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Cut for time? Perhaps. Because this parody of the very real apologies and apology video by Netflix’s Reed Hastings (Jason Sudeikis) and Qwikster’s Andy Rendich (Fred Armisen) is funny and even includes an appearance by a famous spokesman duo from the 1980s (played by Bobby Moynihan and Taran Killam). Thank …
We’re back with another new episode of Saturday Night Live, and host Melissa McCarthy is sure to delight. How do I know this? Because I’m typing this on Monday morning, so I’ve already watched the show. Also, because McCarthy’s scene-stealing performance in Bridesmaids and her Emmy win weren’t flukes. Girl …
Dane Cook is among several comedians who have scored pilots and/or development deals with broadcast networks in recent months. Cook, who broke ranks with manager Barry Katz and New Wave a year ago, hasn’t decided what his potential sitcom will be just yet, but he did have a few words …
I had a tough time wanting to do much of anything on Thursday after the 2011 Boston Red Sox completed a massive September collapse by blowing a ninth-inning lead with two outs and two strikes on the Orioles, while at the same exact time, the Tampa Bay Rays came back …
A new season of SNL also brings other comedians out of the woodwork to say, “Hey, I did that comedy sketch first!” When it’s an absurd topic, you might have a case to make. When it’s the idea that a dying soldier would have terrible choices for his last request …
New season, same ol’ cast. No. Really. And that’s the big news as Saturday Night Live opened its 37th season with the same exact cast from season 36 — and that hasn’t happened since I worked in newspapers. Nobody left. Nobody got fired. And nobody got hired, either. That’s despite …
Plenty of interesting moments out of last night’s “Long Days Journey into Late-Night” panel at the 2011 New York Television Festival, but I wanted to single out just one for now. Moderator Jason Sudeikis went through a typical week’s schedule for Saturday Night Live, which just reconvened the full cast …
Dana Carvey came back to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night, and Carvey and Fallon had fun talking about impersonations and exchanging back and forths and back and forths and you know whats. You know what? Just watch these clips. Here is the first part of Carvey and …
Living in New York City, it’s difficult to get through a September 11 without thinking about what happened that day in 2001, and yet I hadn’t planned on mentioning it here. Then I saw that two-hour documentary on CBS, 9/11: Ten Years Later, which saw two brothers filming the FDNY’s …
First came Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream, then came Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night Snack, so what next for Ben & Jerry’s? How about a scoop of Schweddy Balls? It’s true. Ben & Jerry’s announced the launch of the new flavor, named in honor of a classic Saturday Night Live sketch starring Ana …
