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Norm Was a Vibe

October 31, 2026November 4, 2026 Rob Kutner 1 Comment absurdist comedy, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, American comedy, Amy Schumer, Andy Kaufman, Anthony Jeselnik, anti-humor, Bob Saget, cancer, celebrity roasts, comedian biography, comedian documentaries, comedy and tragedy, Comedy Central Roast, comedy controversy, comedy documentary, comedy history, comedy writing, Conan OBrien, creative originality, deadpan comedy, Dirty Work, documentary film, documentary review, Don Ohlmeyer, entertainment industry, Garry Shandling, George Carlin, Joan Rivers, Judd Apatow, late-night comedy, late-night television, Lenny Bruce, Lorne Michaels, Matt Wolf, Mel Brooks, mortality, Netflix, Norm Macdonald, Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, O.J. Simpson, Pee-wee as Himself, Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Saturday Night Live, shaggy dog stories, SNL, Stand Up Comedy, subversive humor, television history, The Moth Joke, Weekend Update

Judd Apatow takes a different tack in ‘Norm: The Tale Of Norm Macdonald’

‘Funny Business,’ Sad comedy scene

October 26, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments 2000s comedy movies, 2010s comedy movies, Adam McKay, Anchorman, Animal House, Ben Stiller, Bobby Farrelly, Book Review, comedy box office, comedy history, Farrelly brothers, film criticism, Frat Pack, Funny Business, Funny Business book, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hollywood comedy, hollywood history, improvisational comedy, Judd Apatow, Knocked Up, Matt Singer, National Lampoon, Netflix, nonfiction book review, Opposable Thumbs, Owen Wilson, Paul Feig, Peter Farrelly, R-rated comedies, raunchy comedy, Saturday Night Live, Scary Movie, ScreenCrush, Seth Rogen, Siskel and Ebert, Steve Carell, streaming entertainment, studio comedies, Talladega Nights, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ben Stiller Show, The Hangover, The Invite, The Studio, theatrical comedy, There's Something About Mary, This Is the End, Todd Phillips, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers, Will Ferrell

Matt Singer’s new book will make you reconsider 2000s R-rated comedies

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‘Lorne’: The Man Who Made Everyone Famous but Himself

October 22, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Sandler, Alec Baldwin, American comedy, Book and Film Globe, Broadway Video, celebrity documentaries, Colin Jost, comedy documentary, comedy legends, Conan OBrien, documentary review, Eddie Murphy, entertainment industry, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, John Belushi, Late Night, late-night television, Lorne, Lorne Michaels, Lorne Michaels succession, Michael Che, Morgan Neville, NBC, Netflix, Paul Simon, Saturday Night Live, show business, sketch comedy, SNL, SNL 50th anniversary, SNL documentary, Steve Martin, streaming documentaries, television history, The Blues Brothers, The New Show, The Tonight Show, Tina Fey, Wayne's World, Will Ferrell

Morgan Neville’s new documentary explores the mastermind behind Saturday Night Live, who built a comedy empire while keeping his own life stubbornly offstage.

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Remember SNL’s Pat?

August 21, 2026August 22, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments androgyny, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, documentary, gender identity, It's Pat!, Julia Sweeney, Larry David, Matt Foley, nonbinary, Pat, Peacock, Rowan Haber, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, sketch comedy, SNL, Toonces, transgender, We Are Pat

New documentary argues Julia Sweeney’s character was inspiring — and maybe bigoted

Sentenced to ’72 Hours’ With Kevin Hart

August 2, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 72 Hours, bachelor party, Comedy, Dumb and Dumber, Gen Z, Jackass, Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, Mason Gooding, Miami, Millennials, movie review, Netflix, Netflix original, Old School, Porky's, Rotten Tomatoes, Saturday Night Live, Step Brothers, streaming movies, Teyana Taylor, The Hangover, Tim Story, Tina Fey, workplace comedy

‘The Hangover’ without the manic escalation meets ‘Old School’ without the affection

Saturday Night

‘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

King Tut

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?

Odenkirk

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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

Norm Macdonald

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

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?

Jim Carrey

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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

SNL

‘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

Pete Davidson

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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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‘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

Doonesbury

#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