Most everything we’ve heard from SNL Season 43 has involved those leaving the series behind, so there’s finally good news from up top. So long as our national nightmare persists, Alec Baldwin will be back in his golden wig to deliver that bigly famous Trump impression.
Dave Chappelle has definitely come back to the limelight over the last year, between SNL hostings and new Netflix specials, but with numbers like these, you’d think he never left. Netflix reveals that Chappelle’s dual standup premieres became their most-viewed comedy specials ever.
Currently on Comedy Central, they are running a show called "The Comedy Jam." A show on which comedians can live out their rock star dreams. One of my favorite comedians, Bert "The Machine" Kreischer, does just that on this episode with Scott Stapp.
Louis C.K.’s SNL return went smoothly enough, until Tig Notaro fans noticed some striking similarities between a prerecorded “Birthday Clown” sketch, and Notaro’s own “Clown Service” short. It might have been an earnest mistake, but Notaro now speaks out against SNL, calling the apparent rip “extremely disappointing.”
Dave Chappelle's just-released Netflix special brought forth a confession that he had skipped performing at a Flint water crisis benefit for a last-minute seat at The Oscars, and there's nothing wrong with that.