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May 8, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Would Probably Like to Host SNL; Seth Meyers Makes No Serious Promises
Forget the cast of Gossip Girl, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and Lady Gaga. Mayor Mike Bloomberg brought in some serious entertainment power to really spice up his press conference this afternoon: Saturday Night Live. Well actually, it was just Seth Meyers. But he got to use the whole stage of S ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 11, 2012
Suckers
Forget the cast of Gossip Girl, Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and Lady Gaga. Mayor Mike Bloomberg brought in some serious entertainment power to really spice up his press conference this afternoon: Saturday Night Live. Well actually, it was just Seth Meyers. But he got to use the whole stage of S ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 14, 2012
MEET YOUR MATCH
Seth Meyers wants to _____ you
Voice Choices
February 8, 2012
LIVE FROM NEW YORK
Darrell Hammond can impersonate you
News
January 25, 2012
Tea Party Princess
Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics
Blogs
January 25, 2012
This Week in the Voice: Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess
This week in the Voice, out today: Gus Garcia-Roberts profiles Victoria Jackson, chronicling how the former Saturday Night Live star became a Tea Party darling: "Her comedy career, which took her from Johnny Carson's stage in Los Angeles to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, long ago squeaked it ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 18, 2012
PUT A BIRD ON IT
Portlandia live on stage
Blogs
January 17, 2012
It's All For You: A Few Thoughts On The Lana Del Rey Saturday Night Live Debacle
You might have heard that the much-discussed singer Lana Del Rey had her U.S. television debut this past weekend on Saturday Night Live, and that the hive mind of public opinion declared that her performances, of "Video Games" and "Blue Jeans" did not go well. The satirical indie-chronicle Hipster R ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 2, 2011
IMPROV IS FOR SUCKERS
Jokes this good have to be written
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Radiohead Is Playing Two Shows At Roseland Later This Month
Out standing in their field. Radiohead will be in town for this weekend's Saturday Night Live season premiere (hosted by Alec Baldwin!) and the Internet-beloved Brits will apparently be making New York City their home for more than just this weekend; the band's playing two shows at Roseland ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Das Racist Believe In Miracles In The "Michael Jackson" Video
Das Racist's Relax is currently online for your perusal/enjoyment right now, and the group's just released the video for the bonkers first single "Michael Jackson." It's an homage to "Black Or White" that comes complete with references to The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live and the Last Supp ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
The Lonely Island Better Not Lose Its Emmy Race To A Song From Freaking Family Guy
Four songs from this past season of Saturday Night Live—three by the Andy Samberg-led pop-comedy troupe the Lonely Island, and Justin Timberlake's protestation that he's so over being a pop star—have been nominated for Emmys in the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category. (That's ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 15, 2011
SANDWICHES & SHOWALTER
Spend your lunch break with Michael Showalter and Jenny Slate
Blogs
March 15, 2011
Saturday Night Live's Corn Syrup Commercial Bites the Hand That Feeds NBC
The commercial above appeared on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. Billed as a message from the Corn Syrup Producers of America, it shows two self-righteous moms having an amusingly awkward disagreement over the purported evils of high-fructose corn syrup. The visual punch line features an ov ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 12, 2011
UNCUT & UNCENSORED
Good thing the FCC doesn’t regulate sketch comedy
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Robert De Niro Shows Off His Sweet Potatoes on SNL
Robert De Niro hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend. In this skit, he plays a famous --if frustrated -- farmer. As it turns out, the actor and restaurateur has some pretty decent knife skills. Have a restaurant tip or other food-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.
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November 24, 2010
Cookie Monster Wants to Host Saturday Night Live. Here Is His Audition Tape.
So, Cookie Monster made this video to convince the powers that be that he would be quite excellent as a Saturday Night Live host. We think he's got a pretty good shot, if he can just get that little lazy eye problem treated. Also, we'd like the extended version of "Cookieface," please. If you agree, ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 3, 2010
MAKE ME LAUGH
All the comedic greats came from somewhere
Blogs
September 8, 2010
This is What You Get for Saying "Fuck" On Your First Episode of Saturday Night Live: The New SNL Cast Primer
Saturday Night Live is switching up their cast, and the New York Times has confirmed the new lineup. Who's out and who's in this season, which everyone will tell you is worse than the season before regardless?
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August 23, 2010
Hilarious SNL Cocaine Song
I stopped watching Saturday Night Live back when I hit puberty, except whenever Betty White hosts, so I missed the telecast a few months ago withAndy Samberg doing a riotously funny, totally jazzed cocaine song, which encapsulates the forced merriment, crazed denial, misplaced sense of time, ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Joanna Newsom Is Playing Carnegie Hall
Q: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? A: Release a bewildering triple-CD and date Andy Samberg. It's frankly shocking it took so long, but everyone's favorite mega-baroque harpist hits the big time November 23. Two days before thanksgiving, just FYI. Tickets on sale Monday, link TBA. If her pas ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
SNL's Men Get Films Careers, But the Women Don't
Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold
We will never own one of these. Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2010
MacGruber Bombs, SNL Movie Curse Lives On
It was naive to think it could turn out any other way, marketing gimmicks, the show's resurgence and Will Forte be damned. The latest Saturday Night Live skit-turned-feature film is crashing and burning, taking in a paltry $1.5 million at the box office on Friday, leaving the action parody un ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
The Award For "Widest Disparity In Quality Between Two Musical Performances On The Same Episode Of Saturday Night Live" Goes To Jay-Z
So this "Betty White on Saturday Night Live" thing -- a rousing success, no? The "Depends" joke you knew was coming was pretty great anyway, right? And then there was Jay-Z, giving one fantastic performance and one fantastically awful one. Dude's got range.
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Betty White Talks About Her Muffin on Saturday Night Live
One of the many highlights of Betty White's appearance on last weekend's Saturday Night Live was the unexpected resurrection of Delicious Dish, the Splendid Table-like radio show that most memorably gave the world Alec Baldwin's schweddy balls. Hosted by Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon, it featured ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2010
So, How Was Betty White on SNL: The Best of All-Time or The Best Ever?
By all accounts, last night went pretty damn well for the 88-year-old Golden Girl, the oldest host in the show's 35 year history. If we're gauging immediate critical reaction chiefly online -- and why shouldn't we? -- then White came through in a big way on the penultimate episode of this sea ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2010
Why Tonight's SNL With Betty White and Jay-Z Will Be a Success No Matter What
If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Funny People Aren't Funny In Person!
Whenever I've interviewed brilliantly hilarious, world-famous comedians, it turns out they're rarely all that funny (with the exception of the endlessly mirthy Joan Rivers). I usually find that either: (1) They're dark, tortured people for whom merry-making is simply an act that they do whe ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Suggestions For The Inevitable Ice-T/Aimee Mann Reconciliation
So this happened. They'll patch it up. Here's how:
Voice Choices
March 9, 2010
Leon Redbone
So this happened. They'll patch it up. Here's how:
Voice Choices
March 2, 2010
HOLLYWOOD HEAVEN
Avatar, 10 Best Picture nominations, long, boring speeches—yes!
Voice Choices
February 23, 2010
Black Eyed Peas
Avatar, 10 Best Picture nominations, long, boring speeches—yes!
Voice Choices
January 26, 2010
LIVE FROM NEW YORK . . .
Skip 30 Rock and head downtown
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Tonight! Daniel Johnston, No Age, So Percussion
Daniel Johnston, somewhat unwitting source of the sweetest iPhone app ever made, heads to Highline Ballroom tonight to sing his wobbly songs of vaguely menacing and often unbearably sad whimsy. Do him a favor and don't be fucking with your phone the whole entire time.
Blogs
October 12, 2009
When Did You Stop Watching SNL?
The grandaddy of late-night comedy shows, Saturday Night Live, got a boost when Emmy awards went to Tina Fey's priceless Sarah Palin impression and Justin Timberlake's equally riotous impersonation of a host. And they just got even bigger buzz when a new cast member dropped the f bomb and Ma ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2009
New Mike Judge Movie "Extract" Has Culinary Theme
The country's greatest living director, Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space, Idiocracy), has a new release in the offing, due Labor Day. "Extract" concerns Joel (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flavoring company called Reynolds Extracts, which manufactures "a patented brand of culinary extra ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2009
Wait a Minute: Chrisette Michele Outsold Ciara?
Chrisette Michele's weepy, fiery, only occasionally baby-shaking Epiphany debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, a huge coup for the vaguely retro-minded r&b belter. Her legacy, alas: At 83,000 sold, it's the weakest #1 record in Nielsen SoundScan's nearly two-decade history. She just won the last g ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
"Spitzer" Joins "Paterson" on SNL
Are we awful for enjoying the Saturday Night Live Paterson gags? They're certainly dopey, focusing as they do on Paterson's blindness, drug and sex history, and epochal unpopularity. And New Jersey! But we like dopey sketches, and are pleased that Fred Armisen has found a political character that ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 31, 2008
KEEP YOUR SHORTS ON
Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!
Blogs
December 15, 2008
SNL Mocks Paterson As Bumbling Cokehead; Gov Raps Blind Jokes
Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!
Blogs
October 19, 2008
Rightbloggers on Palin's SNL Gig: Loved Her, Hated Liberal Elite
Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!
Blogs
October 17, 2008
Sarah Palin on SNL: No Preconditions Set
Eat your heart out, Andy Samberg!
Voice Choices
September 3, 2008
ALL HAIL SNL
Before Jon, there was Chevy and Dan
Voice Choices
February 26, 2008
BACK TO WORK
Fred Armisen performs just for us one last time
Film
July 24, 2007
Hot Rod
Fred Armisen performs just for us one last time
Blogs
November 1, 2006
Obsessive Guide to Saturday Night Live Needs You
Fred Armisen performs just for us one last time
NYC Life
October 24, 2006
That '70s Show
'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown
Music
November 9, 2004
The Jig Is Up
Lip-synching little sis improves on Courtney; tween Cinderella fills the Lisa Loeb gap
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