Tag Archives: Saturday Night Live

Review: ‘MacGruber’

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Matt Raub

It’s unfortunate that Saturday Night Live has gotten a rep for being pretty unfunny in the past couple of years. Everybody will, of course, claim “the show stopped being funny when X left” but the truth of the matter is … Continue reading →

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SNL Has Highest Rated Season Finale in 5 Years

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Matt Raub

Saturday Night Live has had fans of comedy split into groups since its first major cast change in 1980. Since then, dozens of factions have formed who believe solely that “SNL stopped being funny when [INSERT NAME HERE] left the … Continue reading →

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The Flickcast’s ‘On the Radar’

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Bob Starr

This week On the Radar bring a whole slew of new and interesting stuff. Let us know if we missed anything. • The Flickcast’s own Elisabeth Rappe reports from the set of Jonah Hex (for another site but we don’t … Continue reading →

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Hulu To Start Charging A Monthly Subscription Fee

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Matt Raub

We’ve all speculated that the time would come when everyone’s favorite free TV and movie streaming site, Hulu.com, would start charging a subscription for people that wanted to use the site to its full potential. Now it seems that time … Continue reading →

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SXSW: Seth Meyers Talks ‘MacGruber’, The Boner Ghost

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Matt Raub

While we’re still winding down from our crazy week over in Austin for SXSW, there are still plenty of great goodies and stories to share with you. One of which is for a film that debuted at the show, MacGruber, … Continue reading →

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The Flickcast – Episode 45: Modern Warfare

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Joe Gillis

This week on The Flickcast, Matt is back home from his trip to sunny LA and he and Chris are back in action with a whole bunch of new topics. Some of what gets discussed in this episode includes Mark … Continue reading →

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Betty White May Host SNL, Just Not Alone

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Matt Raub

Not very long ago, some die hard fans of former Golden Girl Betty White put together a grassroots campaign through Facebook to get fans behind the idea of her hosting Saturday Night Live. The moderator put out a plea for … Continue reading →

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‘MacGyver’ Creator Trying To Stop ‘MacGruber’

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Matt Raub

Many people speculated that MacGruber, an upcoming film based on a series of 60-second spoofs on Saturday Night Live, would be a terrible idea. Then we saw the first two trailers for the film and realized it may actually turn … Continue reading →

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