The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Perhaps the most improbable SNL success story has run its course. News it out today that Leslie Jones has departed Saturday Night Live, and will not rejoin the cast for the 45th season on NBC which begins in September. Jones, 51, was the oldest ever comedian to join the cast …
We’re still a month away from the start of SNL’s 45th season, and already, there’s reason to get excited for Christmas. In August! That’s because Saturday Night Live already let us know that Eddie Murphy will return to host the Christmas holiday episode on Dec. 21, 2019. Murphy last appeared …
Did you know you could submit a writing packet to Saturday Night Live right this very minute? Yes, you! My friends tipped me off to this site that welcomes writing submissions for SNL until July 15, 2019. If you can meet the July 15 deadline and submit 3 to 5 …
Bill Hader truly loves Dateline NBC and its star correspondent, Keith Morrison. Hader knows years-old stories from Dateline verbatim, and says in this clip for Sunday Today, that he would walk the halls of Saturday Night Live just slipping into Morrison’s voice before the SNL writers decided why not try …
Happy Birthday to Kenan Thompson! Thompson, 41 today and the longest-tenured cast member ever on Saturday Night Live, will add a primetime sitcom to his resume. NBC has ordered The Kenan Show. He began his TV career as a teenager with Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy series, All That. Thompson joined SNL …
Adam Sandler finally returned to Saturday Night Live to host the show that made him a star in the early 1990s. Sandler joked about having to explain to his kids that he’d gotten fired from SNL in 1995. With a little help from his friends, including Chris Rock! Fans hoping …
It’s easy to forget that for its entire history, Saturday Night Live, from 1975-2019, has included films that were not, in fact, live. This great piece from SNL showcases the film unit, and what it takes to make funny short films in only a few days. Colon Blow! Happy Fun …
Kyle Mooney has worked as a cast member on Saturday Night Live for six seasons now, but he’s not getting on air nearly as much as he used to. Which makes his short video about a new cast member struggling to make it on air that much more meta, knowing …
Idris Elba hosted Saturday Night Live, and in his monologue, he fondly remembered working “down the street” from Rockefeller Center, two avenues west at 49th Street and Broadway. As the bouncer/doorman at Carolines on Broadway. Fun fact! Elba told us now in 2019: “This is really amazing. I mean, you …
John Mulaney hosted his second Saturday Night Live this weekend, and made sure it very much centered on its and his home of New York City. Straight from the monologue, which referenced specific cross streets, the sounds of the subway system, new police sirens, and a Woody Allen sighting. Mulaney’s …
