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[BoldonLad]

Immediately made me think of this:



Her caricatures were pretty vicious.

Mocking someone’s appearance, mannerisms etc is not my sense of humour, generally. But, I suppose, if the person being mocked is generally up for “dishing it out”, I can have a laugh at it.

 

[matticus]

It's weird how feted Saturday Night Live is.
I sometimes watch it for the music bits but the sketches are usually pretty weak and often too long so I fast forward through them.

I've seen quite a few americans say the same thing! (I've never watched a whole one, so can't fully comment.)

 

[Pblakeney]

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I've seen quite a few americans say the same thing! (I've never watched a whole one, so can't fully comment.)

Yeah, it's vastly over rated. Mostly in-jokes enjoyed by the participants and their peers.

 

[AndyRM]

Like a lot of American comedy, well past it's sell by date.

 

[Pblakeney]

Like a lot of American comedy, well past it's sell by date.

I watched it in the late 80s/early 90s. It was past its sell by date then. 😂

 

[Beebo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wd8x80xgno

Here’s the BBCs take on it.
The conclusion seems to be that it was a poorly executed joke about fluoride, but young people are more sensitive to this now.

And the US has a fascination with UK teeth.

 

[AuroraSaab]

They certainly do. The Simpson's 'The Big Book of British Smiles' stands out in my memory. They use it to scare Ralph into going to the dentist.

 

[matticus]

That just confirms that the Simpsons is funnier than SNL!

 

[AuroraSaab]

It has spawned a lot of funny performers over the years but I think it's status doesn't match up to the quality. Having seen Jack Black in Minecraft I can only say they must have had the autotune up to 11 in the movie because on SNL last week he was awful, really bad.

I did find this sketch pretty funny.


View: https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?si=EGC6_NxHx2okNyt-

 

[Rusty Nails]

They certainly do. The Simpson's 'The Big Book of British Smiles' stands out in my memory. They use it to scare Ralph into going to the dentist.

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I’ve done a few road trips in the US but rarely gone to cities. Once you get to more remote places in Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas you see teeth as bad as anything you’ll see in this country.

 

[AuroraSaab]

I agree. The perfect teeth thing is a privilege of the well off and really just a film and tv convention. Whenever I've been there it's obvious that ordinary Americans have various levels of teeth appearance, just like us. They were quite a few years ahead of us with cosmetic dentistry for the masses but it's still the preserve of the comfortably off. As it is here I suppose or 'Turkey teeth' wouldn't even be a thing.

 

[Ian H]

George Washington's teeth.

Throughout his life Washington employed numerous full and partial dentures that were constructed of materials including human, and probably cow and horse teeth, ivory (possibly elephant), lead-tin alloy, copper alloy (possibly brass), and silver alloy.
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/health/washingtons-teeth