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Chris Parnell: SNL’s Unbreakable ‘Ice Man’
Episode 158
Chris Parnell is the only cast member to ever be fired twice from ‘Saturday Night Live.’ And as he explains in this episode, it was only after Lorne …
4 years, 1 month ago
Kristen Schaal on ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Daily Show’ and More
From her breakthrough performance as Mel the stalker on ‘Flight of the Conchords,’ to her long-running gig as the voice of fourth-grader Louise Belch…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer: SNL to Chip ‘n Dale
Episode 157
Akiva Schaffer prefers to stay behind the scenes. But that doesn’t mean he’s any less funny than his Lonely Island bandmates Andy Samberg and Jorma T…
4 years, 2 months ago
Mary Lynn Rajskub: ‘Fame-ish’
Episode 156
You know Mary Lynn Rajskub’s face even if you don’t necessarily recognize her name. That conflict is at the center of her new book of essays about an…
4 years, 2 months ago
Jessi Klein: ‘I Love That for You’
Episode 155
One of the most influential comedy voices of her generation, Jessi Klein spent years working as a development executive at Comedy Central before maki…
4 years, 2 months ago
Margaret Cho on Chappelle, Tarantino and Alt-Comedy
Nearly three decades after starring in the first major sitcom to center on an Asian-American family, Margaret Cho is more “hopeful” than ever about t…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ronny Chieng: ‘Cancel Me!’
Episode 154
Since breaking through as a correspondent on ‘The Daily Show’ in 2015, Ronny Chieng has continued to prove himself to be one of the funniest stand-up…
4 years, 2 months ago
Mike Birbiglia on Stand-Up, ‘Offensive’ Jokes and SNL
Mike Birbiglia is currently working out his latest one-person show ‘The Old Man and the Pool,’ including a stop at this coming week’s Netflix Is a Jo…
4 years, 2 months ago
Bill Hader: SNL, ‘Barry’ and More
Episode 153
Bill Hader is well known as the most generous “laugher” in comedy. But when he’s talking about his increasingly dark HBO series ‘Barry,’ those laughs…
4 years, 3 months ago
Rhea Seehorn on ‘Better Call Saul’ and Kim Wexler’s Fate
Rhea Seehorn may be best known for playing the very serious Kim Wexler opposite Bob Odenkirk on ‘Better Call Saul,’ which premiered its highly antici…
4 years, 3 months ago