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Saturday Night
FILM 

‘Saturday Night’: A Star is Lorne

October 12, 2024October 15, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cooper Hoffman, Cory Michael Smith, Dylan O’Brien, Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn, Finn Wolfhard, Gabriel LaBelle, J.K. Simmons, Jason Reitman, Jon Batiste, Kim Matula, Lamore Harris, Matt Wood, Matthew Rhys, Nicholas Braun, Rachel Sennott, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe

Jason Reitman pays historical reverence to an irreverent sketch-comedy institution

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King Tut
Politics 

Tut Tut

April 29, 2022May 2, 2022 Jake Harris 0 Comments Cuties, King Tut, Licorice Pizza, Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin, The Last Duel

How did we get so funky about media literacy?

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Odenkirk
Memoir NON-FICTION 

Bob Odenkirk Makes a Memoir

March 8, 2022March 11, 2022 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Ben Stiller, Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, David Cross, Eric Wareheim, Mr. Show, Robert Smigel, Saturday Night Live, Tim Heidecker

The tale of his long and fractured road to stardom

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Norm Macdonald
CREATORS 

Norm Macdonald Will Never Die

September 15, 2021May 4, 2022 Robert Kurson 2 Comments David Letterman, Norm Macdonald, Saturday Night Live

A kind soul who happened to be the best standup comedian of his generation

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TV
TELEVISION 

TV Needs To Get Back To Pre-COVID Normal

May 27, 2021March 15, 2022 Joel Keller 0 Comments Inside the NBA, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, Live with Kelly and Ryan, Saturday Night Live, Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, Trevor Noah

Why are so many shows still cosplaying the pandemic?

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Jim Carrey
Actors CREATORS FICTION FILM NON-FICTION TELEVISION 

Jim Carrey: The Year In Review

December 28, 2020January 4, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dana Vachon, Jim Carrey, Joe Biden, Memoirs and Misinformation, Nicolas Cage, Saturday Night Live, Sonic the Hedgehog

A three-media push in 2020 from our weirdest entertainer

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SNL
TELEVISION 

‘SNL’ and Second City Find Laughs in Streaming Self-Confinement

April 22, 2020April 28, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Aidy Bryant, Chloe Fineman, Chris Martin, Colin Jost, Edgar Blackmon, Ego Nwodim, Fred Willard, Heidi Gardner, Jack McBrayer, Jeff Tweedy, Kate McKinnon, Larry David, Lorne Michaels, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Saturday Night Live, Second City, SNL, Tom Hanks, Tyler Davis

Not so live, but still alive

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Pete Davidson
Netflix TELEVISION 

Pete Davidson: Nothing Special

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 Michael Patrick Welch 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Leslie Jones, Pete Davidson, Saturday Night Live

Stay for the Ariana Grande jokes, forget the rest of his Netflix standup act

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Netflix TELEVISION 

‘I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson’

May 14, 2019May 15, 2019 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Amy Schumer, Andy Samberg, Cecily Strong, Detroiters, Fred Willard, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, Lonely Island, Nick Kroll, Sam Richardson, Saturday Night Live, Tim Robinson, Vanessa Bayer, Will Forte

Un-reinventing the Sketch Comedy Wheel

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Doonesbury
COMICS 

#SAD! ‘Doonesbury’ Takes On Trump

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Michael Giltz 0 Comments #SAD, Donald Trump, Doonesbury, satire, Saturday Night Live, Trump

G.B. Trudeau Transcends Late Night’s Tepid Satire

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Featured Stories

Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?
BOOKS Featured Stories FICTION 

Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?

July 19, 2026July 24, 2026 Katie Smith 0

The ‘Hamnet’ author’s charts Ireland’s history

‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!
Comedy Featured Stories FILM 

‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3
Traumatized Young Woman?
Featured Stories FILM 

Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1
‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ With the Revolutionary Guard
Featured Stories FILM 

‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ With the Revolutionary Guard

July 8, 2026July 10, 2026 William Schwartz 0

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