The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The 2016 presidential election still hasn’t recorded a single primary or caucus vote yet, but the campaigns already have been so chock full o’ nuts that the Saturday Night Live all-stars keep getting called back in for active duty. We’ve seen Larry David as Bernie Sanders, Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton …
The Television Academy has so many categories and nominees to honor each year that it holds two separate ceremonies, naming winners this past weekend in the Creative Arts Emmy categories — which will air on FXX on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, the night before FOX televises the main 67th Primetime …
Today’s guest is Horatio Sanz, born in Chile, raised in Chicago and known by many as cast member for eight seasons on Saturday Night Live. His other credits start with The Second City troupe in Chicago – where he also was an original member of The Upright Citizens Brigade – …
The mild racism bit is going to resonate and go over well. The Israel and Palestine stuff will push a lot of buttons and get you some blowback but you know that already. And you’re really going to close with the child molester bit? Wow. That’s what I told Louis …
This week, State Farm insurance unveiled its final tribute in partnership with Saturday Night Live‘s 40th anniversary, just in time for tonight’s season finale of SNL. The Coneheads — Beldar (Dan Aykroyd), Prymaat (Jane Curtin) and daughter Connie (Laraine Newman) — re-enact a currently running State Farm commercial featuring the …
When Saturday Night Live presented a Win, Lose or Draw game show spoof that perplexed a contestant with the dilemma of drawing the Islamic prophet Muhammad, I noted simply: Topical. After all, the Muslim-haters in Texas had just incited a shooting the week before with a “Draw Muhammad” contest. What …
In primetime this past Saturday night, NBC rebroadcast the Mother’s Day episode that brought back several great female cast members to help Betty White host Saturday Night Live in 2010, and it reminded me — wow, so much has changed in just the past five years for these cast members, …
Taraji P. Henson’s breakout performance in the new FOX hit Empire means I can no longer be selfish enough to think my crush on her is special or unique, because you all have wised up to the game. That includes you, Saturday Night Live. Henson would make light of this …
A couple of months after he came back to Saturday Night Live but only to accept our applause, Eddie Murphy will get another chance to indulge our adoration with a look back at his comedy career — the Kennedy Center announced today that Murphy will receive the 2015 Mark Twain …
How long has it really been since Michael Keaton last hosted Saturday Night Live? Keaton hosted in 1982 when he first broke big with Night Shift (a year before Mr. Mom, even!), then again in 1992 when he was a two-time Batman hero, and then not again for another 23 …
