Were the originals better or am I just getting old?

) March 8th, 2015

The answer, of course, is both, but I’ll elaborate anyway:

I saw three things on TV last month that were supposed to be funny but just made me sad:
(1) the pilot for the Odd Couple remake
(2) Melissa McCarthy doing a Chris Farley character on the SNL 40th anniversary special.
(3) Emma Stone doing a Gilda Radner character on the SNL special.

None of the contemporary actors/comedians involved in these new versions lack talent, but somehow they all seemed so feeble compared to their predecessors. Or is it just me?

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No, it is like cover songs. Very, very few meet up to the standards set by the original.

rojo (24179

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I tried a Tootsie Roll the other day. It tasted like soap.

gailcalled (54647

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It’s not you—the originals were definitely funnier. Of course, TV humor has changed a lot since all three of these things were originally done, but that doesn’t explain how truly awful The Odd Couple remake was.

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