Shark Bytes

Ben, I couldn't have said it better myself!

I watched this show as a kid and even then I knew it was awful as hell.

I remember it being on Sunday nights right after AFHV and when Funniest People was over then it was time for bed and tomorrow was a school day. So I liked the show because it was the last bastion of the weekend and I had a whole half hour more to stay up but I hated the show because it was so consistently awful.

Hay, I've got an idea. Let's all go to this hellhole mall somewhere in America and videotape some jerk do his impression of Marlon Brando playing the Godfather. Oh wow, look at this guy, he's double jointed! This is pure gold guys, PURE GOLD!

Here is a quick list of everything that stunk to high heaven on this show.

-The set was incredibly ugly. Remember that tongue sticking out of the wall?
-Dave's co-host, Arleen Sorkin? Anyway, she used to wear the most horrible and ugly outfits that actually rivaled the putrid stage.
-You can only see that Bullwinkle impression so many times before you want to pull a gun. Dave made the same jokes over and over.
-Jackalope. A fat guy chasing a stuffed rabbit. *Stands up and begins to clap slowly*
-The "talent" was poor at best.

Pretty weak show that survived off the popularity of Full House and being on right after AFHV. This show wouldn't last today to say the least. It amazing the stuff you will watch when you are young.

I can't believe I actually wrote a song about this guy. It made me a millionaire, but my God, what a loser.

Coulier was bad enough with the repetitive -- ahem -- "humor" -- but don't forget the horrible lip-syching by all these pop star has-beens of the past they'd have on the show!!

I loved this show as a kid, and I remember getting in trouble for impersonating Jackaplope during the pledge of alligence and choir practice at school! Thank you getting me busted and make all the teachers hate, stupid show!

Day one they should sued this show for false advertising? And why were so many of these lame videos of inbred retards telling lame jokes and crappy impersonations shot in a mall? Is there some mall that lets stupid hicks audition for shows?

You know, if I could get back all the half-hours I spent watching this atrocity while I was in high school I could take a good, long vacation now. Actually, it was beneficial in a sense because it made me realize you don't necessarily needs brains to make it in TV. If I ever saw a Jackolope I'd hit it with my car. Same goes for Dave Coulier. But you know what, I'd almost rather watch this than TV shows that take themselves too seriously, like any "Law & Order" or "The West Wing". At least you mute "AFP" and kind of still know what was going on. Still, this was pretty bad.

"America's Funniest People". Imho, this show half jumped, half didn't. The Jackalope had comic potential but never really flew. I liked the show for the same reasons everyone here seems to hate it-- the buffoonery, the cheap goof-off, rip-off attempts at comedy. The home videos had their moments too... I liked the one where a couple of guys were spoofing Star Trek... "beam me a board"... followed by a piece of lumber falling on the heads of the landing party. Hilarious!

I'd find myself laughing harder at the sight of my dad grumbling "G*d dammit!" and leaving the room when Coulier's lame-ass jackalope came on than at the show itself. I can't recall many shows that would actually leave me angry after watching them. This was one of them. I guess for that reason it holds a special place in my heart.

I won this show in 1991 with oil paintings by the old masters singing "Sh-Boom." It was a more unusual piece compared to the endless parade of people imitating Marlon Brando (and poorly, at that). In defense of the show, Dave Coulier didn't write that crap he had to spew every week. And the audience wasn't necessarily laughing at the piece you saw at home, either. They tape four or five minutes of the audience as they watch a "best of..." reel with concentrated good and truly funny bits. The cameras get everyone watching that, then use it in the edit. A lot of shows do that -- and/or tape the crowd while a stand-up comedian warms them up for the main host when taping starts. In any event, I banked off of it so I guess I was laughing the hardest -- that week!

It breaks my heart to say it, but it was over the shark with the first episode ... when ABC did the "segue surprise" from AFHV to AFP (which they first called "America's Funniest ... Part II," IIRC). The reason it breaks my heart to call this one a day-one jumper is because one of my co-workers was on it. He was one of the two guys doing Christopher Lloyd impressions ... "I'm Christopher Lloyd!" - "No, I'm Christopher Lloyd! Who the hell are *you*?" Cheesy, but it fit right in with the rest of the show.

This was mostly a lame show (with an equally lame host), but the jackalope was cool!

They lost me the very first time Dave Coulier & Arleen Sorkin appeared on stage and SHE was playing the straight man to his inane jokes and antics! Knowing how funny and brilliant Sorkin always was as “Calliope Jones” on “Days of Our Lives” and how radiantly talented she is outside of that as a writer, it’s beyond me why she ever put up with it in the first place! Coulier having a career in comedy at all is a big mystery! He’s the kind of guy that’s funny to 8-year-olds at a backyard birthday party, but that’s about the limit of it. This was just a hanger-on show to “Home Videos” at best, and considering all the things others said about “baby being a brat and spitting on a cake” always winning, there’s not much there either!

Wow. This show was just brilliant. It will always reign as one of the funniest shows ever. THAT JACKALOPE WAS THE GREATEST CHARACTER EVER!!!!!!!

I agree that the show has jumped the shark many times, but it has always managed to redeem itself. Being a teenager, I personally didn't like the original episodes, but thats probably because I wasn't around then to actually get the humor. I have to admit the current shows don't live up to all they could be, but I manage to make it through the whole hour and thrity minutes of it. Chris Kattan was very funny, and I loved it when Will Farrell and Cheri Oteri were on the show, and I really enjoy Rachel Dratch in the new shows. In my opinion, its only major problem is its crude humor and inappropriate jokes. I know, I know, it's SNL, it's supposed to be risky and crazy, but I'd appreciate it more if I could at least watch it with my family and not feel embarrassed about the crude things they are doing. I also agree with the other posters about how annoying it gets when people like Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz crack up in their skits. Don't get me wrong, they're both funny at times, but aren't they supposed to be the actors? We're the ones supposed to be laughing. My final thought is about the musical guests and hosts. Personally, I don't see anything wrong about having big stars on the show. It's interesting to see stars who usually aren't "funny" doing humorous things. So, in the end I think if you keep watching SNL, it will reach another comedic peak soon.