The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Craig Robinson kicked off the revived American Comedy Awards with a musical introduction of the first presenter of the night. Wonder who that might be? And here are your winners of the revived American Comedy Awards, as broadcast May 8, 2014, on NBC: Comedy Supporting Actor, TV: Bill Hader, Saturday …
Look. C’mon. I know it says Andrew Garfield was hosting Saturday Night Live, and yet, it felt like he wasn’t. Not that his name conjures up live sketch comedy anyhow, but seriously, Emma Stone sure hung around quite a bit to help him through the monologue and other sketches. Fun …
Kate McKinnon is the star of Saturday Night Live. Anna Kendrick has superstar talent. Tell me something I don’t know! Because now you know. Well, here’s something. A guy I work with at another thing got closer to Kendrick on TV and in life than I ever have, and that …
The beauty of Saturday Night Live remains right there in its title. No matter how much funnier and slicker the pre-taped sketch videos for SNL may be in any given week, and there have been more of them in the past year, too — the things that can happen or …
This wasn’t so much a sketch from last weekend’s Saturday Night Live, insomuch as it’s a re-enactment of an actual backstage encounter cast member Vanessa Bayer had with her colleagues and host Lena Dunham. So let’s set this clip up. Bayer learned a new dance move for Beyonce’s song, “Partition,” …
Look. Sometimes you’re not anywhere near home or a TV on a Saturday night, nor even Sunday night, after you’ve seen several cast members of Saturday Night Live at a comedy festival, and then it’s Monday morning and you’re about to see and hear Lena Dunham give a keynote speech …
Melissa McCarthy returned, making yet another new member to SNL’s Three-Timers Club (which isn’t a thing, but then again, is the Five-Timers Club really a thing, or just a sketch about a thing?), and since her first two turns at the hosting gig for Saturday Night Live were memorably funny, …
Third-time Saturday Night Live host Jonah Hill also celebrates becoming a second-time Academy Award nominee, so how much goodness would that manifest on this particular Saturday night? Wait. Hold that thought. In fact, hold all of your thoughts. Don’t think. It’ll be better this way. There’s still hope for you …
New cast, new host, great show and that’s far from the most I can say about how easy it is and was to ensure that Saturday Night Live got off to a good start for 2014. How did they not think of this before? Am I talking about making Drake a …
The Christmas holiday edition of Saturday Night Live usually offers something special for viewers and cast alike — from the big-time surprise celebrity cameos, to Christmas cheer, to the now-traditional post-SNL all-skate on the rink outside 30 Rock at Rockefeller Plaza. Add in a host who’s not only a cherished …
