This would be one of Saturday Night Live's all-time great sketches, but they blew it by 1) noting that Maine's sense of justice is "unique" in the intro, and then 2) later in the sketch wondering how it all could have happened ("space/time continuum"?) . Acknowledging they're aware of the weirdness of the situation ruins the joke; playing it straight would've stuck the landing perfectly. Who the fuck did not see this when they were making it? Grrr.
No comments:
Post a Comment