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It’s Official: ‘Sesame Street’ Rules the Internet
Move Over Betty White, ScarJo, Anne Hathaway, and any other Hollywood starlet, young or old, who had her sights set on hosting SNL. Get in line behind the chocolate chip chomper, the macadamia...
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Is it Wrong to Want More Paul Rudd Than Paul McCartney? Also, a Look Back at...
Okay, let’s get this thing going right away. Here are the highlights from this weekend’s SNL hosted by Paul Rudd: And that’s it for the highlights. That is unless you’ve never seen Paul McCartney...
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Danza Moment of the Week: Boxer-Actor or Actor-Boxer? Toe-to-Face with...
Our old pal Eliot Glazer recently alerted us to the virtual treasure trove of classic Saturday Night Live episodes that can now be found on Netflix Instant Watch. In fact, they’ve made available...
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Sudeikis Week: JSuds Goes to the NW
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have created a terrific little sketch comedy show with Portlandia. The IFC show (executive produced by Lorne Michaels, because the only way an SNL cast member is...
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Gratuitious Search Term Bait of the Day: Ladies Night
Over on the wonderful Splitsider it’s “Women in Comedy Week,” so perhaps that’s why today we had the search term “best female cast members in snl history.” If that’s the case, we welcome those...
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Kieran’s Korner: Another Look at ‘SNL,’ Dana Carvey and “The Best Cast Ever”
Even before we finished our analysis of last weekend’s Dana Carvey hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ we had no doubt that this particular episode, this particular crossroads, required additional insight....
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Lindsay Lohan on ‘SNL’: Sobering Saturday
Four days have passed since Lindsay Lohan returned to host Saturday Night Live, and the benefit of time does nothing to portray her performance in any more of a positive light. Yes, in spite of her...
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Gratuitous Search Term Bait of the Day: Not Lorne Michaels
Today some of you ended up here by searching for the term “lorne michaels,” and it’s no surprise that query directed you to this blog, as rarely an SNL post goes by without a mention the father of the...
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Deja View: Why Seth Meyers Would be the Wrong Choice as ‘Late Night’ Heir
The plot keeps thickening with the NBC late night situation, and it continued today with the buzz that Lorne Michaels would like to anoint current “Weekend Update” anchor Seth Meyers as successor to...
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A Jumped the Snark Shorty: Dave, Lindsay & Alec
Yesterday we talked about how greatly Dave Letterman is revered, how, despite Leno winning the ratings battle, Letterman has clearly won the Late Night war. Part of his appeal, admittedly, has been...
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An Earlier ‘Late Night’
Q: When is a sitdown a standup? A: When Seth Meyers premieres as host of Late Night and takes his act out from behind the “Weekend Update” desk and moves it to center stage. It was a much less of …...
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