The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Saturday Night Live begins its 34th season on Sept. 13, 2008, with the first of four consecutive new episodes, and seven new episodes in the first eight weeks. That said, it’s an NBC program. NBC has earned ratings gold this month with almost non-stop coverage of swimming golden boy Michael …
That’s a question certain to generate some buzz, suspense, alarm and excitement this summer. Really, though, Amy Poehler has played such a large role in the success of the current cast of Saturday Night Live, and her impending departure creates a void…and who will fill it? Who could replace Poehler? …
A few weeks ago, the NBC broadcast television network did a remarkable thing to honor the recently deceased and legendary comedian George Carlin: NBC rebroadcast the inaugural episode of Saturday Night Live that Carlin hosted on Oct. 11, 1975, without bells or whistles or any sort of re-editing. In fact, …
Charlyne Yi has had small roles in Knocked Up, Semi-Pro, Miss-Guided and 30 Rock, and now Yi has her sights set on another show based at 30 Rock: Saturday Night Live. She uploaded an audition tape on YouTube today and wants your help. I truly enjoyed her "original character." As …
This Saturday night offers us all a special look-back to a very special night, as NBC announced it would rebroadcast the very first episode of Saturday Night Live to honor the late George Carlin, who served as the show’s debut host in 1975 and performed three — three! — monologues. …
Can you think of another SNL character that’s gotten so much advertising exposure over the past 30 years? The New York Times reports that MasterCard has tapped clay creation Mr. Bill to star in its latest iteration of its long-running "Priceless" campaign, starting on Monday. Mr. Bill debuted on SNL …
Saturday Night Live may have wrapped up its season almost two weeks ago, but cast member Fred Armisen still has some backstage dish to share from the season finale on his NBC blog. He offers that having Steve Carell host meant seeing more than a few of Carell’s co-workers from …
Fresh off her first springtime stint on Saturday Night Live, newest cast member Casey Wilson has started blogging for Funny or Die. Her blog’s initial offerings include her pitches deemed too edgy for SNL and her attempt to answer the creepy crawling masses on the Internets. Thanks, Casey!
Hey, know how that presidential campaign between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nod is so fierce? Hey, know how those NBA Playoffs commercials splitting face time and voice time for competing players looks and sounds so neat? Wouldn’t it be nice if someone had the idea to …
The season finale closed the door on another edition of Saturday Night Live without any big cast announcements and the biggest surprise giving the Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, not one but two segments during the show. Almost as surprising? Opening the show with a sketch revolving around a …