So I'm not the kind of dude who thinks his life is any more important or fascinating than anyone else's. I'm not sure why I thought we needed to start there, but it's better than nothing. Point is...
I've been sending all comments from this blog to a spam folder in my inbox, mainly because most of the comments are spam. I write a review of an old-ass episode of SNL, or rank my favorite films from a certain year and I get a comment. Oh, let me open up my email to see what someone said....
"This doctor cured my herpes! He could cure your herpes! If you have herpes call Dr. Gupta Herpaloof and he will fix your herp quick!"
Well, that isn't constructive criticism or helpful feedback. So I send all comments to a spam folder. This blog is only for when Daddy needs an excuse to type. I like typing on a keyboard and making words that form sentences. It relaxes me. It helps me compartmentalize all the random garbage in my brain and put it on paper in a (hopefully but often times not) succinct and honest way.
Also, I don't have herpes! I am married to a beautiful woman and we are (as far as I know) fully monogamous in our relationship. If I suddenly develop a case of Herpes or any other sexually transmitted disease I'm gonna have a bunch of questions and I will have no way of knowing how to get the answer. But at least I know how to get them cured thanks to the help of friendly commenters.
I only say all this because....I opened up the inbox....it had a lot of stuff in it, some of which was herpes related but not all. Most of the comments are from Lee. Any long time reader of this blog may recognize that name from the comment section. Lee? I don't know you, I've never met you, but I respect you and you have no idea what a difference you have made in my life. I don't want to get into it any deeper than that. Lee, you have made an impact on a stranger's life. A life that lives "across the pond" as they say. Thanks. I want to repay that but I don't know how....
I'm not interested in watching more SNL. That's a fact. I can explain but it will be a long post if I do so don't expect any more SNL reviews on this blog, this blog is probably (but not officially) dead....
BUT! I'm not disappearing into the ether. Far from it. I just can't watch a show I don't like anymore. Not that I don't like SNL, I love SNL, SNL was a formative show for me, but it's been on for 50+ seasons and I like 15 of those seasons, ballpark. It is no longer relevant in my life other than a piece of nostalgia. But I have no nostalgia for Kenan Thompson or Michael Longfellow so I have been unable to muster up enough enthusiasm to even fake it.
If I return to the SNL community (not that I'm leaving, hit me up if you ever wanna chat SNL) it will be in a different form. I am currently working on building a YouTube channel (that has already been built but now I'm trying to make it pretty so people may like to check it out) and I have a plan that is on the back burner called "SNL Was Better In My Day" where I watch an episode from Season 20 and put it up against an episode from the current season in a sketch by sketch grudge match to find out which is better. Right now I'm focused on movies because that's what I've been into lately.
So if you dig...me, I guess, you can come over to my YouTube page. There's some SNL stuff up there now (podcasts mostly but probably more one day) Link below if you interested.
https://youtube.com/@georgebaileyactor?si=pk7JRMLkY-Lw_qbF
As far as this blog goes, don't expect too much. Feel free to comment on any episode as I am going to do my best to respond to all comments going forth (good and bad, so some responses may be very lengthy and sarcastic pleas to have you kiss my ass). I'm not going to reach out to any doctor claiming to treat my herpes but you know what I'm saying. I'm filtering all the comments to my Inbox now so I will see them. I honestly didn't know I was getting so many. I opened up that folder, started reading and was really touched by some and really head scratchy over others.
So, if you've commented in the past expect a response. If you comment in the future expect a response. If you have any ideas on how to cure this itchy rash in my crotch, I will listen. If you want to talk SNL, hit me up, I still got opinions I just don't have the over abundance of free time that allowed me to keep this blog updated. I'm not starting a podcast or a blog about SNL but I have seen every episode before Season 47, I think, so if you have such a thing I would be willing to participate in some capacity. My expertise with SNL is Seasons 10-23 anything before that I have seen and enjoy, everything after that is hit and miss, as is this collection of atoms we call life.
Keep in touch, I will try to do the same.
Peace and Love,
Georgie (Daddy)
First off, I appreciate the effort you've put in this blog for so many years. I'm a longtime reader and you inspired me to do some reviews as well, but rather than having my own blog, I stupidly posted them to Reddit where people are complete assholes.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, I know these reviews sometimes take a long time to make, so I was wondering, where there any reviews that you had in the back burner but just never posted?
Thanks. Quick story: having a rough day at work, nothing earth shattering just more dumb questions than usual. Wife getting on my case about something or other, you stub your toe, you get bad news on the TV, you know, one of them shit days. I open up my email and I see a new comment has been posted and it says something like “you don’t know much do you”. Why do I want that in my life? Assholes are the worst and don’t let them get to you. But after that day I unsubscribed from all comments only to find a lot of real positive ones a few years later. To answer your question, yes and no. I was so hell bent on completing this project that I have every episode outlined. If I haven’t posted it I have it outlined with the sketch name, etc….so I have a slew of reviews in all different states, most just with a picture of the host and that’s it. Nothing anyone would probably be interested in. Ironic part, if I had kept on and struggled through and gotten every episode review published I would have been done May of last year. Not sure what that says about life. Love ya, buddy. Peace!
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