Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
There was something sort of fun about watching the folks at CNN squirm when they were asked a slightly tough question.
The Culture Czar (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
When Jimmy Fallon takes over Conan O'Brien's seat in 2009, he'll have a familiar face behind the cameras to help him. His Saturday Night Live buddy Michael Shoemaker will be Late Night 's showrunner next year. Mr. Shoemaker ran Weekend Update on SNL when Mr. Fallon giggled his way through the segments as co-anchor. He also consults with Mr. Fallon on other appearances, like his 2002 MTV Video Music...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. SNL Vet Joins Fallon's Late Night ( Hollywood Reporter ) When Jimmy Fallon takes over Late Night , a familiar face will run the show. Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live producer Mike Shoemaker has been tapped to lead Fallon's edition of the late-night talk show. Shoemaker has been with SNL since 1986 and worked with Fallon during the...
Reel Pop (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
As any "Saturday Night Live" fan knows, a sense of proportion has never been the show's strong suit. Not an episode goes by where even a good bit starts to test your patience by running overlong, and then there are...
Big Screen Little Screen (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Unheard from since her final Saturday Night Live performance back in November of last year, I was getting ready to draft some “Have You Seen Her” posters for Maya Rudolph prior to learning that she’d be working with husband P.T. Anderson once more (Paul ghost-helmed A Prairie Home Companion for the then-ailing Robert Altman), in [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
TV News: 'SNL' vet worked closely with Fallon in past -- "Saturday Night Live" vet Michael Shoemaker has been tapped to serve as showrunner when Jimmy Fallon takes the reins of NBC's "Late Night" next year.
MyDD (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Over at TPM, Josh tries to work the refs a little: Andrew Sullivan makes a good point. For the 'celebrity' in the campaign, how many sitcoms has Barack Obama done guest spots on? How many movies has he done cameos in? How many times has he hosted Saturday Night Live. As John McCain's IMDB bio shows, he's done a lot. 24, Wedding Crashers, The Tony Danza show, numerous appearances on Saturday Night...
Blog of the Moderate Left (Free subscription) | yesterday
John McCain has hosted Saturday Night Live. He guest-starred on The Tony Danza Show (as himself) and on 24 (as an office staffer). He also appeared in The Wedding Crashers. He has won the Evelyn F. Burkey Award from the Writer’s Guild of America. He and his wife own eight houses. His wife owns a [...]
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Funny or Die Hires Creative Director; Andrew Steele, formerly of Saturday Night Live, will oversee development and production on the comedy site for investor HBO. (Variety) Cisco Providing Infrastructure for Olympics; NBC will use Cisco to encode hundreds of hours of video for quick editing and delivery onto TV, PC, and smartphones. (release) Verizon Extends Relationship with [...]
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Andrew Sullivan makes a good point. For the 'celebrity' in the campaign, how many sitcoms has Barack Obama done guest spots on? How many movies has he done cameos in? How many times has he hosted Saturday Night Live. As...
The Greenbelt (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thirty-ninth in a series. This is from Jake Tapper's Political Punch blog on ABC News: The Elitist Celebrity Quiz: Which presidential candidate hosted Saturday Night Live (hint -- the musical guests were The White Stripes)? Which one had cameos on " 24 " and " Wedding Crashers "? Whose wife secretly got her pilot's license and owns a jet ? Who is pals with Warren Beatty ? Whose daughter is friends...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
TV News: 'SNL' writer named creative director of site -- Funny or Die has tapped "Saturday Night Live" scribe Andrew Steele to serve as the creative director of the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Did McCain Create an HDTV Monster? : The technology he helped bring to market could kill his candidacy (Timothy Noah, May 19, 2008, Slate) [T]his past weekend, I watched Saturday Night Live with my kids. McCain appeared in close-up in a mildly amusing skit whose purpose (at least from McCain's perspective) was to remove the age issue from voters' minds by turning it into a joke. It worked for Ronald...
Gadgets Future (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Oh, what to say about Chocobo’s Dungeon? Well, it has a magic baby that allows the starring bird to enter dungeons located in people’s minds. You definitely cannot say that about many games. It also stars Cid, who is to Final Fantasy what Tim Meadows was to Saturday Night Live, in that he’s got more title appearances in the series than any other character I can think of, unless you count Mogs as a...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
In case you're Tom Hanks (3) in the Saturday Night Live Mr. Short Term Memory sketches or just new to the magic of Cinema Blend Music, I'll give you a little run down of how this article works. I was at Lollapalooza all weekend. You probably weren't. Therefore, since I'm an affable sort of guy, I'll fill you in about all the goings on
