Saturday Night Live

Wayne’s World began life as a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch about two metalhead slackers who broadcast a TV show from their basement. The skits became a fan favourite part of the show, and after a proposed sketch anthology film…

When your first introduction to a titular character is a nostalgia-soaked montage detailing one man's insatiable lust to create 'life saving inventions out of household materials' while he stands triumphantly atop the world blowing a golden…

The most distinctive thing about Billie Eilish is her tact. Her music blends swagger, darkness, humour, and vulnerability—not to mention catchy melodies. This composed combination grabs you with intent. It’s as if she actively developed the…

Animal House turns forty this year and it was the paradigm of an entirely new genre: the college movie. The movie is tasteless, but that’s part of its message.  The first of a new iteration has the most fascinating layers to it because what…

If not for Washington DC’s aged streets, Donald Trump’s inauguration could have been all the more bombastic. Allegedly, the leader of the free world wanted a military parade to mark his ascension, something that certainly would have marked…

Hello,sorry I'm late. My laptop died. I may have said that last week but my laptop was dead then as well. It's still dead is what I'm saying. I'm writing this on my wife's laptop. It's different. The keys are all in slightly different…

Simon Rich was born in 1984 in New York City. The son of New York Times columnist Frank Rich, he attended Dalton High School before completing his impeccably preppy education at Harvard, where - in hindsight, almost inevitably - he was…

Hello there, ladies and gentlemen. Alan Maguire is still off fannying swanning about on his honeymoon, so I've been asked to step once more unto the breach and deliver a pulsating round-up of all things hilarious. So what's been going on …

Greetings chums, and welcome to the twentieth Tittererer's Digest. As we civilised folk tend to do, let's take a moment to pause and acknowledge that nice round number as if it were a meaningful achievement. ... ... ... ... ... Ah, so very…

Good day to you all and welcome to the Digest. I'm a little worse for wear today, following an endurance testing stag weekend for my pal Rory. I'm not saying it was boozy, but the activity chosen to take a break from all the drinking was a…