If there is one thing that this weekend's episode of SNL reminded us of, it is that January Jones has one of the best faces in the game right now. Great face! Excellent, excellent face. Unfortunately, she might have... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: JANUARY JOHNOES!»
Posted on November 16, 2009 in Sitcoms
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Tags: Black Eyed Peas | January Jones | Saturday Night Live
Man, Taylor Swift is such a robot, huh? She has a serious case of animatronic-face, and the "normal" switch has been set to "dead eyes" and snapped clean off. I mean, to be fair, she is a tiny, baby... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: BAD TAYLOR SWIFT, GOOD TWILIGHT PARODY»
Posted on November 9, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Frankensteins | Saturday Night Live | Taylor Swift | Twilight
Gerard Butler is kind of a weird celebrity. I mean, I know why he is famous: he is famous because he is in Hollywood movies. But the biggest thing that he's made so far was 300, and that was three... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: WHAT UP WITH THAT?»
Posted on October 19, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Gerard Butler | James Franco | Saturday Night Live
An upcoming episode of SNL will be sponsored entirely by Anheuser-Busch to promote its new line of awful beer: Bud Light Golden Wheat. That major network TV show owned in part by the military-contractor General Electric has totally given in... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SELLS OUT BUD LIGHT»
Posted on October 16, 2009 in Free Advertising
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Tags: Beer | Saturday Night Live
There were definitely a few questions raised by this week's episode. Like, Regina Spektor? That's one of the questions. And also, who did Charlene Yi fuck over on the writing staff that they had to throw her under the... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND THE SKETCH THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SEE!»
Posted on October 12, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Barack Obama | Charlyne Yi | Drew Barrymore | James Carville | Saturday Night Live | Will Forte
Watching Saturday Night Live on the West Coast is ridiculous. It's like watching THE PAST. Is everything like that out here? Living your life three hours behind THE ACTUAL WORLD. Just kidding, I know that time is a relative human... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: MADONNA BARFS THE TORCH TO LADY GAGA»
Posted on October 5, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Lady Gaga | Ryan Reynolds | Saturday Night Live
In the spirit of Dave Letterman fucking all those people, it is time for some honesty. I cannot always watch all of the great Thursday night television that is on these days. There is simply too much of it!... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV OPEN THREAD»
Posted on October 2, 2009 in Love-Watching
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Tags: Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | Saturday Night Live | The Office
Well, that happened fast! So, as you know, Saturday Night Live premiered this weekend with host Megan Fox. I thought it was a pretty good episode! Lots has already been written about it, and the general consensus seems to... CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: JENNY SLATE IS FUCKING FAMOUS NOW»
Posted on September 28, 2009 in Bloopers
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Tags: Jenny Slate | Megan Fox | Radiohead | Saturday Night Live
You know, I can sill remember those first tentative steps after double-hip surgery, just after my 48th birthday. You spend years thinking that this is just the way the the world needs to be: all pain, all suffering, all the... CONTINUE READING THURSDAY NIGHT TV IS STILL BACK!»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in Love-Watching
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Tags: Community | It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia | Parks And Recreation | Radiohead | Saturday Night Live | The Office
Whoa, you guys, I don't know if you've noticed this, but Megan Fox is ssssssssssssssmokin'! (The Mask, now available on VHS and DVD.) Yeah, I just realized that Megan Fox is super hot and it's weird that no one ever... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TO BLOW THE LID OFF THIS MEGAN FOX THING»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in Free Advertising
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Tags: Megan Fox | Saturday Night Live
The story broke last night that Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad are the newest cast-members to be joining this season's cast of Saturday Night Live. I've been thinking about this post for a few days, ever since I found out... CONTINUE READING OMFG, JENNY SLATE IS THE NEWEST CAST MEMBER ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIFE»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in Casting Calls
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Tags: Friendship | Jenny Slate | Nasim Pedrad | Saturday Night Live
Fun Fact: Abby Elliott, from Saturday Night Live, actually did a Gwyneth Paltrow impersonation as part of her Saturday Night Live audition tape. It's true. What I'm saying is that this parody of the Gwyneth Paltrow roast chicken video is... CONTINUE READING FINALLY, A GWYNETH PALTROW ROAST CHICKEN PARODY VIDEO»
Posted on August 17, 2009 in Parodies
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Tags: Abby Elliott | Chicken | Coldplay | Gwyneth Paltrow | of Montreal | Saturday Night Live
Oh, this is great. Since Joe Rogan never took Dan Quinn's bait, a feud between Jeremy Piven and Chris Kattan will have to do. Which is fine, since Joe Rogan and Jeremy Piven are basically the same person. They are... CONTINUE READING THE LEGENDARY JEREMY PIVEN/CHRIS KATTAN FEUD OF 2009»
Posted on August 10, 2009 in Feuds
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Tags: Alexa Chung | Broadway | Chris Kattan | Fighting | Fish | Jeremy Piven | Saturday Night Live
Andy Rooney's always-entertaining commentary on last night's 60 Minutes was about shoes. Why don't they design better ones, why don't they fit, why does everyone have so many, and then a weird nostalgic story at the end just to make... CONTINUE READING ANDY ROONEY ACCIDENTALLY PLAGIARIZES 1981 SNL PARODY OF HIMSELF»
Posted on June 15, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Andy Rooney | Joe Piscopo | Saturday Night Live | Shoes
You know how NBC is going to air special SNL Weekend Updates in prime time again next fall? Well, it's going to be at the expense of 30 Rock, which won't premiere until the Weekend Updates are over. Blerg!... CONTINUE READING OH, TWIST!: NBC WILL MAKE US WAIT FOREVER FOR NEW 30 ROCKS»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in The News
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Tags: 30 Rock | Saturday Night Live | Weekend Update
Has anyone talked to Justin Timberlake? Because he didn't show up for his part-time job Saturday night. (Groan.) The SNL finale was fantastic! Will Ferrell was in top form, and the show copied the 30 Rock finale by getting too... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: HEY, IT'S EVERYBODY!»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Artie Lange | Billy Joel | Elisabeth Moss | Green Day | Kristen Wiig | Maya Rudolph | Norm MacDonald | Paul Rudd | Saturday Night Live | Tom Hanks | Will Ferrell
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer performed their song "I'm On A Boat" live for the first time, backed up by The Roots on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night, to probable frat boy delight: The song isn't... CONTINUE READING THE LONELY ISLAND GUYS PERFORM "I'M ON A BOAT" ON JIMMY FALLON»
Posted on May 13, 2009 in Music Related Content, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Akiva Schaffer | Andy Samberg | Jimmy Fallon | Jorma Taccone | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Saturday Night Live | The Lonely Island
No matter how one feels about Justin Timberlake, when you watch him host SNL, you can't help but judge most celebrities who do the same job without having to memorize choreography and songs for nearly every sketch. JT basically makes... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE IS VERY TALENTED»
Posted on May 11, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Justin Timberlake | Kristen Wiig | Patricia Clarkson | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers | Susan Sarandon | Will Forte
This past weekend's SNL was "The Best Of Amy Poehler," and it was soooo good. I almost didn't watch it because, you know, rerun, but I was curious about how Amy's manic, childlike characters had stood the test of time,... CONTINUE READING THE BEST OF AMY POEHLER ON WEEKEND UPDATE»
Posted on April 21, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Hillary Clinton | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
This was a great week for SNL on the musical guest front. I haven't been excited to see an SNL musical guest since I was fourteen, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did not disappoint (and in fact delighted. Spoiler alert:... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: GERBILS»
Posted on April 13, 2009 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Casey Wilson | Michaela Watkins | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers | Will Forte | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Zac Efron
This is a clip from an upcoming documentary called The People Versus George Lucas, about Star Wars fans who don't like George Lucas. This clip is only a minute long and cuts off at an odd place, but it's still... CONTINUE READING THE ONION'S TODD HANSON EXPLAINS HATE-NERDS»
Posted on April 6, 2009 in Documentaries
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Tags: Saturday Night Live | Star Wars | Todd Hanson
I don't know why any of us get excited about funny SNL guests anymore, but it's clear the excitement/disappointment cycle will never end (and that Jon Hamm episode last fall WAS great). This Saturday, manage your expectations for the very... CONTINUE READING SKINNY SETH ROGEN IS HOSTING SNL ON SATURDAY»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Bill Hader | Megan Mullally | Saturday Night Live | Seth Rogen
The bad news is this weekend's SNL with host Tracy Morgan wasn't as funny as it could be. The intro segment, where Tracy goes "back" to 30 Rock, was completely unfunny, despite a cameo by Tina Fey. In fact, Tracy... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: TRACY MORGAN YELLS»
Posted on March 16, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Bill Hader | Cobra Starship | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Tracy Morgan
If you are like me, then when you were growing up (at the turn of the century), one of your favorite things to do was stay up late and watch Saturday Night Live. It really was the only show that... CONTINUE READING WHAT THE FFFFFFFF HAPPENED TO VICTORIA JACKSON?»
Posted on March 12, 2009 in Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Fox News | Saturday Night Live | Victoria Jackson
The Rock is not a terrible comic actor, but SNL seems to think that the funniest thing about The Rock is dressing The Rock up in girly clothes and making him sing and dance. You know, because he's a big... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: THE ROCK OBAMA»
Posted on March 9, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
(32 comments)
Tags: Andy Samberg | Barack Obama | Bill Hader | Dwayne Johnson | Jessica Biel | John Mulaney | Justin Timberlake | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live | The Rock | Will Forte
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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