The Definitive Guide to Comedy
“The rest of it — the actual audition — is a blur. And that’s a good sign. Because the best things in your life, I think, you don’t have a memory of because it goes by so quickly.” — So says Fred Armisen, about his Saturday Night Live audition, 11 …
If the atmosphere at the New Faces Characters showcase at Montreal’s Just For Laughs feels a bit more heightened than in years past, it’s likely because the opportunities for actors and actresses to break out in sketch comedy roles is that much obvious to both the performers and the industry. With …
From my friends at Slacktory, here’s a new supercut of old Saturday Night Live sketches in which one or more of the actors break character, live on TV, on Saturday night! About two dozen scenes represented here. It’s 4:20 somewhere. It’s 4 minutes and 20 seconds right here, right now, …
We thought we knew Jason Sudeikis had performed for his last time as a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live back in May. But we couldn’t tell you for sure, positively, definitively, 100 percent certainly until last night — because that’s when Sudeikis finally announced he had left SNL …
The Emmys love Louis C.K. Louis C.K. this year earned more Emmy nominations for an individual in a single year than anyone before him with nine — covering his FX series (Louie), his HBO special (Oh My God) and his hosting stint on SNL — and honoring him as an actor, …
After four years away from the spotlight, Jack Handey is back, and for the first time ever, he has formed his “Deep Thoughts” into enough sentences and paragraphs of a running fictional narrative to complete a novel. Jack Handey’s “The Stench of Honolulu” comes out in book form on July …
Here’s one more treat from the season of Saturday Night Live that just ended, complete with one bonus look from recently departed cast member Bill Hader. Hader weighs in on a sketch, “Song For Daddy,” cut after dress rehearsal from the week that Justin Bieber hosted and performed as musical …
If Betty White’s hosting gig on Saturday Night Live seems too distant of a memory for you already, then just wait another couple of weeks. Hot in Cleveland returns for the second half of its fourth season on TV Land with a special LIVE episode on Wednesday, June 19. Live episodes …
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taconne were childhood friends in Berkeley, Calif., who went off to separate colleges before reuniting and forming The Lonely Island. Their short film collaborations led them to Saturday Night Live, feature films, sitcoms and two hit albums of their comedy hip-hop songs — “Incredibad” …
As the thirty-eighth season of Saturday Night Live comes to a close, it’s time to say goodbye to longtime cast members Fred Armisen and Bill Hader, quite possibly a fond farewell to one or two others, and to reflect upon the season just passed. What sticks with me, what sticks …
