Want tickets for Weekend Update Thursdays? A how-to tip!
by So you know that Saturday Night Live is going live in primetime for the next few Thursdays (Oct. 9, Oct. 16, Oct. 23) before Election …
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Penelope: Princess of Pets, the finale?
The final three episodes of web series, Penelope: Princess of Pets, finally went online at Super Deluxe this morning. Will Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal …
Ann Curry, stand-up comedian? Tease!
On today’s edition of The Today Show on the NBC television network, co-anchor Ann Curry showed us all what it’d look like if she tried …
The history of politics on SNL
Saturday Night Live creator/executive producer/guru Lorne Michaels and a panel including longtime politically-minded SNL writer James Downey, current head writer Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler …
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Preview: Chocolate News with David Alan Grier
If you had thought that Comedy Central’s new Chocolate News would be a black version of The Daily Show, then this trailer should disabuse you …
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Steve White wins 2008 SF Comedy Competition
Steve White won the 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition, which ended Saturday night. White returned to stand-up after several years of acting. Here are the …
SNL #34.4 with Anne Hathaway, The Killers
With four consecutive live shows to begin the fall season in 2008, you might have expected this week’s Saturday Night Live to slip a little …
Comedy on TV this weekend
Sure, most everyone is talking politics and Wall Street, but the news also makes it a great time for comedy, and there’s plenty of new …
The 2008 NYC Underground Comedy Festival
The 2008 edition of New York City’s Underground Comedy Festival begins tonight and continues through Oct. 12 in several venues around Manhattan. Highlights on Sunday …
Dan Aykroyd and the search for Crystal Head Vodka, or the craziest lead-in for Ghostbusters 3?
This may or may not be the craziest commercial product tie-in to this year’s Indiana Jones movie, or it may be the shrewdest way to …