Ben Affleck hosted Saturday Night Live: “It’s been alright, I’ve had a lovely night with you”

Ben Affleck - SNL Ben Affleck was saddled with a big responsibility as the host of the final episode of Saturday Night Live season 38. Though it was his night to be officially inducted into the Five Timers club, there wasn’t much hoopla made about it. In fact, other members didn’t show up for the introduction like they did for Justin Timberlake a few months back. Rather a great Bobby Moynihan and Affleck’s terrific wife were on hand to celebrate the evening. The reason there wasn’t much made about Affleck was because the night belonged to Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, both of which have officially decided that Season 38 would be their last as part of SNL. Also, without it being said, it was a set up for Fred Armisen’s swang song as well.

Affleck is hot off winning a best picture Oscar for the movie Argo and has really grown into his own as a director, it was perhaps this newfound skillset that has allowed him to realize what is needed and where, allowing for him to be well aware of the fact that it wasn’t necessarily his night and happily took a backseat to the other big moments unfolding. In the end he helped put out an enjoyable show that was funny, a celebration, at times sad, and complete 180 from last week’s surprisingly bad Kristen Wiig hosting turn.

Top off the booking of Kanye West as the musical guest just a few weeks before he drops his 6th studio album Yeezus this June, the night couldn’t have much more anticipation and thankfully enough it delivered on all points. Writers, cast,Affleck and West all brought their ‘A’ game, and we got ourselves one of the best episodes of the season.

Since Bill Hader is the consummate utility man, he would no doubt be put in situations where he could show off one last time. While it will hopefully not be the cavalcade of annoying returning charracters we saw last week, we’d most definitely see some of his favorites like Herb Welch and without a doubt, there was no way we would not get a sendoff for Hader’s most popular character Stefon. Fun fact for you, while Stefon did make his debut as the city nightlife correspondent on Weekend Update in 2010, his SNL debut was in a random and somewhat forgettable sketch in 2008 alongside that night’s host… Ben Affleck! Read the rest of this entry

‘The Half Hour’ Sean O’Connor and his tales from a Ke$ha concert

Tonight, comedian Sean O’Connor will be delivering us The Half Hour treatment. Before the half hour, spend some time and watch a clip from his special which is the hilarious re-telling of a night where he went on out to a Ke$ha concert and learned about her affinity for glitter. Read the rest of this entry

‘The Half Hour’ Dan St. Germain and keeping up with his friends on Facebook

Tonight comedian and all around great bearded man Dan St. Germain will have his Half Hour special premiere on Comedy Central. We’re more than likely to see some burly comedy delivered over the course of the night, and, let’s be honest… everyone needs more burly comedy in their lives. So props to Dan for his first half hour. And for forcing me to try to creatively think of a new genre of comedy all by myself. And to think that my parents were often told to not let me think for my self. Read the rest of this entry

2013-2014 TV watch: NBC’s greenlights, renewals, and cancellations

In advance of the upcoming television upfronts and the ending of the 2012-2013 television season, many networks are in the middle of confirming pilots, cancelling shows, and renewing others. Rather than you sifting through all the noise, we’re going to come up with some cheat sheets to what’s happening to your favorite, and non-favorite comedy on television. Let’s break down each TV network for you. Check out the new comedies that might catch your eye, your favorite shows that are returning, and the ones cancelled to be forever gone into dark TV abyss.

Here’s what’s going on with NBC. Read the rest of this entry

Let’s watch some Ben Affleck ‘Saturday Night Live’ preview clips!

The 38th season of Saturday Night Live comes to an end this weekend. Along with Bill Hader’s time as a cast member and perhaps others? So it’s a bit fitting that he tape these promos with Ben Affleck. Let’s watch ‘em shall we?

The cast of ‘The Office’ says their goodbyes

Tonight,The Office will air it’s final episode in it’s 9th season forever. So there’s going to be a plenty of goodbyes and perhaps, maybe we’ll even find out who the Scranton Strangler is.

Here are some videos of the cast saying goodbye to the show from the main characters and the secondary ones. The clips are long and has much of the cast telling their their favorite stories from the last 9 seasons. There’s tears of course so watch at your own risk. Yep, everyone gets a good cry on. There’s also lots of Steve Carell talk but no Steve Carell in the clips, but hey! They got Roy. Read the rest of this entry

Are Armisen and Sudekis out at ‘Saturday Night Live’ as well?

Amid the news that Seth Meyers and Bill Hader’s departure from Saturday Night Live a new report in the NY Post citing an “NBC insider” revealed that Fred Armisen’s time is also up and Jason Sudeikis is likely to make the jump as well at the end of this season. While speculation like this happens at the end of every season, this happens. A show like SNL that always addresses the zeitgeist of a nation, so change is always inevitable. It will have a very different look and feel next season no doubt.