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Lorne Michaels has always been a busy man and continues to do so.  He’s already got a hefty producer’s plate at NBC with tv series Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers.  And as of today, Michaels is heading into the film division too. According to Deadline, Lorne and Broadway […]

[rwp-review-recap id=”0″] With the vast wasteland of horrid comedies out there, I did not go into Blockers expecting much more than some frat-level humor, some piss jokes, and no real script to speak of beyond a checklist of contrived scenes. Well I have to admit to being more than pleasantly surprised by the thoughtfulness and […]

TMZ is reporting that stand-up comedian Ralphie May has died from a cardiac arrest at a private residence in Las Vegas. He had been continuing to perform his nightly stand up routine as recently as the evening before his death at Harrah’s Resort and Casino, even though he had been fighting against an ongoing case of pneumonia […]

One upon a time, trailers had a very different vibe to them. It’s the kind of thing to wax nostalgic about for those of us old enough to remember what it was like to have to record them when they showed up on TV with our handy-dandy VHS and Betamax video recorders. The always-funny folks […]

On comedy stages everywhere tonight will be moments of silence held for Don Rickles, who died today at his Los Angeles home from kidney failure at the age of 90. Known alternatively as both The Merchant of Venom as well as Mr. Warmth, his career spanned more than six decades on stage and screen. From […]

Seth Rogen’s R rated animated Sausage Party sure looked promising from the trailer.  Good solid voice talent who’ve worked together NUMEROUS times, albeit some misses in there. And there is no doubt in my mind there is a huge audience out there who will LOVE this film, it just wasn’t for me. Sausage Party is like Toy […]

Ghostbusters is the probably the most talked about film of 2016.  Yes, I’d put it above Star Wars: Rogue One and Suicide Squad.  Paul Feig’s reboot of a comedy classic had all the possibilities of not sucking, despite the general outcry of “we don’t need another reboot” which I agree with. I will say this as many […]

This special will go down in history with Charlie Brown, with Rudolph and Frosty, and most certainly with The Star Wars Holiday Special. Sophia Coppola’s A Very Murray Christmas starts off with Murray and Shaffer doing “Jingle Bells”, and omg I cannot wait for more.  Check out the trailer here: Expect to see George Clooney, Chris Rock, Paul Shaffer, Tina […]

Do you remember the first time you saw a Saturday Night Live sketch with Chris Farley?  I sure do!  It was the CLASSIC Chippendale audition between the less-than-svelt Farley and Mr. Dirty Dancing himself, Patrick Swayze. Even now, I can’t help but think of this scene when I hear Loverboy’s “Everybody’s Workin For The Weekend”. https://youtu.be/PeJmYtwuggw Or, […]

It is a sad sad day for Simpsons fans.  Longtime cast member Harry Shearer will NOT be returning to the Fox animated series for their 27th and 28th seasons. *sniff*  There I’ve said it.  If you didn’t know, Harry voices an INSANE number of characters on the series, most notably Mr. Burns and Flanders (here is […]