Episode #440: Sasheer Zamata
by 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 …
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Comedy News for March 13-20, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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 off-camera to on camera, as the longtime cue card …