The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Christoph Waltz is a 56-year-old Oscar-winning actor from Austria who likely could win his second Academy Award in a week. So why not have him host Saturday Night Live? Before you try to tell us no, we made it happen. Last night. Last Saturday night. They did best with an …
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 …
Saturday Night Live has posted more and more of its sketches that didn’t make it past the live dress rehearsal. Last night’s episode — hosted by Jeremy Renner — contained a whopper of a Thanksgiving sketch that included a loud, audible “Oh shit!” moment. Roll the clip! https://www.hulu.com/watch/426524 In the …
Feelings of excitement and anticipation did not accompany this weekend’s edition of Saturday Night Live — neither the inclusion of host Jeremy Renner nor musical guest Maroon 5 could induce such emotions. Something real and unexpected could, though. For the second consecutive week, SNL provoked deep, true hearty laughs out …
Anne Hathaway and Rihanna both have performed on Saturday Night Live a couple of times, so putting them together in one show should be twice the three times the charm, right? Right? To the recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/423753 But first, one more mocking of Mitt Romney — and most likely for the …
Watching a nation embrace a comedian who has been performing for 25 years is fascinating to absorb in real time. Witness the audience reaction to Louis C.K. when he steps onstage inside 30 Rock for his monologue as host of Saturday Night Live, for instance. Heck. Witness the reactions online and …
Saturday Night Live hosts who double as the musical guest often fall into one of two sub-groups: 1) Superstars asked to do comedy on live TV for the sheer novelty of it, or 2) musicians with such starpower as performers that there’s more than a hint that they may be …
