the legendary “SNL in Review” experience

Harry Styles is back on SNL, and the people rejoice. Check out my @ew recap: ew.com/snl-recap-seas…

A celebrity that intimidated me is Jack Nicholson. I’m in the movie Anger Management. First rehearsal. He’s right there. I introduce myself. Nervous. Heart racing. He’s talking to Adam Sandler. I tap Jack on the shoulder. “Hey Jack, you’ve been golfing?” He says: “What?” Sandler’s laughing. Jack says, “Not since the last time you asked me that question.” Sandler is now laughing even harder. I take a year trying to figure out what that meant. A year later, I see Jack at a party. Everyone’s there. Christopher Walken, Elizabeth Taylor, Harrison Ford, Princess Leia, Al Pacino, George Lucas, Princess Leia, Christopher Walken, Al Pacino. There’s Jack. This is my moment. I walk up. Tap him on the shoulder and say, “Hey Jack, you’ve been golfing?” Right then, Pacino taps him on the shoulder. Jack turns his back to me. Now it looks like I’m waiting in line to talk to Pacino. I ate something earlier that didn’t agree with me. I crop dusted Jack Nicholson. Pacino caught some of it. It was bad. I walk away. From across the room I hear Jack yell: “What the hell died in here?”

@BpopeTV dude yes. so many fond memories

What an era.

Obscure YT of the day: Ben Stiller made a short film at 20, THE HUSTLER OF MONEY, a bowling parody of THE COLOR OF MONEY w John Mahoney (SAY ANYTHING) in the Newman role. It later aired on SNL in 1987. Link in reply:

Is Saturday Night Live still relevant in 2026? I spoke with #SNL historian and journalist Andy Hoglund @SNLinReview to unpack it. Plus, A24’s #TheDrama is all style and no substance. open.substack.com/pub/bpopetv/p/…

I'm so pleased that The Guardian entrusted me to write about an issue near and dear to my heart: screenwriters being super annoying theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/…

Conan makes a funny joke here about how "if Mr. Rogers was on your show, you'd call him brother!" He tried to pick the most random white guy ever not realizing that Mr. Rogers *was* on the show. And the story Arsenio tells about the matching jackets is true.

[wacky voiceover] “Rob Schneider as…” [record scratch] “the SOL-dier!”

Happy 76th birthday to Martin Short, one of the funniest and kindest human beings alive. Please enjoy Marty as Nelson Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn's 3rd maternal cousin. 😂😂

@williammcnamara Such a great cast

#doingtimeonmapledrive #loriloughlin #jimcarrey thetroublewithbilly.com Doing Time on Maple Drive, ahead of its time. Back in the 90's I was offered this TV movie, my agents and managers begged not do it. I did it anyway and so happy I did. Today, because the original studio, Fox, that aired this TV will not make it available for streaming anywhere, because of their conservative beliefs!

Also caught season 7 musical guest John Oates!!

Watched season four musical guest Judy Collins perform live last night!!!

I wrote about SNL UK. I found the experience fascinating. thehardpass.net/saturday-night…

feeling a little emo because i wasn’t alive to hear the first ever live from new york but i did get to hear live from london, it’s saturday night!

It's time for one last pull of Conan O'Brien's Walker, Texas Ranger Lever. Rest in peace, Chuck Norris.

@shrimpjaj Go!

@SNLinReview One of the season’s strongest start-to-finish episodes highlighted by the two Update appearances I would’ve liked to see Harry be given some loonier roles (ie his Mick Jagger), but he’s a future 5Xer Only critique is his character’s lisp at the end of Best Buy felt unnecessary

@SNLinReview Not every sketch will be a slam dunk game-changer but, my gosh, the show has always been designed to be a silly, fun 90 minutes. If you watch it to lighten up and laugh instead of trying to be a critic, it’ll be a whole lot more fun.

@SNLinReview How does Keenan still have a job? He’s the least funny person on the planet, and has consistently been so. I’ve never understood it

@SNLinReview Disappointing. I had hoped for better with Harry Styles as host. Grade C.

I’m convinced this guy just hates snl