The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Every time Charles Barkley hosts Saturday Night Live, an angel gets his wings. No. That’s not right. Every time Barkley hosts SNL, NBC programs a big football game on Saturday that inevitably goes late, thereby ruining East Coast DVRs of viewers who spend their Saturday nights out on the town. …
It’s December 2011, and just like Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live had predicted many years ago, Fallon is back as the host. Fallon has returned a couple of times previously in cameos to join Justin Timberlake in the Barry Gibb Talk Show sketches, but this is different. For one …
Remember that one time Katy Perry was the musical guest on SNL, but also showed up in a sketch wearing a cleavage-bearing Elmo shirt and jumped up and down? You remember that, don’t you? Want me to wait here while you Google “Katy Perry Elmo gif” and do what you …
Did you know Steve Buscemi was funny? If you’ve watched an Adam Sandler movie any time in the past decade or more, then probably. Or perhaps you just thought his portrayals of mobsters and old-timey gangsters in The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire were funny ha-ha in addition to funny weird. …
Jason Segel has brought the Muppets back into our pop culture discussion with the new movie he wrote for them that premieres this Thanksgiving, and he seems like a nice enough guy in his own TV and film performances. But is he the kind of guy who shines in live …
Who knows why Saturday Night Live was so quick to bring Emma Stone back for a second round of hosting duties, when the young actress had nothing to plug and didn’t exactly tear the roof off the place last fall. Hmmm. Must be trying to connect with the kids. Let’s …
Four new Saturday Night Lives in four weeks! Will this be an early burnout for the cast and crew? Will they find their momentum? Will this be love? All of these answers and more, revealed in this recap! https://www.hulu.com/watch/289400/saturday-night-live-cold-opening-bloomberg—occupy-wall-street We open cold with Fred Armisen portraying New York City Mayor …
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 …
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 …
