Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

“By the beginning of its second season, Saturday Night Live was the talk of television, a national sensation both hot and cool, and the first hit any network ever had at eleven-thirty on Saturday night” (Shales, Miller, 95). From young adults to the senile, Saturday Night Live has had people laughing for nearly forty-one years! This weekly show will go down in television history as one of the most iconic productions of the twentieth and twenty-first century. With every great show comes a great…

lift our spirits. They can soar, they can broaden our horizons.” The commander-in-chief received many laughs from the assembled audience as he turned his attention to Michaels, praising his work in launching the influential “SNL.” “On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ he’s created a world where a band of no-names become comedy’s biggest stars; where our friends the Coneheads and cheerleaders and land sharks and basement deadbeats and motivational speakers and an unfrozen caveman lawyer show up,” said…

Tina Fey Took Women in Comedy to New Heights One Television producer I admire is Tina Fey. Her authenticity, her drive, and her sheer storytelling capability have helped her pave the way and make major breakthroughs for women in comedy, not just in front of the camera, but also in the realm of writing and producing. Her script ideas, improv skills, and unique vision for leadership in the comedy workplace have also influence fellow women performers in the areas of content creation and producing.…

2016 presidential election. Many candidates have tried to relate to the younger crowd, and no one has done it better than President Obama. He did skits on late night shows like Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel and appeared in web videos on Funny or Die. Today's candidates like Hillary Clinton are also taking a cue from him, appearing on Saturday Night Live, and the Ellen Degeneres Show. Other presidential hopefuls have gotten on this media chain : Ted Cruz live-streams on Periscope. Marco Rubio…

ideas and societal values. People often overlook this form of performance, or worse, they seek to limit it. This is a terrible thing that is happening in our society, people looking to censor art, tell people what they can and can’t say. To quote the late George Carlin, “There 's a lot of groups, a lot of institutions in this country want to control your language.” At the time of his saying this, he was referring to people as a whole, not just stand up comedy. Over time, his…

Argumentative Essay Has President Trump been treated unfairly by all forms of media? Media is defined as the main means of mass communication. Donald Trump was elected to be president in November of 2016. This brought anger to some and joy to others. It seems that he might be one of the most controversial presidents in our history. People either absolutely love or despise him. There aren’t many opinions in the middle. The people who hate him are being influenced by all forms of media and don’t…