Bodacious Boomer

I had a really good day yesterday. Last night, not so much. There wasn’t much on cable so I decided to watch Saturday Night Live. I was a SNL zealot back in the day-1975 to 78. That’s when people actually did stay home to watch it. It was just that good- Dan Ackroyd with the Bass-o-matic, Chevy Chase as the Land Shark. Those sketches are as funny now as they were then. That was the era of Mr. Bill and his nemesis Sluggo. People looked forward to Saturday night. After the first few years there have been intermittent good seasons and some great stars have been made. None however, have been consistently as good as those in the very beginning. Most everyone I know quit watching altogether for a number of years.

SNL has always been really good at political humor. Chevy Chase as President Ford, Dana Carvey as George Bush and Tina Fey as Sarah Palin were superb. They just nailed those. However, the elections are long gone now and the writers are apparently coming up short when it comes to good material. Immediately after the host of the week does their opening monologue there is always a fake commercial. There have been some great ones- Triopenin, for arthritis pain, Quarry cereal- “Quarry contains no preservatives, no additives, no artificial flavoring. And it’s made without the use of pesticides or inorganic fertilizer. Because Quarry isn’t grown; it’s mined. It’s the only cereal that’s pure 100% rocks and pebbles, for a hearty old-fashioned flavor the whole family will enjoy”. John Belushi as an athlete, smoking cigarettes and eating Little Chocolate Donuts. They were funny because they were so ridiculous. They had one last night though that I didn’t find funny at all.  It was called Mostly Garbage Dog Food. (I tried to insert the video here, but I couldn’t get it to load). Basically it said, in these tough economic times, just feed your dog garbage. As someone who does dog rescue, I didn’t find it funny in the least. Obviously you’d never serve your family a bowl of rocks and pebbles, but could you feed a dog garbage?

The skit ticked me off so much I turned the show off. Obviously these days SNL is going to need another election to come up some with good stuff. Today’s trivia answer- 8″.