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Progress? Boston media cliche has gone from blood-thirsty mobsters to vanilla-nut-tapping construction guys

By adamg on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 2:47pm


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By StillFromDorchester on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 3:00pm.

But they definitely have some lazy writers.

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By East Boston resident on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 5:11pm.

These kind of Boston accent skits are getting tired and old now,

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By anon on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 9:12pm.

Which is why this never gets old

https://youtu.be/rLwbzGyC6t4

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By fungwah on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 10:12pm.
  1. Think of one joke
  2. Tell variations on that joke for the entire sketch
  3. Continue the sketch for about 3 minutes longer than it needs to be
  4. If it gets a good reaction, put a variation of it every episode after that until everybody hates it
  5. If you can't think of an actual punchline, throw in a random celebrity cameo and have that be the joke instead.
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By Scratchie on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 12:18am.

Not too lowbrow for me, no sir.

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By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 3:11pm.

Their Your Cousin from Boston campaign is the gold standard for how (greater) Bostonians are depicted in media.

Bud, Miller, and Coors forgot how to make beer commercials funny. Sam reminded them.

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By SamWack on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 4:15pm.

Was this before or after they forgot how to make beer?

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By anon on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 4:42pm.

In the first place?

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By Will LaTulippe on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 6:59pm.

“Yes, they did.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Co_Ph6zvPNY

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By Marco on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 3:50pm.

is Bill Burr probably hasn't set foot in MA in like a decade at least.

You'll notice all the big movie/tv/music/comedy stars from MA have done nothing over the past 20 or so years to save venues, rehearsal spaces, clubs or do anything else to support the dying scene that propelled them all to stardom and their millions of dollars. They all live in LA now and could give a shit except to draw from that endless well of cliche for their SNL appearances.
Good times....

You'd think in writing the sketch he would have corrected someone there about Sam Adams being brewed in Boston. Its all brewed in PA and OH.

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By anon on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 4:09pm.

Ah, yet again, everything that's in Boston is someone else's fault and someone else's responsibility to fix.

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By BPlusPlayer on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 7:01pm.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/05/18/bill-burr-sets-re...

https://www.travisroyfoundation.org/laughing-with-your-buddies-2019-bill...

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By fungwah on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 10:07pm.

If you're in Boston and drinking a brand new variety, there's a pretty decent chance it was actually brewed in Boston.

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By Section77 on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 5:45pm.

Having Mikey Day reprise the role from the earlier one clearly shows they are aware of the similarities and that is a nod to it. Honestly, what's the problem here again?

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By fungwah on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 10:05pm.

It's pretty clearly supposed to be a sequel of sorts to the earlier sketch.

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By anonnnn on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 5:59pm.

Have these people heard of punching up vs. punching down? This is arguably not very clever, but it's poking fun at white locally born union types -- a group here with a lot of power. It's hardly oppressive or anything.

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By adamg on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 9:24pm.

Mystic!

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By Tim Mc. on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 10:22am.

Where did anyone claim this was oppressive?

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By Don't Panic on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 1:20am.

Reese's Puff? What are you retahded? Go get some Stop & Shop cornflakes in the welfare bin.

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By anon on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 1:58pm.

Ah, yet again the Saturday Night Live perspective cuts like a knife?

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