Saturday Night Live

A Look Back at the Legendary Comedy Duo Bob and Ray

If there's such a thing as a funny gene, Abby Elliott inherited it. When she showed her comedic chops during four seasons of Saturday Night Live, she became the third generation of her family to grace the show. Not only is her father, Chris Elliott, an SNL veteran, but so is her grandfather, Bob Ell ... More >>

Fridays: A Look Back at L.A.'s Answer to Saturday Night Live

Whether you love it or hate it these days, it's still tough to compete against Saturday Night Live. Although the show certainly has seen much better and much funnier days, you still can't knock it off its perch after all these years. The powers that be that created Fridays, an L.A.-filmed series th ... More >>

Don't Laugh: The Lonely Island Are the Best Rap Group Going

By Ben Westhoff and Katie Bain Last night at Sonos Studio, The Lonely Island -- Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schafer -- talked about their music, debuted a video, and hosted a listening party for their forthcoming Wack Album, out Tuesday. Collaborators include Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Ph ... More >>

Weird World of Wine: A News Round-Up

Slate: The William Koch lawsuit over counterfeit wine sparks a look at how a $10,000 bottle of wine is a show of "prestige, rarity and age" and not necessarily of quality. NPR: New Jersey winemakers are seeking to formalize a geographical label of sorts -- Outer Coastal Plain -- to circumvent stere ... More >>

A Three-Stage Comedy Circus

Here's a Review of the New Justin Timberlake Album, Using Only K-Pop GIFs

On Monday, Justin Timberlake, the guy from the Facebook movie but also the guy from Saturday Night Live but also the guy from New Myspace but also the guy from music, released the stream for his new album, The 20/20 Experience. It is, as I'm certain you've already read, his first album in 50 years. ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

Jay Mohr

Jenny Slate

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including SNL Vet Garrett Morris' Revamped Comedy Club

See also: *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Our list includes an up-and-coming Brit and an original SNL star. 5. Set List Paul Provenza and Troy Conrad concocted this wildly popular show where comics are handed unpredictable topics ... More >>

Umami Burger Pasadena Now Open

Umami Burger's Pasadena location opened yesterday, making it the 14th location of the chain -- if you count Umamicatessen. The original opening date had been slated for Oct. 17, but it seems that the restaurant took a little longer than expected to come together.

'Gangnam Style' Flash Mob at The Grove Today; Psy Tells El Monte to Rehire Lifeguards

As the whole world has gone "Gangnam Style," even Saturday Night Live over the weekend, a flash mob featuring the song's rapper, Psy, was planned for 2 p.m. at The Grove shopping center today. (Kind of takes the "flash" out of flash mob when you know all the deets hours ahead of time). But the big ... More >>

The Campaign Review: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in an Amusing but Toothless Satire

Mean Girls Paint Swastikas, Leave Poop at Foe's Northridge Home: Jon Lovitz to The Rescue

Three mean girls who admitted to painting swastikas and leaving what is apparently dog poop on the front walkway of a foe's Northridge home were kicked out of high school, according to none other than former Saturday Night Live star Jon Lovitz. He tweeted the sweet news this week after defending th ... More >>

SNL Stars Whose Careers Have Done a 180

Victoria Jackson's Excellent Tea Party Adventure

Victoria Jackson Joins the Tea Party: Five Saturday Night Live Alums Who Have Taken Career 180s

Flickr/89AKurtNot so funny anymore: former SNLer Victoria Jackson joined the Tea Party because she enjoys Snapple.​ Careers after Saturday Night Live aren't as easy as you think. For those alums who haven't reached Adam Sandler-level box office heights or thrived in sitcom character roles -- ... More >>

Uptight Mom Group Protests Schweddy Balls

Ben & Jerry's​Have you been looking long and hard for your Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls, only to go home with ice-cream blue balls instead? Us too. Last month, we told you about the official launch of the limited-release flavor. The B&J scoop shops always seem to be sold out, and we've never s ... More >>

How Crazy is This?

Tina Fey and Steve Martin Discuss Comedy, Palin and Fey's New Memoir Bossypants

Jena ArdellTiny Fey and Steve Martin share a few laughs with the audience.​ "The first thing I am going to do is something that Dave Barry, the great comedy writer, said never to do unless you have medical records from a doctor and a medical report from the hospital, and that is ask a woman i ... More >>

Who's Your Housewife?

Top 6 Controversial TV Appearances By Bands, in Honor of Odd Future Playing Fallon Tonight

​The ever controversial Odd Future (OFWGKTA) rap collective is set to perform tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. We're not sure what this means, but we imagine a certain amount of destruction, danger and disrespect will be involved. (At least, we hope.) Earlier today, Roots drummer Quest ... More >>

IDIOTS ON PARADE!

Lost Counterculture Film Featuring Anti-Comedy Guru Del Close and Rare MC5 Material to Be Released

​Ok, here's one for you lovers of the truly odd: Wild Eye Releasing and MVD Visual are pleased to announce the release of "GOLD: Before Woodstock. Beyond Reality." for North American distribution on July 27. Considered a 'lost' film for 40 years, GOLD has been found again... This is its firs ... More >>

Top 10 Fictional T.V. Food and Drink

Previously, we gave you our Top 10 Fictional Movie Food and Drink list. Now we're taking on the T.V. version. Not surprisingly, there were a lot of options to choose from and some of you, we're sure, will feel that a few of your favorites are missing (feel free to let us know). So with apologies in ... More >>

Al Franken Seeks Financial Affirmation In L.A.

Al Fraken's Stuart Smalley character.​Minnesota U.S. Senator and onetime area resident Al Franken will be in town Friday for a fundraiser that will include "dinner, discussion and laughs" with the former comedian as well as fellow Saturday Night Live alums Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon, LAObser ... More >>

The Bill Murray Movie You've Never Heard Of

In today's print edition of the LA Weekly, I wrote a story on Tom Schiller's Nothing Lasts Forever, an amazing, never-released and rarely screened 1984 sci-fi comedy starring Zach Galligan from Gremlins, and Bill Murray as the operator of an intergalactic bus line that transports elderly tourists to ... More >>

LUCKY STRIKE

'SNL' Brittany Murphy Spoof Pulled From Website

Abby Elliott as Brittany Murphy on 'SNL.'​NBC apparently pulled the online clip of a Saturday Night Live spoof of Brittany Murphy from a site, Hulu, the network co-owns. The move on Monday came a day after the actress died following cardiac arrest at her home in the hills above the Sunset Stri ... More >>

This Ain't Your Dad's Sid and Nancy: Film Maverick Abel Ferrara Brings his Chelsea Hotel Documentary to LA

​About a year ago, cult NYC film director Abel Ferrara (Driller Killer, Ms. 45, the OG Bad Lieutenant, The Addiction, etc.) wrapped his indiepunk documentary on the legendary Chelsea Hotel. The film premiered at Cannes last year and is now being gradually unrolled across the US. Ferrara is com ... More >>

LOOK WHAT THE MAN'S DRAGGED IN

Where Is The Love for will.i.am aka Zuper Blahq?

Was it the addition of the comely Fergie Ferg? The Justin Timberlake collab? The Saturday Night Live parody? Or "My Humps"? As a native Angeleno, we can remember the days when the Black Eyed Peas were a local hip-hop/breakdancin' act with loads of club cred. Though it was a different direction, we ... More >>

NBC's Bad Sitcom, Lionsgate's Badass Battle and IATSE's Badly Handled Contract

LIVE FROM BEVERLY HILLS, IT'S TOM DAVIS! AND LARAINE NEWMAN!

GO LA: Rum, Sodomy and John Waters’ Filthy World

Plus plenty of high-brow, March 13-19

Top 10 New TV Shows From 2008: Hillary & Barack, Gavin & Stacey, Bernard & Doris

The way we watched

Theater Reviews: Woyzeck, Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will

Also, Kidnapped by Craigslist, and more

Groundlings Special Lady Friend

Garrett Morris

Mr. Saturday Night

R.I.P. Bernie Brillstein

They don't make 'em in Hollywood like him anymore

Striking TV: DVD Sets for a Season Without Writers

Berlin Alexanderplatz, Twin Peaks, Johnny Carson, Larry Sanders and more

Some UTA Online All-Stars

Including clips from Smosh, People-Food, We Need Girlfriends and more

¡Ask a Mexican! Paperless Office Worker

¡Ask a Mexican! Uncivil Torta

Battle of the Network Stars

It’s East Coast 30 Rock against the West Coast heavyweights of Studio 60

The Funniest Guy On TV

Give Me a Tall Ship and a Monkey to Steer Her By

Tony Millionaire’s 21st-century Romanticism

30 Years off the Cuff

How the Groundlings taught L.A. to laugh

Less Sugar, More Spice

Mean Girls, though entertaining, could be meaner

Home Girl

Keeping the faith with Julia Sweeney