R.I.P. Anne Beatts
Another of the original writers for Saturday Night Live has died. Anne Beatts, who was the first...
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Tag: Saturday Night Live
The PIT Announces First 20 SNL Scholarship Recipients
An update from The Peoples Improv Theater! Today The PIT announced the first 20 recipients of the...
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Updates on the First SNL Scholarships
We’re getting our first wave of winners from the new scholarship program that Saturday Night...
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NBC’s Late-Night/SNL Cue Card Guy Making Customized Cards During Quarantine
For more than 30 years, we’ve seen Wally Feresten emerge from time to time, from just...
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Episode #301: Fred Willard
When I sat down with Fred Willard in February 2020 inside his home in Southern California, he was...
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Saturday Night Live: At Home edition
What’s Saturday Night Live if it’s not broadcasting from inside 30 Rock, and not even...
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R.I.P. Hal Willner (1956-2020)
Hal Willner, the longtime musical guru behind Saturday Night Live who also brought musicians...
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Eddie Murphy’s 2019 Saturday Night Live monologue
He’s back! After far too long, Eddie Murphy finally returned to deliver some fresh comedy...
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Late Night hosts remember Rick Ludwin
Rick Ludwin, a late-night executive at NBC for three decades who famously saved both Seinfeld and...
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Shane Gillis out at Saturday Night Live before he ever got to make his season 45 debut
Stand-up comedian Shane Gillis became the shortest-ever tenured member of Saturday Night...
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Episode #272: Julio Torres
Julio Torres described himself as a Space Prince before casting himself as a Chocolate Prince in...
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Behind the scenes of the history of Saturday Night Live’s pre-taped films
It’s easy to forget that for its entire history, Saturday Night Live, from 1975-2019, has...
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