Category Archives: Saturday Night Live

November 20, 2009

Finding Myself in the Awkward Position of Defending Glenn Beck

Posted with Vodpod AOL asked me to write a blog post this week on all the comic invective directed recently toward Glenn Beck, knowing that both his defenders and detractors would come out of the woodwork to wage war in … Continue reading →

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March 2, 2009

Who Does Rush Limbaugh Remind You Of?

Is there a liberal confab anywhere that gets as much media attention as CPAC did this week? You’d think the speakers and attendees actually had some relevance to what’s going on in politics today, instead of having responded to being … Continue reading →

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February 26, 2009

Separated at Mirth: Gov. Bobby Jindal and Kenneth the Page

Bobby Jindal was supposed to be the GOP’s Great Nonwhite Hope, a potential challenger to Barack Obama in 2012 who would match the Democrat in youth and exotic ethnicity. But then we heard him speak — giving the official Republican … Continue reading →

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February 15, 2009

They Got Nothin’

The political satire on Saturday Night Live has been pretty spotty of late, now that they don’t have Sarah Palin to kick around anymore, but sometimes, they get it spot on, as with last night’s take on the Republicans’ opposition … Continue reading →

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January 13, 2009

Podcast: A Look Back at 2008, A Look Forward to 2009

My Friday chats with Mark Reardon of KMOX-AM in St. Louis continue with this look back at the top entertainment stories of 2008 and a preview of the likely highlights of 2009. Gary Susman talks to KMOX’s Mark Reardon, 1/2/09

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January 12, 2009

A Mission Statement

All art is political. To make art is to remake the world, either as you envision the world to be, as you wish it to be, or as you wish it not to be — so making art is always … Continue reading →

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