Really, I think the length is a strength of the show. Individual sketches often go on way too long (and from the start they have said how much harder it was do tightly edit live shows, vs the gold standard of Python), but the long form of the show has always allowed them to take chances with less safe material in the last half hour (not that these always work).
Organizations across all sectors are learning things from the shut down that will likely change the way they do business when things get back to “normal”. In my own job I think we are going to be doing a lot more remote sessions even after we move back to the hospital. SNL can keep its “L” by maintaining 3 or 4 live tent poles for a 90 minute show that also has 5-9 pre-recorded elements (as many as 9 because I think with more pre-recorded elements some would be shorter and more tightly edited). On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 2:58 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 8:47 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> That's also why it's 90 minutes in length -- that's how long "The Tonight >> Show" was in 1975. >> >> > Still about 60 minutes too long. And it is 2020 :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDgpVE6oXCxL61kwZsejE44eVzFBYMZkq%3DbvqBYDv%3D1-A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDgpVE6oXCxL61kwZsejE44eVzFBYMZkq%3DbvqBYDv%3D1-A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJC9k%2BJyXqf%3DdqKhF9NuFVibf0P%2B%2BKcbDAg%2B4MO4iT7gg%40mail.gmail.com.
