Oct 20, 2008 | New Yorker
Malcolm Gladwell: a oeSaturday Night Livea and German philosophy, from 2002.
Lorne Michaels, the creator of "Saturday Night Live," was married to one of the show's writers, Rosie Shuster.
An accordion-like compression of early rock-and-roll history, sociology, and mythology.
Our picks for this week's top events
That will happen at 8 tonight and tomorrow night when the Louisville Improvisors and the Los Angeles-based Groundlings perform during the inaugural Irish Hill Improv Festival at Walden Theatre, 1123 Payne St.
Why 'looking ugly' pleases Tina Fey
Tina Fey, the hottest comedy writer-actress in town, with 17 Emmy nominations for her creation, "30 Rock", a sitcom based on her experiences as a former "Saturday Night Live" head writer, recently talks about ...
51s should go fishing for a new nickname
OK, so if the team to be named later -- the Las Vegas Pacific Coast League baseball club -- is going to be the new Triple-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins, it needs a fishy nickname.
In the beginning (of SNL) was George Carlin, and it was good
Somewhere in the great beyond, the late, great curmudgeon George Carlin is railing against injustice, conformity and the inanity of it all.
It took nerve to call a movie Perfect, especially when perfection is the movie's subject-matter only part of the time. via San Diego Reader
Lee Grant's Outtakes: Rants, ravings, quirks & quibbles
“This should be a street fight in a cage”
Ravings, rants, quirks and quibbles WIIG WHAM! Kristen Wiig in her third season on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" , is this year's breakout star. via San Diego Union-Tribune
Best Wine; Tastiest Chips; SNL Seder; Sinaloan Cuisine
Jonathan Gold eats intense Sinaloan cuisine, while Laraine Newman experiences a special Saturday Night Live Seder. via KCRW's Good Food