Name Dropped by Jimmy Fallon
Belated “Thank You Note” to Jimmy Fallon for remembering his old pal, Sean Bradley, on a recent Nerdist podcast. If someone could please send word to Jimmy… “Saturday DASH Night DASH Live DOT COM.”
Read moreBelated “Thank You Note” to Jimmy Fallon for remembering his old pal, Sean Bradley, on a recent Nerdist podcast. If someone could please send word to Jimmy… “Saturday DASH Night DASH Live DOT COM.”
Read moreIn his first visit to Conan O’Brien’s basic cable home, Norm MacDonald continued to make a case for himself as Greatest Talk Show Guest Ever. Watch as Norm hijacks the first segment with a 4 minute long joke he heard down south—you know, from that famous sub-genre of “Andy RIchter Swedish German” jokes. Then stay [...]
Read moreMaya Rudolph will be back on NBC this fall in Up All Night, a new sitcom written by Emily Spivey (SNL writer, 2002-2010) and executive produced by Lorne Michaels (never heard of him). The comedy stars Christina Applegate and Will Arnett as husband and wife, coming to grips with the responsibilities of parenthood in the [...]
Read moreIn a terrific piece for this week’s The New Yorker, Tina Fey shares lessons learned from her years at SNL. A great many of those lessons came from Lorne Michaels, including: When hiring, mix Harvard nerds with Chicago improvisors and stir. The staff of Saturday Night Live has always been a blend of hyper-intelligent Harvard [...]
Read moreDana Carvey hosting SNL in February, embarking on “comeback tour” SNL goes behind-the-scenes with primetime special: Saturday Night Live Backstage, on Feb. 20 If SNL offers a 2-year contract, Justin Timberlake will “absolutely” join the cast Bobby Moynihan’s “Snooki” meets Snooki Molly Shannon on revisiting old characters for the Betty White SNL Dan Aykroyd: John Belushi would [...]
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