SNL being in last place in this poll is just absurd. You could compile all the best sketches MADtv ever did and it wouldn’t hold a candle to SNL’s first season.People debating the quality of talent, influence etc between SNL and ILC are ridiculous.
SNL has ran for almost 50 years, ILC had a 4 year run in the early 90's.
There is absolutely no comparison in terms of quality produced or made famous by the show(s).
This is a theatrical comedy troupe. They may have a "TV" show, now, I wasn't aware, but historically, they've been the biggest talent feeder to SNL of any troupe out there. The other is Second City.Upright Citizens Brigade. The ass penny sketch is on of the funniest things I have seen in a sketch show.
It may been at a low point, presently, and because it's history is so long, there are a ton of dud skits, but c'mon, this is silly. There's a reason that the compiled runs of every other show on this poll is shorter than SNL's by itself.
SNL = 49 seasons
vs.
MadTV --> 15 seasons
In Living Color --> 5 seasons
Kids in the Hall--> 5 seasons
SCTV --> 3 seasons
= 28 seasons
Using that great logic, General Hospital is a god-tier show.It may been at a low point, presently, and because it's history is so long, there are a ton of dud skits, but c'mon, this is silly. There's a reason that the compiled runs of every other show on this poll is shorter than SNL's by itself.
SNL = 49 seasons
vs.
MadTV --> 15 seasons
In Living Color --> 5 seasons
Kids in the Hall--> 5 seasons
SCTV --> 3 seasons
= 28 seasons
Among daytime soap operas, perhaps it is. But longevity has never been associated with greatness or cultural relevance in daytime soaps. With every other genre of television it is.Using that great logic, General Hospital is a god-tier show.
Yet there is more great quality in SNL than in these other shows: by miles. We could do a skit-off thread where this becomes obvious.Quality > quantity
Must be a youth thing. Quite a few of the SNL players came from SCTV.SNL being in last place in this poll is just absurd. You could compile all the best sketches MADtv ever did and it wouldn’t hold a candle to SNL’s first season.
Edit: 2nd-to-last place I guess, since no one has voted for the brilliant SCTV
I never really found MadTV all that funny. Poll needs Kids In the Hall imo.
- SNL
- Kids in the Hall
- In Living Color
- SCTV
- MadTV
Agree. I think the Kids In the Hall movie, Brain Candy, is super underrated. My friends and I still quote that movie all the time.I second this list but I grew up on SNL. Got into KitH in a big way (absolutely loved the original run). The rest were filler but amusing enough.
Agree. I think the Kids In the Hall movie, Brain Candy, is super underrated. My friends and I still quote that movie all the time.