The Definitive Guide to Comedy
What’s Saturday Night Live if it’s not broadcasting from inside 30 Rock, and not even live TV? We found out this Saturday of Passover/Easter weekend. The resulting product of having SNL’s cast and crew working remotely revealed that stars are just like us when left to their own electronic devices. …
Norm Macdonald is as straight a shooter of one-liners and longer punchline-laden jokes as there has ever been in stand-up comedy. It made his tenure as Weekend Update anchor stand out so much he was the only one fired from his Saturday Night Live gig midseason. It has made his …
NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
Even before its world premiere this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, Kevin Pollak’s TV misery (spoiler alert!) can be pushed aside for joy and gratitude as his new stand-up comedy documentary, Misery Loves Comedy, has been picked up for North American distribution by Tribeca Film. “Misery Loves Comedy is …
TV networks may still use Nielsen ratings as their primary measuring stick for how successful their programs in gaining viewers and selling advertisements. But Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is on HBO, where such ratings are even less reliable and relevant than they are for the broadcast networks. So …
Adam Scott unveiled the billboard today for the fourth and final edition of his 1980s TV tribute series, “The Greatest Event in Television History,” which will air this Thursday night, Jan. 23, 2014, on Adult Swim. If the photo of Scott with Paul Rudd doesn’t jog your memory, that’s a …
Steve Martin has hosted the Academy Awards three times, but never won an Oscar until this weekend, when the Academy awarded him with one of its honorary Governors Awards. Tom Hanks and Martin Short helped introduce Martin at the star-studded banquet. Here is Martin’s heartfelt acceptance speech. Roll it! Martin …
Justin Timberlake made his fifth turn as host of Saturday Night Live in high style, as so many previous old cast members and hosts welcomed him into the show’s fake-yet-real “Five-Timers Club.” Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short (yes, The Three Amigos!), plus Alec Baldwin, Tom …
Saturday Night Live hosts who double as the musical guest often fall into one of two sub-groups: 1) Superstars asked to do comedy on live TV for the sheer novelty of it, or 2) musicians with such starpower as performers that there’s more than a hint that they may be …
After the previous week’s Lindsay Lohan Zombie Apocalypse Experience, some armchair critics speculated that the SNL writing staff held back on their good ideas for this weekend’s episode with Jonah Hill. Well. Let’s see how that theory played out… https://www.hulu.com/watch/338493/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-rush-limbaugh We open cold not with Mitt Romney (hooray!!!) but with …
