Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Pound for Pound the funniest is SCTV. Battle of the PBS Stars, Count Floyd, Mel's Rock Pile. Great skits, great cast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Kids in the Hall for me If you are going to list SNL you should have added a year, cause the first group was good, and the early 90s group was good...but the newest group is the shits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted January 14, 2003 I'm adding a write in vote for the Upright Citizens Brigade. After that, it's a tie between the Kids in the Hall and the Mr. Show group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Monty Python for me. I never really got into Kids in the Hall for some reason, I haven't watched Mad TV since season 1, and YNA is right when he says you have to include a year for SNL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest starvenger Report post Posted January 14, 2003 I love Monty Python, but SCTV is still my favourite... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Gotta mention In Living Colour and Fridays, since both shows launched a lot of careers, like Jim Carrey, the Wayans, J-Lo (blech!), Michael Richards, Larry David... and who could forget how Andy Kaufman caused yet another late night TV ruckus by "sabotaging" their show live. Classic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 14, 2003 This is a long shot...but does anybody remember the Uptown Comedy Club? It was pretty much an almost all black SNL type show, but done on a smaller stage in front of crowds. I remember it coming on years ago after SNL...I'm sure it wasn't like that in most tv markets. Tracy Morgan and Jim Brewer were there before they went to SNL. Their best bit was where they would have guys in tag teams telling "yo mamma" jokes...those were the days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuna_Firerose 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Mad TV by default for me, since I've only seen a few episodes of SNL, and none of the rest. Besides, what can beat Stuart? Or Ms. Swan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Mad TV by default for me, since I've only seen a few episodes of SNL, and none of the rest. Besides, what can beat Stuart? Or Ms. Swan? Just about anything...Ms Swan is one of unfunniest things ever put on tv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jack Tunney Report post Posted January 14, 2003 The State Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted January 14, 2003 SNL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KingOfOldSchool Report post Posted January 14, 2003 I'm putting in a write-in vote for the Mr. Show group. Runners-up would be the Kids in the Hall and Monty Python. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bosstones Fan Report post Posted January 14, 2003 Just about anything...Ms Swan is one of unfunniest things ever put on tv. Agreed. I'd rather sit through a four-hour marathon session of commercials for feminine hygeine products than watch 5 minutes of Ms. Swan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted January 14, 2003 I never really enjoyed Ms Swan, but she really wouldn't be so terrible if she wasn't so oversaturated. Always every sketch comedy show is guilty of running characters in the ground. UCB, Mr. Show, and Kids in the Hall never really did, and that's part of why they're my favorites. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest imajackoff? Report post Posted January 15, 2003 Marx Bros. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 15, 2003 I'm adding a write in vote for the Upright Citizens Brigade. After that, it's a tie between the Kids in the Hall and the Mr. Show group. I would consider them if they had worked in front of a live crowd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted January 15, 2003 They did work in front of a live crowd occasionally. When they would do sketches on the street and what not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ant_7000 Report post Posted January 15, 2003 I've have to In Living Color it launch a lot stars on the show and it put Fox on the map. Apollo's Uptown Comedy Club especially for " The Bold the Black and the Beautiful" soap opera skits and those two Jamaican Guys. I like SNL in the late 80's to the mid 90's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted January 15, 2003 I never really enjoyed Ms Swan, but she really wouldn't be so terrible if she wasn't so oversaturated. Always every sketch comedy show is guilty of running characters in the ground. UCB, Mr. Show, and Kids in the Hall never really did, and that's part of why they're my favorites. kids in the hall relied a LOT on recurring characters. more than most did. monty python's flying circus is and always will be the gold standard for sketch comedy. saturday night live started as a straight rip-off of it (which the early SNL alumni readily admit), and almost all the groups on this poll got the whole format of their shows (the stream-of-consciousness approach, using links between sketches rather than definite beginnings & endings, finding ways to bring the sketches together into a cohesive whole) directly from the python formula. and python still did the format better than anybody else did (although the state and UCB did come pretty close). as dave foley said himself, "monty python were the beatles." nobody else was as energetic or original. honorable mention goes to the state though. god i love that show. i remembered some things about it from when i was a kid, but i went back and watched a bunch of those episodes and that show is amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IDrinkRatsMilk Report post Posted January 15, 2003 Yeah, they did recurring characters, but they didn't get old, they did them in the right ratio. At least that's how it was to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dmann2000 Report post Posted January 16, 2003 Python was the best because besides the Gumbies and the Pepperpots, and occasional authority figures they had No reoccuring characters, And Gilliam's animations were twisted in the coolest sense, Robert Smiegel's got nothing on Gilliam (Happy cause I own the complete series on DVD) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 16, 2003 I never really enjoyed Ms Swan, but she really wouldn't be so terrible if she wasn't so oversaturated. Always every sketch comedy show is guilty of running characters in the ground. UCB, Mr. Show, and Kids in the Hall never really did, and that's part of why they're my favorites. kids in the hall relied a LOT on recurring characters. more than most did. In fairness to Kids, they only had 5 regular members. It's not like SNL where they would get new guys every couple years when the current ones got stale. Although The Chickenlady didn't do much for me...but shoe/music salesman Evan made me mark out. Evan: "I sell shoes!" Devil: "And you will forever!" Evan: "THANK YOU SATAN!" or something like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest the saiyan prince Report post Posted January 16, 2003 Kids in the Hall for me If you are going to list SNL you should have added a year, cause the first group was good, and the early 90s group was good...but the newest group is the shits youth n asia i agree the kids in the hall are hilarious i loved their movie brain candy that movie was off the hook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted January 16, 2003 Here's a simple test: Are any of the SNL movies better than Life of Brian? Didn't think so. Oh and the best recurring character on Kids in the Hall was Forgetful Asshole Guy. "Slipped my miiiiind." and " Tell ya what I'll do..." are mark-outs for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted January 16, 2003 Python was the best because besides the Gumbies and the Pepperpots, and occasional authority figures they had No reoccuring characters, And Gilliam's animations were twisted in the coolest sense, Robert Smiegel's got nothing on Gilliam (Happy cause I own the complete series on DVD) Dimmesdale? "And Now for Something Completely Different."? Nudge Nudge? "Want to come back to my place?" They had a few recurring guys that you missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MDH257 Report post Posted January 16, 2003 Kids in the Hall SNL should be seperated into eras, I haven't seen enough of SCTV or Monty Python (Damn NBC affiliate prempted the SCTV reruns when the were on after Conan). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest converge241 Report post Posted January 16, 2003 WHERE THE HELL IS THE STATE?!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chirs3 Report post Posted January 16, 2003 What? No Roundhouse? Kids In The Hall gets my vote. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted January 16, 2003 What? No Roundhouse? Kids In The Hall gets my vote. I was thinking of that earlier...I watched Roundhouse when it first came on. Good sketch show for kids Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CanadianChris Report post Posted January 16, 2003 The Frantics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
