SNL vs. MadTV
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Which one was funnier? I always liked MadTV because the comedy felt natural and the cast seemed to actually like each other.
On SNL, the comedy felt forced and everyone seemed to be competing against each other. I imagine there’s a lot of drama backstage.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | November 5, 2023 6:50 AM |
MadTv and In Living Color were way funnier than SNL except the early years with the original cast.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | November 4, 2023 10:50 PM |
No comparison, R1. Say what you will about SNL but both SNL but it's filmed in front of alive audience on a stage. Live. Kids is filmed on film. Maybe some of the stuff is on a stage, but it's not live. I'm not sure about Mad TV. Mad TV is funner than SNL though. Kids is the funniest of them all, I do concede. It's just different.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 4, 2023 10:51 PM |
Sorry, the *both was not edited out after I wondered if Mad TV was flimed live. It wasn't, right?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 4, 2023 10:52 PM |
MadTV had its moments and its memorable characters, but overall, SNL is a stronger sketch comedy staple.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 4, 2023 10:53 PM |
I mean, SNL is still on the air....so......
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 4, 2023 10:55 PM |
I'll give SNL a slight edge, but if they keep that screaming shrew Sarah Sherman, the talentless Punkie Johnson, and the annoying (and also talentless) Bowen Yang, I'm gonna give up entirely.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 4, 2023 10:55 PM |
I like Bowen, he's the perfect SNL slave like Beck Bennet was before him. Sarah Sherman has GOT to GO. I get her, I want to like her, I'm Jewish and I get her whole thang. But she's annoying as FUCK and she will never be a main player.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 4, 2023 11:00 PM |
MAD was ballsy, bawdy and brilliant. SNL has had it's moments, but just... moments. Since Kristen Wiig left it's been rather blah.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 4, 2023 11:00 PM |
None of the newer cast members of SNL have the star power to transition into film and become huge like Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Tina Fey or Will Farrell. None of them. They are SNL cast members to the death.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 4, 2023 11:01 PM |
SNL is real, live, and in the moment and gets the prize. While MadTV was funny, it had the benefit of retakes, editing, and more retakes to give the final product a more polished feel.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 4, 2023 11:04 PM |
Apples to oranges, one was live with no retakes and the other was filmed with rewrites and retakes and edited.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 4, 2023 11:06 PM |
R8 Sadly, Sarah Sherman was made a main player this season.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 4, 2023 11:09 PM |
MadTV
Debra Wilson as Whitney Houston is the most painfully hilarious, and painful, celebrity impression of the last 30 years.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 14 | November 4, 2023 11:11 PM |
Debra Wilson as Whitney Houston
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | November 4, 2023 11:12 PM |
SNL tries to be smart and often fails. Mad TV went for stupid and often succeeded.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 4, 2023 11:13 PM |
[quote][R8] Sadly, Sarah Sherman was made a main player this season.
Did Carol Burnett take over from Lorne Michaels?
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 4, 2023 11:25 PM |
R18 I wanna bear your children!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 4, 2023 11:36 PM |
SCTV was definitely better. I don’t get the nostalgia for SNL. The first seasons were not brilliant works of comedy at all. It was stoner humor for kids and ex-hippies who thought it to be subversive and edgy. I think its success is due to the charisma of the cast and the A-list musical guests — not the crappy writing.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 4, 2023 11:40 PM |
Ms Swan at the gay bar....
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 22 | November 4, 2023 11:53 PM |
MadTV sketches still hold up well. Most SNL sketches are dated the instant the show ends.
But it's difficult to compare since while they're both sketch comedy shows, they approached it differently (live vs. filmed/edited).
by Anonymous | reply 23 | November 5, 2023 1:08 AM |
You Can't Do That on Television
by Anonymous | reply 25 | November 5, 2023 3:16 AM |
Dahhhhh, I heard THAT, R25!
by Anonymous | reply 26 | November 5, 2023 3:17 AM |
I think MadTV did a better job of appealing to different demographics. SNL has always been white boy frat humor.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | November 5, 2023 6:41 AM |
I don’t think SNL would ever have gotten away with a Bon Qui Qui!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 29 | November 5, 2023 6:50 AM |
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