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SNL and Peter Luger's: Past Their Prime But Untouchable
from #172 - Long Island Wedding | The Tim Dillon Show · #172
2 min
Tim argues SNL is defended by unemployable haters yet is genuinely no longer very funny, comparing it to Peter Luger's steakhouse as an institution coasting on past glory.
- SNL critics are often unemployable vagrants who couldn't show up to work even if offered a job because they'd need to shower and leave their apartment by 9 AM.
- Tim argues SNL is simply not funny as a show, though it has funny moments scattered across an hour and a half.
- Both SNL and Peter Luger's have passed their prime but remain untouchable institutions in the cultural mythos.
- Peter Luger's will be full no matter what anyone says about it, just as SNL will remain on 11:30 Saturday nights on NBC regardless of quality.
- Things that get big enough coast along on reputation, occasionally hitting with good sketches or meals without being particularly impressive on average.
- Tim expresses amazement that people are shocked a 150-year-old steakhouse or a 40-50 year old show no longer hits the way it used to.
- The Simpsons also stopped hitting like it used to—people need to accept their childhood is over and move on.