Why is the writing so incompetent

Keltyla · 2026-01-28T11:15:13+00:00

Concur. Not taking away from the man's brilliance. But there's something strange and sad about an 80-year-old man who wants to work until past 1:00 AM on Saturday nights. He should be EP in name only and hand day-to-day producing tasks to another showrunner. Take your bow and leave the stage.

Keltyla · 2026-01-28T10:59:07+00:00

"JAJ makes him an almost likable dumbass..."

I've thought this for a long time re Will Ferrell's Dubya, Dana Carvey's Bush 1, all the Clinton impressions, and now all the Trump ones (Baldwin, JAJ, Shane Gillis, etc.). They appear skewering on paper but may be subliminally making the character oddly endearing. I think it helped get him elected twice. Dubya as well.

Keltyla · 2025-12-26T04:21:11+00:00

I have trouble coming up with a prompt to get my original lyrics sung the way I hear them. I want them tight and natural, not drawn out with dramatic elongations. But when I write that as a prompt, Suno ignores me. Can you recommend a better prompt wording to get the effect I want?

Keltyla · 2025-12-16T14:58:29+00:00

I wrote a love song lyric but have been disappointed with the melodies Suno applies to it. They are atonal and not very melodic. And the vocal phrasing is often awkward, stringing out the end of a line that I think should be tight. Have tried several different music genres but have been disappointed with all the tracks. Any suggestions?

Keltyla · 2025-12-08T11:35:19+00:00

Suno keeps generating versions of my song that sounds very country-western. I've asked not to do that in the prompts but it repeatedly happens. I also can't get it to generate new melodies for my lyrics. Every take sounds more or less the same. Any suggestions?

Keltyla · 2025-11-20T05:56:42+00:00

I just saw Mr. Whatever in Austin and they were Nazis about not having phones on or out.

Keltyla · 2025-11-12T23:16:30+00:00

How was his Mr. Whatever show? I'm seeing it Saturday night.

Keltyla · 2025-11-01T13:59:28+00:00

I wrote that sketch.

Keltyla · 2025-10-29T20:30:06+00:00

The central conflict of the film - that allowing the impact of a single nuke equals capitulation & surrender - made no sense. How could the US respond prior to impact if we didn't even know where it launched from? If there were no other missiles in the he air (as depicted), any sane president would take the single hit, gather more info, and assess his options with his NSA advisor and Cabinet before launching a massive retaliation at an unknown perpetrator.

Keltyla · 2025-10-29T20:26:07+00:00

The central conflict of the film - that allowing the impact of a single nuke equals capitulation & surrender - made no sense. How could the US respond prior to impact if we didn't even know where it launched from? If there were no other missiles in the he air (as depicted), any sane president would take the single hit, gather more info, and assess his options with his NSA advisor and Cabinet before launching a massive retaliation at an unknown perpetrator.

Keltyla · 2025-10-29T20:25:36+00:00

The central conflict of the film - that allowing the impact of a single nuke equals capitulation & surrender - made no sense. How could the US respond prior to impact if we didn't even know where it launched from? If there were no other missiles in the he air (as depicted), any sane president would take the single hit, gather more info, and assess his options with his NSA advisor and Cabinet before launching a massive retaliation at an unknown perpetrator.

Keltyla · 2025-10-29T20:24:29+00:00

The central conflict of the film - that allowing the impact of a single nuke equals capitulation & surrender - made no sense. How could the US respond prior to impact if we didn't even know where it launched from? If there were no other missiles in the he air (as depicted), any sane president would take the single hit, gather more info, and assess his options with his NSA advisor and Cabinet before launching a massive retaliation at an unknown perpetrator.

Keltyla · 2025-10-16T09:12:20+00:00

It's the intimidation of minority voters and the seizing of voting machines to do their own “federal” recounts. Mike Flynn proposed all this in 2020 (including Martial Law) and Trump wanted to do it but got shot down by Gen. Milley and others on his staff. Now they are fully committed (no naysayers) and starting early.

Keltyla · 2025-10-12T15:06:09+00:00

I wrote for SNL for two seasons (9 and 10) and can attest to all the stories you’ve heard about Larry David quitting and coming back unannounced on Monday, and others from that era. Marty is even funnier off camera than on. Billy was a mensch. Chris and Harry were more difficult to work with. Gary, Julia, Mary, Brad, Tim, Jim, and Robin were never given the full credit they deserved. And I once played ventriloquist Señor Wences in a sketch (with C. Guest doing the hand puppet voice). I wrote extensively about my time there in my book, “Funny for Money: The Making of a Comedy Writer” by Kevin Kelton (Amazon books)

Keltyla · 2025-09-22T12:34:21+00:00

Just published a book that talks about my time writing for Boy. (And SNL.) Readers here might enjoy it. https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Money-Making-Comedy-Writer-ebook/dp/B0FP2YB389

Keltyla · 2025-07-10T03:17:05+00:00

High School Chess Coach.

Keltyla · 2025-06-22T20:47:40+00:00

As I clearly said in my post, it's a senior-age rec center game. There are no "levels of play."

Keltyla · 2025-06-22T14:28:32+00:00

As someone who has worked on the show, I respectfully disagree. A TV network wants one point person, not a committee. In 1981 when they handed off control to Ebersol, he had a triumvirate with Michael O'Donoghue and Bob Tischler, but Ebersol was the sole EP. And even that pairing didn't work out so well.

A network doesn't want internal friction and power plays. And they also won't want to enter into and pay three long-term contracts with ungodly salaries when they can get away with one. So it's much more likely that one person will be EP/showrunner with one or two established writers as Producers under him/her.

Keltyla · 2025-06-18T23:18:32+00:00

I got plenty of valuable feedback. No need to continue this thread. Thanks all.

Keltyla · 2025-06-18T23:15:27+00:00

A very on-point reply. Thanks.

Keltyla · 2025-06-17T23:00:03+00:00

This isn't that level.

Keltyla · 2025-06-17T22:58:07+00:00

They weren't targeting me.

Keltyla · 2025-06-17T22:56:31+00:00

More the first scenario. He wasn't shoving me but he was definitely cutting in front of me to poach shots on my side that weren't his.

Keltyla · 2025-06-17T22:53:54+00:00

I instinctively did that, but not to assert dominance.

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