holiday streaming
Dec. 5, 2022
The 8 Best Christmas Movies on Hulu Happiest Season , Black Christmas , A Christmas Switch , and more.
vulture lists
May 20, 2022
The 20 Best Mike Myers Characters, Ranked The comedian’s greatest creations are reflections of who he perceives himself to be, who he wants to be, and who he is most afraid of.
wednesday night movie club
Apr. 4, 2022
The Best Jokes From Beth Stelling’s Stand-up Special Girl Daddy If you haven’t watched the HBO Max special yet, allow these very funny jokes to convince you.
6 of Eddie Murphy’s Most Iconic SNL Sketches From “Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood” to “James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub Party.”
Who’s Afraid of an Eddie Murphy Comeback? Dolemite Is My Name allows Eddie Murphy to reclaim a potent swagger that made him both inescapably magnetic and undeniably threatening.
backstories
Aug. 20, 2019
The Season SNL Embraced Its Old, Weird Self Again The show’s writers walk us through the highlights from a year when they dialed back the Trump.
appreciations
July 11, 2019
Rip Torn Was an Unforgettable Force on The Larry Sanders Show As Larry’s producer Artie, the late actor epitomized the ultimate showbiz friend.
oral history
June 25, 2018
‘The Sketch That Always Plays Hot’ An oral history of Saturday Night Live ’s “Black Jeopardy.”
vulture lists
May 2, 2018
Every Time Hollywood Made the ‘Black Version’ of a Hit Movie From Blacula to Who’s Your Caddy?, let’s review the most egregious examples of “What if we made a black version of X?”
vulture lists
Feb. 14, 2018
The 9 Best Jokes From Chris Rock’s New Netflix Special Tamborine delves into Chris Rock’s divorce from his ex-wife, his infidelity, and his addiction to porn.
What Was the Best Era of Saturday Night Live Ever? Was it the original cast? Tina Fey times? The early ’90s?
Why Sasheer Zamata Never Had a Chance on Saturday Night Live She now belongs to one of the most exclusive clubs in American comedy: the black female comedian let down by SNL.
the price of fame
Mar. 24, 2017
Do We Expect Too Much of Dave Chappelle? He’s rich and famous, yet we still want to see the plucky underdog.
The Legacy of Stepin Fetchit Remains an Obstacle for Today’s Black Comedians His racial subordination forced a choice between popular recognition and basic human dignity.