http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0644,sklar,74893,15.html
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"SNL has writers, sets, cameramen, lighting, makeup, wigs?and really good actors," [Veteran SNL writer-performer Al Franken] says. "There's definitely a place to do the kinds of things that you can't do anywhere else. It's up to the writers to adjust to the realities of the other things, and do the kinds of things that only SNL can do."
...Where they [Daily Show, Colbert] do have a noticeable edge, however, is on the Web. Although their audience may have a fraction of the numbers, when it's time to pass around YouTube clips the kids from Comedy Central are way out front. "GE/NBC's gotta be willing to put up with a little more copyright violation to get a better Web presence," says Alex Pareene, editor of the popular political website Wonkette. "I get sent at least one Daily Show and Colbert clip every day that some random guy uploaded to YouTube, but I never hear about it if SNL had something I could use in a post.
A provocative, and at times sentimental article, analyzing/lamenting/celebrating a show that influenced most all of us, whether or not we hate what it has become today...