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  Otherworldly Comedic Legacies, or; Legends Waiting in the Wings

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  Meredith Bak Rutgers University-Camden

  March 25, 2025

  Repeated shots of the star-studded studio audience throughout the evening have hinted at possibilities ... articulating a multi-generational comedic legacy.[2]Instead, Streep strode onstage announcing “I’m here, I’m ... here, I’m here,” blaming her tardiness on bathroom troubles. Neither McKinnon’s contemporary, nor ...
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  “You Got No Idea What’s Goin’ On On That Island!”: What SNL Can Teach Us About Lost

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  Ivan Askwith Big Spaceship

  February 13, 2008

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  gender focus, but I’m willing to bet it’s not an accidental one.) ...
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  Be-Be-Beaver Boys!

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  Jeffrey Sconce Northwestern University

  January 22, 2008

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  excitable “beaver boys” frolicking on the shrimp-strewn sand. Perhaps this is where “outsider” comedy is ...
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  "Mad Men" and/as Teleparody

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  David Lavery Middle Tennessee State University

  April 24, 2009

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  presence of our experience of art is now harder to feel.   Would this sea-change have been possible if the ...
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  In Memoriam at SNL 50

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  Brittney Edmonds University of Wisconsin - Madison

  March 24, 2025

  subversion is possible within such a determining frame. The inclusion of “Word Association” in “In Memoriam” ...
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  Conversation Between Contributors

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  March 28, 2025

  convergence of Streep’s star-image and the possibilities unleashed by  Saturday Night Live ’s commitment to ...