]> http://www.blabaloo.com/tags/lorne-michaels Blog Articles Tagged with 'lorne-michaels' at http://www.blabaloo.com en http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1145264?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Last week's SNL had no less that eight sketches featuring gay themes or gay content. The comedy in these sketches, without exception, derived from one of three premises: 1. Men kissing or otherwise enjoying each other's bodies. 2. Men acting effemina... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:05:11 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1145264?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1144483?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels God, it's been how many years since Space Jam, and some people are still under the assumption that sports stars are good actors? It's not just Lorne Michaels and his poor casting choices for season premieres: during NBA games, players will screech an... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:43:20 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1144483?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1143016?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels If anyone watched SNL this weekend, they would have noticed two things: Paul Rudd is like, the coolest guy in the world, and Justin Timberlake dances pretty well in high heels.Here's one of the better sketches of the show (although we also loved the ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:58:20 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1143016?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1141743?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Few things made us laugh harder than Sarah Palin's devastatingly precise Sarah Palin send-ups on Saturday Night Live this season (or the fact that the quote that will be attributed to the candidate for all time, I can see Russia from my house, was ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:37:45 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1141743?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1141266?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Meet Michaela Watkins, newest member of the SNL troupe, doing her Arianna impression. And ha! It's pretty good. Especially how she incorporated her dorm room or whatever into her audition tape.But if Lorne Michaels was going the political route for t... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:36:45 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1141266?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/bricks-and-stones/1141141?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Since Amy Poehler's departure from SNL, Lorne Michaels has wasted no time in replacing her. In fact, he has hired two new women:Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins. Elliot is rumored to be the 21-year-old daughter of comedian Chris Elliot (the creepy g... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:52:08 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/bricks-and-stones/1141141?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1140958?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Though MADtv was canceled today, elder sketch comedy statesman Saturday Night Live is still flying high so high, in fact, that they've finally gotten around to addressing that whole lack of women thing! Season breakout Tina Fey wasn't actually ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:38:43 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1140958?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1141038?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Though MADtv was canceled today, elder sketch comedy statesman Saturday Night Live is still flying high so high, in fact, that they've finally gotten around to addressing that whole lack of women thing! Season breakout Tina Fey wasn't actually ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:38:43 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1141038?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1135176?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Senator John McCain showed up for the cold open on Saturday Night Live this weekend, just like everyone said he would but no one would confirm because Lorne Michaels is a puss-ay. Cindy McCain also makes an appearance, but is totally mute in fear of ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:37:43 -0500 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1135176?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlla/1134287?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Yes, it appears true. Republican Presidential candidate John McCain, in a last ditch effort to get votes, will appear this week on Saturday Night Live, press reports claim.McCain may be trying to appeal to a younger demographic or he could just wan... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:28:43 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlla/1134287?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1134115?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Since Vegas is already paying off bets on Obama winning the election, the only thing left to gamble on is by how much the Illinois senator will win by. Or, if you are in a particularly risky mood, you could place your money on which candidate will ap... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:59:51 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/jossip/1134115?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1131301?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels While it is a joyous event that comedians Amy Poehler and Will Arnett delivered their first child, Archibald, over the weekend, we recognize that this development has some downsides, too (though perhaps not the ones implied by the above circle of ch... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:20:00 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1131301?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/gawker/1129910?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Face it, Sarah Palin is now a fixture among the East Coast elite whether she wins or loses Nov. 4. The Republican vice presidential nominee has lodged herself like some kind of tumor in the media psyche. Saturday Night Live is quite lucratively obse... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:39:26 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/gawker/1129910?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/hollywood-grind-celebrity-gossip/1129852?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Lorne Michaels was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly, and all the questions were about Sarah Palin, who Lorne gave a lot of praise:What do you think Palin gained from her appearance?I think Palin will continue to be underestimated for a while. I wa... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:11:39 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/hollywood-grind-celebrity-gossip/1129852?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1127887?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels And now, for what will presumably be its last trick before tumbling into a three-and-a-half-year election hangover, Saturday Night Live is rumored to have booked Barack Obama for an appearance on its Nov. 1 episode. The cameo replaces the candidate's... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:45:16 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1127887?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/gawker/1128007?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels The voting bit of the endless 2008 election has not yet happened, but honestly the winner of that particular contest is of little concern to anyone but plumbers and unemployed auto workers and ladies who want their precious abortions. No, from he... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:32:46 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/gawker/1128007?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/hollywood-grind-celebrity-gossip/1128832?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels The Sarah Palin guest shot gave Saturday Night Live its highest mark in overnight Nielsen Media Research ratings since March 1994, when assaulted skater Nancy Kerrigan was guest host.For the first half-hour, when Palin first came out, the audience wa... Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:30:39 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/hollywood-grind-celebrity-gossip/1128832?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1127285?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels A while ago, not long after after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucus, NPR put forth a story asking, Is America Post-Racial? Probably not, we thought to ourselves, otherwise America's premiere sketch comedy show would actually have this famously bl... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:20:59 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/defamer/1127285?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlny/1127240?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels Tina Fey's possible appearance as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live wasn't the only news discussed during Thursday afternoon's conference call with Lorne Michaels and Michael Phelps. Golden Boy's naked torso also came up, specifically the possibilit... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:18:23 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlny/1127240?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlny/1127243?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels In a conference call Thursday afternoon detailing Michael Phelps' appearance on this weekend's season premiere of Saturday Night Live, a reporter asked Lorne Michaels about the possibility of Tina Fey returning to play vice presidential candidate Sar... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:50:02 -0400 http://www.blabaloo.com/sectors/directory/mediabistrocom-fishbowlny/1127243?rsstype=tag&tag=lorne-michaels