By Dylan P. Gadino | April 7, 2013 at 12:49 pm | 4 comments
For her second time hosting Saturday Night Live, movie and television comedy force Melissa McCarthy abandoned the typical joke slinging and instead relied on her impossibly lovable personality, exploiting her everywoman charm to great effect. With a little help from SNL...
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By Laughspin Staff | April 3, 2013 at 11:36 am | No comments
Emmy-award winning star of television (CBS series Mike & Molly) and film (Bridesmaids, Identity Theft) Melissa McCarthy returns to Saturday Night Live this weekend to host with musical guest Phoenix. McCarthy first hosted in October of 2011, and did a stellar job with what the...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 10, 2013 at 9:30 am | 3 comments
To properly induct Justin Timberlake into the Five-Timers Club last night, Saturday Night Live invited back a teeming handful of all-time favorite hosts. Already-christened members of the club Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Candice Bergen and Tom Hanks all appeared...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 10, 2013 at 1:56 pm | No comments
Although ratings for Saturday Night Live slipped four percent from last week -- when Adam Levine hosted -- Justin Bieber put in a more-than-respectable effort last night. His monologue, with the help from Kenan Thompson, was a tribute to both Black History Month and Valentine's...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 7, 2013 at 12:49 pm | No comments
Dylan and Mike talk about Donald Trump suing Bill Maher, Roseanne's new show, controversy surrounding a sketch on Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wiig's next big movie project and much more! We also listen to audio of comedian Andy Andrist confronting his childhood molester-- and...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 6, 2013 at 1:03 pm | No comments
This weekend, pop star, tween dream and person who gets his mother’s birthday tattooed on his chest Justin Bieber will appear on Saturday Night Live as its host and musical guest. In the just-released promos, we find the little guy hanging with SNL veteran Kenan Thompson and...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 5, 2013 at 11:17 am | 7 comments
Thailand’s government is seriously pissed off about a Saturday Night Live sketch that mocks the country’s well-known sex tourism industry. In the fake commercial for popular language-learning software Rosetta Stone, we find Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan and Taran Killam playing...
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By Laughspin Staff | January 31, 2013 at 1:47 pm | One comment
We’ve all lied on our resumes or job applications. But lying to Lorne Michaels during your Saturday Night Live interview takes some serious balls. But that’s what Ana Gasteyer did before she landed her spot on the iconic show in 1996.
In a new interview, the Huffington...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 25, 2013 at 4:01 pm | 3 comments
This should come as no surprise to true comedy lovers: stand-up comedian and former Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney has landed a deal to produce a television pilot for NBC. Written by Mulaney and helmed by SNL honcho Lorne Michaels, the as-of-yet-untitled, multi-camera...
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