Being part of a sitcom, particularly in the days when the major networks still ruled the day, required a pretty demanding schedule. There was a table read, rehearsals and a taping with a live studio […]
Uh-oh! Kevin James is stuck in his Shrugging Kevin James meme pose. At least, that was the joke during last night’s bit with Jimmy Fallon. The Tonight Show host also found himself the victim of a […]
Saturday Night Live has a long tradition of inviting cast members’ moms to appear on the show for Mother’s Day, but what Please Don’t Destroy had up their sleeves last season was a completely different […]
The worst-ever Saturday Night Live sketch played during the worst-ever episode in the show’s history — or at least the worst of the first decade. In Saturday Night, A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live, authors Doug […]
“Hi everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” reclusive Richard Simmons explained in a recent statement. “I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything […]
Saturday Night Live had a grating habit in the 1990s of inviting hot, young female stars to host, and then putting them through a monologue in which leering cast members like Chris Kattan hit on […]
Kate and Leo. Cruz and Bardem. Pegg and Frost. Some on-screen couples exude an effortless chemistry, to the point that they keep returning to that well over and over again because, let’s face it, that lightning doesn’t strike […]
Dana Carvey has taken an understandably lengthy hiatus from his Fly on the Wall podcast following the untimely death of his son Dex in November. After a two-month absence, Carvey rejoined co-host David Spade this week. “I thought […]
Private investigator Mort Madison (Matt Rife) has seen better days, according to the official synopsis of The Private Eye, a “mystery romantic comedy” that I’m guessing Rife doesn’t want you to see. Despite the official trailer dropping […]
It’s finally here — After Midnight, the late-night replacement for that show featuring cringey James Corden crooning with celebrities in cars, made its debut last night with host Taylor Tomlinson. It’s been a fast rise for the comedian, […]
Was it an offhand remark or a trial balloon? After years of being notoriously tight-lipped on his Saturday Night Live successor — or if he was even going to leave the show at all — producer […]
No matter what the online mobs tell you, spoilers can be fun. They let you keep an eye out for the clues to a great plot twist without forcing you to watch twice or at least let […]
You’ve got to wonder what’s in it for Blondie. She’s a beautiful career woman, while Dagwood, her husband, is a lazy, sandwich-chomping oaf whose bizarre hairdo and dead black eyes make him look almost like […]
Years before Seinfeld hit the airwaves, Jerry Seinfeld and Michael Richards teamed up in a comedy movie that, despite its stars (Taxi star Danny DeVito directed and co-starred with his wife, Cheers’ Rhea Perlman), most comedy fans have never heard of. Click right […]
Being “extreme” is sort of the point of Adult Swim, an after-dark playground for comic minds to push the boundaries of good taste and even of what qualifies as comedy. But Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World […]
Because residual checks from Cheers and Money Plane only go so far, Kelsey Grammer recently reprised the role of beloved psychiatrist/functional sherry addict Dr. Frasier Crane. At least the controversial reboot of Frasier featured the return of… pretty much […]
As much as I love Charles Schulz’s Peanuts strips, I don’t usually think of them as “funny.” Words like “cute” or “quaint” probably come to mind first in regards to Snoopy and the gang — you know, old-fashioned […]
Most of the saddest movie scenes — Artax’s death, Dobby’s death, just about any adorable creature’s death — come in the middle of a movie (or, in Dobby’s case, the end of a part one that didn’t […]
In theory, a test screening seems like a great idea. You lure in some randos with free tickets and the chance to say they shaped the movie-making process, and they tell you whether your film […]
You should avoid paying taxes whenever you can. That’s your right as a taxpayer. In fact, you might go further than that. You might flatly refuse to pay taxes. You might arm yourself with a […]