The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The return of a longtime favorite cast member as host of Saturday Night Live almost certainly calls for a trip down memory lane of that actor or actresses most popular recurring characters from SNLs past. Kristen Wiig’s first-time hosting SNL, one year removed from her “graduation,” did not depart from …
Zach Galifianakis is back for his third time as Saturday Night Live host in as many years. Or in as many movie installments of The Hangover. That’s something. A vote of confidence in stand-up comedians joining live sketch comedy. Or merely a reflection of the inevitability of movie-making and big …
Is Vince Vaughn still money to you? How you answer that question will sway how you felt about this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which featured Vaughn as host for his first time back to the studio since Swingers was his main credit. If, for you, Swingers remains his …
In only her second time hosting Saturday Night Live, Melissa McCarthy already has established herself as one of the elites. It’s only a matter of time: Give it a few years, and she’ll be joining the “five-timers club,” too. The differences are both subtle — delivering lines with confidence, and …
Justin Timberlake made his fifth turn as host of Saturday Night Live in high style, as so many previous old cast members and hosts welcomed him into the show’s fake-yet-real “Five-Timers Club.” Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short (yes, The Three Amigos!), plus Alec Baldwin, Tom …
Kevin Hart is the biggest little man standing in stand-up comedy right now, so what happens when you have him host Saturday Night Live? Let’s find out together, in the recap! For bonus points, sync up this recap with Mike Birbiglia’s live-Tweet play-by-play of SNL via @birbigs. One of these …
I’m using hi-def recording equipment to replace all of the screams from this week’s Saturday Night Live so I can figure out what the comedians were saying to host and musical guest Justin Bieber, as well as why Whoopi Goldberg was there. Once understood, then we can recap this and …
Um, what now? We’re on a recent run with musical guests thinking they’re full-on hosts of Saturday Night Live. Wasn’t giving the singers one cameo in a sketch enough of a comedic boost? Now everybody’s got to be Justin Timberlake up in this here 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Well. Adam Levine. …
After a few weeks off for Christmas and New Year’s, the kids at Saturday Night Live returned to their weekly comedy school inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza. And just in time? The pop-culture zeitgeist bestowed us all with so many lies and tragicomedy this past week. So. Many. Lies. How do …
As more and more attention paid to SNL and every nook and cranny of it, we’ve learned more this year about contracted writers brought in for a couple of weeks at a time — guesting, or is it a tryout for a full-time gig? either way, it’s a gig. many …
