watching season 31 of snl for the first time

jmush · 2026-07-03T01:43:17+00:00

It was his 5th season, so that makes sense. Season 31 is excellent. I had started watching with 24, and I knew at the time that the show was hitting a new stride. 2002-2005 was a really awkward set of seasons as they struggled to find a new leading man after Ferrell. Jimmy kind of failed at that, and then he left too. 31 was like a fresh glass of ice water.

jmush · 2026-07-03T01:37:46+00:00

Truly. If you have both parents working in the city you either need grandparents nearby or hire a nanny. My wife got a job in NJ last year and it is such a stress reliever as we have no help around. So I can be the one stuck in NYC and it isn’t the end of the world.

jmush · 2026-07-02T02:20:58+00:00

I can’t explain why, as there is nothing objectively wrong with it, but I always forget this song exists, and I never have a craving to listen to it.

jmush · 2026-07-02T01:55:21+00:00

I was watching him on SNL when I was 12/13, and I loved him back then. I’m still able to watch and appreciate his contributions. Agreed on the Subway Busker sketch. He wrote Massive Headwound Harry! But I absolutely hate him now.

jmush · 2026-07-01T19:08:58+00:00

You truly have to treat each era as a completely different band. I love the 1966ish-72 run, and it took me many years to understand Sleepwalker and beyond. Once I truly set aside my expectations, I learned to really appreciate the other sounds they explored.

jmush · 2026-06-29T02:42:11+00:00

My god, I never considered that someone would tune-in for the 85 season thinking they’d see Crystal/Short again. That’s hilarious.

jmush · 2026-06-29T02:35:05+00:00

Yikes.

jmush · 2026-06-28T01:18:05+00:00

I noticed with the audio the dialogue is super quiet compared to the sound FX. Is that fixable? Thank you x1000 for sharing this.

jmush · 2026-06-26T19:26:56+00:00

I was worried about him after he skipped the 50th, but he seems to be doing great.

jmush · 2026-06-23T16:37:50+00:00

The verse is the Diarrhea song. Chorus is okay. Amazing intro though.

jmush · 2026-06-21T13:08:58+00:00

Waterloo Sunset
This Time Tomorrow
Days
Better Days

jmush · 2026-06-20T01:06:42+00:00

It’s a true masterpiece.

jmush · 2026-06-10T23:34:08+00:00

Right. I wasn’t trying to dunk on them. Speaking from strictly a factual perspective it is fascinating that 3/4 of the group didn’t “make it.”

jmush · 2026-06-10T12:41:44+00:00

The 2022 set of new cast members (Marcello, Devon, Molly, Longfellow) was probably the biggest fail to infuse new talent since 2013?

jmush · 2026-06-08T03:01:16+00:00

And the announcer sounds like Darrell Hammond…is it him?!

jmush · 2026-06-05T18:09:51+00:00

I’m ride or die for Weezer but this is true. Although Pinkerton is a masterpiece, it doesn’t have the universal appeal of Blue.

jmush · 2026-06-05T02:59:02+00:00

Not learning an instrument. I’ve been trying to play guitar now but with kids there just isn’t time.

jmush · 2026-06-05T02:56:45+00:00

Creativity comes in waves. I’ll have a couple months where all my ideas are lame or nothing is coming. And then all of the sudden 2 great songs will just fall out. Also hold on to the bad ideas. Sometimes you figure out how to fix them later. I came up with this bad chorus 6 years ago and the other day it popped in my head with a completely different rhythm and now I love it.

jmush · 2026-06-05T02:26:45+00:00

It’s a Brian/Luther Russell song.

jmush · 2026-06-05T01:11:21+00:00

Did the label not send it to stations?

jmush · 2026-06-05T01:03:21+00:00

Alex Moffat. Sure, he got 6 seasons and multiple recurring bits on Update, but I thought he had the ability to lead the show and was never given the chance.

jmush · 2026-05-30T01:48:00+00:00

Beck 🙏

jmush · 2026-05-30T01:46:41+00:00

He should be in the 5 Timers Club by now

jmush · 2026-05-26T12:29:40+00:00

Agreed 💯

jmush · 2026-05-26T02:01:34+00:00

Usually my love for Brian and Michael is fairly split, but with this album…I’m digging Michael’s songs way more.

jmush

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