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Posted Jul 17th 2009 2:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Reality-Free

Tina Fey's surprise return to
Saturday Night Live as
Sarah Palin was one of the ten greatest TV moments of 2008 (and quite possibly the decade, the century, the millennium and the eon).
So it's no surprise that Fey's name and show
30 Rock came up so many times in the recent list of Emmy nods. I'm no longer convinced that she's a woman. I'm convinced she's an experimental humanoid prototype designed by studio executives solely to win awards like Tom Hanks (aka "Project Red Shoe").
It's also no surprise that one of the two acting nods she scored included
her Palin performance on SNL.
Continue reading Tina Fey's Sarah Palin earns a big 'You betcha' from the Emmy people
Posted Jun 9th 2009 3:03PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: OpEd, Saturday Night Live, Reality-Free

Last month's triumphant return of the
"Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch to Saturday Night Live was a hilarious bit of celebrity snark genius. It is without a doubt the only sketch in the show's history that just gets better and better every time a new one is rolled out for the public to digest and enjoy.
The most recent incarnation of the sketch was no exception. In fact, it built on the solid foundation that lay before it by casting Tom Hanks as a clueless himself and bringing back Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds. MacDonald's appearance was funny not just because he does a scary good Reynolds, but I also like to think that every time he returns to the show, Don Ohlmeyer cries a little inside.
As much as there was to laugh at in the sketch, a tiny but hilarious joke seeped through the cracks and no one seemed to spot it -- until now. I have found the missing joke from last month's J
eopardy! sketch, thanks to my keen eyes, my intrepid nose and my ever-widening butt.
Continue reading The joke that everyone missed from SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy revival