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John McCain Needs to Stop Being Funny
Old Man John McCain will appear on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Just a cameo, of course. Though he hosted in 2002, back when was still a maverick beloved by liberals and elite coastal types. Details of the sketch he'll appear in are scarce, though it will probably be toothless and unfunny, as all SNL political material tends to be. McCain might be funny, though! Presumably less wooden than Obama and Clinton were in their toothless, unfunny cameos. McCain's a natural comic (have you heard the one about how Chelsea Clinton is ugly?). Which, as we all know, is utterly unpresidential. More »
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Tina Fey Sez Jon Stewart's Not Funny!
Tina Fey "RIPS" Jon Stewart! Where "rips" means "makes a mild joke at the expense of his show." Fey told Reader's Digest (ha! wait, really?) that laughter is preferable to applause, in comedy. Breaking! "You can prompt applause with a sign. ... My friend Seth Meyers coined the term 'clapter,' which is when you do a political joke and people go, 'Woo-hoo.' It means they sort of approve but didn't really like it that much. You hear a lot of that on [whispers] 'The Daily Show.' " You know, she's 100% right, if depressingly, completely un-self-aware. [NYP]
the good old days
1-800-COLLECT Ad Causes Wistful Reminiscence
Ah, the 90s—when times were simple, and phones had cords. Two trends we look back on fondly: the brief popularity of collect calling plans like 1-800-COLLECT (when was the last time you made a collect call, while not in a foreign country or incarcerated?) and the innocent sight of celebrities (who would one day sit astride the earth as legends) doing the schlubby crap that defines the workaday life of a not-famous-enough-yet star. So this 1-800-COLLECT ad featuring dead SNL Smirk King Phil Hartman embodies all the purity of that bygone age. And hey, look at who else is in this stupid ad! I guess work is work, until that big break in Nurse Betty comes along. Video [via Best Week Ever] below. More »
unfounded speculation
Jordan Carlos Could Be The Next SNL Obama
When we suggested this morning that comedian Jordan Carlos might be a good candidate for President of Saturday Night Live Obama Impersonators, little did we know that Carlos actually has an Obama impression. One that is available to watch! Sometimes we are impressed by our own keen powers of prediction (which flow from ignorance—thanks, tipster!). Below, the comedian's "BA-L-ACK OBAMA" sketch from Funny Or Die. Lorne Michaels: consider this an audition. Whether Jordan Carlos wants it to be or not! More »
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Festival Offers Parade Of Potential Obama Impersonators To Racist SNL
The "Black Comedy Experiment," a sort of comedy festival that, in an odd twist, does not feature whites, is going on in NYC until March 1. Its parade of up and coming black comedians offers the perfect chance for Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels to finally find somebody to play Obama. Because the whole Fred Armisen-looking-stern-in-blackface-and-speaking-monosyllabically (not that there's anything WRONG with that) was just not quite enough to catapult the impression into SNL's all time greats. Judging purely on who could be most successfully made up to look like Obama based on their photo [of course, we are white, so (joke)], we'd say Baron Vaughn or Jordan Carlos have the best shot. Although the role will probably go to Charles Star. Watch the clip below, in which Jordan Carlos explains why he is your only black friend, and judge for yourself: More »
endorsements
Tina Fey Endorses "Bitch" Clinton
Tina Fey hosted the first post-strike SNL this weekend. We didn't watch, obv, but we shall risk incurring the wrath of Alex Balk by mentioning Fey's uncharacteristically sincere endorsement of Hillary Clinton, one of the very few convincing ones to be found in the national media of late (we just caught it online, the way everyone else will). Fey, SNL's first female head writer, may convince a few of those Barack-loving youngs to support America's potential first female president. (SNL's first black head writer could not be reached for comment, because that'll be the day.) Clip after the jump! More »
shoplifters of the world unite
The rage of the creative underclass has bubbled over 1930s-style on the streets of New York and LA—the Writers Guild of America is on strike! Josh Brolin is sympathetic and John Malkovich, according to "Early Today," doesn't really know why they're asking him about it! Tina Fey is picketing! She will come up with no more funny-the-first-time-you-hear-them catch phrases until her demands are met! But how will this affect you? It looks like you and your stoned slacker friends may have to learn about the scary outside world via real news instead of the hilarious scripted "fake" kind that is so popular these days with the Generation X. More »
Writer's Strike Hurts Amy Winehouse, Confuses John Malkovich
The rage of the creative underclass has bubbled over 1930s-style on the streets of New York and LA—the Writers Guild of America is on strike! Josh Brolin is sympathetic and John Malkovich, according to "Early Today," doesn't really know why they're asking him about it! Tina Fey is picketing! She will come up with no more funny-the-first-time-you-hear-them catch phrases until her demands are met! But how will this affect you? It looks like you and your stoned slacker friends may have to learn about the scary outside world via real news instead of the hilarious scripted "fake" kind that is so popular these days with the Generation X. More »
stashwax
Comedy Website Invented Making Fun of Mel Gibson?
Stashwax has beef with Saturday Night Live (well, more than the rest of us do, anyway.) They've served the venerable comedy show with a cease and desist order, saying that Lorne Michaels et al ripped off the concept of their video in which antisemitic dialogue was overdubbed onto a recut Braveheart trailer; the SNL sketch employed a similar tactic, but with footage from Apocalypto. We watched both and, while similarities exist, they strike us as more of the "Mel Gibson and the word "sugartits" are inextricably linked now, and no one has the patent on associating Jews with bagels" variety, not the "actionable" variety. But we'll let you be the judge — it's what you're best at. Both clips are after the jump. More »
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Cameron and Justin "Done": Unsatisfactory Xmas Surprise To Blame?
Today, we bid a tentative farewell to longtime couple Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz, who, according to Star (not online, via Dlisted), have called it quits. Perhaps a diamond ring or a house in the hills would have gone over better after all. More »
media mole rodeo
The hour draws on apace when we'll have to pick a winner of this Media Mole Thingding. We waded once more through the onslaught of submissions and picked out a doozy — an addendum to yesterday's post about SNL's talent exec, Marci Klein — and her big-boobed fetish. This one adds another layer of bad-boss grossness, though — we think it'll be right up your alley. And remember to keep sending in your moleish goodies — you wouldn't want to miss out on an opportunity to inoculate yourself against the possibility of future Page Six mentions by hanging out with Paula Froelich, you scandalous thing.
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Media Mole Rodeo: Maybe Don't Use Marci Klein As a Reference, FYI
The hour draws on apace when we'll have to pick a winner of this Media Mole Thingding. We waded once more through the onslaught of submissions and picked out a doozy — an addendum to yesterday's post about SNL's talent exec, Marci Klein — and her big-boobed fetish. This one adds another layer of bad-boss grossness, though — we think it'll be right up your alley. And remember to keep sending in your moleish goodies — you wouldn't want to miss out on an opportunity to inoculate yourself against the possibility of future Page Six mentions by hanging out with Paula Froelich, you scandalous thing.
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