Results for: Saturday night live
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“Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda” Brings Brilliant Trans Comics to the Famously Transphobic Netflix
Give jobs to trans comics not because it’ll end the protests at your executive offices but because they’re really fucking funny and good at what they do.
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8 Ways Publix on a Saturday Night Is Exactly Like Going to the Club
1. There are hot people everywhere
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6 Queer Comedy Specials That Will Restore Your Faith in the Craft
Still, there remains a discrepancy between the public’s perception of modern comedy and the comedy that gives me child-like joy to consume. The difference, I have concluded, is the lack of visibility for diverse comics, and specifically queer and trans comics of color.
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10 Queer Comedians You Should Know (Who Aren’t White Lesbians)
You’ll find odes to Lily Tomlin and Ellen Degeneres with only the occasional nod to comedy notables like Moms Mabley, Wanda Sykes and Margaret Cho, making queer comedy look like a whitewashed dyke party. You won’t find much evidence of the many queer comedians of color who are well-established, wildly successful and wonderfully, deliciously funny. Here’s a very incomplete list of some of those comedians.Â
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10 Stupid Questions With 10 Hilarious Queer Women, Part 2
Would you rather be drowned in Jello or suffocated by cheesecake?
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Finally Hires A Black Woman, Say Hello To Sasheer Zamata
‘SNL’ announces its first black female cast member since Maya Rudolph.
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Kate McKinnon, Super Funny Queer Comedian, Wins American Comedy Award
Guess who won an American Comedy Award!
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My Brother Interviews Me About The Olive Garden For His School Paper
“They don’t fire girls, only guys. One guy got fired for swearing, another called his table “ghetto,” and the third got fired for asking his table why they didn’t tip him.”
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Comedy Crush: Liza Dye, “SNL Ready”
New York comedian, actress, and impressionist Liza Dye talks about her Michelle Obama impression, all those “ready for SNL” lists, and Kanye West.
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Introducing B-Camp
If you didn’t make it into A-Camp, there’s still a bright beaming ray of sunshine on your horizon and it’s called B-Camp! BRING YOUR OWN PROPS AND HAIR CRIMPER.
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Hilarious Hostel: Get Into Bed With Queer Comedy At PodShare
Wifi and memory foam AND a stand up comedy show? Oh my! Plus meet the queer startup kid behind the innovative pod hotel!
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Julie Goldman LIVE At The Renberg Theater July 30th
Bren’s Team Pick: Julie Goldman Live Stand-Up Performance. Get your tickets while they last!
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The Truth About Fortune Feimster: The Autostraddle Interview
Fortune Feimster has been tapped as the next great lesbian comedian with Saturday Night Live knocking on her door. Fortune talks to Autostraddle about her run on Last Comic Standing, life as a celebrity personal assistant and being mistaken for Jonah Hill and Richard Simmons.
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Liz Feldman Licks Leno, L Word & Ellen: The Autostraddle Interview
Jess sits down with Liz Feldman to talk about working with Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno, her talk show “This Just Out,” auditioning for Saturday Night Live, when she came out, how she became so tight with The L Word girls, and obvs an depth analysis of that ubiquitous blue blazer.
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Robin Shoots & Riese Interviews Julie Goldman, World’s Funniest Lez
“The desire to be on a sketch show has been fulfilled, and I get to be on one which I fit into instead of being the brunt of the jokes.”