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Saturday Night Live: Season 49 (Lorne’s penultimate season?)
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Honestly, maybe it's just fondness for True Lies, his cameo in Austin Powers, and his role as Arnie on Roseanne, but Tom Arnold is a lot funnier than a lot of comedians that have came after him.
I've laughed at Tom Arnold a lot more than Pete Davidson, for example, if I'm being honest. Carrot Top, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia, Jeff Dunham, Larry The Cable Guy, etc all less funny than Tom Arnold.
I've laughed at Tom Arnold a lot more than Pete Davidson, for example, if I'm being honest. Carrot Top, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia, Jeff Dunham, Larry The Cable Guy, etc all less funny than Tom Arnold.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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I kind of think Tom Arnold was born 10-15 years too late. I think he could have been a quirky off beat character actor in the ‘70s/‘80s. Studio executives in the ‘90s for whatever misinterpreted him as having energy and appeal to lead studio comedies and sitcoms. Stink of his bombs (and the dumb Roseanne drama) ruined any chance of him fitting into any ensemble.
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I just hate the obnoxious, bush league "are you ready to LAFF?!?" comedic arrogance he radiates. True Lies is fine because he's perfectly used, but the rest is just beyond annoying for me. But at the same time he is definitely better than those you listed by virtue of finding range. He was a great pedo in that one movie and he was a great sleazy pornographer in SOA.
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I hope Tom redeems himself by finally finding the Trump Tapes and destroying Cheeto’s political career.
Youth N Asia
Boners, and farts.
I have genuine goodwill toward Tom Arnold, but I really don’t care for much of his work. Kinda can’t explain it I guess.
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Yeah, that's how I feel. He's not afraid to admit that he sucks and has skewered himself. Which is more than I can say about the list of shit comics I posted above.
Also, Chris Farley's Tom Arnold impression on SNL was incredible. It is one of my favorite random impressions a talented comic just pulls out of nowhere. Similar to Jim Carrey's Alan Thicke or Bill Hader's Alan Alda. Those impressions aren't like Arnold or Cosby or Walken where everyone has a take on it.
Also, Chris Farley's Tom Arnold impression on SNL was incredible. It is one of my favorite random impressions a talented comic just pulls out of nowhere. Similar to Jim Carrey's Alan Thicke or Bill Hader's Alan Alda. Those impressions aren't like Arnold or Cosby or Walken where everyone has a take on it.
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Tom Arnold tried to carve out a nice little career as a supporting character in hip hop movies in the 2000s. He was in Soul Plane, Exit Wounds, and Cradle 2 the Grave among others.
I actually watched one of his recent films since it was streaming and I was bored. High Holidays. What a waste of time.
I think Arnold is fine in small doses. Not everyone can be a leading man.
I actually watched one of his recent films since it was streaming and I was bored. High Holidays. What a waste of time.
I think Arnold is fine in small doses. Not everyone can be a leading man.
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Hard to go against the Wayans Brothers juggernaut.
Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
Coolio was in two horror/comedy movies that year-the other being “The Covenant” where he plays a cop who likes to steal weed.It all started with his dynamic pairing with Coolio in this movie that I didn't even like when I was 12.
Same year as Scary Movie which is why it got buried.
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Was Leprechaun in the Hood before or after this?
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FEAR to Perform in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Now That 40-Year NBC Ban Completed
Pioneering California punk band FEAR will appear in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade now that the 40-year ban assigned by NBC after their controversial 1981 Saturday Night Live performance expired.
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Gary
Mind. Body. Light. Sound.
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I skipped everything to back you up, brother. Big Bully is a legit comedy classic and probably would age really well considering so many people talk about bullying nowadays. Moranis and Tom in one movie, they had good chemistry.
He was also really good in that Hugh Grant movie, and True Lies as you said. He had great chemistry with a lot of stars of the era.
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Chevy Chase Falls Off Stage At 'Christmas Vacation' Movie Q&A
Chevy Chase is falling hard for the holidays, but not in a good way -- he tumbled off a stage during a 'Christmas Vacation' event, and despite Clark Griswold's smartwatch having some serious concerns ... he's doing fine.
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Youth N Asia
Boners, and farts.
SNL really left their newest cast member out there to die in that cold open. Feel like if they’d given that to a better known cast member it would have at least gotten some sympathy laughs.
Solid episode. I always expect more from the Christmas show though. Beep beep, baby on an airplane, trying for a baby, and the pre recorded sketch were all good. Adam Driver is really good at this.
Solid episode. I always expect more from the Christmas show though. Beep beep, baby on an airplane, trying for a baby, and the pre recorded sketch were all good. Adam Driver is really good at this.
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Cecily Strong Pulled From 'SNL' Cold Open After Dress Rehearsal
Cecily Strong played conservative Rep. Elise Stefanik in the earlier unaired run-through of the college presidents antisemitism sketch.
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I wonder if Cecily knew how lame the sketch was and decided she didn’t want to waste her SNL return on it and bailed. She’s only been gone for 9-10 months anyway (and lives in NYC), no need to bring her back for something that sucks. It is shitty though that best alternative that they could come up with is throwing the new girl under the bus.
She got a bad sketch and it flopped, big fuck.
Get your reps in, eat the shitty sketches cuz it’s SNL, she can gobble those up like @Holiday Piss Jug Connor with a dunkin gift card after Christmas.
Then when they got good shit, she can be ready to go.
One of the biggest complaints SNL fans have is that they keep going back to the well with retreads or old members and here they change gears and wisely let the new girl sink and some people question doing that.
Get your reps in, eat the shitty sketches cuz it’s SNL, she can gobble those up like @Holiday Piss Jug Connor with a dunkin gift card after Christmas.
Then when they got good shit, she can be ready to go.
One of the biggest complaints SNL fans have is that they keep going back to the well with retreads or old members and here they change gears and wisely let the new girl sink and some people question doing that.
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I haven't seen it but good. They gotta fail. Anyone butthurt needs to suck it up. It's better for the performers, the shows, and the writers when it comes to putting people in certain spots and improving trash sketches.
Cecily needs to be gone long enough to be missed and embraced. You don't wanna Tina Fey the well again.
Pissman, do you really get Dunkin cards?
Cecily needs to be gone long enough to be missed and embraced. You don't wanna Tina Fey the well again.
Pissman, do you really get Dunkin cards?
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Gf gets them from her students and doesn’t drink coffee. I am actually more of a Starbucks fan but beggars can’t be choosers.
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Always god damn knew you to be a fraudulent New Englander.