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October 10th, 2008

It’s Official: Sarah Palin Will Play Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’

You betcha!
According to the New York Post’s very own Cindy Adams, Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is heading to NBC’s weekend comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live to play herself, and she’s doing it willingly.
Cindy says: “Sarah Palin is doing ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Not Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin doing ‘Saturday Night […]

By Chandra -- 3 comments

October 5th, 2008

Tina Fey Three for Three on ‘SNL’ as Sarah Palin

This is getting ridiculous! Tina Fey is starting to make a better Sarah Palin than the real Sarah Palin, what with three spot-on impersonations of the Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate under her belt now.
Yes, 30 Rock mastermind Fey appeared on Saturday Night Live again this weekend to reprise her stellar Palin […]

By Chandra -- 4 comments

September 28th, 2008

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Do It Again on ‘SNL’

It was like déjà vu on Saturday Night Live last night.
This time, however, Amy Poehler portrays CBS News anchor Katie Couric, not New York Senator Hillary Clinton, while Tina Fey reprises her unforgettable impersonation of quickly deflating Republican Vice President candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
The skit parodies Palin’s recent disastrous interview with Couric, only […]

By Chandra -- 5 comments

September 14th, 2008

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Address the ‘SNL’ Nation - Transcript

If you haven’t heard yet, Saturday Night Live’s 34th-season premiere on September 13 featured a single highlight that is destined to go down in the annals of television history as one of the medium’s most memorable events: former SNL head writer Tina Fey and current SNL player Amy Poehler addressing the nation as Republican Vice […]

By Chandra -- 6 comments

September 14th, 2008

Tina Fey Does Sarah Palin on ‘Saturday Night Live’

…and knocks the parody out of the park.
My madness had a clear method. When I posted about the 34th-season premiere of Saturday Night Live yesterday, I intentionally failed to mention the buzzed-about potential visit by former SNL head writer and current 30 Rock mastermind Tina Fey.
There was just so much talk and hope it […]

By Chandra -- 9 comments

September 13th, 2008

Michael Phelps, Jerry O’Connell Host SNL, MADtv

Heads-Up: History-making Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Do Not Disturb star Jerry O’Connell will be providing hosting duties tonight when weekend television’s two late-night series return to open new seasons.
Tune in to NBC’s Saturday Night Live, back for Season 34 (!), at 11:29pm EST to catch Phelps in action and Fox’s MADtv, now on its […]

By Chandra -- 1 comment

September 5th, 2008

ABC, CBS, and NBC Unite to Fight Cancer

At 8pm EST tonight, the three major broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC will do something different that they’ve also done in the last two weeks during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. All will air the same star-filled special called Stand Up to Cancer, a one-hour program that aims to publicize the worldwide […]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

August 29th, 2008

Mitch Hedberg Giveaway: ‘Do You Believe in Gosh?’

Two months prior to his death from an accidental drug overdose in March 2005, well-known 37-year-old standup comic Mitch Hedberg recorded almost forty minutes of previously unreleased comedy material. Comedy Central Records is releasing the work on September 9 as the comedian’s third album, Do You Believe in Gosh?.
According to the label, the CD […]

By Chandra -- 70 comments

August 9th, 2008

Television Academy Pays Tribute to Betty White

On Thursday, August 7, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held a special event in honor of 86-year-old Betty White and her impressive sixty-year television career. Not only did White star on seminal shows such as Mary Tyler Moore (1970–1977) and The Golden Girls (1985–1992), but also TV series like Life with Elizabeth […]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

August 7th, 2008

And the Winners of the Jimmy Dore Giveaway Are…

Four randomly selected people have confirmed their selection as winners of the recent Jimmy Dore giveaway. They are:
Michelle, whose favorite standup comic is Sinbad.
John, who likes Dane Cook.
Vicki, who has fond memories of recently departed George Carlin.
James, who apparently remembers how funny Howie Mandel was before he went bald and became synonymous with a […]

By Chandra -- 0 comments

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