comedy

Sweet Prank Call on Palin

by Brian on 11-01-2008

in general

Canadian comedy comes through again. Two Quebec radio hosts prank-called Sarah Palin pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. I literally spit a mouthful of coffee out at the start when she thought she was talking to Fake Nicolas Sarkozy but it was only Fake Nick’s assistant. “Oh, it’s not him yet,” she said to her own assistant, “I [...]

Tagged as: comedy, election, sarah palin

SNL Behind the Scenes

by Brian on 10-30-2008

in art,civics

On Charlie Rose, again: a great conversation with Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Darrell Hammond, Fred Armisen, and James Downey, about what it takes to write, produce, and perform Saturday Night Live — which is as popular and influential as ever. Lot’s of discussion on political humour, impersonations, and how politicians themselves feel about them. One interesting takeaway is the [...]

Tagged as: barack obama, comedy, fred armisen, sarah palin, saturday night live, snl, tv

Watch Chris Rock

by Brian on 10-07-2008

in general

Of course a lot of people have already seen this [added here Oct 11]: But fewer people saw him on the Charlie Rose show Friday night. Chris Rock is one of those people who makes me want to do what he does. I think I enjoy hearing Chris Rock talk about comedy as much as I [...]

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