Tina Fey was on Conan last night, where she shared the behind-the-scenes story of Sarah Palin's SNL appearance, including the fact that Palin offered to have her pregnant daughter, Bristol, babysit Tina's toddler. She definitely puts to rest those rumors... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY SAYS NICE THINGS ABOUT SARAH PALIN. BLECH.»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
In case anyone was still wondering why Elisabeth Moss didn't get the same amount of attention John Slattery did while cameo-ing as their Mad Men characters on Saturday's SNL, maybe it had something to do with Moss's last-minute replacement of... CONTINUE READING AMY POEHLER WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO PLAY PEGGY IN SNL'S MAD MEN PARODY»
Posted on October 28, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Elisabeth Moss | John Slattery | Mad Men | Saturday Night Live
You don't have to be a Mad Men junkie to have noticed that this week's SNL's funniest parts involved its talented host, Jon Hamm, who proved he can do comedy as well as brooding and mysterious drama. The show seems... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: "MMM, THAT'S SOME GOOD HAMM!"»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Jon Hamm | Mad Men | Saturday Night Live
Weird. Maybe SNL should just be shorter, not have musical guests, always be hosted by Will Ferrell and partially written by Adam McKay, and take place during the last burst of the most important election of a generation, but last... CONTINUE READING LAST NIGHT'S THURSDAY SNL 65% FUNNIER THAN A REGULAR SNL»
Posted on October 24, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Adam McKay | Andy Samberg | David Byrne | Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey | Will Ferrell
I don't know how Lindsay does this every week. Have you actually sat down and watched an entire episode of Saturday Night Live? Yikes. All these years of making fun of MadTV for being the inferior late night sketch program... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS, AND ALSO MARK WAHLBERG»
Posted on October 20, 2008 in
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Tags: Mark Wahlberg | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live
So, it looks likely that Mark Wahlberg's outburst on Kimmel last night was, as many commenters suggested, just a set up for his revenge cameo appearance on SNL this weekend. If it's true, we will finally know the answer to... CONTINUE READING SAY SHUT UP TO YOUR MARK WAHLBERG FOR ME, ALRIGHT?»
Posted on October 17, 2008 in
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Mark Wahlberg | Saturday Night Live
On last night's pre-election Thursday night special edition of Saturday Night Live, Kristin Wiig pretended to be the "crazy lady" from the McCain rally. She wandered in with a ratted out blonde wig, a pair of Bruce Villanch pharmacy glasses,... CONTINUE READING IS THE CRAZY MCCAIN RALLY LADY FUNNY?»
Posted on October 17, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Election 2008 | John McCain | Kristin Wiig | Saturday Night Live | Seth Meyers
In last week's Friday Fight we joked that Mark Wahlberg secretly hated Andy Samberg's hilarious homage to him, "Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals." As several tipsters and a commenter pointed out, Wahlberg dissed the sketch and SNL in the New... CONTINUE READING MARK WAHLBERG DOES NOT HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT HIS SNL PARODY»
Posted on October 13, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Bonnaroo | Mark Wahlberg | Saturday Night Live
Last night was the first of three SNL's Prime Time Election specials, and it was just eh. The first half was a very long parody of Tuesday night's debate that basically had three jokes: Dan Rather Tom Brokaw cutting the... CONTINUE READING SNL'S FIRST PRIME TIME SPECIAL: AT LEAST THEY HAD BILL MURRAY»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Bill Murray | Chris Parnell | Coachella | Darrell Hammond | Election 2008 | Paris Hilton | Saturday Night Live
Remember last week's SNL "Most YouTubed Local News" sketch that this one was so crazy about? I loved it partly because almost every example was based on real-life viral local news gaffes, and those are everyone's favorite things. But they... CONTINUE READING A GOOD OLD FASHIONED EUROPEAN GIGGLE FIT»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Beastie Boys | Bonnaroo | Coachella | Saturday Night Live | Superchunk
So yesterday I was all "Did SNL Censor A Sketch Making Fun Of...Everybody?", but turns out, they censored the sketch because of these people, who are real people, and who objected to the notion that they should be shot, among... CONTINUE READING OKAY, SNL CENSORED A SKETCH BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Censorship | Saturday Night Live
This week's SNL had an okay sketch about the bailout announcement that they put on their website and sent out to the press, but it disappeared sometime yesterday. Breitbart.com accuses NBC of removing the sketch because it "criticizes Democrats." But... CONTINUE READING DID SNL CENSOR A SKETCH FOR MAKING FUN OF...EVERYBODY?»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Censorship | Coachella | Fred Armisen | Kristen Wiig | Saturday Night Live
Whoa, leave it to a pro like Annie Hathaway to host the best episode of SNL since her Get Smart co-star Steve Carell showed us how it was done in last spring's season finale. Looking around the internet, everyone's all... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: ANNE HATHAWAY KILLS»
Posted on October 6, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Queen Latifah | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
On last week's premiere of The Office, Kelly Kapor hilariously talked about her "cleanse" -- one of those fasts where you consume only lemon juice, water, cayenne pepper, and maple syrup in an attempt to lose weight, gain "focus," destroy... CONTINUE READING TREND ALERT: ALL NETWORK COMEDIES NOW REQUIRED TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE "CLEANSE" JOKE»
Posted on October 2, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Anna Faris | Cleanse | Cobie Smulders | How I Met Your Mother | Jason Sudeikis | Kelly Kapoor | Master Cleanse | Mindy Kaling | Saturday Night Live | The Office
I was just messing around on the NBC site and noticed that the SNL people just put up this classic commercial parody for "Reliable Investments" starring Our Dear Alec Baldwin. The reason they put it up last night in particular... CONTINUE READING THE VINTAGE ALEC BALDWIN SNL COMMERCIAL PARODY WE NEED RIGHT NOW»
Posted on September 30, 2008 in , ,
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Tags: Alec Baldwin | Reliable Investments | Saturday Night Live | St. Vincent
Eek, another weak Saturday Night Live propped into respectability by Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Anna Faris didn't "suck", per se, she just wasn't in any good sketches. Here were the two funny parts, plus a fun CNN clip analyzing... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: SARAH PALIN WANTS TO PHONE A FRIEND»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anna Faris | Jason Sudeikis | Katie Couric | of Montreal | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
Check it out gang, I know what's going to be on SNL this weekend ahead of time! Remember during the premiere they had a funny parody of that T-Mobile commercial with Jason Sudeikis playing the dad who called his daughter's... CONTINUE READING T-MOBILE'S NEW COMMERCIAL IS JUST BEGGING FOR AN SNL PARODY»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Jason Sudeikis | Saturday Night Live | T-Mobile
Buried in a long Emmy red-carpet interview with Billy Bush for Access Hollywood was this LOL moment of Tina Fey hilarity. Asked about her perfect imitation of the VP candidate, Tina replied: "Not since Sling Blade has there been someone... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY COMPARES SARAH PALIN'S ACCENT TO SLING BLADE»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Billy Bob Thornton | Emmys | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Sling Blade | Tina Fey
Well, it seems that even the overwhelming comedic power of James Franco (and inexplicable cameo-guest Cameron Diaz) wasn't strong enough to make this week's SNL funny. From the Al Franken-assisted oddly dogmatic McCain ad cold open to the weird digital... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS PART: CAT AND CHICKEN»
Posted on September 22, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Amy Poehler | James Franco | Saturday Night Live
Sarah Palin not only watched Tina Fey's impersonation of her on last weekend's Saturday Night Live, but she thought it was hilarious. Kind of. I mean, she didn't hear it. But she saw Tina Fey dressed like her. That part... CONTINUE READING SARAH PALIN THINKS THAT SHE LOOKS HILARIOUS»
Posted on September 18, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Election 2008 | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
And it's an SNL promo, what do you expect? Have those ever been funny or needed to be? This time he's outside with Bill Hader and there's a volcano for some reason. But Jamesssss Frannnnco you guys: Did you know... CONTINUE READING THE FIRST JAMES FRANCO SNL PROMO JUST CAME IN OVER THE WIRES»
Posted on September 17, 2008 in
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Tags: Bill Hader | James Franco | Saturday Night Live
In yesterday's roundup of just the funny parts of SNL's blockbuster (ratings-wise) 2008 premiere Saturday night, I neglected to mention one very important funny part: Fred Armisen as Nicholas Fehn the political comedian on Weekend Update: Here Armisen breaks a... CONTINUE READING THERE WAS ONE OTHER FUNNY THING ON SNL: FRED ARMISEN AS NICHOLAS FEHN»
Posted on September 16, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live
And does anyone care? The first Michael Phelps sketch of the SNL premiere was allegedly the same as a Peyton Manning sketch from last season (not online), only with swimmers instead of football players. Update: the coach is a recurring... CONTINUE READING DID SNL RECYCLE A SPORTS PLAYER GUEST STAR SKETCH?»
Posted on September 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Michael Phelps | Peyton Manning | Saturday Night Live | Vampire Weekend
The internet has been ablaze all weekend about the Saturday Night Live premiere and in particular the Tina Fey cameo as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, but what no one sees to be talking about is how T.G.I. Fridays spokesman and... CONTINUE READING GUY FIERI WAS IN THE SNL AUDIENCE FOR SOME REASON»
Posted on September 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Guy Fieri | Kanye West | Saturday Night Live | The Decemberists
Did anybody notice that there was a new Saturday Night Live on Saturday? JK! Everyone's talking about Tina Fey's Best Impression Ever of Sarah Palin, but there were actually three other amusing parts! Here they are in their practically Phelps-free... CONTINUE READING SNL: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS»
Posted on September 15, 2008 in
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Andy Samberg | Kristin Wiig | Michael Phelps | Saturday Night Live | The Decemberists | Tina Fey
