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In response to "re: that SNL ranking, to rank someone who made such a contribution to the show like Jimmy Fallon at #80 while putting Nancy Walls at #42 just says " by crash davis

Right. I watched fairly regularly during the Fallon years and I never got the hate.

Posted by spamlet (iphone) (aka spamlet) Dec 23 '11, 10:27

Yes, he couldn't keep up from occasionally cracking up but he was funny.

His gig now is perfect for him, I think, and I'm glad the show is doing well given all the crap he got about SNL.

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He ruined every bit he was in because his part had to be played straight. They needed to come up with a character that giggled a lot. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 10:39 4
- oh yeah, Cowbell is so ruined -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:42 3
  - so is Barry Gibb Talk Show. -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 10:43 2
    - Both cases where he didn't need to play it straight, so it worked. -- nm - GregW Dec 23, 10:49 1
      - Ruined! -- nm - Diva Dec 23, 10:51
I dug that he channeled Harvey Korman. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:38
I appreciate the guys who can't hold it together. They do make the skits funnier usually. - TFox Dec 23, 10:32 19
- so many of the funniest bits in the Carol Burnett Show where when one of them cracked up -- nm - zork Dec 23, 10:55 2
  - Indeed. The world needs more Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. -- nm - David Dec 23, 11:32
  - I don't think I've laughed harder as a kid than I did at those moments. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:59
- as long as they don't give it up too easily. - znufrii Dec 23, 10:40 9
  - The one I remember is the Debby Downer sketch at Disney World - amoxy Dec 23, 10:54
  - in the matter of the reporter, the break was timed perfectly. - TFox Dec 23, 10:42 7
    - Spade giggling on the couch while Farley is doing his "In a van down by the river" bit makes it much funnier IMO -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 10:45 3
      - I can't remember who the female guest was who was on the couch with him but she couldn't look at Spade or Farley. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:49 2
        
        Applegate -- nm - Beaker Dec 23, 10:52 1
        
        I just watched it on Hulu. Still funny -- nm - oblique Dec 23, 10:55
    - I think I missed that one, but yeah. -- nm - znufrii Dec 23, 10:43 2
      - i'd link it if i could get to the video from here. it's from the Emma Stone episode. -- nm - TFox Dec 23, 10:46 1
        
        I'll look for it. -- nm - znufrii Dec 23, 10:49
- I think its somewhat genius that he built a quirk into the Stefon character that allows himself to hide his face -- nm - crash davis Dec 23, 10:37 2
  - exactly. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 23, 10:39
  - *nods* - znufrii Dec 23, 10:38
- Sanz was fun, no matter how often he broke. -- nm - Max Dec 23, 10:34 2
  - Seriously, there were a large number of those cast member that most people wouldn't even recognize as ever having been on that show (or no memory of - pmb Dec 23, 10:39 1
    - yeah, Schneider at 88 and Kattan at 83 doesn't make sense to me...and I hated Mango - crash davis Dec 23, 10:47
It took awhile to grow comfortable with him following Dennis Miller. -- nm - Its beginning to feel a lot like zeitgeist Dec 23, 10:32

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Right. I watched fairly regularly during the Fallon years and I never got the hate.

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