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Date Posted: 16:25:21 02/24/06 Fri
Author: Jim Bevan
Subject: Tips for making the next episode great.

Seeing as how we're only a week away from our first new show in a month, and we're riding on the success of a fairly strong Steve Martin episode, I thought I'd set this up as a means of sharing ways that the Natalie Portman episode can be killer.

Here's some of the best advice I have to offer. First, avoid doing sketches regarding the Cheney hunting accident or Brokeback Mountain. They've been milked dry of all their humor, and to beat a dead horse would be embarassing. Secondly, let's not focus the majority of update jokes on celebrity gossip or pop-culture nonsense. That stuff is dragged to death plenty of times on the late night shows and VH1's weekly wrap-ups; they're squeezed dry of comedic value by the time Saturday arrives. Let's fill our Weekend Update with bits making fun of actual news: the Muslims are still rioting over those cartoons, David Irving got three years for Holocaust denial, the port deal is causing an uproar, ect. Really, that stuff can be handled much better than any of the latest nonsense about Jessica Simpson or nonsense like that. And third... well, that's all I can really think of now, sorry.

I hope this helps, and if anyone else has any advice feel free to share. Have a nice day.

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