The last few weeks on Saturday Night Live have seen a couple of the most experienced hosts in SNL history take their turn leading the skit program. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have hosted SNL the most times, with fifteen and fourteen appearances respectively. They are not alone with the impressively long resume of hosting […]
This week Bradley Cooper took the reins of Saturday Night Live. I didn’t come into this episode with any expectations, which is usually a good thing. Overall I think Bradley did a fine job. The episode was fine too: not great, not bad, just fine. It seemed like a lot of the skits this week […]
(Season 34, Episode 14) Expectations are always high when you get a comedy legend like Steve Martin hosting the show. Not only is he a former cast member, but this episode marked Martin’s 15th time hosting! Unfortunately, this episode was a big let down. It seems like the cast and writers can’t get any momentum […]
Week of January 18 to January 24 Clever, insolent, creative, irreverent; even a little twisted. I speak of the writers here at CliqueClack, and the unique posts they churn out day after day. How could we let seven days go by without highlighting some of the week’s gems? (If you’d like to receive this in […]
As a wee boy I cut my comedy teeth on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and The Benny Hill Show. Watching the silly escapades of the Python crew and the ribald frivolity of Benny Hill made my tear ducts flow with joy. Both these seminal programs laid the groundwork for sketch comedy smashes like Saturday Night […]
I’ve been wondering about this for a little while now. I watch Saturday Night Live every week to review it. I watch every skit, no matter how overly long or unfunny it may be. I often marvel at how long the show seems as I’m watching it. I recently came to the Earth-shattering realization that […]
Week of January 11 to January 17 Clever, insolent, creative, irreverent; even a little twisted. I speak of the writers here at CliqueClack, and the unique posts they churn out day after day. How could we let seven days go by without highlighting some of the week’s gems? (If you’d like to receive this in […]