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...while with the Los Angeles comedy troupe the Groundlings. By all accounts, he worked hard but was such a natural that it was a given he would follow Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz on the well-worn road from the Groundlings to Saturday Night Live. When Ferrell arrived at SNL during the 1995-96 season, he rapidly pulled off the difficult trick of being both favored by the writers (he was often in 30 of the 40 sketches prepared for the show) and beloved by his hypercompetitive castmates. "When I got there, I played Jane Goodall to his chimp," says...
...fraternity brothers urging them to "go gay" to reduce the risk of being accused of date rape and bring them closer together. When he lived in New York City, Ferrell would find the most ordinary painting in a museum and bawl in front of it. While at SNL, he even cultivated an unusual fondness for bombing. "If a sketch bombs, a lot of times you'll see a performer just hit the beats and get out," says McKay, a former head writer on the show. "Will would drag it out and make it longer, like, 'No, no, you're going...
...show began rather dryly with two somewhat awkward jocks shyly shaking their derrières for a meager $15. However, the humorous and flamboyant antics of the night’s emcee, Harrison R. Greenbaum ’08, offered some needed comic relief. He even referenced a certain SNL skit to familiarize the audience with the finer points of charity. “Don’t put your dick in the box,” Greenbaum joked, “I don’t think we can donate that to cancer.” Newly elected Undergraduate...
...Franken has been running for office since the late '70s, when he would appear on SNL's Weekend Update segment and announced, "Vote for me, Al Franken. You'll be glad you did!" In his possibly ironic role as a relentless self-promoter, he proclaimed the 1980s "the Al Franken Decade." In 1999 he published Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency, the myopically prophetic account of how he won the 2000 election and shortly thereafter lost the presidency (though his attempt to personally kill Saddam Hussein sounds like a natural poll...
...Brattle St. $3 3)Tracy Morgan, Live! Saturday Night Live veteran and star of the newest NBC comedy, 30 Rock, returns to Boston to perform a solo act that’s sure to be absolutely hilarious. Tracy Morgan, famous for his hysterical portrayal of Brian Fellow on SNL, may not have wowed audiences with his own Tracy Morgan Show, but this Maya Angelou impersonator has proved he’s always good for a laugh. Hey, at least he’ll be better than Jim Breuer. Friday, Jan. 19 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m, ($27), Saturday...