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Tag: Saturday Night Live

Episode #469: Mike Drucker
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Episode #469: Mike Drucker

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 31, 2025March 31, 2025

Mike Drucker is an Emmy-nominated and WGA-winning writer and comedian living in New York. Drucker’s comedy career really began with an internship at Saturday Night Live, where …

Episode #440: Sasheer Zamata
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Episode #440: Sasheer Zamata

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023

Actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata may be most familiar to comedy fans from her four years on Saturday Night Live, but she has kept busy …

Comedy News for March 13-20, 2023
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Comedy News for March 13-20, 2023

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 21, 2023March 27, 2023

Who knows why the WWE waited until now to induct the late great comedian Andy Kaufman into their Wrestling Hall of Fame, but it’s happening …

Comedy News For Jan. 23-29, 2023
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Comedy News For Jan. 23-29, 2023

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 2, 2023February 2, 20231

The film unit that does post-production editing for Saturday Night Live formed a union in the fall, but is still operating without a contract from …

Employee of the Month (October 2022): Sarah Sherman
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Employee of the Month (October 2022): Sarah Sherman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 4, 2022December 3, 2022

Comedy doesn’t have a Human Resources department, so leave it to The Comic’s Comic to dole out honors and/or discipline accordingly. Our Employee of the Month …

Episode #400: BriTANicK
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Episode #400: BriTANicK

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher grew up near each other in Atlanta but only became a sketch comedy duo while attending NYU together. As BriTANicK, …

Episode #358: Harry Shearer
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Episode #358: Harry Shearer

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 4, 2021October 18, 2021

You’ve been hearing the wit and wisdom of Harry Shearer for the past four decades. Since 1983, Shearer has hosted and produced a weekly hourlong …

R.I.P. Anne Beatts
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R.I.P. Anne Beatts

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 8, 2021April 8, 2021

Another of the original writers for Saturday Night Live has died. Anne Beatts, who was the first woman hired to help edit The National Lampoon, …

The PIT Announces First 20 SNL Scholarship Recipients
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The PIT Announces First 20 SNL Scholarship Recipients

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 1, 2021February 1, 20211

An update from The Peoples Improv Theater! Today The PIT announced the first 20 recipients of the program’s new SNL Scholarships. Applicants will receive: 5 …

Updates on the First SNL Scholarships
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Updates on the First SNL Scholarships

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 19, 2021January 19, 20211

We’re getting our first wave of winners from the new scholarship program that Saturday Night Live has introduced in partnership with four of the biggest …

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