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The Second City unearthed and uploaded a comedy first from its archives on Monday, as we can see the July 1990 debut of Chris Farley’s motivational speaker character, Matt Foley, who scares children by telling them they might end up like him, living in a van down by the river. …
Before Super Bowl XLVIII, Taran Killam and Judah Friedlander waged a public bet over the outcome to launch the new Above Average series, “You Bet Your Ass,” in conjunction with FOX Sports. Killam picked the Seahawks. Picking the Broncos meant a sad day for Friedlander as he had to pay …
Brooks Wheelan is one of “the new guys” this season on Saturday Night Live. A year ago, he could have been just another of thousands of guys hoping to break out in stand-up comedy. Quite a lot happens and happened between the then and the now of it. And over …
From Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update Twitter feed today: “A big thank you goes out to Locke&Key artist @GR_comics who drew this for us as a goodbye present for Seth.” That’s GR as in Gabriel Rodriguez. And above, that’s the colorful cast of characters who were the friends of Seth …
Melissa McCarthy returned, making yet another new member to SNL’s Three-Timers Club (which isn’t a thing, but then again, is the Five-Timers Club really a thing, or just a sketch about a thing?), and since her first two turns at the hosting gig for Saturday Night Live were memorably funny, …
Seattle Seahawks or Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII: Who’s your team? The NFL’s 48th Super Bowl title game kicks off Sunday afternoon, and Saturday Night Live‘s Taran Killam has made a public wager with 30 Rock‘s Judah Friedlander over the outcome. Killam’s siding with Seattle. Friedlander’s a Denver betting …
This picture has been making the Internet rounds again today, and since today is Thursday, let’s consider it #TBT and revisit the desk of Lorne Michaels at Saturday Night Live. This is how Michaels let his desk look for the December 2007 issue of Vanity Fair. How does it look …
Third-time Saturday Night Live host Jonah Hill also celebrates becoming a second-time Academy Award nominee, so how much goodness would that manifest on this particular Saturday night? Wait. Hold that thought. In fact, hold all of your thoughts. Don’t think. It’ll be better this way. There’s still hope for you …
Remember when Saturday Night Live‘s head writers stayed behind the camera? Lo, those were days, pre-Y2K. SNL and NBC announced today that Colin Jost, currently the show’s co-head writer, would take over the Weekend Update anchor chair held by other co-head writer Seth Meyers when Meyers departs next month for …
From the official NBC policy, regarding stand-by tickets for fans who want to attend the very live broadcast of Saturday Night Live: Stand-by tickets are distributed at 7am on the 49th st. side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza on the mornings of the show. You may choose a stand-by ticket for …
