One of the biggest blockbusters of the summer, Solo: A Star Wars Story, hits theaters today. To mark the release of the second Star Wars standalone movie, The Flat Circle is traveling to a Saturday Night Live episode from a long time ago in a sketch that never made it to air: “Casual Friday On The Death Star.”
Saturday Night Live closed out their forty-third season last night. The episode, which was hosted by Tina Fey and featured Nicki Minaj as the musical guest, was emblematic of the variety show’s entire season. The SNL finale placed politics and cameos in the forefront of its show for yet another episode. They doubled-down on mediocre material that was a desperate attempt to put a lasting political stamp on the season. It was almost as if SNL was openly admitting that they cannot help themselves: they have a Trump problem
Saturday Night Live perfectly preempted the Super Bowl last night. The show brought back two alums for the historical sketch Revolutionary War. Rachel Dratch and Tina Fey returned to rep their hometowns. The result was an epic New England-Philadelphia throw down. Set in 1775, the sketch followed a celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Dratch, who... Continue Reading →
The 2017-18 run of Saturday Night Live is not special. This is surprising given their talented cast and hosts, but nearly every show is a letdown. NBC’s sketch comedy series is too reliant on politics as the linchpin of each show. After 43 seasons it might be time to tap the breaks on politics and place an emphasis on creating good sketches.
John Mulaney – Mulaney wrote on SNL for six seasons and was best known for being the co-creator of Bill Hader’s famous Stefon character. Most recently he has enjoyed a successful run as one of the most popular standup comics in America. His monologue alone would be worth tuning in for. In September 2017 Netflix... Continue Reading →
Before Tiffany Haddish walked onstage for her groundbreaking monologuelast night, the first four episodes of the forty-third season of Saturday Night Live had been mostly forgettable. Episodes hosted by Ryan Gosling, Gal Gadot, Kumail Nanjiani, and Larry David had been lifeless, weird, or just not funny. A breakout star of the 2017 summer comedy Girls... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Live is no stranger to throwing some of their best sketches together for a holiday special. It is almost as routine as the saxophone that plays during the show's opening credits. For their 2017 Halloween episode, SNL added a new addition to their holiday lineup: The David S. Pumpkins Animated Halloween Special. The cartoon... Continue Reading →
Dwayne Johnson and Katy Perry closed out SNL’s Forty-Second Season with a packed episode that nodded to some of the biggest moments of the season and allowed NBC’s sketch comedy to end the year on a positive note. The Rock became the 18thmember of the show’s Five-Timer’s Club just one week after Melissa McCarthy became... Continue Reading →
Saturday Night Light Live began its forty-second season with the surest bet in television. The show's most dynamic cast member, Kate McKinnon, was poised to play the next president and Alec Baldwin would briefly lampoon Donald Trump during the election cycle. Instead, McKinnon's Hillary Clinton impression has been mothballed and Baldwin is suddenly the most... Continue Reading →
Politics dominated Season 42, but SNL also had a great run of sketches this year that ranged from an Uber Ride and Slacktivism to an Elevator. Here are the best SNL sketches of the year: Enhancement Drug* - A late addition to the list, Enhancement Drug features the Rock as he seeks way too powerful erectile... Continue Reading →
Long After Dark 