Jordan Peele's evolution from sketch comedy star to Oscar-winning horror director. Explore Get Out, Us, and his revolutionary ...
Saturday Night Live has turned plenty of comedians into big stars, but sometimes, it's a single sketch that suddenly makes ...
Gastyer said it was a sketch about a morning zoo crew that "was the loudest sketch ever" and also starred Chris Parnell, Will ...
If the uncontrolled proliferation of TV outlets and social media sites gave us any joy this past decade, it’s because of all the new opportunities for great comedy that swelled up in their wake. Never ...
This isn’t meant to be answered with certainty, but for a moment, ask yourself: What is the single best comedy sketch of all time? From any source — Abbott & Costello, Monty Python, “Saturday Night ...
In television's early days, Caesar translated Jewish humor into a language America didn’t yet know it understood.
The Second City comedy troupe got into the sketch comedy TV business one year after SNL. Their premise was that the Second City Television network would air different sketches. Comedy legends John ...
Looking Back at the First Five Years of SNLAt this point in my look at the history and development of sketch comedy shows I would be amiss if I didn’t mention Monty Python’s Flying […] ...
Sketch shows are the stealth bombers of television. Compared with the dramas and sitcoms that dominate the conversation in modern television, they can seem ephemeral (“Saturday Night Live” ...
If you grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons on the three major networks, you’ll immediately recognize what Saturday Morning All Star Hits is going for. Kyle Mooney plays generic SoCal surfer ...
The new IFC sketch show “Sherman’s Showcase” wasted little time in mocking preconceived notions about its expected audience. “If you don’t watch the show, you’re racist,” co-creator Bashir Salahuddin ...