Remembering David AngellDuring my basement era — those years from age 8 to 17, 1990 to 1999 — I watched constant comedy. I memorized NBC’s jingles (“If you […]
Oh God, Not Another ‘SNL Is Dead’ EssayIn his obituary for Saturday Night Live (and what a well-worn genre that has become), Slate.com writer Nathan Heller compares the show, which […]
When Getting Laughs Got You a GrammyA few months ago, I was trolling Wikipedia to disprove a friend’s rash claim that all Grammy Award winners for Album of the Year have been […]