Harvard Yard has a dorm named Hurlbut

It's more of a class thing than an ethnic thing. Small consolation for the easily insulted, I know, but at least Dratch is from around here (Lexington, so she'd probably be a lot more familiar with the Burlington Mall than a lot of people).

And, yeah, a Howard thing probably would be a Bad Thing on a show infamous for never hiring more than one or two blacks, if that many, in a season. But on Chappelle's Show or Key and Peele (if they were still on)? Try to figure out why that might be.

It's

By poster
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 2:34pm

probably getting very hard for white comics to find white people to make fun of. Various flavors of townies and rednecks are all that's left.

Adam, it is humorous that you

By BigBird
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 5:23pm

Adam, it is humorous that you call someone thin skinned while writing that bitchy response.

Ha ha, you got me

By adamg
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 5:26pm

Ha ha. Bite me. I don't care.

Wow

By anon
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 8:12pm

How old are you, your maturity is oozing through the screen!

I'm young at heart

By adamg
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 9:30pm

Need a napkin?

I'm guessing you can control

By BigBird
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 9:40pm

I'm guessing you can control the amount of thumbs up you get with your admin rights.

Yes, I have my thumb on the scale

By adamg
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 9:58pm

But only for responses to stuff you post.

Because I care.

Oh heavens

By Michael
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 11:46am

These pearls have left giant indentations in my palms

Lighten up, Clarence

By Waquiot
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 6:27pm

SNL has, for decades, mocked different peoples from different places. If you knew about the history of the skit, you'd know that Burlington's Amy Poehler invented the characters at Second City.

Geez, some needs to get a sense of humor. I'm as Boston Irish as the next Sully, and I think it's awesome.

I thought I caught a reference to B(ille)rica, too.

By CopleyScott17
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 12:02pm

Might have been my imagination though.

I thought this was funny, and I loved the recent episode of The Simpsons that was set here, but would love to know what the rest of the country makes of these Boston-centric sketches.

slight correction

By Formerly-SoBo-Yuppie
Mon, 04/17/2017 - 8:45am

Boston-centric sketches.

Massachusetts-suburbia-centric sketches.

There are very few people in Boston that act/talk like that now.

Go Senators!

Sens suck

By Waquiot
Mon, 04/17/2017 - 6:24pm

They play out on farmland on the edge of the Ottawa metro area. They exist so the Maple Leaf, Canadien, and yes Bruin fans can watch NHL hockey without having to travel far.

And yes, I have been to Canadian Tire Centre to see a game.

"Sens suck" - right. they

By Formerly-SoBo-Yuppie
Tue, 04/18/2017 - 7:21am

"Sens suck" - right. they just took a 2-1 lead on the Bruins.

"They play out on farmland..." - so they have something in common with Bruins fans since many bruins fans are from cow hampshire.

Go Sens!! Oh, and the Bulls! Funny how the celtics had the #1 seed and lost in game 1 AT HOME!!!

time for the bruins and celtics to call up Brady for advice on cheating.

Quick quiz

By Waquiot
Tue, 04/18/2017 - 2:21pm

When's the last time the Sens won the Stanley Cup?

Or played in the Cup final?

Or the conference final?

Yeah, the Sens suck. That they're beating the Bruins doesn't change this.

But what do I know? I'm an Avalanche fan.

Walk a mile...

By Eighthman
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 1:50pm

north on Mass Ave, turn at Changsho, and you'll reach Hurlbut St.

The Hurlbuts?

By Ward8Mahatma
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 2:34pm

Didn't they hale from Belchertown?

No

By SamWack
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 3:02pm

No, I think they were from out Athol way.

The Hurlbut of Hurlbut Hall...

By Michael Kerpan
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 3:21pm

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/4/18/from-t...

Actually...

By Michael Kerpan
Sun, 04/16/2017 - 9:35pm

... if you CANn see Stoughton and Hollis, you CAN'T possibly see Hurlbut.

http://map.harvard.edu/

Stoughton and Hollis are in the "Old Yard" (underneath the Science Center on the map). Hurlbut is outside Harvard Yard proper -- to the right of Barker Center on the map (around the intersection of Harvard and Prescott streets)

One of the weaker sketches in this series

By anon
Mon, 04/17/2017 - 1:22am

But funny to see Jimmy and Rachel back together. And seeing Kate McKinnon breaking, or close to it. Funny.