Feb 14, 2025
Lorne Michaels: ‘I Was Famous Enough’
The star maker has become a star himself in the leadup to SNL50, and apparently he’s not thrilled about it. “Everybody who had to know me, knew me,” he tells Maureen Dowd in a new New York Times profile.
Feb 13, 2025
Robert Smigel Resurfaces Conan O’Brien-Written SNL Commercial Parody
“While he wrote bigger hits than ‘Long White Beard,’ I’m posting it because it’s ridiculous and funny and as Conan-y as it gets.” [Robert Smigel on Threads]
Feb 13, 2025
SNL‘s First Openly Gay Castmember Recalls ‘White Collar Homophobia’ at Show
“Nobody went by my office and yelled, ‘F*g,'” Terry Sweeney tells Vulture. “Instead, it was, ‘I don’t really have any ideas for you. We need a mailman in the sketch; we don’t need a gay mailman.'” [via TV Tattle]
Feb 12, 2025
Grain of Salt Time: Michael Che (Again) Says He’s Leaving SNL
“This is my last season. I’m not coming back,” Che told an audience last week at the University of Rochester. He’s made similar statements going back several years now, only to end up the returning the following season.
Feb 12, 2025
SNL Opens Waitlist for Radio City Anniversary Concert Tickets
Free tickets for Friday’s live event are being released as they become available via Shadowcasting.com
Feb 10, 2025
Giant SNL50 Billboard Erected in Los Angeles
The 2 block-long promo for Sunday’s anniversary special features large cut-out photos of classic SNL characters and even a 3D recreation of the show’s famed home base set.
