Summer moisture licks the breeze inAutumn rotting brown and dunVernal buds complete their treasonLit by winter’s canted sunPhantom fleeting Florida seasonAll of them at once and none Continue reading February 16th Night Thread
Why is the SNL 50th Anniversary special airing on a Sunday, you ask? Well, 2/3rds of the show has always aired on Sunday. Checkmate. Let’s spend three star-studded hours at studio 8H reliving five decades of SNL history, at least … Continue reading SNL50 Special Live Thread
In lieu of a new episode before the three-hour anniversary special tomorrow night, NBC is airing the very first episode of SNL ever, featuring George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, and the Muppets. Continue reading SNL1 Episode 1: George Carlin
Muad’dib himself returns for his third hosting gig, and hopefully the conclusion of the Tiny Horse trilogy. As part of his A Complete Unknown awards campaign he’s also going to be the musical guest and sing (presumably) Bob Dylan songs. … Continue reading SNL50 Episode 12: Timothée Chalamet/Timothée Chalamet doing karaoke
Lorne in his infinite wisdom has seen fit to invite back Dave Chapelle for some reason. Last time he hosted he didn’t even appear in any sketches after Update. Also, someone called GloRilla is there. I might just be watching … Continue reading SNL50 Episode 11: Dave Chapelle/GloRilla
Martin Short returns to SNL for what’s could be considered his Five Timers Club induction, unless you divvy up his shared hosting duties with the other members of the Three Amigos, in which case he’s only a 3 and 5/6ths … Continue reading SNL50 Episode 10: Martin Short/Hozier
Chris Rock returns for his fourth hosting gig (and first post-Slap), after having been on the show from 1990 to 1993. JJ Abrams’ daughter is the musical guest. Continue reading SNL50 Episode 9: Chris Rock/Gracie Abrams
The star of Gladiator II and the guy who was on top of the Billboard charts for months this year take us into the first of SNL’s trio of December episodes. Continue reading SNL50 Episode 8: Paul Mescal/Shaboozey
Results to my survey about what the night thread should be were inconclusive, so I’m just going to toss it all out here as a self-indulgent sampler platter of stuff I did over the course of my 28th year of … Continue reading The Night Thread Can’t Decide
29 is, like all natural numbers[footnote]Proof: Allow that 1 is interesting. Let n>1 be the smallest non-interesting natural number. This fact makes it interesting; thus, no uninteresting number can exist.[/footnote], interesting. Let’s look at a few facts about it. Continue reading The Day Thread Examines 29
It’s Life Day! Time to put your Bantha roast in the oven, watch a cartoon about people you know in real life, ignore your grandpa watching porn in the living room, and hope that your treehouse isn’t raided by armed … Continue reading Life Day Thread 11/17
Brat Summer extends into Brat Fall as Charli XCX returns to Studio 8H for her third Musical Guest spot and first hosting gig. Last time she was on the show she was a little Meatball man who played a keytar: Continue reading SNL50 Episode 7: Charli XCX
Bill Burr returns to host the post-election episode, a slot which for the last eight years has gone to *checks notes* Dave Chapelle. Well, I guess things could be worse. Also, somebody named Mk.gee is there. Continue reading SNL50 Episode 6: Bill Burr/Mk.gee
Mulaney returns for his annual hosting gig, which will also be the pre-election spectacular (Kamala is rumored to appear in person). Continue reading SNL50 Episode 5: John Mulaney/Chappell Roan
Six more days ’til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween Six more days ’til Halloween Silver Shamrock Continue reading Emergency 10/25 Night Thread
Michael Keaton returns for his fourth outing as host – he previously appeared in 1982, 1992, and 2015, quite a spread! – for what is likely to be the de facto Halloween episode this year. Although I guess he’s nominally … Continue reading SNL50 Episode 4: Michael Keaton/Billie Eilish
The final installment of the Spooky Lego header series had to be a night thread – it’s about nightmares. Lego’s latest big original concept is a theme called Dreamzzz, about children who become dream warriors in their sleep or something. … Continue reading Spooky Lego: Dreamzzz Night Thread (10/17)
In the last few years, as part of their ever more extensive partnership with Disney, Lego has released a few spooky Disney sets. The first, in 2022, was a miniature Haunted Mansion. The next year brought us the Lego Ideas … Continue reading Spooky Lego: Disney Sets Day Thread (10/17)
In 2019, Lego’s big-swing original horror concept abandoned the 30s iconography of Pharaoh’s Quest and Monster Fighters in favor of a decidedly modern approach. In Hidden Side, contemporary tweens have determined that there’s a… concealed… facet of Newbury, the town … Continue reading Spooky Lego: Hidden Side Day Thread (10/15)
In 2014, one of the very first successful Lego Ideas projects was the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 seen in the featured image. To follow it up, Lego went on a bit of a spree of licensing other spooky properties. With all of … Continue reading Spooky Lego: Other Licensed Themes Day Thread (10/14)
Last minute thread Continue reading SNL50 Episode 3: Ariana Grande/Stevie Nicks
