0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 1/6/2015
On New Year’s Day, Kanye West released a new song titled “Only One,” which features Paul McCartney. Recorded in Los Angeles, this song is the first of reportedly several collaborations between the rapper and the former Wings frontman for West’s upcoming album. “Only One” is a ballad featuring West’s auto-tuned singing and McCartney on keyboards. […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/29/2014
In a year that saw U2 give an album away for free and piss everyone off, Garth Brooks re-emerge as an “independent artist,” and former Creed frontman Scott Stapp threaten to kill the President, the music world in 2014 can be summed up with one word: pop. The Billboard charts were dominated by artists like […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/22/2014
The Saturday Night Live Christmas show is usually one of the more anticipated episodes of the season. It marks the halfway point of the season, typically has a few guest stars, and is the final episode before a long break for the cast. This year, Amy Adams was given the hosting duties, and while she didn’t […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/19/2014
Sony Pictures made the shocking decision this week to cancel the release of The Interview after a group called the “Guardians of Peace” threatened to attack theaters showing the James Franco/Seth Rogan comedy. The Interview was set to be released on Christmas Day nationwide, but now even the on-demand and DVD releases are in jeopardy. […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/16/2014
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees for 2015 will include Lou Reed, Green Day, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, Chic, N.W.A., Sting, and Kraftwerk were some of the nominated artists not making the cut this time around. […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/15/2014
This week’s host Martin Freeman may be better known for his roles in more dramatic fare like The Hobbit and Sherlock, but fans who also know of Freeman’s work in Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy,” and the UK version of The Office know the actor has great comedic timing as well. Freeman did not disappoint, […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 12/1/2014
With Friday’s release of the trailer for the latest film in the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I thought it was a good time to go through the connective history of two landmarks of American pop culture, Star Wars and Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, a lot of the SNL/Star Wars sketches are […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/26/2014
Saturday Night Live released “Def TED Talks Jam,” a sketch that was cut for time from the Nov. 22 episode hosted by Cameron Diaz. The sketch was written by Michael Che and Bryan Tucker. Jay Pharoah does a pretty great impression of Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, and it appears that Diaz is wearing the […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/24/2014
We are now seven episodes into the 40th season of Saturday Night Live and things appear to be moving in the right direction. The good sketches are starting to outnumber the bad, and Colin Jost and Michael Che are starting to form some sort of chemistry on “Weekend Update.” Subtract the Chris Rock episode, and this […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/21/2014
Fox released its winter premiere dates yesterday, and along with the third season of The Following and the final season of Glee, the winter schedule includes the Will Forte (Saturday Night Live) comedy The Last Man on Earth. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The LEGO Movie) will produce and direct. Created by Forte, […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/20/2014
Saturday Night Live released two sketches that were cut for time from the Nov. 15 episode, hosted by Woody Harrelson. “Tweet” features Aidy Bryant as a Twitter user named Rebecca with 44 followers who reaches the milestone of 10,000 tweets. To celebrate the occasion, Rebecca is visited by the mayor, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/17/2014
Woody Harrelson likes weed. If you didn’t know that fact, you do now because of Harrelson’s monologue which had the actor singing about the first time he hosted in 1989. This time around, he was joined by his Hunger Games co-stars Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, and Jennifer Lawrence, who Harrelson thought was Taylor Swift. Because weed. Saturday’s […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/10/2014
At one time, Saturday Night Live was considered edgy. It stormed onto television sets in 1975, giving the middle-finger to Johnny Carson and the golden age of television. It aired at a time reserved for late night movies, and on a night when people had more important things to do than watch 90 minutes of comedy. Yet, […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 11/3/2014
Producing a live show in six days is tough, and doing it on a high level consistently for 40 years is unheard of in television. This is something that makes Saturday Night Live unique and a landmark of American television. This consistency also makes SNL the target for harsh criticism when the show is not […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/30/2014
Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story and Glee, recently unveiled some of the details for his latest creation, Scream Queens. This female-led, anthology series for Fox is set to premiere next fall, and according to Murphy will launch a whole new genre, “comedy-horror.” Wait. What? Anyone who likes horror, or comedy, knows that the […]
