0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/27/2014
It’s been 10 years since Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) released The Grey Album, a mash-up of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles White Album. That album led to Danger Mouse becoming a sought-after producer who has since produced albums for Gorillaz, Beck, and The Black Keys while also forming the groups Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells. […]
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It may not be that much of a surprise that Jim Carrey, hosting for the third time, helped Saturday Night Live to easily its best episode of this young season. It’s been 20 years since Carrey starred in Ace Ventura, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber, but he’s still one of the funniest actors in […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/20/2014
Saturday Night Live has a history of welcoming back former cast members as hosts. Since 1978 — when Chevy Chase became the first cast member to host — 32 former SNL cast members have returned, with Bill Hader the latest addition. This season alone, three of the first five episodes will be hosted by former cast […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/17/2014
Earlier this week, Variety published a shortlist of actors for the titular role in the upcoming Doctor Strange film from Marvel Studios. While the film is not scheduled to be released until 2016, casting rumors have been milling around for almost three years, or two years before the movie was officially announced by Marvel. At this […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/13/2014
When a fan favorite cast member returns to host Saturday Night Live, the expectations are very high. Watchers expect to see their recurring characters and impressions that they loved, and they also expect an episode that will make them laugh. Bill Hader raises those expectations even higher because after eight seasons, Hader left SNL as […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/10/2014
To celebrate the 40th season of Saturday Night Live, NBC will be airing classic episodes they have dubbed SNL Vintage. Airing during the 10 p.m. time slot on Saturday nights, these condensed episodes will replace reruns from the current season of SNL. SNL Vintage this week is scheduled to be the Feb. 13, 1993 episode with […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/6/2014
Sarah Silverman spent a total of 18 episodes as a cast member on Saturday Night Live during its 19th season in 1993-94. Only Ben Stiller (four), Damon Wayans (12), and Paul Shaffer (13) appeared in fewer episodes as cast members and have been asked back to host SNL. Looking back at those 18 episodes, it’s hard […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 10/3/2014
UPDATE: It appears that SNL has decided to run the Vintage episodes in chronological order after all:
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/29/2014
During his monologue on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, host Chris Pratt sang a song about himself. It included the lines, “And I join a list of some amazing hosts/Some of them did not do well/Hopefully I’m not one of those.” While Pratt won’t be joining January Jones or Steven Seagal on that list […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/27/2014
After last season’s almost disastrous rebuilding year, Saturday Night Live continued to rebuild by making several changes before its historic 40th season premiere this Saturday. Out are John Milhiser, Mike O’Brien, Noel Wells, and Brooks Wheelan after all four cast members failed to reach an audience during their first season at SNL, and longtime cast […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/26/2014
To celebrate the 40th season of Saturday Night Live, NBC will be airing classic episodes they have dubbed, SNL Vintage. Airing during the 10 P.M. time slot on Saturday nights, these condensed episodes will replace reruns from the current season of SNL. SNL Vintage‘s first offering is the seventh episode from season one starring Richard […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/18/2014
The New York Times is reporting that Darrell Hammond will officially be announced as the new announcer for Saturday Night Live Thursday morning. Hammond will replace the late Don Pardo, who was the announcer for 38 of the show’s 39 seasons, and passed away last month at the age of 96. Hammond holds the distinction […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/15/2014
Just days after the New York Times announced that Michael Che will replace Cecily Strong behind the Weekend Update desk at Saturday Night Live, Deadline is reporting that 20 year-old stand-up comedian Pete Davidson will join the cast for the 40th season. Davidson has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Wild n’ Out, Adam Devine’s House […]
0 comments by Jeremy Klumpp on 9/11/2014
In June, Saturday Night Live creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels told Deadline that the show was, “in the middle of rebuilding.” A significant part of that rebuilding process was announced Thursday evening when the New York Times broke the news that Michael Che will replace Cecily Strong behind the “Weekend Update” desk as the show […]
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The phrase “rock is dead” has been thrown around so much that Pete Townshend included it in The Who song, “Long Live Rock.” Townshend wrote that song in 1972. Last week, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons was interviewed for Esquire by his son, Nick. The father and son discussed the current state of the recording industry […]
