Hendrix how much guitar rock's relatively low place in contemporary popular music means that guitar rock is proportionately diminished in the canon.)

dmercer00.bsky.social•3 days ago

Parent of two early-20s sons. Both are aware of Hendrix and a decent amount of music from the 60s-80s, even obscure stuff (granted, both pursue music as a hobby, but I get the feeling they aren’t alone — Spotify or whatever they listen to leads them to some of it, certainly).

daveweigel.bsky.social•3 days ago

tuckfriendly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah. There are a couple of Yacht rock acts that have a bigger cultural footprint these days than the Doors. And some of them were near contemporaries. Not something I would have predicted.

misternov3mber.bsky.social•3 days ago

These are all good pulls. Janis, Jimi, and the Doors all seemed more relevant to me as an 11 year old in the 1993 than they do today as a 40+ year old well enmeshed in classic rock culture.

maxdubler.com•3 days ago

Janis and Jimi made good music.
The Doors are self indulgent and bad.

welljoindscheme.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fleetwood Mac is more enduring than I (Old Gen X) would have expected.

wallacegeo.bsky.social•2 days ago

But no one cares about pre-Buckingham Nicks Fleetwood Mac. You don't even have to go back to Peter Green: Bob Welch era is full of solid stuff, especially from Christine McVie (on an open field with no Stevie to steal the oxygen).

timothymteeter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some of them still listen to the Doors.

mattcrompton.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sir, The Doors happen to be my favorite band

themewl.bsky.social•3 days ago

my dental hygienist who was in her 30's was playing AM Gold hits this morning while she worked on my teeth. Carpenters, Harry Chapin, and Terry Jacks. I'm 50 and liked this much better than The Food Network patter.
https://youtu.be/YG9otasNmxI?si=15H86m0jGNKXwOYG

danang.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sometimes I do like to just go through see which artists have more active listeners on Spotify. My guesses are almost never correct

edithpusi.bsky.social•3 days ago

My only knowledge of Cream is from Nick Mullen’s pretending to be Eric Clapton on Cumtown. So you could say kinda!

jeffreyclail.com•3 days ago

This is a top tier post 🤣

eric-nordstrom.bsky.social•3 days ago

They all have more than two million monthly streamers on Spotify, which I would have to think puts them in the top 1% of all artists. But I agree with the other people who bring up the fracturing of mass culture, so if you’re not one of those millions of people you aren’t exposed to it.

chefjbsatterwhite.bsky.social•2 days ago

I listen to all of these but I am 56

hiltz.bsky.social•3 days ago

One of the strange things about being in my late 30s is being a kid when cable exploded, and so all these extra channels filled their airtime with old boomer shows. I probably saw more SNL, Lost in Space, etc etc and whatever else than my parents ever could.

mwelsh1977.bsky.social•3 days ago

In my late 40’s and I felt like all I was fed was old re runs. Different Strokes, Happy Days, Lavern and Shirley. That was like the dinner time transition stuff though not prime time.

ryanrryan.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Doors are really cool but have too many songs about little girls

khazad-dum.bsky.social•3 days ago

Very soon, we all will be living in a trailer down by the river.

lynninatlanta.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Break on Through" by the Doors is a banger. I was just listening to Jackson Browne the other day. Admittedly I am Gen X.

philosofacespin.bsky.social•3 days ago

jackson browne, tulsa, 2-6-25

philosofacespin.bsky.social•3 days ago

(sound on if you watch it)

thefool37.bsky.social•2 days ago

The real question is does anyone listen to punk music any more? Not much

thefool37.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep

brocktoon.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Doors are as far from us as Benny Goodman was from 80s and 90s childhoods. I'm not too certain I could name many Goodman songs in 1991. More extensive archiving, I know, but the rise of sophisticated digital archiving is coterminous with a proliferation of media. So, push.

bweatherson.bsky.social•3 days ago

What's striking to me is how much this isn't happening to other acts that started in the 60s - most obviously the Beatles, but also Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, David Bowie. We just had a big Dylan movie.

Some acts that didn't used to be that far below them in cultural impact are now forgotten.

ericcolumbus.bsky.social•3 days ago

Perhaps relevant that all those performers with latter-day popularity survived the drugs but Jimi, Janis, and Jim all died at age 27.

snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Beatles (Paul and Ringo) and Stones still tour, Bowie kept up with trends until his passing, Elton John fricking re-worked “Rocket Man” into a Dua Lipa song. The artists you mentioned above never had a chance to re-contextualize their legacies

vlime286.bsky.social•3 days ago

Billie Eilish not knowing Van Halen is like me not knowing Eddie Fisher

phranq.bsky.social•3 days ago

My 17 yo nephew just got into Blink 182 a year ago.

T. Rex might as well be the dead sea scrolls.

matthardwick.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤔🤔💡Main T. Rex Counterpoint I'll offer is "Children Of The Revolution". Especially it's cultic use in Rebel Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlJdQfE9Nuk

Not quite The Who's shoutout in "You Better You Bet"; more longterm lowkey effective...🙂

furious-t.bsky.social•3 days ago

I mean, there is a certain kind of Gen Xer who got really into the Doors at age like 15 or so and now thinks the Doors were pretty much bullshit and are embarrassed.

ewigeliberal.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gen Xer here: I got into the DOORS by 17, was more moved by their tones and song construction, vocals. I found their lyrical content to be facile (then and now). TBH, their small music catalogue stands the test of time but they don't do anything for me anymore. Now B.A.D.G.E. on the other hand...

furious-t.bsky.social•3 days ago

As soon as I heard the Replacements and Husker Du I knew what the Doors were. And I was ashamed. We all should have been.

furious-t.bsky.social•3 days ago

(Also a Gen Xer. Obviously.)

furious-t.bsky.social•3 days ago

Speaking of the 80s, when's the last time anyone brought up "Bloom County"? Breathed was in on Trump long before The Apprentice ever aired.

You may be onto something.

wayneb.bsky.social•2 days ago

the movie must have wiped out 40% of those fans

rickskron.bsky.social•3 days ago

And back then Queen was considered middlebrow at best and now today…

direwombat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, I like Queen but it's always cracked me up. In the 70s-80s among many folks they were considered self-indulgent schlock that occasionally made weird forays into cheesy jock rock. Now they're untouchable gods of the R&R canon. Well at least Freddie is.

snackmyfridgeup.bsky.social•3 days ago

Greater acceptance of queerness plays a huge role in that for sure

smellybutler.bsky.social•3 days ago

I live in a college town and saw a group of students walking down the street listening to pink floyd so there's that

steveknapp.bsky.social•3 days ago

Doctor My Eyes is still one of my favorites.

chriscadee.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Doors are still relevant in the sense at least that the Bandsplain podcast did an episode on them. Plus the YouTube clips... phenomenal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKw9JA66H-A

robertmoran215.bsky.social•3 days ago

Belushi was such a huge icon, even into the 90s. Now nobody really mentions him outside of YouTube videos about SNL and the Blues Brothers. Maybe partly because comedy often doesn't age well, and maybe there is only so much collective space in cultural psyche. All the new stuff crowds out the old.

everyopinionbot.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every concert should have to end with a rendition of The Loadout

snyderjohn99.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jackson Browne hear here.

richardmskinner.bsky.social•3 days ago

Gen Z seems to dig Queen (queer, no macho baggage) more than most bands of that era. They sold a fair amount of records (more outside the USA), but had zero hipster / critical cred.

sean-m-murphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Perfect examples. Each of those artists had three entries on RS’s Top 500 Album list in 2003, but in the 2020 update Doors and Cream have one each and Browne fell off completely.

irarigaud.bsky.social•3 days ago

Think about this with Spotify “play counts”. Just a completely random assortment of younger people connections.

Like Kate bush blows Janet Jackson out of water. I’m sorry (love Kate bush) but that is not based in any reality. How have we ended in a world where young people don’t know Janet?

mwelsh1977.bsky.social•3 days ago

I love the Doors. It’s become trendy and edgy to hate them but whatever.

sean-m-murphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like they were overrated for so long they’ve become underrated again; that first album is great and they have a few other good tunes here and there

mwelsh1977.bsky.social•2 days ago

What’s funny to me is that they are so old like how can they change back and forth. Different generations that discover them I guess.

dougo.bsky.social•3 days ago

I noticed a while back how much lower Traffic's profile is than I remember from classic rock stations in the '80s/'90s.

intrepid2344.bsky.social•3 days ago

I love Jackson Browne, and I’m a millennial.

fiona-webster22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Doors? You bet. Jackson Browne? Yes sir. Cream? I just listened to all of Disraeli Gears last night.

But I've kept up all the way through. Now I'm into Chappell Roan. I view keeping up with music & listening to it for hours every day as almost a sacred obligation.

And it sure does keep me sane.

knowledgeispower12.bsky.social•3 days ago

Turning 30 tomorrow and I adore Jackson Browne.

But also Matt Foley!

davidrlurie.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bob Dylan rules, though.

davidrlurie.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good marketing has something to do with it. But not everything.

davidrlurie.bsky.social•3 days ago

More broadly, Downtown NY culture is pretty resilently popular: VU, Patti Smith, Ramones, etc. But I still listen to the Doors as a guilty pleasure. And to Love, of course.

davidrlurie.bsky.social•3 days ago

As for the Stones, I hardly think they have been erased from the culture, particularly given that they are the indirect, but clear, progenitors of punk.

davidrlurie.bsky.social•3 days ago

And punk is, oddly, pretty darn pervasive.

scriban.bsky.social•3 days ago

To me this is a function of the death of mass culture. Radio, Rolling Stone, and Spin are no longer the pinch-points in music (likewise the willingness of Walmart to stock back catalog).

rpdub.bsky.social•3 days ago

What a joy that can open up. If I’m able to teach my nieces and nephews about the brilliance of Phil Hartman, what a special privilege

atash64.bsky.social•3 days ago

the doors and cream fall-off is a god damn shame, how did we get here

cleanandgritty.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Doors are on the apocalypse now soundtrack at least I think that's the only reason I know of them

jeffreyclail.com•3 days ago

There's only so much that can hold up. Just too much other stuff

lizzybits.bsky.social•3 days ago

unremembered80s.bsky.social•3 days ago

I mentioned the "I want to kill you father" part of "The End" to a bunch of Band Knowers in their 40s recently and I don't think anybody recognized it.

mgknight.bsky.social•3 days ago

Absolutely love this genre of music and thank you for reminding me to turn it back on.

mattinthecorn.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’ve had the same thought about The Doors. But what if you go back a bit further to Elvis? Biggest thing in the world through the 70s, but when was the last time you heard an Elvis song?

mattinthecorn.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or, when you hear “80s music”, it doesn’t include Michael Jackson.

pjlm.bsky.social•3 days ago

Or Madonna. The two of them were everything.

burke.bsky.social•3 days ago

Jackson Browne had “Somebody’s Baby” in Fast Times, never listened to another song from him

cooperlund.online•3 days ago

The weird thing is that I watched this exact episode rerun on YouTube TV this week. The one where Christina Applegate hosts?

hoya81.bsky.social•3 days ago

There’s a lot of the classic clips (but not all) on the SNL YouTube. The original Matt Foley clip has 32 million views.

ynotask.bsky.social•3 days ago

Which made me flash back to Deep thoughts by Jack Handy.

annecw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yesterday, I referenced Eddie Vedder in my class and not one student had any idea of who he was, nor were they familiar with Pearl Jam.

ericmbudd.com•3 days ago

streetberries.bsky.social•3 days ago

I sent the Soldering Iron of Justice one to my dad from a friend’s computer over whatever the internet was in 1993 and thought it was magic. Love these forever.

thorchallgren.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's like we're living in a cultural van, down by the river.

scriban.bsky.social•3 days ago

*eats government cheese through own tears*

dirkwearswhitesox.bsky.social•3 days ago

For a while a few year back you could go to the NBC site and they had several of the early seasons available including the music guests and probably most of the 2000s seasons too. You could also watch lots of it on HULU now it’s just on peacock and whatever’s on YouTube.

dmey.bsky.social•3 days ago

50th anniversary show really leaned into this, didn't do any bits from earlier than like 1998

soapsscifi.bsky.social•3 days ago

If Dana Carvey had been able to attend, I think they would have (they had Church Lady earlier this season), but as he wasn't, the most they had was Coffee Talk. And the Schiller's Reel from the late '70s. At least Laraine Newman got a good part I guess.

dmey.bsky.social•3 days ago

They made a few other references for sure but the newer stuff felt like the centerpiece

soapsscifi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes. I prefer that approach in some ways to re-showing the same clips, but I do wish they made it easier for people to see the show's past.

dmey.bsky.social•3 days ago

For me the first half-decade is the golden age. The Garrett Morris monologue was nice and I get everyone hates Chevy Chase but Dan Aykroyd doing Jimmy Carter woulda been timely!

soapsscifi.bsky.social•3 days ago

I imagine Dan declining to attend was a big shift for them.

ndhapple.bsky.social•3 days ago

40th anniversary had a ton of older stuff; landshark, Aykroyd's blend-o-matic; Jane Curtain doing Update.

dmey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Which is fine - the older stuff was better and the 50th anniversary special, like a lot of the newer stuff, was kinda lame

dmey.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's like how people stopped talking about the Smothers Brothers in around 1990

deanshaffer.bsky.social•3 days ago

A travesty. It went off Nick at Nite, and all of a sudden, none of my classmates thought my yo-yo tricks were cool! (They never thought my yo-yo tricks were cool.)

mgknight.bsky.social•3 days ago

Honestly you’re right bc I’m 30 and I have no idea who they are but what the fuck is happening to everything and everyone is the most truth I’ve heard come out of anyone’s mouth.

lotusrice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Our young adult daughter got almost no ‘Simpson’s’ exposure, except for memes. We just never had cable, and it was never on YT. SNL was also locked up on YT. Beatles were kid friendly, Doors, Cream and Stones less so, and then they’re grown up, and not looking for ancient tunes.

kriswernowsky.com•3 days ago

Lorne is on the record as saying “your favorite SNL cast is probably whatever the cast was when you were in high school.” And it’s a very valid assessment.

tamsammer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Same as music - we all adore the music of our youth, regardless of our age

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