Category: Sketch Comedy
Vote in the ECNY Awards
Nominees are set, vote now. Read More
My Sabbatical’s Over, Chappelle’s Continues
Chappelle's gone... and maybe for good reason. Read More
Short is Too Much
Martin Short isn't lame, he's simply too broad for his own good. Read More
Wonder Showzen - TV Horrorhouse
Why TV Funhouse didn’t last confused me. Though its connecting puppet sketches didn’t really work, everything else, the short films and animated parodies, was pretty spot-on. After… Read More
Next SNL, Pause Your TiVo and Find the Phallus.
SNL guest host David Spade used a Owen Wilson impersonation to sneak a penis nose past the censors. Aristophanes would approve. I’ve been thinking that if a FCC crackdown does happen, that… Read More
Bring Me Lorne’s Head! I Shall Drink Wine From It! (better?)
Reader Mike Gerber commented that I was far too charitable with Lorne Michaels in a previous post on Saturday Night Live. At the time, I was imagining I was damming with faint praise, but I can see… Read More
Quality SNL? You’re SOL.
The second article from Sunday’s NY Times was on everyone’s favorite comedy punching bag, Saturday Night Live and it’s recent fascination with celeb-focused sketches. I don’t… Read More
