Even in its best years (1976-1978 by some measures) and best individual shows Saturday Night Live has been patchy. This is a consequence of the pressures involved in turning around a new, topical sketch-comedy show every week. During the Dick Ebersol years in the mid-80s between Lorne Michael’s leaving and his return, SNL started to [...]
Tina Fey: My kind of bitch Cool chick who graduated Tina Fey returned to her Saturday Night Live alma mater this weekend and just had to take a turn at the anchor desk. She used her spot to make a hilarious and impassioned plea on Hillary Clinton’s behalf. Her shootdowns of the anti-Hill arguments were [...]
Britt Daniels and company were on America’s longest running trainwreck Saturday Night Live this weekend. Here they are with nifty horn accompaniment doing “The Underdog”: And again doing the awesome “Cherry Bomb” loosely and raggedly:
Maya Rudolph has changed her mind and will be re-joining the cast of Saturday Night Live this year after all. No word yet on whether “the funny” will be back after several years absence but here’s hoping!
Rudolph: Done with Lorne Michael’s reindeer games? Just less than a week before Saturday Night Live’s season premiere comes the news that Maya Rudolph is ankling the show. No word yet on whether the split between Lorne Michael’s baby and the spawn of Minnie Ripperton is amicable or whether there is Wake Up Wakefield movie [...]
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