"The 'Saturday Night Live' Curse?": An Opposing Viewpoint
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Sat, 10/18/2003 - 05:23
Tags:
- Dan Aykroyd
- John Belushi
- Albert Brooks
- Dana Carvey
- Chevy Chase
- Billy Crystal
- Joan Cusack
- Larry David
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Nora Dunn
- Will Ferrell
- Al Franken
- Janeane Garofalo
- Christopher Guest
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Darrell Hammond
- Phil Hartman
- Carol Leifer
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Bruce McCulloch
- Michael McKean
- Mark McKinney
- Laurie Metcalf
- Dennis Miller
- Jay Mohr
- Eddie Murphy
- Bill Murray
- Mike Myers
- Conan O'Brien
- Bob Odenkirk
- Randy Quaid
- Gilda Radner
- Chris Rock
- Paul Shaffer
- Molly Shannon
- Harry Shearer
- Howard Shore
- Martin Short
- Robert Smigel
- Ben Stiller
- Julia Sweeney
- Bonnie Turner
- Terry Turner
- Damon Wayans
Author Comments:
Do you really want me to recount all of the good and/or enjoyable and/or popular entertainment that these people have been associated with?
No. Perhaps you didn't notice I excluded some cast members work. Please ask questions first... then shoot.
I guess I'll reply to both of your comments, your original comment and your final version.
Your original comment was "No, that might be why I only made a list of the "BAD" stuff, duh." The final version if listed above.
So basically your thesis is that if you remove all of the good output that Saturday Night Live alumnae have created then you have a body of work which can be classified as "cursed."
And I guess the Yankees have had a cursed history as a baseball franchise as well once you take away the great seasons that they have had.
My point was that I don't think that Saturday Night Live has a curse at all. In fact, I think their body of good creative output far outweighs their bad creative output. If you want to attack me for having an opposing viewpoint that's entirely up to you.
Now, if you want to make a case for bad films being made based on skits from Saturday Night Live, that's another thing entirely.
My original comment lasted no longer than five minutes on screen before I changed it to a more PC and less personal form. It's unfortunate that you originally read it in that 5 minute span as well as choosing to reproduce it here for the others to read. For the former, I apologize.
I do believe a simple posted comment or question to my original list would have been sufficient to bring my attention to your opinion. A simple note of disagreement and we could have continued in a more appropriate manner befitting Listology.
By the way... the word "cursed" was used for one thing - humor in relationship to a rather well known tongue-in-cheek legend that surrounds SNL escapees. Don't take life so seriously Dan.
One last thing. Did you read the original version of this post 5 minutes ago? LOL