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Stalled Career, Ageism Drove Ex-SNL Writer to Suicide

Wayne's World writer Joe Bodolai found dead in Hollywood hotel room

(Newser) - Joe Bodolai's long career in show business came to a sad end in a Hollywood hotel room. The 63-year-old comedy writer and TV producer was found dead the day after Christmas, having apparently committed suicide by drinking a mixture of antifreeze and Gatorade. Bodolai, who wrote for Saturday Night ...

Pat Robertson Calls SNL's Tebow Skit 'Bigotry'

Televangelist says 'anti-Christian' bias is rampant

(Newser) - One person most definitely not amused by last weekend's Tim Tebow skit on Saturday Night Live was Pat Robertson, reports the LA Times . The sketch, in which Jesus visits Tebow in the locker room and tells him he's overdoing the religious stuff, is evidence of the "anti-Christian...

Jesus Has Tough Words for Tebow on SNL

Host Jimmy Fallon joined by a bunch of alums

(Newser) - If you missed Saturday Night Live last night, you actually missed something. The holiday show featured plenty of blasts from the past—specifically, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan, not to mention host Jimmy Fallon—and it was a classic. Among the highlights:...

Alec Baldwin Spoofs Airline Tantrum on 'Saturday Night Live'
 Alec Baldwin Says 
 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin 
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Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM CST

Alec Baldwin Says 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin

Actor apologizes to himself as airline pilot

(Newser) - Hot off his ugly incident on an American Airlines flight this week, Alec Baldwin appeared on Saturday Night Live and apologized to ... himself, the New York Daily News reports. The funnyman donned a pilot's uniform and was introduced as Captain Steve Rogers: "It was awful Seth," he...

SNL&#39;s Devil Horrified By Penn State
 SNL's Devil 
 Horrified By 
 Penn State 
PLUS, EMMA STONE
Nov 13, 2011 8:40 AM CST

SNL's Devil Horrified By Penn State

'I'm not a monster,' says Prince of Darkness

(Newser) - Turns out the Penn State sex abuse scandal isn't just shocking people across America—the Devil himself is pretty horrified by this one, notes Mediaite . Lucifer took time out of his busy schedule to appear on Saturday Night Live last night to comment on the scandal. And once he...

SNL Star Darrell Hammond: I Did Crack, Cut Myself

Comic recounts his struggles in new book

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond, perhaps best known for his dead-on Bill Clinton impression, confesses in a new book that he once had to be taken from work “in a straitjacket” after an alcohol binge in 1998. “I kept a pint of Remy in my desk at...

Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live: 'Bridesmaids' Actress Goes Naughty, Gets Raunchy
 Melissa McCarthy 
 Scores on SNL 
BEST SCENES
Oct 2, 2011 11:57 AM CDT

Melissa McCarthy Scores on SNL

Actress goes from naughty to raunchy

(Newser) - Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy hammed it up last night on Saturday Night Live, admonishing her two young children to "go to bed now 'cause Momma is about to get pretty inappropriate." The actress' "sketch comedy roots were on display as she threw herself into every scene,...

Herman Cain Might Actually Deliver



 Herman Cain  
 Might Actually  
 Deliver 
Dana Milbank
Sep 28, 2011 10:22 AM CDT

Herman Cain Might Actually Deliver

Are straw polls that different from primaries?

(Newser) - It’s getting tough to “separate fact from farce” in the GOP presidential debate, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post . Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, for instance, recently said he might actually use the goofy “I will deliver” motto SNL made up for him. So...

Coming Soon: Schweddy Balls Ice Cream?

Ben & Jerry's won't confirm or deny hilarious rumor

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s is known for its unconventional ice cream flavors , but would they really go this far? Ana Gasteyer started a rumor when she recently told NY1 , “Ben and Jerry's is coming out with a Schweddy Balls ice cream for Christmas this year,” referring to...

Saturday Night Live Finale: Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga Close Out Season
 JT, Gaga Close SNL Season 
May 22, 2011 8:45 AM CDT

JT, Gaga Close SNL Season

Timberlake, Samberg return with 'Motherlover' characters

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live closed out its season last night with some heavyweight help from Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, playing host and musical guest respectively. The highlight, notes Gawker, was a "soon-to-be infamous" Digital Short starring Timberlake, Gaga, and Andy Samberg. JT and Samberg reprise their "Dick in...

Hamm, Fallon Become SNL's 'Ambiguously Gay Duo'

Animated sketch takes live-action turn.

(Newser) - After a long hiatus, Saturday Night Live's "Ambiguously Gay Duo" is back, and the first three minutes of the animated sketch feature plenty of the kinds of lines you'd expect (sample: "Commissioner, we make a great team: You finger the perps, and we give them our...

Tina Fey Tweaks Sarah Palin Again

She hosts Saturday Night Live, returns to form

(Newser) - Tina Fey returned to both Saturday Night Live and a familiar character last night. Her Sarah Palin persona made another appearance during a debate skit with other GOP candidates, including The Donald, notes Entertainment Weekly . “It’s just so great to be back on Fox News, a network that...

Jane Curtin: Belushi Was Totally Sexist

'SNL' was a 'misogynistic environment,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - You hear a lot of nostalgic reminiscing about John Belushi and how funny he was , but not from Jane Curtin. Yesterday on Oprah she recalled the "misogynistic environment" of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, noting that Belushi was particularly to blame. "[John] said, 'Women are just fundamentally...

SNL's Obama: Nobody Got What They Wanted

Even the congressional interns are peeved over budget deal

(Newser) - Fred Armisen's Barack Obama opened Saturday Night Live last night with a summary of the budget deal: "No one got everything he wanted, and everyone walked away unhappy." The unhappiness trickled down to Congress, Congressional cleaning staff and interns, Tea Partiers, Mitt Romney, the New York Times, and...

Ex SNL Actress Slams 'Sickening' Gay Kiss on Glee

Victoria Jackson: Gays on a wedding cake is a 'comedy skit'

(Newser) - Former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson has unleashed an Internet tirade about the hit TV series Glee, calling a recent kiss between gay characters "sickening." Besides "shoving the gay thing down our throats, they made a mockery of Christians—again!" she writes on the conservative...

Miley Cyrus Spoofs Justin Bieber on Saturday Night Live
 Miley Spoofs Bieber on SNL  
Mar 6, 2011 7:45 AM CST

Miley Spoofs Bieber on SNL

You know, pretty cool.

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has met her Saturday Night Live impression while lampooning a fellow teen pop star herself. Cyrus hosted SNL last night, leading to an inevitable face-off between the 18-year-old singer and cast member Vanessa Bayer's parody. But Cyrus appeared on Bayer's The Miley Cyrus Show not as herself, but...

SNL: Russell Brand Is British, Get It?

Accent seems to be only joke of the evening

(Newser) - Russell Brand bounded across the Atlantic to host Saturday Night Live last night, and not everyone is glad he made the trip. Some reactions from around the blogosphere:
  • Brand's presence "(begat) a gaggle of English-themed content, and not one but two period sketches. (Sort of.) We just can't
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Wayne's World! Party Time! Excellent!
 Wayne's World Returns! 
 Party Time! Excellent!  
CARVEY REVISITS 'SNL'
Feb 6, 2011 9:44 AM CST

Wayne's World Returns! Party Time! Excellent!

Church Lady meets Sssssssatan, and her name is Snooki

(Newser) - Dana Carvey made his return to Saturday Night Live last night, reports PopEater, and trotted out old standby characters from Garth Algar to the Church Lady. Appearing next to Mike Meyers on a Wayne's World reunion, Carvey's Garth was predictably randy in his Oscar preview: "Anne Hath-a-way of giving...

Jen: I Turned Down SNL for Friends

People thought she was crazy, but she 'did alright,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston could have avoided that awful “Rachel” haircut entirely—if she’d taken the job offer she got from Saturday Night Live. Aniston revealed to Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she turned down SNL for Friends, PopEater reports. Everyone “thought I was making a huge mistake," she...

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Up on SNL

... with Jesse Eisenberg, who played him in 'Social Network'

(Newser) - The real Mark Zuckerberg stepped forward on last night's Saturday Night Live, alongside the guy who played him in The Social Network and the guy who plays him on SNL. "Awkward!" cried Andy Samberg, skipping off when Zuckerberg came out. Left alone, Jesse Eisenberg asks Zuck what he...

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