7/27/25 O&A NYC GOSPEL SUNDAY: Keke Wyatt + Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers – For Every Mountain (LIVE)

Keke Wyatt performing the song For Every Mountain alongside Kurt Carr & The Kurt Carr Singers. Continue reading

7/24/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY: Sweet Dreams – Sr. Tom Jones, Will.I.Am, Olly Murs, and Jennifer Hudson (The Voice UK 2019)

Watch the performances of The Voice UK 2019 coaches, Sr. Tom Jones, Will.I.Am, Olly Murs, and Jennifer Hudson together. To open the show, they sing “Sweet Dreams” of Eurythmics. The production is so cool that it’s like watching a video clip. Continue reading

7/24/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: The Niggar Family – Chapelle Show

521996_10151042761179273_236006809_n-1The Niggar Family, one of comedian Dave Chappelle‘s most controversial skits, explores the question of what effect “the n-word” would have if it were just another name. The skit is filmed in black and white, with sets and costumes right out of Father Knows Best or Leave It to Beaver or, for a more recent reference, Pleasantville. We see a squeaky-clean family of aw-shucks pleasantness and golly-jeepers naïveté, a “typical American” (i.e., white) family named Niggar. Continue reading

7/16/25 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Only Seniors (SNL)

An elderly couple (Kenan Thompson, Quinta Brunson) tells their children (Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker) about their new life insurance policy. Continue reading

7/4/25 O&A NYC INDEPENDENCE DAY LIVE PERFORMANCE: Whitney Houston – Star Spangled Banner (National Anthem) – Super Bowl 1991

Among the annals of national anthems as a prelude to sporting events, few have topped the one delivered by Whitney Houston before Super Bowl XXV in 1991 in Tampa, Florida. Continue reading

6/21/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Key and Peele: Can You Be Too Nice at The Office?

To illustrate the work of Adam Grant and his theories on the benefits of helping others, we asked the comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele to demonstrate the art of workplace altruism. Continue reading

6/18/25 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Eddie Murphy – James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party


James Brown (Eddie Murphy) sings about a hot tub in this classic SNL Sketch from 1983 (season 9). Murphy captures Brown’s soul style before disrobing and getting into the water. Continue reading

5/8/25 O&A NYC THROWBACK THURSDAY- MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL: I’ll Always Love My Mama- The Intruders

I’ll Always Love My Mama is a 1973 single by the Philly soul group The Intruders. Released from their album Save the Children, the single is a song commonly played on Mother’s Day. Continue reading

4/17/25 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Trump Easter 2025 Cold Open – SNL

Jesus Christ (Mikey Day) and his disciples (Kenan Thompson, Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman, Ego Nwodim, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow, Jane Wickline) get interrupted by President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) during the cleansing of the Temple. Continue reading

3/2/25 O&A NYC SUNDAY MORNING FUNNIES: Jenifer Lewis – Black Don’t Crack fea. Marc Shaiman (Live at the Rosie O’Donnell Show 1996)

What better way to begin Women’s History Month with the one and only Jennifer Lewis! Our Sunday Morning Funnies comes from a 1996 live performance on Rosie O’Donnell where Lewis accompanied by pianist Marc Shaiman performed Black Don’t Crack

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