The cast of “Saturday Night Live” is always a great source of debate. Some people think Kristen Wiig is the best part of the show; others can’t stand her. Some people find Kenan Thompson horrifically unfunny, while others find him nearly mediocre. And so on. But there’s one person whose nasal drone took characters that were unfunny to begin with and sank them to depths of awfulness, to the point that for whole minutes I forgot that laughter was possible. That villain is Jenny Slate.
Hey good news! She might be fired!
I hear Abby Elliott [right], daughter of Chris Elliott and the first second-generation SNLcast member, was in serious jeopardy but now appears safe to come back, while rumor is that Jenny Slate might not be returning. Slate, who joined as a featured player along with Nasim Pedrad [left] last fall made headlines with her SNL debut. On the show’s season premiere last September, in her first appearance during a sketch titled Biker Chick Chat Slate uttered the word “f*ckin’” on live television. [Deadline]
The Internet’s been saying good things about Slate recently because she voiced the Marcel the Shell with Shoes on viral video. And that’s fine — it’s a cute video. I’m not saying Slate’s a bad person; I’m just saying that every time she appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” a litter of kittens died.
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On his finest day, during his finest hour, Keenan Thompson could only dream of being ‘nearly mediocre’. Firing Jenny slate while continuing to employ thompson is like lancing a wort next a giant black unfunny tumor.
When any of those dumb cunts are on screen I break out in massive hives like Woogie
Chazz, If I were 6, and high, I still wouldn’t think Good Burger was funny.
Kenan: [reading Warming Glow] THAT’S IT! I’VE FUCKING HAD IT
*takes cab to Brooklyn, waits for Matt to exit apartment*
*produces hockey stick*
KNUCKLEPUUUUUCCCKKK!
Jenny Slate is about as funny and interesting as slate.com.
I hope she does get fired! Not so much because she is unfunny but once I drunkenly approached her at a bar and she did not sleep with me. Serves you right BITCH!
Also, for the record, I think Nasim Pedrad is pretty good on the show. And it’s quite possible Abbey Elliot is good as well (she’s gotten zilch to work with, so she could be terrible, too). Just a counterpoint.
Jenny Slate is basically a skinny, nasally version of that chubby chick who got fired. Same annoying voice in every damn skit.
Fingers crossed that she’s gone.
Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate are not the same person? Who knew? I honestly can’t tell them apart and neither one of them made me care to look up who they were. I just assumed that whenever “random brunette girl” was on the screen that it was the muslim one that I heard that they had hired.
“every time she appeared on “Saturday Night Live,” a litter of kittens died”
As blasphemous as it may sound to you Uff, most of the guys I’ve known throughout my life would dance for joy at the thought of a litter of dead kittens, so they’re all probably petitioning NBC to keep her on after finding this out. Why yes I grew up and am currently living in the rural Midwest. HOW DID YOU GUESS?
Nasim has probably the best recurring character on SNL right now – the mousy girl that loves her parents too much. They’ll run it into the ground this season, then make a movie out of it.
Abbie Elliot can do a few decent impressions – Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep. That’s about it.
Jenny Slate is worthless and deserves to be in the Beth Cahill/Siobhan Fallon/Gail Matthius/Nancy Walls dustbin of “they were on SNL once????”
That Nasim chick makes my dick diamond-hard. Slate’s kinda cute, too, I guess.
More Nasim Pedrad please. Abby Elliott is a cast member? Can you really be a cast member and never appear in sketches?
……..that nose……..THAT HORRIBLE NOSE
i saw slate’s one woman show and it was fucking epic. I cant beleive they booted her off
Kennan Thompson is great, you guys are screwed in the head. Jenny was also decent. They need to fire the shitty writers.
Ding dong, the witch is gone!