What in the hell happened to the purple leather - not quite a jumpsuit, but almost a super hero - costume-wearing Eddie Murphy of the Raw days? Hell, I’ll even take the quasi-pink leather of the Delirious days if it means he’ll actually go back to being hardcore funny again. However, E.M. traded in the leather that hugged [...]
Last Sunday I featured a collection of SNL commercial parodies, and proclaimed them to be the only skits that remained consistently funny over the years. However, I did neglect to mention one of my all-time favorite recurring shorts, which were written by Triumph the Insult dog creator Robert Smigel. So I bring you one of the [...]
I was pretty excited to see NBA legend/worst golfer on Earth Charles Barkley host Saturday Night Live for the second time last night; that enthusiasm quickly faded like a hippie at a Phish show, because I remembered that he wouldn’t be working with the cast from 1993. This show has gone downhill faster than the Jamaican bobsled team in [...]
Lawrence “Larry” David, Born July 2, 1947 Lawrence Gene David was born to a Jewish American family in Brooklyn, New York; he grew up in a neighborhood called Sheepshead Bay, and attended Sheepshead Bay High School in the mid-60′s. After graduation, Larry chose to go to Maryland University at College Park; in 1969, he earned a bachelor’s degree [...]