So, now that we have a TV again (see my article "Luddite no More"), I decided that Saturday evening I would sit down and watch SNL, as I hadn't been able to in months.

Now, don't get me wrong; as far as humor goes, SNL has always had a bit of a "rise and fall" tendency; when the core comedians leave, it takes awhile for the other comedians to step up to the plate.

Soooo, I watched the show. It was a rerun, from during the election, but it was HORRIBLE. I don't mean corny, I don't mean cheesy, I mean downright AWFUL. We wrote better skits for junior high school TALENT DAYS, for crying out loud. And I survived the Joe Piscopo years even!

Now, I can forgive the fact that the Bush and Kerry roles weren't very convincing visually; you have to work with what you've got. But the fact is, these guys did not capture EITHER politician in a convincing caricature (a la Dana Carvey's Bush 1.0 and Ross Perot). It was painful, awful drek (and I survived "A Night at the Roxbury").

The ONLY redeeming quality of the show was the Robert Smigle cartoon.

Oh, for the return of good sketch comedy!