SNL: So Not Laughing

While Tina Fey provided a much-needed boost for Saturday Night Live, she also left them with their pants down. The spotlight is so hot on SNL these days. They're riding some nice Thursday night Weekend Update time, and NBC even gave them a 9:30 slot on Saturday night. Confusing? Yes. But still a good opportunity. 

More confusing? The SNL writers couldn't capitalize on the attention and actually break out some funny sketches. Even with Paul Rudd, one of the best comedic actors out there, SNL fell seriously flat last week. The highlight was the answer to the question "How do we fill 3 minutes of Weekend Update without Amy?": Get Justin Timberlake to do anything. Maybe JT should moonlight as a writer? 

Check out one of the more flat sketches (one that 'could' have been funny). 

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The opinion of this aspiring sketch writer? Utilize Bill Heder & Will Forts more. Don't put Andy in a supporting role, let him do a character! When he's given a supporting role, we're all just watching to see what he's going to do. When it's nothing, he's just wallpaper.