If only Jenny Slate had forty-five grandmothers so she could do voices for all of them in an animated show called Grandma Island. We'll have to settle for the two she demonstrated on Conan last night. Oh my God, what kind of voice do you think Marcel's grandma has? It's probably so cute you'd go deaf. Deaf by Cuteness.
Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 35 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we present the history, talent, and best sketches of one SNL cast member each week for your viewing, learning, and laughing pleasure.
There have been plenty of SNL cast members who left during or after their first season and went on to bigger success — Robert Downey, Jr., Janeane Garofalo, Ben Stiller, and Sarah Silverman come to mind — and now that we're almost two years away from seeing Jenny Slate selling custom car horns in a denim boleo jacket as Tina Tina Chanuse, it's hard [...]
Oh my gosh, look at her. She's writing a post about a new Jenny Slate video while sitting on an air mattress. Oh, that's right, she probably hasn't bought furniture yet. She's so graceful, the way she's kind of hunched over the computer screen wrapped in a blanket – is that blanket from Costco? Yeah. It looks really comfortable. Oh, I bet now she's writing an email to her dad. She's, like, she's thoughtful, but it's the kind of thoughtful where she lets the people in her life know that they're important to her. Do you know what I mean? She connects with people. (This self-esteem technique is [...]
It's time once again for another episode of Bestie by Bestie, which finds lifelong buddies Gabe Liedman and Jenny Slate probing each other's most sensitive areas to discover their deepest regrets. For Jenny, that would have to be losing her virginity on Sept. 10, 2001. Which incident was more emotional traumatic in the long run? 9/11, definitely. Ah, but which one was the most socially devastating? Gabe's high school sandal addiction, definitely.
