10/24/16 O&A NYC COMEDY: Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks – SNL

tom-hanks-plays-black-jeopardy-as-donald-trump-supporter-on-snl

Black Jeopardy contestants Keeley (Sasheer Zamata), Shanice (Leslie Jones) and Doug (Tom Hanks) compete on Black Jeopardy, hosted by Darnell Hayes (Kenan Thompson). Continue reading

10/23/16 O&A NYC THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Third Debate

maxresdefault-3

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton held the third and final debate last week and Saturday Night Live presents the third and (unfortunately) final debate parody. Chris Wallace (Tom Hanks) moderates the final debate between Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon). Continue reading

10/16/16 O&A NYC THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE: Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Town Hall Debate- SNL

hqdefault-2

Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) take questions from undecided voters (Leslie Jones, Beck Bennett, Michael Che, Bobby Moynihan, Kyle Mooney) in the second presidential debate. Continue reading

10/3/16 O&A NYC COMEDY: Saturday Night Live Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton Debate

wireap_0ac7f410a62c4b0b9d2ca76942fff18b_16x9_1600
Saturday Night Live (SNL) kicked off Season 42 in style with a parody of the recent presidential debate, in which Hillary Clinton emerged winner. Alec Baldwin returned to the long-running NBC series as Donald Trump. Continue reading

9/21/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Eddie Murphy- James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party

wildin out wednesday
140207_2722418_james_brown_celebrity_hot_tub_party_anvver_3

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

3/16/16 O&A NYC WILDIN OUT WEDNESDAY: Carson Endorsement Cold Open – Saturday Night Live

160313_3001362_Carson_Endorsement_Cold_Open

Saturday Night Live opened with Beck Bennett, playing the role of CNN host Jake Tapper at the Dr. Ben Carson (Jay Pharoah) endorsement of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump (Darrell Hammond) Continue reading

3/1/16 O&A NYC ENTERTAINMENT: Screen Guild Awards – Saturday Night Live

la-et-st-snl-parodies-oscarssowhite-in-screen-guild-awards-sketch-20160124

Saturday Night Live mocked how no black actors were nominated for Oscars with a sketch about the fictitious Screen Guild Awards, where not one person up for an award was black, even though many of the films were about African-Americans.  Continue reading

2/15/16 O&A NYC: The Day Beyoncé Turned Black- Saturday Night Live

maxresdefault

Beyoncé created a firestorm with here new video Formation. Declaring her Creole heritage, her love of hot sauce, and rewarding Jay Z with a Red Lobster dinner after a back-breaking throwdown- all point to the fact that Queen Bey has exposed her black roots (well… except when it come to her weave). Continue reading