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... . . . I SUPPORT AZ, NOT OBAMA! How dare he sue a state! What is he a king? A dictator?!
Victoria Jackson, Miami Lakes, Florida
Editor's note: What the former Saturday Night Live star didn't see, since she read "Tea Party Princess" online, is that her "I Support Arizona!" sticker is seen prominently on the cover of our print edition.
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...d a perfectly postured Baptist boy named William Paul Wessel, who was so strait-laced he carried a briefcase to class.
By the time Victoria graduated in 1977, Saturday Night Live had debuted its rookie cast, including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and John Belushi. But she had never watched the show. The family had no TV set. The only movie...
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...is pretty played out. Considering how top brawlers creep into TV, film, and pop culture, it might be more accurate to think of World Wrestling Entertainment as Saturday Night Live with beefy brawlers. That similarity intact, the RAW Super Show on Monday, January 23, might be your first live look at a soon-to-be prime time player.
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Whether chairing Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update during his 111-episode stint on the sketch comedy stalwart, giving his sporty two cents as a color commentator during Mo...
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It’s fair to say that Saturday Night Live has totally sucked over the past few years, that is unless you’re an Andy Samberg fan. Back in Kevin Nealon’s day, an SNL cast member would have to...
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As far as year's go, 2011 wasn't one of the best. Sure, getting our mitts on Tom Waits' latest album was pretty sweet, but we coulda lived without the major tragedies and the never...
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Since 1990, when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live, David Spade has lent his trademark snark to movies and TV, bringing us characters like the sarcastic Hollywood Minute Re...
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... post-college year looking for acting gigs, an acting teacher suggested that Jon Lovitz focus solely on comedy. Ever since, the man best known for his stint on Saturday Night Live has been in the funny business.
In addition to SNL, Lovitz got his shine as the voice of Jay Sherman in the 1990s animated series, The Critic, and with a slew ...
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Comedic actor Bill Murray once described the feeling of performing for millions every week during his stint on Saturday Night Live as an amazing performance high. Local performance artist Aaron Johnson can relate to that feeling, especially when each episode of First Friday Night Live take...
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There’s plenty of comedic talent that flows through the veins of the Wayans family. Elder brothers Keenan Ivory and Damon helped revolutionize sketch comedy (and gave Saturday Night Live a run for its funny money) when they launched In Living Color in the 1990s.
Younger brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans have also had their fare share of fa...
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...e around a group of frat boys and you’ll think they’re all having simultaneous strokes.
Thing is, they all have something to learn from Jay Mohr. The Saturday Night Live alum and scene-stealing Jerry McGuire actor built his career on imitation, but now he’s embarking on a national comedy tour that lands in Phoenix on Thurs...
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At this point in the career of actor-comedian Tracy Morgan, it’s likely you’re familiar with some of his belly laugh-inducing characters. For instance, unaccredited zoolo...
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...uitar-god legit. That and rapper E-40. The 43-year-old veteran first made his mark in The Click and has gone on to enjoy a successful solo career. But in 2009, Saturday Night Live jokester Andy Samberg latched onto E-40, making him the official faux voice of Santana in a hip-hop ode to musician branding, "Santana DVX." It would be easy t...
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When you hail from the region of ranch dressing and novelty sweaters (a.k.a. the Midwest), a little nonconformity goes a long way. Just ask the members of the Super Happy Funtime B...
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Saturday Night Live has just come back from a commercial break, and tonight's host, former longtime cast member Dana Carvey, smiles, looks into the camera and says, "Ladies and gen...
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On June 5, hundreds rallied at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix in support of SB 1070, the harshest state immigration law in the nation, which had been signed by Governor...
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...ensible, polite, and compliant culture, which possibly explains why they're not as good at manufacturing incendiary, groundbreaking rock acts as they are, say, Saturday Night Live cast members or sappy singer-songwriters like Gordon Lightfoot and Sarah McLachlan. Until Rush broke out in the mid-1970s, Canadians themselves had little inte...
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Last year, Steve Martin released a 15-song banjo album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo. Sounds funny, right?
Well, with winsome songs such as "Pretty Flowers" and gues...
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We all remember when Norm MacDonald was fired from Saturday Night Live in 1997 after making too many “O.J. Simpson is guilty” and “Michael Jackson is a homosexual pedophile” jokes. But it's not like that killed...
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... A full-length! My World 2.0 debuts at number one selling more than 5 million copies worldwide in three months or so.
April 10: Bieber is the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and was surprisingly funny in a sketch with Tina Fey. He really can do it all! Or at least two things.
June 23: Bieber Fever reaches its natural evolution wit...
