Tina Fey gets Sitcom Deal

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Seth is a total and complete lost cause that should be jetisoned from SNL as soon as humanly possible. Better to put Will Forte/Chris Parnell in the slot or take a chance on one of the featured players (IE Keenan Thompson or Rob Riggle).

 

Absolutely not- Seth is the best castmember on SNL right now and he's become their leading go to guy with Forte and Armisen. While Forte really only works in weird skits (see OH NOOOOOO), Seth is much more versatile and can do almost anything. He also finally got some national press with his John Kerry impression and turned Dave Clinger into a very popular recurring character. He also is almost always hilarious when he's on Weekend Update and he brings an energy and excitement to the desk that Amy lacks.

 

Will Forte would be okay on Weekend Update, but he wouldn't be able to be bizzare and wierd, so we'd get a watered down version of him- and that's not good. Better to leave him off so he can do commentaries.

 

Chris Parnell is just 'that guy.' Lorne made a huge mistake firing him after 2000-2001 and rehiring him again in 2002 has done absolutely nothing. I like Parnell a lot but his time has past.

 

Kenan wouldn't work at the desk. Neither would Riggle. Riggle is best at playing screaming drill seargeant type characters- again- that's better suited for commentaries.

[JasonX 0]

Seth is a total and complete lost cause that should be jetisoned from SNL as soon as humanly possible. Better to put Will Forte/Chris Parnell in the slot or take a chance on one of the featured players (IE Keenan Thompson or Rob Riggle).

 

Absolutely not- Seth is the best castmember on SNL right now and he's become their leading go to guy with Forte and Armisen. While Forte really only works in weird skits (see OH NOOOOOO), Seth is much more versatile and can do almost anything. He also finally got some national press with his John Kerry impression and turned Dave Clinger into a very popular recurring character. He also is almost always hilarious when he's on Weekend Update and he brings an energy and excitement to the desk that Amy lacks.

 

Will Forte would be okay on Weekend Update, but he wouldn't be able to be bizzare and wierd, so we'd get a watered down version of him- and that's not good. Better to leave him off so he can do commentaries.

 

Chris Parnell is just 'that guy.' Lorne made a huge mistake firing him after 2000-2001 and rehiring him again in 2002 has done absolutely nothing. I like Parnell a lot but his time has past.

 

Kenan wouldn't work at the desk. Neither would Riggle. Riggle is best at playing screaming drill seargeant type characters- again- that's better suited for commentaries.

Sadly Seth has been in Jimmy Fallon's shadow so long that his sell-by date has expired. Best to strap the rocket on Will Forte and push him as the next big star and keep Seth to a minimum. And off of Update since whenever he's on Update he's 99% of the time in total fratboy mode and is extremely hit or miss in the laugh department.....

 

And as for WU, Forte's wierdness would be a much welcomed thing since it would liven up Update and bring back a level of "what will happen next" that hasn't been on Update since Norm McDonald was anchor. Plus it would make Tina/Amy (depending on who you keep) play straight man to Forte.

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Sadly Seth has been in Jimmy Fallon's shadow so long that his sell-by date has expired. Best to strap the rocket on Will Forte and push him as the next big star and keep Seth to a minimum. And off of Update since whenever he's on Update he's 99% of the time in total fratboy mode and is extremely hit or miss in the laugh department.....

 

And as for WU, Forte's wierdness would be a much welcomed thing since it would liven up Update and bring back a level of "what will happen next" that hasn't been on Update since Norm McDonald was anchor. Plus it would make Tina/Amy (depending on who you keep) play straight man to Forte.

 

If youre comparing Seth Meyers to Jimmy Fallon youre not watching the show closely enough. Their styles are completely different. Also, if you say Meyers is in "frat boy mode" you really have only seen one of his Update appearances which is clearly different from the others (Liam Neeson from this year). At any rate all of his appearances on Update have been outstanding. The problem with Forte in general is that he has problems playing it straight. While his humor works really well in bizzare sketches and WU commentaries I dont think it would translate well with him anchoring the segment. Out of the current cast Seth Meyers is by far best suited to take over next season provided Tina does leave. This has really been the first bad time for Weekend Update since Colin Quinn's first year and a half anchoring the segment. He got better later on and Fallon-Fey was outstanding.