It’s no secret that NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ has jumpstarted a ton of careers for comedic actors and actresses over the years, but what about the now-successful entertainers who were once turned down by Lorne Michaels and the show? Thankfully, these acts found their own way into the limelight and onto our TV screens in…
We’ve seen plenty of the X-Men over the years, with multiple film franchises and spinoffs dedicated to our favorite mutant crime fighters. Those versions of the characters have ranged from pretty good (Hugh Jackman as Wolverine) to truly terrible (whatever was going on with the whole Dark Phoenix storyline), but none of them defines the…
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier. The 2006 star-studded movie based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name has secured its place in ’00s pop culture and is an overall fan-favorite within the comedy-drama genre. The fashion-based film may have premiered over 15 years ago, yet the iconic moments…
Brilliant, edgy, ahead-of-his-time, ingenious, and downright hilarious are just some of the plethora of adjectives to describe the legendary stand-up comedian George Carlin. With a career spanning over 50 years, Carlin graduated from class clown in high school to early days performing on The Ed Sullivan Show to eventually becoming so successful in stand-up that…
We’ve all read comics that totally changed everything about our favorite characters. Remember when Captain America said, “Hail Hyrda,” and all hell broke loose? That was wild. The examples below aren’t necessarily on the same earth-shattering level as that, but for any fans of Iron Man or Supergirl, the retcons we’re talking about definitely left…
In late 2023, A24’s newest TV show debuted across Paramount+ and Showtime. A dark comedy satire starring A-lister Emma Stone, Uncut Gems (2019) director Benny Safdie, and a seemingly new breakout actor: Nathan Fielder. For many fans of comedy, however, Fielder had already been a familiar face. The cult comedian first started catching attention with…
It’s well known across the internet that the Futurama is a smart show. Its writers not only made many scientific and mathematical jokes, but also held three PhD’s, seven Master’s degrees, and “over 50 collective years at Harvard University” between them. The intellectual jokes and degrees, however, weren’t what made the show’s writing so good….
It is universally known to many just how hilarious and whacky of an actor Jim Carrey has been throughout his whole career. The entertaining goofball has entered the hearts and homes of many over the decades as a comedic mastermind. However, it can be argued that Carrey is equally as talented in the field of…
It is not uncommon for superheroes to turn bad from time to time. Whether a universe gets flipped or there’s some kind of mind control at play, it happens. Heck, Superman has been the biggest threat to Metropolis on more than one occasion. We all know what it looks like. But, what about when supervillains…
Robin Williams was a legendary man of comedy, charisma, and unbridled talent that graced the television and movie screens of many folks for decades. Whether he was making you laugh in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Aladdin (1992), making you cry in Dead Poets Society (1989) and Good Will Hunting (1997), or simply entertaining you endlessly…
