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Posted Friday 5/21/21 at 1:28AM EDT
Paul Mooney helped make SNL a cultural phenomenon by writing its legendary Richard Pryor-Chevy Chase "Word Association" sketch
It was Mooney, who died Wednesday at age 79, who wrote the iconic "Word Association" sketch in which Pryor reacts to Chase...
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Posted Friday 5/21/21 at 1:28AM EDT
Charles Grodin's bizarre 1977 SNL episode embodied his brand of meta-comedy
The October 1977 episode reportedly got Grodin banned from Saturday Night Live because he missed much of the week's rehearsal...
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Posted Thursday 5/20/21 at 1:24AM EDT
Michael Che: Why SNL rejected my "the Avengers accidentally killing an unarmed Black teenager" sketch
Che explained to Howard Stern that Saturday Night Live isn't the place for certain race-specific sketches.
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Charles Grodin dies: Actor, Emmy winner and curmudgeon of late-night TV was 86
Grodin, who died today of bone marrow cancer, is known for his many movie roles, from Midnight Run to The...
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 3:02PM EDT
Michael Che is "99% sure" he'll return to SNL next season
Che joked on The View this morning that the sliver of doubt exists on his future at SNL because “at the...
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 12:37PM EDT
David Alan Grier: I turned down the chance to become an SNL cast member after I hosted the show
“NBC came and they offered me a spot on SNL.
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Posted Tuesday 5/18/21 at 1:42AM EDT
SNL's The Muppets sketch was a case of the pot calling the kettle a hack
"Both The Muppet Show and SNL established themselves long ago as comedic institutions whose best parodies were able to capture...
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Posted Sunday 5/16/21 at 7:01PM EDT
SNL wastes Keegan-Michael Key
Key is a sketch legend, the first MADtv alum to host Saturday Night Live who went on to star in...
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Posted Thursday 5/13/21 at 7:13PM EDT
Elon Musk is $20 billion poorer since hosting SNL
Musk was worth $166 billion last Saturday.
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Posted Wednesday 5/12/21 at 3:38PM EDT
An Italian-American organization lashes out at SNL over its Elon Musk "Wario" sketch
The National Italian American Foundation released a statement today calling out Saturday Night Live's Super Mario Bros.
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Posted Wednesday 5/12/21 at 10:49AM EDT
Grimes reveals she was hospitalized for a panic attack after her partner Elon Musk's SNL debut
The musician, who made a cameo as a princess on last week's episode, wrote on Instagram that she forgot to...
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 8:33PM EDT
Elon Musk’s appearance on an unremarkable SNL episode was a masterfully orchestrated bit of cultural creation
"By being there at all, SNL and Musk both got to benefit from a cultural uproar, which is not all...
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 2:56PM EDT
SNL's "Gen Z Hospital" sketch accused of cultural appropriation of African-American Vernacular English
Twitter users accused Saturday Night Live of rebranding African-American Vernacular English, or AAVE, as Gen Z slang on Elon Musk's episode “Love...
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 2:56PM EDT
Peacock orders documentaries on legendary SNL writer Jim Downey, the Diamond Princess cruise and Perfect World: The Gamer Murders
Downey Wrote That will celebrate Jim Downey, who has worked on Saturday Night Live for more than 30 seasons mostly with...
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 1:54PM EDT
Seth Rogen regrets joking about James Franco's sexual misconduct allegation on SNL, says he has "no plans" to work with him again
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Rogen said that he stopped working with his longtime collaborator and Freaks and...