SNL Loses Some Weight

Bad news for you Horatio Sanz fans out there.....both of you.  Looks like Sanz, Chris Parnell and Finesse Mitchell will not be returning to Saturday Night Live this year.  I know what you are thinking:  Why would Sanz leave now.....why not 5 years ago?  He's been dead weight on SNL for a while now.  The skits where he is featured, like "I'm Carol", were torturous.  Getting him through a skit without having him laughing was a chore.  However, I will miss his Aaron Neville impression, which was quite good.  Although I doubt that Lorne Michaels will lose sleep over that one.

As far as the others, there's not much to say, other than SNL is getting a tranfusion.  With the emergence of Andy Sandburg, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig, it seems as if they are going in a new (read: younger) direction.  Neither Mitchell nor Parnell did anything that could not be done by someone else anyway.  Yeah, Parnell did great in the "Lazy Sunday" sketch last season but that was written by Sandburg anyway.  Parnell used to do well as TV game show hosts, but again, thats not exactly going to separate you from the rest of the pack. 

With Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch leaving SNL to work on "30 Rock", SNL was looking a little too manly.  So maybe dropping these three was a way to hide how few women are on the show. 

For the first time in 8 years, SNL will be Horatio-free.  My wish has been granted.  Now, if they could just get Amy Pohler off of the Weekend Update desk.