Saturday Night Live cast

hair, wide lapels and bell bottoms, his music helped define the disco era. Temperton died of cancer last week in London, according to a statement from his publisher. He was 66. Temperton wrote such hits as "Thriller," "Rock with You," and "Boogie Nights." But even disco had songs that were layered with great harmonies and robust horn parts. Temperton's ability to craft a song with funk and soul earned him comparisons to Stevie Wonder. Temperton grew up on the northeast coast of England. He said…

Tina Fey “There are no mistakes, only opportunities.” (Goodreads). Tina Fey grew up watching the TV shows Saturday Night Live and Second City Television. Fey’s role model was Catherine O’Hara. By the time Tina Fey was in middle school she knew she was interested in comedy. In the legacy unit people and groups made a big impact, everyone leaves a legacy, whether a bad one or a good one. Tina Fey has left a legacy of being a role model for women, she has inspired many women to do great things.…

and continuous assessment on the way sexual harassment is handled, especially in Hollywood, Saturday Night Live conducted a skit using satire to address the issue while making it comical. To make satire effective, SNL utilized multiple literary devices to keep the issue in mind while allowing for comic relief and addressed multiple people in the industry while talking of their crime. Saturday Night Live captured the sad, yet realistic view on sexual assault in Hollywood. Many actors have been…

week’s sketches, which focus mainly on absurd situations and, as they are men, often requires them to crossdress to add to the humour. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a live American late-night show that premiered in 1975 and is still running today, on it’s 43 season. Every episode is hosted by a different celebrity and throughout its run has featured over 140 cast members. SNL is geared more towards parody of pop culture and politics. These two shows are comparable because they were airing at the…

Moliére’s plays are filled with farce, as this old art form started to regain momentum among Italian actors. After studying all of these art forms in school, he was finally putting them into practice. He started realizing that this style was finally reaching the audience. This comedic genre developed characters and events that were over exaggerated to create a He then used the structure of farce that included a run of stock characters (masters, servants, fools, braggarts, cuckolds, mistresses,…

bitter. Many television programs utilize the satirical device to mock current events, individuals, and behavior. One such program is Saturday Night Live (SNL). SNL has been part of American culture for about 40 years and each episode satirizes a multitude of topics varying from presidential debates to advertisements. In the first episode of the 41st season, some cast members satirized millennials, mocking their obsession with technology, their gender identity and sexuality, and their…

Adam Richard Sandler, was born on September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of five, Sandler and his family moved to New Hampshire where he and his siblings would grow up in a middle class neighborhood (McDonald, 2016). Sandler, who discovered his humorous talents at a young age, quickly became the class clown of his school. However, it was in middle school that Sandler began to develop his iconic sense of “wacky schoolboy humor” (McDonald, 2016). When Sandler was seventeen, he began…

Amy Poehler was born on September 16, 1971 in Burlington, Massachusetts. Ever since her college days, Poehler has always had an interest in performing and comedy. She began cultivating her acting talents when she joined a team of improvisational performers while attending Boston College (LeVasseur, 2016). Collectively, they were known as “‘My Mother’s Fleabag’” (LeVasseur, 2016). After she graduated college, Poehler went to Chicago where she joined the theater troupe, The Second City (LeVasseur,…

acting for commercials and acting in small television roles (“Travolta, John, Britannica.”) Then, at 19 years old he made his debut on the off-Broadway show, Rain. Following the short run of Rain, John became a part of the cast in the Broadway musical, Grease, as a replacement cast member. After Grease, he made his Broadway debut in the musical, Over Here! In 1974. Then in 1975, the television show, Welcome Back, Kotter, debuted and Travolta immediately gained fame from his role in the show as…

On the night of Saturday, November 19, I attended the North Carolina Theatre production of Monty Python’s Spamalot. This was part of a five-night run at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, part of the Duke Energy Center complex. It was a cold, brisk night, and the warm glow from Memorial Auditorium beckoned to me to enter. The auditorium inside in the biggest concert space I have been to not called an arena. Walking in at the second floor, the auditorium spilled out in front of me, welcoming, with…