Tag Archives: SNL

When court jesters stop laughing at despots they expect you to stop too

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Eric Verlo

They’re funny, they’re clever, and their comedy can be dead serious, but it turns out when political comedians actually are dead serious they expect their audience to come to heel. Bernie Sanders was just a laugh, look at yourself, you … Continue reading →

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Is Palin writing for SNL or vice versa? Who are this election’s screenwriters?

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Eric Verlo

Remember when Sarah Palin gave her infamous 2008 Katie Couric interview? Palin’s disordered responses were so Miss Teen Carolina that Saturday Night Live writers didn’t have to wring out a parody. Instead Tina Fey brought down the house by repeating … Continue reading →

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Poetry of Barack Obama invokes MLK but pays true homage to Rod McKuen

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Jesus what a bore! Remember when SNL lampooned Sarah Palin’s first prime time TV interview by reenacting it verbatim? They could do that with Obama’ humorless addresses, I think it would make great theater, but the joke’s already abysmally old. … Continue reading →

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Betty White’s muffin on the boob tube

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Which came first: the Snickers ad, the Facebook group, or SNL’s crowdsourced mandate to fete American sitcom icon Betty White? To me this blonde’s netroots smack of a publicist’s hand, and White’s performance Saturday night all but validated SNL’s reluctance … Continue reading →

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Keebler Girl Scout placement on SNL

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Eric Verlo

What was with the new face on SNL, cracking jokes on Weekend Update about Girl Scout Cookies? Was it a staff writer getting his on-camera big break? With unoriginal candle-holding to Gary Gulman’s cookie rap? I’ll bet the SNL regulars … Continue reading →

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Victoria Jackson plays self at Tea Party

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Get over it. Gender equality for the Dennis Miller / Joe Piscopo action.

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Th-Th-Th-Th-That’s all folks, in lipstick

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Full text of Alaska Ex-Governor Sarah Palin‘s poetic address, wherein she explains that her contract with the voters of Alaska has a “lame duck” escape clause, stuff about a God-given right to despoil, some veiled threats to shoot gun-control revenuers, … Continue reading →

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Is there a sumo in your future?

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I used to avert my imagination on the subject of Sumo Wrestling. Probably I still do, visualization wise. But the bigger than grotesque spectacle has suddenly fascinated me, as a historic predecessor of the wide world of sport of our … Continue reading →

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SNL pays their respect to Sarah Palin

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Eric Verlo

SARAH PALIN GETS A PASS ON SNL. But much more than that. From cultural figures whom we suppose to be rabid critics of the ice-rink-leibfrau, we get deference, flirty ass-kissing, an abrupt skedaddle, and an ovation. What were we expecting … Continue reading →

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