hard pass.

It was very common. You must be taking crazy pills.

This. If Zoolander 2 had to flop for him to make Severance and Escape at Dannemora then we’re all the better that it did. 

Their annual Christmas joke swap is all-time for WE. It’s fun to watch comedians get to cut loose more than the confines of the show will usually allow. I’d love to see a full-R, don’t-give-a-fuck episode of SNL.

Agree on switching Bennett for Moynihan.  The latter has never felt like more than a place filler.

To each their own, but I would have Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph all ahead of Kristen Wiig 

I promise there’s someone left off this list who was funnier than Jimmy Fallon.

Che and Jost (possibly in a shared spot) should be on the list just for the shear fact that they are the main reason a lot of people watch any portion of SNL these days.

Will Forte should be higher and I’d fit Beck Bennett in there somewhere - I feel like in the last decade or so of SNL, he was the most underrated cast member. Get Moynihan outta there, maybe. Otherwise, pretty agreeable/predictable list.

I get the feeling that there’s been a few people who wanted to do stuff like this - most writers do - but Herb was insistent on them being content millers, because Herb’s just some generic businesscunt with no humanity. 

Can’t fire someone who’s never been hired (long-term)! I’m assuming he’s freelance but hope to see more from him on here.

I love a personal essay, especially about pop culture.

I would 100% like more articles like this, please.

This is the best thing I have read from the AV Club in a long, long time. Beautiful, heartbreaking essay!

A Mr. Rogers themed wedding... everyone comes in, changes their shoes and picks out a new cardigan? Which puppet would conduct the ceremony? “I meow pronounce you husband and wife meow meow” 

I say that. But then I say “How do these two fuck” at every wedding I go to. Loudly and usually in the middle of the ceremony. I don’t get invited to many weddings anymore.

I think you’re only saying that because you (presumably) didn’t live through 1955-1985, but did live through 1985-2015. People were still listening to Elvis in ‘85, and old TV shows were rerun ad nauseum. Reagan was bringing back the 50's morality trying to roll back all the hippie progress. Nothing ended then either.…

‘Law & Order: SVU (Spell Violations Unit)’.

How I Met Your Dark Lord