You guys, again, aren't using your noodles.


Bags is right, but he shoulda just used a different metric:

If you take it in terms of total number of famous alum,
SNL wins(though not by much, because SNL puts out
a pathetically large number of insignificant, unfunny
actors/comedians).

If you, however, use the metric:

mean fame/alumni(the average fame secured per alumni)

ILC wins by far.

Not even close.

And trust, the latter metric is actually the more fair one, because it
controls for the fact that SNL has much larger casts, and has a quarter
century head start. '

ALSO, ILC was on FOX in the early days of the network
and was, at best(in terms of ratings) a cult hit.

SNL, on the other hand, is the single most mainstream
sketch comedy show in the history of television. Its owned Saturday
night for decades just off culture alone(meaning, it didn't even need
to be funny. I watched it for years and barely laughed. It was just reflex,
though, to turn it on if I was home on Sat night).

That being the case, ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE MORE PEOPLE were
exposed to SNLs actors and actresses over the years. The fact that SNL,
with a quarter century head start and far more viewers, still comes up
short in avg fame/alumni is a testament to ILCs brilliance, and
SNLs mediocrity.

ALSO, to the issue of Jaime Foxx and Jim Carrey:

Regaredless of whether or not Foxx got his Oscar for being
funny or not, ILC introduced more TALENTED PEOPLE to the world
than SNL did, again, by the avg fame/alumni unit. Both Foxx and
Carrey's non comedic brilliance is tied to their comedic talent -- both
were physical comedians who could mold into different characters, take
on different personas. Its no coincidence that these two ended up
excellent character actors.

And no doubt about it -- both got acting gigs AT ALL because of their
COMEDIC TALENTS FIRST, which then LED TO OTHER GIGS. That being
the case, ILC has EVERY RIGHT to claim both Carrey and Foxx's success.
ILC introduced the world to both.


So, again, Bags made the mistake of thinking ahead of you guys.

You are too mad, too artsy, too anal retentive, too haterish, and
most importantly, not intelligent enough to sort through this
issue fairly because, obviously, when you think about it at all,
Bags has a point. I mean, you can disagree, but you guys
are doing it in flippant fashion which is unwarranted.


Mang.



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