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Oh what????

 

Now she can do more appearances on Comedy Bang Bang

But seriously, she was terrific and a bummer to see her go.

 

God damn. I am...really disappointed in the general direction this season is headed in.

 

That's wild. In my opinion Ego didn't really find her groove until this season, so I was stoked to see where they took her next. Her WU bit was one of the highlights of the season.

They better not axe Dismukes.

 

I hate this

 

i'm glad it was her choice but wowwwwww. she's gonna have an incredible career man

 

That is a shame.

 

Nooooooo

 

She was consistently great and I’m gonna miss her a whole lot :(

 

Even some SNL greats that I like have that kind of bland SNL flavor that can keep the show from feeling fresh and fun despite there being solid cast members on. Ego was one of a few people who didn’t have that and who I think kept the show feeling more alive and new. If they don’t let the 5 new people go wild and add new stuff, as I already said, this is going to be a long season of repeating what we’ve already trudged through the last few years.

 

Huge loss damn

 

Did her 7 years and called it a day while leaving on a high note. Good for Ego.

However, I’m getting flashbacks to 2013 and the complete lack of black female cast members. Might want to get ahead of that, Lorne.

 

Gonna really miss Ms. Eggy. Felt like there was more juice left with that character.

 

gonna be hard to continue to watch tbh

 

The only real thing I’m looking forward to is watching and hoping they let Ashley Padilla break out. I’m curious about Jeremy Culhane and Veronica but my gut instinct is they are both a bit too “Aren’t I a little stinker?” personality-based comedians and I feel like I haven’t really dug that kind of player on SNL since Andy Samberg. I like the folks who are great character comedians and strong performers more. The rest of the cast just feels like they’ve done their thing already and I don’t necessarily want more of it. But we’ll see! Maybe I’m super wrong!

 

I’ll still watch cause there’s nothing else like it but yeah don’t have high hopes.

 

dropout's whole vibe kinda feels like the little stinker thing as well. i do think both jeremy and veronika are funny but that's a pretty appropriate categorization

 

Have never watched a single thing from dropout, just a complete blind spot for me.

 

Gamechanger can be very funny, but it is kinda like a podcast in that the enjoyment is enhanced if you actually develop a relationship with the cast/host/etc.

 

I can get down with that kind of funny and I should be kinder to it because I’m an improviser and that’s part of the fun of improvised work but, in the context of SNL and well-produced comedy, there isn’t anything better (IMO) than a true committed comedic performer, whether they go big or play realistic but committed realistic.

It also stuck out to me when Spade and Carvey did the SNL new cast changes podcast and they live watched clips of each new person. They played standup clips of Kam and the other white dude and, taste aside, they were both hitting jokes and demonstrating their POV. When they played the Veronica clip, it was just like awkward anti-humor but Spade kinda vouched for her and said she’s great and Carvey and Spade were like “ok hey, we’ll choose to like her.”

But then they played the Jeremy clip and it was like 3 people on Dropout’s Make Some Noise talking over eachother and laughing at themselves and then Jeremy doing a silly pirate voice or something and, since Spade and Carvey didn’t know him, they were just like “…he uh…I think they’re doing an improv thing” lol not knowing what the joke or deal was to be had there.

And I feel like it showed how, if you aren’t already bought into the “I’m a silly goose!” personality, it can feel a bit confusing and insular when the performance and the ‘writing’ are both kinda post-ironic bad/shabby on purpose, even if joyful. And, like I said, live in a tiny theater it is definitely fun and infectious to see it happen in real time but, in a well produced professional TV show where the audience doesn’t know you, I am curious how it’ll go over. Or if they’ll push themselves to do more conventional character work. Neither has of-his-time maximum rizz of Andy Samberg or the gross-out subversive edge of Sarah Sherman.

End novel!

 

A bit late but losing Ego is such a huge blow, she was fucking phenomenal every second she was onscreen on this show; just a perfect SNL cast member. I'm glad it was her decision, and I think she went out on her best season ever

There are now 5 women on the cast and 12 men. I wouldn't be surprised if we get a last minute hiring of a black woman before the season starts

 

I just saw PDD tonight and it was a really fucking fun time, and actually made me sad that they're not gonna be on SNL as a unit anymore. Ben is going to do so well though, he has such obvious star potential

 

Just heard Carl Tart on a podcast repping the new Dijon and El Michels Affair albums, skip adding him to the cast and send his ass straight to music supervision

 

Which podcast. Name names.