SNL: Saturday Night Live

As a former Saturday Night Live cast member, Franken may soon find himself spoofed on his former show. Asked about the possibility, Franken said he wasn't sure who might do a better impersonation of him, Fred Armisen (who currently plays Obama) or frequent guest Alec Baldwin.

By The Huffington Post News Team ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the hallowed ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting... ST. PAUL, Minn. — Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the hallowed ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusiv...

By Michele Swenson Corporate socialism remains at the center of our "uniquely American" failed, fragmented, U.S. health insurance model that emulates the Wall Street norm of privatized profit and socialized risk. Dialogue around health care reform recalls 1980s Saturday Night Live skits about a paral...

By The Huffington Post News Editors As a dancer, Michael Jackson was great. He was like Fred Astaire. This video, a parody of the "Billie Jean" video, was done for "The New Show," which was a prime-time NBC program that Lorne Michaels did in 1983-1984, when he wasn't producing "Saturday Night Live." More on Michael Jackson

Later that week will be premieres for "The Biggest Loser" on Tuesday Sept. 15, the now-ready-for-prime-time "Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday" on Sept. 17 along with the new sitcom "Community," and  "Parks and Recreation" and "The Office."  (The other Thursday night comedy,...

By editor@buddytv.com Following the unfortunate demise of the King of Pop, several celebrities have expressed their sentiments regarding the accident.  One of those who have gotten close to Michael Jackson is veteran actor Joe Pesci, who rose to fame for his numerous films and a recurring stint on Saturday Ni...

That idea may have come to seem commonplace after the creation of "Saturday Night Live" a few years later, but don't get it twisted — Monty Python influenced "SNL," even if Lorne Michaels won't admit it. With films such as "Monty Python and the Holy ...

By Eliot Glazer Once upon a time, Melanie Hutsell was on top of the world. And by "on top of the world," we mean she was on Saturday Night Live, doing characters whose signature dialogue quietly seeped into the mainstream conscious and were applauded on arrival by the studio audience. And then she vanished,...

If you are a big fan of live improv sketch comedy with a Saturday Night Live twist, you are sure to enjoy this show. Running for an approximate hour, this talented cast delivers countless laughs at the expense of today's popular headlines and past ...

 Canada For people who grew up with Murphy's edgy Saturday Night Live creations such as Mr. Robinson, the foul-mouthed ghetto kids' show host, or learned the lines from Delirious by rote, watching Murphy's latent recline into the waterbed of bland family ...

Washington Post The actor and "Saturday Night Live" standout has morphed from an edgy, in your face talent to the cuddly star of movies like "Daddy Day Care" and this week's new comedy "Imagine That." He's still among the best "SNL" graduates the sketch show has ...

SunHerald.com (registration),  USA On its season-closer, "Saturday Night Live" had a Lawrence Welk sketch. If you're old enough for that premise to resonate, there's little chance you can stay up late enough to watch "SNL." Buddy, can you spare a dime? The networks all unveiled their ...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) And there was a short period of time when a Saturday Night Live movie wasn’t a bad thing. It’s hard to look beyond all the Ladies Mans, Superstars, Coneheads and Night at the Roxburys to see the one good film like Wayne’s World. And with a track record like that, should Saturday Night Live retur...

By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Last Saturday Night—as countless unseen choppers flew overhead—a pair of maracas suddenly appeared in the capable hands of host Will Ferrell. Like magic. They gathered: Tom Hanks (on sax!), Paul Rudd, Anne Hathaway, Peggy and fellow SNL vets like Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Norm MacDona...

 Canada It's a pity, because The Dana Carvey Show is a treasure trove of humour, equal to anything on Saturday Night Live. This is hardly surprising: Carvey had been on SNL for seven years, and his partner in comedy was Robert Smigel, well known for his SNL ...

By Jesse Justin Timberlake has become sort of the Paul Simon of this decade on SNL — their go-to musician whose music would not necessarily imply an affinity for sketch comedy silliness. If future generations won’t quite assume he was an actual cast member, as many people do with Steve Martin, they...

NBC signed a 10-episode deal of Season 35 of Saturday Night Live. The first host of Season 35 will be Jessica Alba. She'll be hosting on November 14, 2009. The first 5 SNL hosts in November 2009 and the last in April 2010. Let NBC Press Conference will confirm this list above on June 2009. Season 35 o...

By Jesse And yet for all of the clumsiness of the episode, there were highlights: a smartly employed gimmick sketch about underage drinking; a strange riff on old movies with the underutilized Casey Wilson doing some fine physical comedy running alongside a train with Olympian power; and the tr...

is a standup comic and writer for Saturday Night Live. His first comedy CD is The Top Part.

By The Huffington Post News Editors The sketch follows two party-goers (Andy Samberg and Bill Hader) as they describe the usual suspects at a lame party. While the adjectives are common (motherf**kers, sons of bitches, jokers, what's his face) the visuals are literal leading to the weirdest party-montage SNL has ever put...

By Jesse The locker-room sketch with Bobby Moynihan as a young hockey fan who fawns over all players but the goalie had a funny set-up but went nowhere; same goes for “Bad Guys, Good Conversation,” which collected a bunch of eighties movie villains so they could… act pretty much how they do in the mo...

By Jesse Like Martin’s current career, his latest SNL hosting gig was weirdly divided, though it didn’t appear to be his fault. Many moments harkened back to classic Martin/SNL bits of yore: his monologue, for example, which was, wow, an actual comedy monologue with actual jokes. That monologue,...

By rss@youtube.com (WritingHannah) Aladdin Clip: http://www.hulu.com/watch/53458/saturday-night-live-aladdin#s-p1-st-i0 Possible Pollen Naughtiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skD2gyP1cCs Starwars Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0 LOW Kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQ5yW...

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By gonzalo cordova Casey Wilson as Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Wiig as Elizabeth Hasselbeck. Over the past few days, The New York Times profiled all the women currently on SNL, first in an interview with Kristen Wiig...With the departure of Amy Poehler last month, Ms. Wiig has become, during only her fourth sea...

By Dennis Perrin The most popular player that season was also the biggest distraction. Coming off the enormous success of "Animal House," and riding high with The Blues Brothers, John Belushi had bigger things in mind other than SNL. There are scenes where Belushi simply phones it in, his casual, indiffer...

I watched Saturday Night Live from its inception in the 70s, but over the years my attention went elsewhere. I have to admit that Dana Carvey and Eddie Murphy still seem like the new guys on SNL. So Tina Fey is absolutely foreign territory, and a bit intimidating. How dare the world move on! I was...

By Christopher Rosen This has been a bellwether month for Lorne Michaels. Not only has Saturday Night Live seen its ratings rise some 161 percent from a year ago, but Mr. Michaels has been doing more interviews than the political figures his show regularly mocks. Lorne actually has talking points now! Seriously...

By Justin McCarthy JOY BEHAR: She tripped all over herself to be on "Saturday Night Live," made her trip to New York. Meanwhile she should be on "Meet the Press." She avoids that like the plague. [applause] But to do a little prompter reading "oh yeah, I’ll do that." BEHAR: That’s right. Same with Obama.

By M.J. Rosenberg One of the best ways to gauge the state of public opinion is to watch the late night comedy shows and see what comedians like Jon Stewart and the SNL team are joking about. This year the Jewish community's supposed... <p>One of the best ways to gauge the state of public opinion is t...

By Brent Baker Harder now to ridicule Palin? On FNC, Chris Wallace ended an interview with former Senator Fred Thompson: It may be harder for Tina Fey to mock her on Saturday Night Live, although, Lord knows, they'll try. Lengthier quotes from the post-VP debate coverage on Thursday night, October 2:

By Jesse A common charge against Saturday Night Live is that its sketches go on too long, and that could certainly be selectively leveled against the James Franco episode. A mildly amusing (if deeply obvious) riff about “Agent 420″ seemed to go on forever, with two separate, elaborate sets employ...

is an actor best known for his long stint on Saturday Night Live.  He's also appeared in films like Anchorman and recently, Kabluey.

Hilary Clinton on SNL "It Is Saturday Night" brett favre QB from NFL's Greenbay retires finally hillary wins texas, ohio and rhode island obama wins vermont and leads in delegates mccain clinches republican nomination GA's cynthia mckinney is running for prz with green party!! she was...

By Jen Carlson A familiar face to the SNL stage, Tina Fey, returned last night taking over hosting duties. Her monologue focused on the reason the show has been absent for so long, the writers' strike. Steve Martin joined her, himself having hosted about 14 times. Watch in the clip below:

By Hartford Courant Word of progress in the TV writers' strike is good news, especially when "Saturday Night Live" is digging further and further back for its reruns. It was so old, the cast still included such long-gone cast members as Horatio Sanz, Finesse Williams, Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch. One featured m...

By Brian I’ve got to add SNL to my DVR, I haven’t watched it in years but there’s more and more funny clips from the show lately. I wonder what kind of ratings NBC is getting on Notre Dame games this season. I can’t imagine they’re recouping their investment, though I certainly have tuned in to enjoy a lit...

By Rob It's an easy laugh for SNL (God knows they need those), but it's a laugh nonetheless.

Writes and wrongs at Notre Dame  New York - Saturday Night Live actually spent a segment of this past week's show doing a mock NBC teaser for people to watch ND games, but instead of showing great ...

By SFChief SNL last night had an fictitious NBC commerical for Notre Dame. Pretty darn funny, especially.

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities Contrary to many, many reports that have been circulating this past week (including one from TV Guide's Michael Ausiello a few days ago), Maya Rudolph has indeed left Saturday Night Live. The news is confirmed by NBC.

By Annie Wu Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Episode Reviews(S32E19) Cold Open: Bill Hader's Ryan Seacrest impression isn't that accurate. Has the impressions master finally met his match?! I knew Mary Katherine Gallagher would make an appearance at some point in the episode. It wouldn't b...

By Cameron Archer Let's get this out of the way. SNL in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (May 6, 9-11 PM, NBC) has the same problems as SNL in the '80s had, albeit not as noticeably. Clips and musical guests still don't match the seasons. Not everyone from the 1990s versions of SNL offer interviews for the documentary...

By Cameron Archer No opening tirade here, aside from the fact that Classic Saturday Night Live no longer airs on NBC All Night (as of January 2007, anyway.) That's not a bad thing. The reruns were getting to the point where every episode from five or six years ago was considered classic. Don't get me wrong, some o...

By Cameron Archer It's funny how hosts of Saturday Night Live earn their reputations. Former SNL director Beth McCarthy-Miller holds Justin Timberlake up as her favourite guest. He was responsible for one of the stronger shows of the post-Ferrell period.Timberlake's first show still holds up as one of the...

Guests Roz Chast and Bill Hader.  Roz Chast is a long-time New Yorker cartoonist.  Bill Hader is a castmember of Saturday Night Live.

By Nick Schweitzer What do you get when you cross the late 1990s television series Sports Night with Saturday Night Live? You get Aaron Sorkin's newest creation, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. If you watched Sports Night and enjoyed it, then you'll probably like Studio 60. And if you didn't like Sorkin's earli...

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By splangy@splangy.com Guests Fred Armisen and Brent Hoff. Fred Armisen is a star on Saturday Night Live, and he's really, really nice (funny, too). Brent Hoff is the editor of McSweeney's new DVD magazine, Wholphin. Also, music from the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and a comedy sketch from Kasper Hause...

SNL star Amy Poehler called in to talk to Matt