The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Jimmy Fallon announced today that he would be hosting Saturday Night Live on Dec. 17, 2011, his first time back as a host since he left the cast (although he has returned a few times in cameo roles, notably with Justin Timberlake for the Barry Gibb Talk Show sketch). What …
In 1997, while Phil Hartman was enjoying his post-SNL fame in primetime with NewsRadio, a 19-year-old aspiring comedian named Mike Scott wrote Hartman a letter and included an audio recording of his early routines. Amazingly, Scott not only received a reply, but also Hartman’s honest assessment of the recording. There’s …
On Saturday Night Live, oftentimes something will strike the cast and writers as super-funny around the office (particularly late at night Tuesday and into Wednesday morning of an SNL week), but not quite translate onscreen before the live audience. Such was the case, apparently, with Cup Boy and Plate Boy, …
SNL writer Mike O’Brien debuted a new web series today called “7 Minutes in Heaven,” which some of you kids may know as a game the teens play when they’re weird at parties and want to kiss other teens. In O’Brien’s case, he does bring his favorite people into the …
Need I say more? Take Jorma Taccone, Saturday Night Live writer and member of The Lonely Island, have him dance naked to Lady Gaga's music, then make sure Lady Gaga is watching this happen right in front of her in an SNL dressing room, while Bill Hader smiles and laughs. …
In this Saturday Night Live sketch that didn't make it past dress rehearsal this weekend, host Justin Timberlake played Mozart — but really played himself, in a sketch reminiscent of the "Immigrant Tale" sketch from episode #34.22 — as Mozart declared he was leaving music for acting. Only to …
Justin Timberlake has become an undeniably reliably strong host for Saturday Night Live, so much so that some would like to coax him into becoming a full-time member of the cast. Timberlake himself has even teased as much when answering questions from the entertainment tabloid media. But having him on …
Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg won an Emmy Award the first time they dressed up as Color Me Badd rejects for the music video, "Dick in a Box," which also (fun fact) finally convinced NBC to get onboard with the idea of promoting Saturday Night Live sketches and other videos …
This was the big weekend openings for the lady movie comedy, Bridesmaids, and I know this because every single comedian with ladyparts who I follow on Twitter couldn't stop Tweeting about it. Which is why, certainly, Kristen Wiig would be hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend! Right? Oh, wait. That's …
Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney clued us in today that a sketch he'd written with Simon Rich and Marika Sawyer got "cut for time" last weekend with host Tina Fey. But I recall being in the audience for the dress rehearsal of last season's SNL that Tina Fey hosted …
