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SEASON IN REVIEW

Breaking Down Each Cast Member's Contribution to 'SNL' Season 38

by | May 22nd, 2013

As mentioned in yesterday's post listing our favorite moments from this season of SNL, Season 38 has been dubbed a "transitional year" by many followers of the show. After a few years of relative stability among the core cast members, stars Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg left a year ago, followed by Abby Elliott later in the summer. With the start of the new season, three performers from Chicago's improv and sketch community joined the cast: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson, and Cecily Strong. In the wake of Wiig's dominating presence on the show, two freshman females in particular have emerged as go-to's: Kate McKinnon, who joined the cast [...]

Guides

Here's Everyone Who Was at Stefon's Wedding

by | May 20th, 2013

Stefon and Anderson Cooper's wedding on Saturday Night Live this weekend was jam-packed with appearances from characters and creatures Stefon had mentioned in previous Weekend Update reports. We freeze-framed our way through the scene to offer you this guide to all of Stefon's wedding guests. From Gizblow the coked-up Gremlin to DJ Baby Bok Choy, they're all here:

Reviews

'SNL' Review: Justin Timberlake Runs a Victory Lap

by | March 11th, 2013

I don't think anyone is as big a fan of SNL as SNL itself. At every opportunity, Lorne Michaels reminds us of his show's elite status and cultural impact, whether in a tongue-in-cheek backstage bit with Paul Simon and a scotch, or in a more sincere soundbite from one of those now-dime-a-dozen behind-the-scenes specials NBC rolls out on Sunday nights. I can't really blame Lorne for perpetuating this "SNL dynasty" mystique; admittedly I find the show's history fascinating, and I believe the man has earned enough ego to occasionally place his show on a pedestal, especially by coyly likening it to a vain gentleman's club. SNL can get away with its [...]

Characters

Bill Hader Discusses Next Year's 'SNL' Goals: More Alan Alda, Less Stefon

by | August 14th, 2012

Bill Hader is returning to SNL next season as a sort of conquering king coming back to his castle. So, does he have anything big planned for his eighth season? Simply, no, as he told Entertainment Weekly:

"I’ve learned that any time over the summer I go, 'Ooh, I got something really good,' I’ll give it to the writers, and they’ll go, 'No.' Actually, the diplomatic thing is to say, 'That’s funny… Um, what if… we do the opposite.'"

I guess it would better to ask the writers what they're planning for Hader.

"When you’re here for seven years, the writers know what you’re good at, and also what [...]

Fandom

This Erotic Stefon/Seth Meyers Fan Fiction Will Drastically Change the Tone of Your Tuesday

by | December 13th, 2011

Erotic Stefon fan fiction: it exists. And it will make you very, very, very uncomfortable. I made it to the part where Stefon was tonguing Seth Meyers' nipples before I had to stop, and then I kept reading the whole thing because I am disgusting. Anyway, I love how even someone who is out of touch with reality enough to spend a substantial amount of time fantasizing about Stefon and Seth Meyers' sexual relationship agrees that Stefon's Ed Hardy shirt is hideous. That may well be the one thing binding all of humanity. Here's a taste of what you're in for, if you can take it:

SEASON IN REVIEW

The Best of 'SNL' Season 38

by | May 21st, 2013

It snuck up on us, didn't it? The end of SNL Season 38 brought along with it key staff changes, among them the upcoming departure of head writer Seth Meyers and the immediate departures of cast members Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and (unofficially) Jason Sudeikis. Few people have shaped SNL over the past 8 years more than these men — Meyers with his leadership in the writers room and charm as Weekend Update host, and Hader, Armisen and Sudeikis as the cast's workhorses and loadbearing performers. Indeed, many pegged Season 38 as a "transitional year" in the wake of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg leaving the show a year ago, [...]

things that will never happen

Bill Hader Doesn't Want a Stefon Movie

by | May 17th, 2013

With Bill Hader poised to leave Saturday Night Live after tomorrow's season finale, don't expect him to try to turn his most popular character from the show into a movie. Hader tells GQ, "There's no emotional through line. Sometimes people say to me 'I want a Stefon movie' and I'm like, you think you want a Stefon movie but then you'll see the poster for it and think, 'Wait, I don't want this.'" If only Bill Hader had been on the show during the '90s, when all of SNL's most popular characters got turned into movies, then he probably could have been pressured into making a Stefon movie and satisfying you [...]

Behind the Scenes

Watch Bill Hader Go Really In Depth About the Stefon Process

by | November 20th, 2012

Here's a five-minute interview of Bill Hader talking about the process of writing Stefon segments the entire time. Seriously, he doesn't talk about anything besides writing Stefon, and it manages to be interesting and funny the whole time. I bet Bill Hader has another hour of amazing behind-the-scenes Stefon anecdotes like these that we haven't heard yet.

Art

Stefon's Illustrated Guide to New York's Hottest Nightclubs

by | February 23rd, 2012

For the last four years, Stefon Zolesky, created by Bill Hader and John Mulaney, has been every SNL fan's favorite drugged-up club-hopper. Without his New York City party suggestions, we would never know about the glory of Furkles, Jewpids, human bathmats, Teddy Graham people, and Gizblow the Coked-Up Gremlin. Stefon made his first appearance not on Weekend Update, but in a sketch with host Ben Affleck, in which he and Hader played the Zolesky Brothers. Together, the siblings pitched coming-of-age movie ideas…with gay porn angles. A year and a half later on April 24, 2010, Stefon made his first appearance as Weekend Update's city correspondent, and the rest [...]

Good Causes

Stefon Offers Nightlife Advice to Autism Charity Eventgoers

by | December 7th, 2011

Stefon, light of my life, fire of my loins. He's finally branching out from the small screen onto the transparent screen (i.e., the stage). Bill Hader and Seth Meyers donned the Ed Hardy shirt and skeptical face of their respective characters at A Funny Affair for Autism at the Plaza Hotel, a fancy benefit that raised over $1.3 million. You can read the transcript of their conversation here. I bet if Bedelia had been at this event too, they woulda raised $10 million! Next time.

Reviews

'SNL' Review: Ben Affleck and the End of an Era

by | May 20th, 2013

What a weepy week it was for comedy nerds. NBC packed a double-whammy of goodbyes, with The Office's poignant series finale last Thursday, followed by Saturday's season finale of Saturday Night Live and final episode to feature Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and (perhaps) Jason Sudeikis as regular cast members, which was announced only days before. It is indeed the end of an era, not just for the network, but for TV comedy as a whole, and we will talk plenty more about this changing landscape over the coming days, weeks, and months.

Unlike last year's farewell to Kristen Wiig, which had a best-of-Wiig vibe that unfortunately repeated itself a week [...]

Videolists

Videolist: Bill Hader's Best 'SNL' Sketches

by | May 14th, 2013

With today's news that Bill Hader is leaving Saturday Night Live after eight seasons as a wildly-popular cast member on the show, we've collected videos of Hader's best sketches for a nice look back at the excellent work he's done on SNL. From characters like everybody's favorite clubhopper Stefon to ancient reporter Herb Welch and dead-on impressions of Al Pacino, Alan Alda, and Vincent Price, they're all here. SNL has some awfully big shoes to fill next year.

Check out a ton of classic Bill Hader sketches below:

Interviews

Talking with Bill Hader about 'SNL', Impressions, Breaking, Lorne Michaels, and More

by | September 10th, 2012

On October 1, 2005 Bill Hader debuted on SNL, feeling lucky and surprised to be there. Now, seven years later, it seems like not much has changed. Hader might be entering his eighth season as the first male cast member since Eddie Murphy to be nominated for an Emmy for his performance on the show, but his attitude is still of the humble guy who was shocked even to be asked to audition for SNL in the first place. With the new season set to start this Saturday, September 15, Hader is not thinking if this will be his last year on the show or if the Emmy nomination [...]

The Internet

SNL's Stefon Is All Up in Yelp Like It's a Nightclub Called Fffffrhhgh

by | January 13th, 2012

Ooooooh, Stefon has a Yelp page. And about time, too. How else would we know about New York's hottest clubs?

This club has EVERYTHING. Jeffries, live-action Furbies, Jewish pole vaulters, closeted guidos and flaming straight guys making out with none other than THE Nelson Mandela!

And just when you think it's all over, walk into the back room to be met by a gaggle of human donkeys.

What are human donkeys you ask? It's like that thing, where you have a midget glue some big ears on, wear a Mexican blanket, and carry your stuff over their back in wicker baskets.

It's unclear if his account [...]

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