Daily entertainment news covering Darrell Hammond en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/12/has_will_ferrell_s_comedy_gone_the_way_o Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:17:32 EST Entertainment News 126227@http://www.starpulse.com/news Once upon a time, I used to think Will Ferrell was the funniest man alive. I watched him religiously as Alex Trebek in the "Saturday Night Live" celebrity "Jeopardy" sketches

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/12/chris_parnell_chats_about_snl_30_rock_li Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:32:00 EST Entertainment News 110554@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the circles I run in, "Ooh, now that's a hot lead" is something I hear quoted by my friends quite often, really, for any reason or occasion. It's just one of those things. Of course, this is one of Chris Parnell's lines

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/04/highlights_from_saturday_night_live_s_pr Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 102716@http://www.starpulse.com/news Check out these highlights from Monday night's Saturday Night Live "Presidential Bash"! Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin joined Tina Fey, Darrell Hammond, Fred Armisen, Amy Poehler

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/04/undecided_this_election_vote_for_comedy Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:41:49 EST Entertainment News 102685@http://www.starpulse.com/news Political humor has always been a mainstay of stand-up, late night, and sitcom writers. And the ratings always skyrocket in the year of a Presidential election, thanks to gaffes and guest appearances (and sometimes we’re lucky enough to have a few candidates with a sense of humor).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/24/will_ferrell_s_bush_meets_fey_s_palin_on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:10:32 EST Entertainment News 101700@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Appearing as President Bush on the primetime edition of "Saturday Night Live," Will Ferrell offered his political "strategery" to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/09/meet_the_cast_that_s_going_to_save_satur Fri, 09 May 2008 09:00:24 EST Entertainment News 86469@http://www.starpulse.com/news For those of you who have been keeping score, it has been a long time since Saturday Night Live, once the premier, end all and be all of comedy on television, has held the clout it once demanded. In fact, many of those who grew up on the late night comedy show

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/07/the_10_greatest_cast_members_of_saturday Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:30:09 EST Entertainment News 83488@http://www.starpulse.com/news Live from New York, it's Saturday Night! These seven words have been shouted from Studio 8H of Rockefeller Center since Lorne Michaels created "Saturday Night Live" in 1975. The original name of the show was simply "Saturday Night" because at the time ABC had a show entitled "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/21/regis_philbin_comes_up_a_loser_once_agai Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:38:40 EST Entertainment News 60960@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Regis Philbin can't get a break. The 76-year-old talk-show host was overlooked yet again for the ''Best Regis'' award during the fifth annual Relly Awards, announced Friday on ''Live With Regis and Kelly.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/18/despite_hardships_darrell_hammond_remain Fri, 18 May 2007 08:52:31 EST Entertainment News 43108@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - During a record 12 years on ''Saturday Night Live,'' Darrell Hammond has provided pitch-perfect impressions of Donald Trump, Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, even Jesse Jackson. On this night, with a Yankees cap atop his head, the comedy veteran works in a less familiar voice: his own.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/24/snl_presents_the_best_of_darrell_hammond_4 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:29:56 EST Entertainment News 19557@http://www.starpulse.com/news Just a few days before the hotly contested midterm elections, Saturday Night Live presents a special retrospective featuring the show's resident political impressionist Darrell Hammond. Also the longest-running cast member in the history of the show, Hammond gets the "Best Of" treatment on November 4 with a "Best of Darrell Hammond" episode on Nov. 4 (11:30 p.m.-1 a.m. ET). This also marks the first time a cast member has received a "Best Of " special while still in the repertory cast.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/21/snl_cuts_cast_members Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:18:12 EST Entertainment News 16501@http://www.starpulse.com/news Late-night comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live will debut on September 30 without five key cast members. In addition to the previously announced departures of Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch, who are working on the prime time comedy 30 Rock, eight-year veterans Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz won't return, and neither will Finesse Mitchell.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/20/dane_cook_to_host_snl_season_premiere_th Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:38:55 EST Entertainment News 16486@http://www.starpulse.com/news Saturday Night Live continues its extraordinary run and returns for its 32nd season on September 30 (NBC, 11:30 p.m. ET). The season premiere will be hosted by standup comedian Dane Cook, who returns for his second hosting stint. Also returning to "SNL" are The Killers, performing from their eagerly awaited sophomore release Sam's Town.

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