
Tina Fey reacts to the events of Charlottesville and offers a plan for how to deal with future Alt-Right protests. Colin and Michael tackle super orgasms and two ninety-year-olds getting married. “Who drove the car into the crowd, Hillary’s emails?”
Dominican newspaper El Nacional apologized on Saturday after mistakenly using a photo of Baldwin dressed as President Trump on āSaturday Night Live,ā instead of the president himself. The photo appeared in the paper next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The photo āwas placed as if it were the one of Trump,ā the paper wrote.…
The White House is still reeling from a Saturday Night Live sketch that took aim at press secretary Sean Spicer. In particular, sources say that it was Spicerās portrayal by a woman that hit President Trump hardest, because he was said to believe it made the press secretary appear weak. āTrump doesnāt like his people…
Late Saturday night, after SNL aired another sketch of liberal actor Alec Baldwin mocking President-elect Donald Trumpāthis time poking fun at his twitchy Twitter fingers, which resemble that of a reactionary, basement-dwelling teenāthe soon-to-be leader of the free world weighed in on Twitter, writing: āJust tried watching Saturday Night Live – unwatchable! Totally biased, not…
“Saturday Night Live” mocked the second debate between presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the opening of its latest show. āHello, and welcome to the second and worst-ever presidential debate,ā moderator āMartha Raddatzā says before she and āAnderson Cooperā do shots. The show also played up the viral meme sparked by Trump lurking…
NBC has confirmed that Taran Killam, best known for playing Ted Cruz, John Boehner, and Paul Ryan, and Jay Pharoah, who took over the role of President Barack Obama from Fred Armisen, will both be leaving Saturday Night Live ahead of the showās 42nd season this fall. Killam, who was announced as SNLās new Donald…
Dana Carvey is back as his character The Church Lady in the cold open of the May 7, 2016 episode of Saturday Night Live. During the Church Chat segment, The Church Lady interviewed failed Republican candidate Ted Cruz (Taran Killam) and presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump (Darrell Hammond). Carvey was a cast member on the…
The New York Post obtained audio of Kanye West yelling at NBC staffers behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live over the weekend. In the clip, West audibly refers to Taylor Swift as a āfake assā and shouted expletives at some of the comedy sketch showās staffers. West was allegedly upset over the showās handling…
Will Ferrell does George W. Bush once again for Saturday Night Live to mock the current crop of Republican presidential candidates and announce that āBushā is running for president again. This is an important day. Iāve made a big decision. Iām entering the race for the President of the United States of America,ā Ferrell said…
Donald Trump will host Saturday Night Live for a second time, NBC announced on Tuesday. The episode, airing on 7 November, comes almost exactly a year before election day, which will fall on 8 November 2016. His upcoming Saturday Night Live appearance is not the first time the network has gone against its word on…
Tracy Morgan is set to make his triumphant return āSaturday Night Live,ā as a host for Season 41, along with Miley Cyrus and Amy Schumer have also been tapped to helm āSNLā this fall. Morgan, a former āSNLā cast member for seven seasons, will host the show for his second time in Oct. Morganās return…
SNL Kate McKinnon played Hillary Clinton’s controversy over emails. And this Hillaryāāāa relatable woman on a couchāāāwonāt let a little thing like email get in the way of ascending to the presidency. Clinton looked slightly possessed as she insisted that āthere will be no mistakes in my rise to the topā and dared the media…
Eddie Murphy rejected an offer to play Bill Cosby on the 40th anniversary “Saturday Night Live” special, according to cast member and writer Norm Macdonald. The sketch centred around Murphy, dressed in one of Cosbyās signature multicoloured sweaters, mixing a drink. Cosby, once a beloved figure in US comedy and one of the first truly…
Comedian Chris Rockās return to Saturday Night Live kicked off with a controversial monologue in which he joked about the Boston Marathon, 9/11 and the new skyscraper on the site of the World Trade Center. āI am never going in the Freedom Tower,ā he said. āI donāt care if Scarlett Johansson is butt naked on…
Comedian Michael Che will replace Cecily Strong as co-anchor of Saturday Night Liveās Weekend Update news segment. Che will join Colin Jost at the Update desk, while Strong will remain on the show as a repertory player. Che joined SNL as a writer last year, and has also been working as a correspondent for Comedy…
Don Pardo, the legendary NBC announcer who was the voice for āSaturday Night Live,ā has died at age 96, his daughter confirmed. Pardo, who was with āS.N.L.ā from the showās first episode in 1975, remained the announcer of the show through its most recent season. Photo: Don Pardo on the set of āSaturday Night Liveā…
On this weekās Saturday Night Live, Jay Pharoahās President Obama character appeared in the cold open to quickly dispose of the trio of distracting controversies that arose at this weekās Nelson Mandela memorial, then give a talk about health care. Unfortunately, the untethered sign language interpreter swooped in to ātranslate,ā followed by āselfiegateā instigator and…