SNL: Saturday Night Live

Mark Joseph: President Obama & America's Comedically-Challenged Funnymen

source: Huffington Post

George Bush's mangled syntax and general awkwardness was all Dana Carvey needed to mock him effectively as he did here. Then there was Will Ferrell smartly capturing George W. Bush's cowboy impatience and less than perfect command of the English language here.

Published Sun, Nov 1

Have you ever seen the SNL auditions of Belushi, Carvey, and Hartman?

source: TV Squad

Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Video, Celebrities, Reality-Free This is an interesting find: the Saturday Night Live audition tapes for Phil Hartman, John Belushi, Will Ferrell, and Dana Carvey. Below is Hartman's audition, and after the jump Carvey's two audition bits (Choppin'...

Published Sun, Aug 16

Franken's First Time Around: Comedian-Turned-Senator Questioned "Clarence Thomas" In 1991 SNL Sketch (VIDEO)

source: Huffington Post

This isn't Al Franken's first Supreme Court confirmation hearing. In 1991 he appeared in an opening sketch on "Saturday Night Live" that mocked Clarence Thomas's hearing and those involved. It featured Tim Meadows as Thomas and Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Chris Farley and F...

Published Thu, Jul 16

Sketch Comedy Saturday: The Dana Carvey Show

source: TV Squad

 CA This installment of Sketch Comedy Saturday is less about you pining for new episodes of Saturday Night Live and more about me having an excuse to use this old image of Stephen Colbert with a puppy. It makes me sick, it's so adorable. ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

Wayne's World - Blu-ray Review

source: monstersandcritics.com

The iconic Saturday Night Live sketch proved so popular that it turned into a feature length film. A sphincter says what? Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) are slackers who host the late-night cable access show called Wayne's ...

Published Sat, May 16

Opinion: I heart 30 Rock

source: Scripting News

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...

Published Sun, Nov 16

Opinion: Monday Morning Quarterback: SNL Season 34, Episode 1

source: TiFaux

Episode Grade: C+ I know a lot of people react to Saturday Night Live with vague dismissiveness: oh, is that still on? I haven’t really watched it since [Tina Fey/Will Ferrell/Adam Sandler/Dana Carvey/Eddie Murphy/Bill Murray/Chevy Chase] left. So while you can find breathless, fawni...

Published Mon, Sep 15

DVD Review: Comedy Central's TV Funhouse

source: Blogcritics

He wrote for what I consider to be the other golden age of Saturday Night Live (late 80's/early 90's), wrote great sketches, characters, and bits for The Dana Carvey Show and Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and then really made a name. ...

Published Sun, Jul 27