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2013

Dec

NO ONE CAN RESIST THEM By Eric Gould

SNL has a grand tradition of sketches which come close to using curse words or sexual references – that aren’t... Here's Alec Baldwin as Pete Schweddy, proprietor of a local bakery guesting on a typically downbeat NPR cooking show with a whole selection of baked goodies that are simply shaped for the hosts to sample...

2013

Dec

TOY STORY By Eric Gould

Here are Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, from last year, doing a sweet backstage version of Mariah Carey’s soon-to-be-classic holiday song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” – all on grade school rhythm instruments or toys like a Fisher Price xylophone...

2013

Dec

THE NEXT (BIG?) THING By Eric Gould

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a new show premiering January 18, 2014 on the upstart cable channel Pivot TV. Titled after his web project, the show HITRECORD ON TV is billed as a 30-minute variety show. But forget the Carol Burnett kind...

2013

Dec

"NEXT!!" By Eric Gould

Taran Killam returned this weekend as snarky 19th Century newspaper critic Jebidiah Atkinson who hates everything good. The Atkinson character made his SNL debut three weeks ago and this week set his sights on favorite holiday specials and movies...

2013

Dec

YOU STAY CLASSY NORTH DAKOTA By Eric Gould

Will Ferrell appeared on the Bismarck, North Dakota KXMB newscast as guest anchor Ron Burgundy, his character from 2004’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy...

2013

Dec

"WHAT DOES X OVER THE SQUARE ROOT OF 31 TASTE LIKE?” By Eric Gould

The video done for Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” was done by Israeli video artist Vania Heymann, who started out with a number of shorts going viral on YouTube and this beer commercial for Maccabee Beer...

2013

Nov

A FOWL HOLIDAY SCENE By Eric Gould

Here’s Stephen Colbert’s contribution to your Thanksgiving table: a virtual family member who has had a little too much to drink, is embittered... anf chooses the absolute wrong time to spill it all...

2013

Nov

PAUL SIMON IS DRESSED FOR THANKSGIVING By Eric Gould

Paul Simon went against type for his 1976 Thanksgiving appearance on Saturday Night Live by walking out in a turkey suit to begin “Still Crazy After All These Years”...

2013

Nov

JFK FUNERAL, NOVEMBER 25, 1963 By Eric Gould

The body of slain President John F. Kennedy was carried by a horse-drawn caisson to the U.S. Capitol on November 24 to lie in state... the funeral took place the next day with representatives of over 90 countries attending. Here are clips from those two days – all in color footage not usually associated with the events of the day...

2013

Nov

NOVEMBER 22, 1963 By Eric Gould

As we noted in our review of the documentary, JFK: One PM Central Standard Time, Walter Cronkite's breaking-live broadcast of the Kennedy assassination was significant for his rigorous delivery of what were confirmed facts, and just as rigorous reminders of what were not, even though they were thought to be reliable...