Mar 09, 2009 -
In case you missed it, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson beautifully (and I mean, beautifully) hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend for his third time. I thought he did a great job — from his Barack Obama impression ("The Rock Obama") to his role as a bitter Hawaiian restaurant performer, I have to admit, I really enjoyed his time on the show.
Hands down, though, my favorite part of the episode (which, to be honest, I rewound and watched at least three more times on TV) was Johnson's musical number during his monologue.
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Nov 13, 2008 -
Good news and sorta sad news. I'll start with the sorta sad: Fox has canceled it's long-running sketch comedy program MadTV, which didn't exactly shock too many people. The folks at Best Week Ever even joked they thought it got canceled four years ago.
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Nov 05, 2008 -
Politicians have always been excellent fodder for comedy and this election season has been very entertaining on SNL (due in large part to Tina Fey's spot-on impressions of Sarah Palin). The SNL Presidential Bash even garnered record ratings on Monday night.
But now that the election is over, will this all still be as funny?
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Sep 15, 2008 -
In the latest episode of SNL, Tina Fey's Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler's Hillary Clinton were the highlight of the show for me by far. For the rest of the episode, I waited for more great political stuff, but only got some way-too-long sketch about pizza that put me to sleep. It made me wonder if the only thing the show has going for it nowadays is the political content.
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Aug 03, 2007 -
After meeting the funny, friendly Andy Samberg and his buddies ("The Dudes") I wanted very much to give Hot Rod a great review. But I just can't do it. Luckily, Samberg himself said once in a separate interview that he knows the movie will get bad reviews.
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Jul 31, 2007 -
Andy Samberg and his friends/Lonely Island cohorts Jorma Taccone (pictured, right) and Akiva Schaffer (pictured, middle) have somehow figured out how to achieve the greatest thing ever. Growing up together in Berkeley, California, the three are now working together on "Saturday Night Live" and are about to release their first feature film, Hot Rod, this Friday. So, basically they figured out how to get paid to make jokes with their high school buddies.
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May 06, 2007 -
Technically, the '90s might not have been the heyday of "Saturday Night Live," but it's the era that defined my teenage years, from Wayne's World to the Spartan Cheerleaders to Mary Katharine Gallagher. So I'm very excited for tonight's "Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation" special, which will relive some of the decade's best sketches. Yes, there was a time when I thought I could never watch the "more cowbell" scene again, but now it seems almost quaint and nostalgic.
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Apr 30, 2007 -
Recently, the digital shorts on "Saturday Night Live" have been the best thing about the show. Now, if you vote for your favorite, you can win a trip to see the season finale taping live on May 19.
Voting closes today, so you'll have to hurry.
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