Amen Brother
While reading about Demitri Martin in New York Business' Top 40 Under 40...
The Renaissance man [...] won't sell himself to just any bidder. Mr. Martin turned down an invitation to audition for Saturday Night Live because, he says, the show "is no longer funny." Source
The thing that really bothers me about Saturday Night Live is that the actors can't stop laughing at themselves during the skits. What makes it worse though is that no one else is laughing (audience, me, Dee) because the skits just aren't funny. </end mini rant>
I blame most of Saturday Night Live's downfall on Jimmy Fallon, since the laughing seemed to have started with him (or at least he does it the most). Fametracker knocked Jimmy the best most subtle way when auditing the liabilities of Adam Sandler's career:
Since Jimmy Fallon has aped his career move for move, he is partly to blame for Jimmy Fallon's career
Oh, one last thing, Demitri Martin is dang funny, I highly recommend his stand-up comedy.