Posts Tagged with "SNL"

Caddyshack is 30…

Friday, July 30, 2010

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…and here’s a nice appreciation by blogger Edward Copeland. Copeland says he’s always shocked at how loose the film feels—how the dramatic elements (Danny and Maggie) seem to be at odds with the comedy; and of course they are. The movie is, to use my wife’s phrase, “a hot mess,” but it’s fantastically watchable. It’s [...]

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“Black Water” parody song

Friday, June 11, 2010

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“Black Water” parody song

Here’s a pretty good parody of the Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water” by Steve Goodie. The topic? Take a guess. By the way, I looked at several “Downfall” parodies related to the BP oil spill in the Gulf, but none of them seemed quite up to snuff. As well-crafted as Steve’s parody song is, it makes [...]

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George Meyer sketch from SNL: “Heaven Has All the Answers”

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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George Meyer sketch from SNL: “Heaven Has All the Answers”

Pal Dennis Perrin forwarded me this wonderful sketch by George Meyer during his SNL days. It’s funny, and interesting too how there’s no response at all from the studio audience. Incoming search terms:heaven has all the answers skit

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Dennis Perrin at the UCB

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Dennis Perrin at the UCB

Dennis Perrin is the only person I know who is as obsessed as I am with the comedy of the 1970s. Actually, who am I kidding? For all the best reasons, Dennis is MORE obsessed than I am, as anyone who has ever picked up his tremendous biography of NatLamp/SNL stalwart Michael O’Donoghue can attest. [...]

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No Pepsi, Coke

Sunday, December 21, 2008

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Dennis Perrin delivers a magisterial lesson on SNL, Season 4 (’78-’79). Now that’s how to talk comedy.

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Judging a “book” by its cover

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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I’m taking a break from writing (blogging in particular) for the summer and maybe longer. But there is a controversy afoot, a tiny little tornado in a teacup that, like the ringing of Pavlov’s bell, has wrung an inevitable response from me. I’m just as God made me, folks, a simple satirist and ex-magazine person [...]

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Food Repair

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

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Dennis Perrin unearthed this great old George Meyer sketch (from “The New Show,” Lorne Michaels’ ill-fated 1984 followup to SNL). I’d never seen it, only read it–it was collected in Laughing Matters, a very nice collection of written humor and cartoons edited by Gene Shalit.

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Happy Fun Ball

Thursday, August 23, 2007

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The embargo continues. Twelve hours a day on this book. I’d work less, but my boss is a jerk. Meanwhile, behold the power of good writing. (Jon says he thinks it’s Jack Handey.)

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Newsbreaks for Wednesday

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

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Podcast now available! In a press conference today, President Bush said he was certain that Iran was supplying deadly weapons to the Iraqi insurgency, and pledged that he was “going to do something about it.” The President then went on to define the term “deja vu.” Comedian Al Franken announced today that he was running [...]

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My (Our) new book (Kampf)

Friday, January 12, 2007

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People have asked me, “What did you write before Barry Trotter?” The answer is, “A lot.” Over the past five months, after scouring every hard drive and filing cabinet, I’ve collected the best of that writing–a big chunk of which was done with supragenius Jonathan Schwarz–into a book called Our Kampf. It’s now available on [...]

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