With Alec Baldwin taking the big star’s prerogative of a week off from portraying Donald Trump, Saturday Night Live called on Kate McKinnon’s increasingly goblin-like Jeff Sessions to anchor the traditional political cold open on last night’s Tiffany Haddish-hosted episode. The show took numerous shots at Alabama…
Look, there’s no reason why this couldn’t have worked.
Lately, Saturday Night Live has received more attention for its many political stances than for the broader comedy it was once known for (Samurai Delicatessen, Land Shark, etc.). But David S. Pumpkins stands out as an oddball sketch from the fraught election-year fall of 2016. What’s even more amazing, if you go back…
That Lorne Michaels and NBC would bank on four extended Weekend Update specials this summer makes sense on a lot of levels. For one, Update mothership Saturday Night Live is coming off some particularly strong ratings, and the initially beyond-shaky pairing of co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost has improbably…
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [starship captain and superhero’s boyfriend] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [very talented, not at all Asian, Five-Timers Club] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m an [Oscar-winning, sometimes God-playing movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [Rebellious movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [shoo-in Oscar-nominated movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [’rassling] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [staggeringly famous and beloved movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [huge, all-time Broadway musical] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [movie] star!”
Saturday Night Live recently lost a few key cast members, with vets Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah (and newcomer Jon Rudnitsky) all abruptly departing Studio 8H. But with Season 42 of the long-running sketch show fast approaching, Decider is reporting that two new comedians with pre-existing SNL affiliations are…
