SNL

For all SNL's occasional funny, SCTV & MADTV agreed & agreed on better, overall.

I liked the way SCTV incorporated the musical guests into their sketches. The umbrella theme of a wacky low-budget tv station with a cast of regular and recurring characters gave it a nice framework and feel, jokes that could build up over time.

SNL would put their funny skit up front, then it was downhill precipitously. Biggest problem? Every skit dragged on about 3x too long, right? They didn't learn from Monty Python about things like punching it up and swiftly transitioning to another sketch.

But we are forever indebted to SNL for Shatner's Get a Life bit.

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