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Category: Media & Culture

Kate McKinnon as Dr. Anthony Fauci

SNL keeps the heat on Ted Cruz, rakes Marjorie Taylor Greene in February 27th episode

February 28th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the fourteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Nick Jonas (who also performed as the musical guest) including the vaccine game show cold open with a Ted Cruz cameo.

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SNL spoofs Ted Cruz

SNL skewers Ted Cruz for the second straight week over Cancun jaunt

February 21st, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the thirteenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Regé-Jean Page, with Bad Bunny as the musical guest, including the cold open skewering Ted Cruz.

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A fake Lindsey Graham and a fake Ted Cruz on SNL

SNL ridicules Republican senators for their fealty to Trump during impeachment trial

February 14th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the twelfth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Regina King, with Nathaniel Rateliff as the musical guest, including the second impeachment trial cold open.

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Kate McKinnon as Anthony Fauci

SNL pokes fun at sports broadcasting during 2021 Super Bowl weekend episode

February 7th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the eleventh episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Dan Levy, with Phoebe Bridgerton as the musical guest, including the cold open hosted by veteran SNL repertory player Kenan Thompson.

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SNL's BlueGeorgia skech

SNL pays tribute to Peach State’s political metamorphosis with “BlueGeorgia” sketch

January 31st, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the tenth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by John Krasinski, with Machine Gun Kelly as the musical guest, including the noteworthy “BlueGeorgia” sketch.

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George Orwell with 1984 quotes

Trumpers crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian

January 12th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

“The great silencing that right-wing zealots are shouting about to their millions of followers on social media, radio, TV and in newspapers is not an example of Orwellian repression. It’s a mirage of Orwellian double-think,” Ron Charles writes.

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Cumulus Media logo

Talk radio owner orders pro-Trump hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric

January 11th, 2021 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Media & Culture, Open Government, World Community

“Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular right-leaning talk-radio hosts in the United States, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump — or else face termination,” The Washington Post reports.

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Jon Ossoff on FNC

Watch Jon Ossoff turn the tables on a Fox Noise reporter trying to ask “gotcha” questions

December 31st, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Media & Culture

Focused remarks? Check. Message discipline? Check. Making the most of an opportunity to speak to right wing voters and do some reframing? Check. Jon Ossoff shows how it’s done. 

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SNL December 12th cold open spoofing Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx

SNL serves up spoof of Newsmax; needles Dr. Deborah Birx in December 12th cold open

December 13th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the eighth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Timothée Chalamet, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as the musical guest, including the cold open spoofing Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx.

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SNL December 5th cold open

SNL scores again with devastating parody of Rudy Giuliani and Melissa Carone

December 6th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the seventh episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Jason Bateman, with Morgan Wallen as the musical guest, including the cold open lampooning Rudy Giuliani.

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SNL's Biden Victory sketch

Cathartic SNL episode shreds Trump and Guiliani while basking in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory

November 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the sixth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Dave Chappelle, with Foo Fighters as the musical guest, including the Biden Victory cold open.

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Spooky Biden Halloween cold open

SNL: “This daylight savings time, let’s gain an hour and lose a president”

November 1st, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the fifth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by John Mulaney, with The Strokes as musical guest, including the spooky Biden Halloween cold open.

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SNL spoofs the final presidential debate

SNL satirizes final presidential debate; Adele dazzles in hosting debut

October 25th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the fourth episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Adele at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with H.E.R. as the musical guest.

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Donald Trump vs. Savannah Guthrie: SNL town hall spoof

SNL spoofs dueling presidential town halls with October 17th cold open

October 18th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the third episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Issa Rae at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with Justin Bieber as the musical guest, including the cold open spoofing the October 14th presidential town halls.

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Maya Rudolph and Beck Bennett spoof the vice presidential debate

Maya Rudolph and Beck Bennett spoof vice presidential debate in SNL’s second episode cold open

October 11th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the second episode of SNL’s forty-sixth season, hosted by Bill Burr at 30 Rock’s Studio 8H, with Jack White as the musical guest, including the cold open parodying the vice presidential debate.

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SNL: Biden versus Trump

SNL returns to 30 Rock — at last! — with Jim Carrey as Joe Biden

October 4th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Saturday Night Live is back! The show taped its forty-sixth premiere last night in front of a studio audience who, unlike the Trump entourage, were wearing masks. Watch SNL’s brilliant spoof of Tuesday’s farce of a debate, Chris Rock’s monologue, and more.

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Proposed new flag of Mississippi

This is the proposed new flag of Mississippi

September 5th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve History, Media & Culture

Take a look at the Magnolia State’s proposed new flag, which doesn’t contain any Confederate symbolism, but does contain the words “In God We Trust”, in possible violation of the country’s historic separation of church and state.

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Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Larry Flynt on his final farewell to the Falwells

September 2nd, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Writing for The Daily Beast, the publisher of Hustler assesses the downfall of Jerry Falwell, Jr. and explains why most right wing televangelists are scam artists who prey on the gullible.

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman represented the best of us. Here’s a sampling of tributes to his life and good works.

August 30th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

The gifted actor portrayed Jackie Robinson, T’Challa, James Brown, and Thurgood Marshall. More importantly, he was an exemplary and kind human who treated everyone with decency.

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Pandemic-related books

1918 pandemic + COVID-19 reading list: Three books that are worth your time

May 8th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Media & Culture

Want to better understand the times we are living in? Here’s a collection of pandemic literature that is credible, trustworthy, and fascinating. 

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Brad Pitt as Anthony Fauci

SNL At Home returns with Brad Pitt as Dr. Anthony Fauci

April 25th, 2020 Andrew Villeneuve Humor & Satire, Media & Culture

Watch highlights from the seventeenth episode of SNL’s forty-fifth season, sort of hosted by Brad Pitt, with Miley Cyrus as the musical guest.

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