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23 Year Old Michael Jordan With David Letterman
I just tuned into the fabulous new documentary on the 1992 Dream Team, the magical group of Olympic All-Stars led by Michael Jordan. If you grew up as a kid in the 90s like I did, Michael Jordan was the closest thing to experiencing Babe Ruth. It didn’t matter what team you were a fan…
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Ween Breaks Up
One of the world’s most creative and innovate bands, Ween, has apparently ended. The band’s lead singer Aaron Freeman, otherwise known as Gene Ween, has announced the end of Ween in Rolling Stone. The breakup came as suprise to Mickey Melchiondo, Dean Ween, as he sent out this sad message on facebook. Obviously it seems…
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Yellow Submarine Week, Eleanor Rigby
When the Yellow Submarine movie came out in 1968, the Beatles were already edging away from the psychedelic movement they helped flower across the world. In 68, the Beatles were recording the “White Album,” a record more psychedelic in the abstract than the literal. All and all they were inching back towards their rock and…
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Eddie Vedder, Emilio Estevez, Adam Sandler Shooting SNL Promos in 1994
Making a television show is difficult, especially one like Saturday Night Live where all the content is written and produced a week in advance before live airing. From the looks of this video, making an SNL is a long an tedious process. Here, they are just making a promo spot, and even though this video…
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The Doors, Kids in the Hall, Waiting for the Sun
The Kids in the Hall were a sketch comedy team formed in the 1980s by a group of talented and semi-demented Canadian geniuses. SNL guru, and fellow Canadian Lorne Michaels gave them a show that pushed the limits of comedy to frightening new edges of hilarity. Playing out like an uncensored SNL, the Kids…
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Amy Sedaris on Letterman
Amy Sedaris is one of the funniest comedic performers of all time. I was going to say funniest female comedic performers, but I realized that’s just stupid. Her talent shouldn’t be subjugated to some gender consignment. She’s a performance genius, and if you’ve never seen “Strangers With Candy,” the mastermind show created by Amy, Paul…
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Andy Kaufman on Letterman
Many people refer to these days as the golden age of comedy. With tons of late night comedians, stand-up super stars, box office comedy blockbusters, and comedy nerds running rampant, its easy to buy into that hype. Well, it might be the case that comedy is bigger then ever, but there probably isn’t one comedian…
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David Letterman's First Late Night Show Ever
On February 1st, 1982 David Letterman launched the Late Night Show on NBC. As you can tell by its overly dramatic and irony fueled science fiction opening, Dave was far ahead of his time. Understanding David Letterman’s genius is partly based on knowing what a clear cut revolutionary comic visionary he was. Not only was…
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Ben Stiller and Bruce Springsteen, SNL and the Ben Stiller Show
Saturday Night Live is really hit or miss this days, mostly miss, but sometimes, when they get a guy in there who knows sketch comedy, like Ben Stiller, they can hit a few home runs. That was case the other night when Ben revived his classic impression of Bruce Springsteen from his cult hit “The…
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George Gross, Beverly Hills Monster Mash!
One of the most bizarre things to ever happen on Beverly Hills 90210 was when precocious and immature Scott Scanlon suddenly got really interested in guns and country music. His last words were, “Check this out!” What the entire nation ended up “checking out” was Scott’s accidental suicide caused by his poor gun twirling techniques. …