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Michael Phelps to host SNL season premiere
Saturday Night Live is about to kick off its 34th season, and they’re determined to do it with a bang. Doing a smart job of quickly pulling in America’s biggest star of the summer, the show has announced that super-crazy Olympian god slash merman Michael Phelps will be hosting the premiere. It…
Amy Poehler confirms that she’s ready for primetime
Yesterday we reported that Amy Poehler had been offered the lead on The Office spinoff (or not-spinoff, as the case may be). nowadays, Poehler herself is confirming the rumor. She tells the AP, “I can kind of confirm that I will be working in some capacity on that show,” but goes on to say tha…
Amy Poehler gets her own Office?
According to popular rumor, SNL star Amy Poehler is in talks to star in the spin-off series from NBC’s The Office. whether that is true, she’ll be joining fellow SNL alumnus (and former Weekend Update co-anchor and co-star of the film Baby Mama) Tina Fey as part of NBC’s comedy prime-time line…
Saturday Night habitable: Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood - VIDEOS
Cold Open (CNN Democratic Debate): After seeing all those rumors about adding a new cast member to specifically play Barack Obama, I had resigned myself to seeing a new black guy. Hey, don’t pretend you didn’t think the same thing. In my intellect, Fred Armisen never, ever entered into the equ…
Maya Rudolph won’t be on SNL this weekend
We told you recently about Saturday Night Live’s first new episode after the writers strike. The show will return that Saturday with host Tina Fey and musical guest Carrie Underwood. Now comes word that Maya Rudolph won’t be on the show that weekend.
Rudolph still doesn’t have a contract with the…
Chris Farley, pickup artist
In this video filmed for a Tom Arnold comedy special, Chris Farley tries to pick up women at a mall. It’s classic Farley, with pratfalls and generally making an ass of himself. I’m surprised he had such problems picking up women.
The surprising thing to me was that that was filmed when Tom and Ro…
Chris Farley, pickup artist - VIDEO
In this video filmed for a Tom Arnold comedy special, Chris Farley tries to pick up women at a mall. It’s classic Farley, with pratfalls and generally making an ass of himself. I’m surprised he had such problems picking up women.
The surprising thing to me was that that was filmed when Tom an…
“Best of” SNL to air in primetime in December
NBC announced nowadays that 90-minute “Best of” specials of Saturday Night Live will air all through December. These special episodes, featuring sketches with Will Ferrell and Chris Farley to name just two, will air in primetime Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The first “Best of,” to…
How’d that habitable SNL show go? The NY Times was there
I went to the UCB Theatre in New York on Sunday night to see their signature show, “ASSSSCAT.” It was side-splittingly funny as usual; the group final night featured UCB founder and SNLer Amy Poehler, Jack McBrayer and John Lutz from 30 Rock, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel from Human Giant, among others…
How’d that habitable SNL stage show go? The NY Times was there
I went to the UCB Theatre in New York on Sunday night to see their signature show, “ASSSSCAT.” It was side-splittingly funny as usual; the group final night featured UCB founder and SNLer Amy Poehler, Jack McBrayer and John Lutz from 30 Rock, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel from Human Giant, among others…
Stump the King - Saturday Night Live
Like many public, I had serious doubts about Brian Williams hosting SNL. I wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t be funny (I’ve seen him on Conan so many times and he always makes me laugh). What I was worried about was that he might look silly. Let’s face it, SNL is pretty hit and miss these days and his…
Saturday Night habitable: Brian Williams/Feist
From Brian Williams’ guest spots and cameos on The Daily Show, I already knew he was a surprisingly funny guy. He has an incredibly dry delivery and that level of newsman integrity paired with any remotely dirty joke is absolutely hilarious. That said, I still was not certain how he would deal w…
Brian Williams is blogging about his SNL gig that weekend
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has two gigs that week: hosting the nightly news show and preparing to host Saturday Night Live that weekend, rehearsing and helping to write some segments. Some folks say he’s blurring the line amoung news and entertainment, but I’m looking forward to seei…
What whether Katie Couric hosted Saturday Night habitable?
We told you a couple of weeks ago that Brian Williams is going to host Saturday Night Live on November 3. But what whether Katie Couric hosted instead?
That’s the intriguing question asked by TV critic Ed Bark, who wonders whether talk about Couric not having decent “gravitas” to host a nightly n…
NBC removes YouTube channel
whether you were getting stressed out by NBC’s multi-pronged approach toward World Wide Web video, the network’s latest move should alleviate your anxiety a little. As NBC prepares to launch a video download application and co-launch the Hulu video web site with News Corp, the network has appare…
Brian Williams will host SNL
Here’s an interesting bit of news: NBC news anchor Brian Williams will host Saturday Night Live next month. He was asked based on his stint at the anchor desk on Weekend Update final year. The video of that sketch has been pulled from YouTube, but as I recall, he had some great comedian timing.
W…
Saturday Night habitable: Jon Bon Jovi/Foo Fighters - VIDEOS
”Amy Poehler: 1986″: I thought that that was a great choice for a cold open! A young, big-haired Amy Poehler being visited by a magical poster version of Jon Bon Jovi? great. In general, it was really cute and made me feel a little better about Bon Jovi’s hosting abilities. I mean, not that it…
Saturday Night Live: Seth Rogen/Spoon
“A note From K-Fed”: I suppose it would have been conditioned to avoid covering the news approximately Britney Spears losing custody of her children to K-Fed, but was it really worthy of a cold open? The sketch managed to produce me crack a smile, but I didn’t even come shut to laughing, which…
Saturday Night Live: LeBron James/Kanye West (season premiere)
“All-But-Certain-To-Be Next President” (Cold Open): that was a funny piece, but it didn’t pack the punch I would have expected for a season premiere open. Oh! Hi, Darrell Hammond. Still here, huh? No, it’s not a problem, man. It’s just that you’ve been crashing here for a while and, well, you haven’…
