Saturday Night Live

Here’s The First Trailer For “I Am Chris Farley” Documentary

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Many comedians that already built a bright career and also had a stellar future ahead of them were taken away from us all and the art form of comedy way too early.

One of those that was taken tragically way too early was one Chris Farley, who you probably still remember fondly from Saturday Night Live, Beverly Hills Ninja, and more.

The documentary I Am Chris Farley takes a look at the far too short lived life of Farley with interviews with Bob Odenkirk, Lorne Michaels, Adam Sandler, David Spade, and many more.

Watch the trailer here and look for its theatrical realase on July 31st.

Watch Louis C.K.’s Monologue And Trying To Keep Up With Talking Like Leslie Jones on SNL Finale

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You’ve might have caught some clickbait headlines about Louis C.K.’s monologue from the season finale of Saturday Night Live last night.

While he did talk about “mild racism”, child molestation, and made an analogy between how he deals with his daughters fighting and the conflict between Israel and Palestine, it was still a great set of stand-up that framed and contextualized touchy subjects into a funny light.

Also, one of the best sketches of the night came when C.K. had to do a Leslie Jones impression.

Kate McKinnon Isn’t Messing Around, Sort Of, With Louis C.K. in These SNL Promos

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One of the best Saturday Night Live hosts in recent memory, Louis C.K., is back to host the show’s season finale this Saturday.

That being said, SNL’s Kate McKinnon, makes sure C.K. knows his place, in a Kate McKinnon sort of way.

Watch the promo for this week’s show here.

SNL Will Close Out This Season with Louis C.K. as Host

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Good call, Lorne.

As Louis C.K. has hosted some of the best episodes of Saturday Night Live in recent years, it only makes sense that he close out this season. The next season of SNL will lead into an election year and many sketches will undoubtedly focus on that.

The 40th season finale of SNL with C.K. as host is set for May 16th.

Here’s the Trailer For SNL Doc “Live From New York!”

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If you didn’t feel that the montages of the SNL 40th Anniversary were in-depth enough about the history of Saturday Night Live, this should probably do the trick.

Bao Nguyen’s documentary Live From New York! will go throughout the timeline of SNL looking at the show’s inception, Lorne Michaels’ course at the helm, and the effect that it has had on American and global discourse in politics, pop culture, etc.

It’s set to play at the Tribeca Film Festival, but, for those of us not in attendance, we’ll have to chew on this trailer for awhile.

So, “Saturday Night Live” Is Franchising Out to China

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Seeing the potential in audiences among the enormous population of China, more international collaborations between U.S. productions and ones in China are happening more frequently.

The latest example is how China’s video site Sohu.com has partnered with Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video to make a Saturday Night Live for Chinese audiences with Chinese comedians and performers.

The prospect of having a weekly topical sketch show in China is exciting, but we can only ponder what they could possibly get away with in terms of poking fun at the government like the American SNL so often does. One only needs to watch the documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry to see how the Chinese government feels about artists speaking out against them. Lord knows that there’s plenty that’s ripe for a damning and hilarious sketch.

Who knows if it would be even done live in a way that censors didn’t get a chance to have something cut out from the show before reaching the millions upon millions of people that could potentially see it.

What will be even more intriguing to see is how they’ll approach sketch comedy in a cultural climate that’s much different here than in the U.S. Hopefully, this will be a voice that gets to speak out more comedically than any before them.

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special Brings Back “Celebrity Jeopardy”, Got 23 Million People Watching, and Is Perfect Boost For SNL App

February 16, 2015

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The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special was the gigantic, nostalgic whirlwind of a walk down Studio 8H that we were led to believe it was.

Cast members, hosts, writers, etc. from the show in 1975 until now were in attendance to pay homage to SNL not only as a show, but a cultural institution.

There was a big ol’ musical revue kicked off by Martin Short and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce, Weekend Update anchored by Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jane Curtin, a touching In Memoriam tribute (that also has a pretty great burn at the end), and rare glimpses into auditions of SNL cast members as well as some folks that should have been cast members like Stephen Colbert.

Also, SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy lived once more, complete with Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery and Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds, and was every bit as glorious during its run in the late 90’s through the 2000s.

It should come as no surprise that this special scored a record 23 million viewers from last night (via Variety) and will probably have millions watching several of the clips over at Hulu and YouTube.

With all of the reminiscing of seasons past, it’s perfect timing on SNL’s part to push their SNL app that gives access to thousands of clips from the past 40 seasons.

If you didn’t catch the special last night, hopefully you’ll have today off to catch up.

Bill Hader Recounts One of His Most Nightmarish Moments on SNL

February 14, 2015

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With this being the eve of The SNL 40th Anniversary Special, it’s a perfect time to hear Bill Hader’s story on Letterman about being forced along with Will Forte and host Josh Brolin to do a terrible sketch at the behest of Lorne Michaels in addition to trading Lorne impressions with Dave.

Also, the “fart face” sketch that Hader is describing is conveniently available to accompany his story right here. This sketch is sort of amazing after hearing the story as neither Bill, Will, or Josh get even close to breaking.

The SNL 40th Anniversary Special Will Now Be 3 1/2 Hours and Has Even More Special Guests

February 14, 2015

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To accomodate the gigantic 60 or so people, now including Billy Crystal, Louis CK, Tim Meadows, Will Forte, Ana Gasteyer, and Colin Quinn, that will be taking part, The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special has now been extended to run 3 ½ hours.

So, this Sun. the special will go from 8PM-11:30PM, which definitely bites into people watching their routine Sunday night HBO. Good thing there’s DVR and HBO GO.

Brooks Wheelan Recounts a Few SNL Memories with Seth Meyers

February 6, 2015

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Though he was only at Saturday Night Live for a season, Brooks Wheelan sure made plenty of memories in his time there.

He recounts some of those fond memories as well as some fantasies with his old boss Seth Meyers.

SNL 40th Anniversary Will Bring Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Mike Myers, Norm MacDonald, Kristen Wiig, and More Together

February 3, 2015

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On Sun. Feb. 15th at 8PM, Saturday Night Live will celebrate their 40 years on NBC. They made some quick announcements during the Super Bowl of who will be appearing on this special anniversary episode spanning the entire generations of SNL including:

Bill Murray, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Eddie Murphy, Norm MacDonald, Peyton Manning, Fred Armisen, Chris Rock, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell Seth Meyers, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Garrett Morris, Amy Poehler, Steve Martin, Molly Shannon, Martin Short, Tom Hanks, Maya Rudolph, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Alec Baldwin, Jason Sudeikis, David Spade, Paul Rudd, and Mike Myers.

There’s plenty of more names that were dropped and probably more to come.

We can’t even imagine what they’ll end up cutting for time.

VH1 Classic To Do 433 Hour Marathon of SNL

January 15, 2015

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We’re marathoning 19 days of back-to-back SNL episodes (433 hrs) starting JAN 28! http://t.co/pOGojmXJp6 #SNLclassic pic.twitter.com/ku2V4aUrqA

— VH1 Classic (@VH1Classic) January 14, 2015

Saturday Night Live is currently in its 40th season and VH1 Classic is marking the occasion by putting on the biggest single marathon of a series ever.

433 hours of SNL will air on the network starting Jan. 28th. FXx’s Simpsons marathon only spanned 12 days, which would come out to only at 298 hours maximum.

The SNL Rewind: 2015 – 1975 Mega-Marathon will visit every single one of the 39 past seasons of the legendary live sketch variety show, which, for our money, means we’ll probably get to watch every bit of Celebrity Jeopardy again.

Dr. Evil Interrupted SNL to Give His Thoughts on Sony Hack/The Interview

December 21, 2014

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To your delight and/or dismay, Austin Powers’ nemesis Dr. Evil appears to still be around.

Last night, he “interrupted” SNL’s broadcast/a Sam Smith Christmas to share his displeasure over how petty the hackers The Guardians of Peace, Kim Jong-Un, and North Korea look for temporarily killing the release of The Interview.

Watch Dr. Evil throw some shade on some lesser cartoonish villains here.

Chris Rock Is Hosting SNL Tonight

November 1, 2014

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As of late, the best episodes of Saturday Night Live seem to come around when they have a host that has such a strong voice comedically and in many different disciplines (i.e. writing, stand-up, acting, directing). Both times Louis C.K. has hosted, for example, have been pretty great.

We think that Chris Rock might have a similar result having acted on Broadway, produced TV shows, and made his own highly anticipated movies like Top Five in returning to the SNL stage tonight as the host, so you should check it out at 11:30PM on NBC.

Also, it’s another rare chance to get to watch Prince perform live.

Chris Rock Takes the SNL Promos Outside the Studio

October 29, 2014

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This is the week that Chris Rock is hosting Saturday Night Live and we’re pretty sure that Rock, an ultra successful comedian, actor, director, (especially with his upcoming movie Top Five) and more is going to do everything his way.

Just check his promos with Bobby Moynihan that step outside into the streets of NYC away from Studio 8H.

SNL Bumps Up Leslie Jones to Cast Member

October 21, 2014

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Saturday Night Live hired Pete Davidson as the only new cast member ahead of this season’s premiere, which, apparently, left room for some promotions internally.

Announced yesterday, SNL writer Leslie Jones has made her way to being an official cast member on the show. Jones has already appeared in numerous sketches as well as doing bit of stand-up on Weekend Update.

This leaves you wondering if any more changes are set to come midseason for SNL.

SNL Writer Chris Kelly to Make Feature Directorial Debut with ‘Other People’

October 16, 2014

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Saturday Night Live’s Chris Kelly is making a huge step forward with not only moving up to the director’s seat, but making his directorial debut one of a film following a gay SNL writer having to go home to take care of his ill mother and take care of other personal issues.

Jesse Plemons and Sissy Spacek are set to star in this film Other People. We’re not sure to what extent SNL is going to play into the movie, but this might be up the alley of all those still missing Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.

Chris Rock to Host SNL with Musical Guest Prince

October 14, 2014

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If you had to pick a single episode to watch of Saturday Night Live thus far from this season to watch and could only watch that one, the upcoming episode on Nov. 1st might be the one that you would want to pick.

Former SNL cast member and renowned comedian, director, writer, actor, Chris Rock is hosting along with legendary recording artist Prince as the musical guest almost three weeks from now.

If you’re not marking this down on your calendar, then we don’t know what to do with you.

Bill Hader Returns as Herb Welch on SNL

October 12, 2014

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Last night, Bill Hader returned to the Saturday Night Live stage as the host and brought some of his most beloved characters along with him.

One of those characters is elderly reporter Herb Welch and he did not disappoint. Watch it here.

James Franco’s Behind-The-Scenes SNL Documentary “Saturday Night” Now at Hulu

September 29, 2014

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Though it was made more than a few years ago, James Franco’s in-depth look into what goes into a week at Saturday Night Live in his documentary Saturday Night is finally available to more than a film festival crowd to watch.

You’ll get to take a look at Franco following the real life happenings of all the stories that you hear of SNL players and writers talk about in interviews of no sleep, the boatloads of sketches that don’t make it, and more.

Watch Saturday Night on Hulu Plus here.

Bill Hader Talks How to Get Serious with Kristen Wiig and Is Hosting SNL This Season

September 20, 2014

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The Skeleton Twins with Bill Hader is playing in a few more dozen theaters this weekend and you should definitely catch it if you can. When Hader was on Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, he talked about how much fun he had with his former SNL castmate Kristen Wiig and how they had to kept together for the movie’s intense moments.

Bill is also hosting the third episode of Saturday Night Live this season on Oct. 11th and we wonder how Stefon would potentially deal with Colin Jost and Michael Che.

The Daily Show Gives a Classy Send Off to Michael Che After Only a Few Months of Che Being a Correspondent

September 20, 2014

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Michael Che is off from The Daily Show to co-anchor Weekend Update at Saturday Night Live and he just had his last appearance on The Daily Show last night.

So, of course, they gave him a send-off even after just three months as a correspondent. Watch it here.

Darrell Hammond Will Replace the Late Don Pardo as SNL Announcer

September 18, 2014

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Weeks ago, Saturday Night Live lost its legendary announcer Don Pardo when he passed away at the age of 96.

To replace him, former SNL cast member Darrell Hammond has been appointed to the position. If you watched Hammond’s time at SNL at all, you know this is a perfect replacement.

Nasim Pedrad Gives Story Behind Impressions of Kim Kardashian and Aziz Ansari on SNL

September 16, 2014

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When she was on SNL, Nasim Pedrad was the go to player to impersonate Kim Kardashian, even though, often, she wanted to impersonate the likes of Aziz Ansari.

So, when chatting with Conan O’Brien last night, Nasim told the story of how her sketch where she impersonated Aziz got cut and her worries over discussing her Kim impression with Kim Kardashian herself.

Michael Che to Co-Anchor SNL’s Weekend Update in Place of Cecily Strong; Will Leave The Daily Show

September 12, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

There’s been a lot of movement as of late ahead of the 40th season of Saturday Night Live. The latest change is Michael Che will return to SNL to co-anchor Weekend Update with Colin Jost. Che was a correspondent on The Daily Show, but with taking on this gig, will leave The Daily Show after his short tenure there.

Cecily Strong, who co-anchored Weekend Update last season, is moving back to being in more sketches.

After seeing Che on The Daily Show, we think he will do quite well at The Weekend Update desk.