Originally Posted by
Standing Wolf
I've watched SNL from the beginning, and have the first five seasons on DVD. It has always been political to some extent, and the show today no more or less so than forty years ago. They usually lambaste Trump in the cold open these days because he's such an easy and fun target, but after that they settle down into a non-partisan mode for the remainder of the show. Don't let nostalgia and those "best of" shows fool you - there have always been bits that didn't work, that make you say, "Who thought that was going to be funny?" Today's SNL has its dogs and its instant classics, just as it always has.