Blogger "Rubin" echoes the thoughts of many current Saturday Night Live viewers by wondering aloud (in blog form, anyway) why one would continue to watch the show when it clearly doesn't hold the same magic that it once did.
Like New Jersey's Star-Ledger TV critic Alan Sepinwall's recent views, you must take into account Rubin's timeframe with the show:
"As a child growing up in the late eighties/-nineties I fell in love with Dennis Miller, Adam Sandler, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, David Spade, Mike Myers, and Dana Carvey. I consider these years, some of the greatest years in SNL history. I understand I am at a bit of a disadvantage considering I was only born in 1984, and to judge SNL based on these years is akin to judging Marlon Brando’s career based on The Island of Doctor Moreau, but I have been privileged to view their reruns on their cable stations such as Comedy Central and E! reruns."
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