The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Robert Elliott’s father worked insurance, his mother in antique refinishing. Born on March 26, 1923, and living in the Boston suburbs during the Great Depression, could Fred and Gail Elliott ever have imagined that their son Bob would grow up to become half of a legendary comedy radio duo, then father …
You’ll hear a lot in the trades and the trade winds from now through pilot season, which starts in earnest in January, all the way up to the cable Upfronts in the spring and the broadcast network Upfronts in May — when TV programmers present their new and returning lineups …
It’s the first full week of 2013, and so, too, the last real opportunity to look back on 2012 without feeling like it’s “too soon” or instant nostalgia or living in the past. Instead, when examining what videos, posts and articles on The Comic’s Comic you clicked on most, it’s …
Do you remember where you were when Kristen Wiig first appeared on Saturday Night Live as just one of a couple of a-holes, and then all of a sudden she was dominating seasons with her recurring characters, and then, just like that, seven years have passed and it’s time for …
Remember when Peyton Manning hosted several years ago and proved to be more than adequate for an athlete on Saturday Night Live — of course, he also was the amusing spokesman for several TV advertising campaigns at the time, too. So now, here comes his younger brother, Eli Manning, who has …
Nobody knows why this happened. Nobody knows how this happened. But this happened. Nasim Pedrad, Vanessa Bayer and Abby Elliott — who portray three of the Kardashian Klan on Saturday Night Live — somehow found themselves dressed in character posing for a photo with the Kardashian Klan. Something tells me …
The most remarkable thing about this week’s Saturday Night Live, with Josh Brolin returning to host, was how unremarkable the sketches were. I mean. Trust me. I’ve got remarks. You’ve got remarks. But if there’s anything to say about SNL in mid-April 2012, it’s this: You know that feeling seniors …
After the previous week’s Lindsay Lohan Zombie Apocalypse Experience, some armchair critics speculated that the SNL writing staff held back on their good ideas for this weekend’s episode with Jonah Hill. Well. Let’s see how that theory played out… https://www.hulu.com/watch/338493/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-rush-limbaugh We open cold not with Mitt Romney (hooray!!!) but with …
The New Girl was in town this weekend. Who’s ready to get adorkable? But how adorkable is too much? Let’s find out, with the Saturday Night Live recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/328537/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-mitt-romney-primaries Another week, another cold open featuring more work for Jason Sudeikis. So many Romney cold opens, but I don’t think it’s as …
Saturday Night Live returned from a mid-winter break minus one writer (interesting?!) and also without featured player Paul Brittain (what now?), who left the cast to pursue other opportunities. Someone please make sure the editing booth knew to adjust the opening credits, and someone else hold Don Pardo’s hand to …
