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Joe Berkowitz is an entertainment reporter and cultural commentator, formerly with Fast Company, and the author of several books, most recently American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World.

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    SNL Recap: The Rock Is SNL ViagraHe’s proven himself to be a comedic performer all along.
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    SNL Recap: Hemsworth Not Upstaged By ChickenThe first-time host exploded into the studio like a Norse creature of myth.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Fifty Shades of NopeHost Dakota Johnson did not seem comfortable. 
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: J.K. Simmons Finds His TempoAnd neither rushes nor drags.
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    SNL: Blake Shelton Does Double DutyIt’s synergy, baby!
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    SNL Recap: Kevin Hart Storms the StageHe brought breathless, Sherman’s March–style showmanship to every sketch. 
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    SNL Recap: North Korea Let Amy Adams HostBut Kim Jong-un might not like this one.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Martin Freeman Makes a Lasting ImpressionHis journey to SNL was unexpected, but it shouldn’t have been.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: James Franco and Nicki Minaj Get MetaThey have a lot in common.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Cameron Diaz Is a Back-Home BallerShe crushed it.
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    SNL Recap: Can Woody Harrelson Host Every Week?Woody Harrelson handled each sketch like a comedy powerhouse.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Chris Rock Is on the Edge of Being EdgyWhen this episode was off, it was way off, but the best sketches were way better than last week’s.
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    SNL Recap: Jim Carrey Goes Even DumberHe’s usually a safe bet. 
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Return of Bill Hader (and Stefon)Along with Kristen Wiig. 
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    SNL Recap: Silverman Gets Back to Her RootsUnfortunately, Silverman’s career trajectory since leaving the show is pretty much the opposite of how the episode she hosted went.
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    SNL Recap: Chris Pratt Saves the DaySeason 40 is here!
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Andy Samberg’s Night of 1,000 StarsThere are SNL episodes with a lot of cameos, and then there’s last night’s episode.
  18. Saturday Night Live Recap: The Amazing Andrew GarfieldThe qualities required to play Spider-Man are the same ones it takes to properly host Saturday Night Live.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Seth Rogen Celebrates 4/20 EarlyThis episode featured a weed sketch for the ages.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Anna Kendrick Aca-Nails ItNearly every sketch has her breaking into song.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Louis C.K. Is a Glorious WeirdoThe episode didn’t always click, but it avoided being boring by a mile.
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    SNL Recap: Is Dunham the Host of Her Generation?Or, at least, a host of her generation.
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    SNL Recap: Parsons Kicks Off Post-Meyers EraAfter a monthlong Olympic hiatus, this week’s episode promised an evening of firsts.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Melissa McCarthy Goes Full WeirdoAnd Seth Meyers says goodbye.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: He’s Still Jonah From the BlockThe Oscar nominee showed up with something to prove.
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    Let’s Talk About Sasheer Zamata’s First Saturday Night Live EpisodeShe made it into five sketches.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Drake’s Comedy Bar MitzvahEndearing, awkward, and occasionally tedious.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Fallon and Timberlake Take ChristmasA pair of SNL favorites save the show for the holidays.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: The Thirteenth Time Is Not Quite the CharmNot John Goodman’s best work.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Paul Rudd’s Midnight DelightAnd the return of some old friends.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Josh HutchersonSomething in this host must have let the writers feel confident weaving out an episode of wall-to-wall wackiness.
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    Saturday Night Live Recap: Lady Gaga Earns Our ApplauseThe musician was game and goofy, sometimes to the point of distraction.
  33. 49 Funny Things to Look Forward to in 2012“Don’t Look Back in Anger” is a song by either Bob Dylan or Oasis. I can’t summon the strength right now to find out which one. In any case, […]
  34. This Week in Comedy Podcasts“So many podcasts, so much time!” That’s the major complaint on every unemployed comedy fan in America’s lips right now, I’m sure. […]
  35. This Week in Comedy Podcasts“So many podcasts, so much time!” That’s the major complaint on every unemployed comedy fan in America’s lips right now, I’m sure. […]
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    Why Derrick Comedy’s Mystery Team Deserves Cult Classic StatusIn case the picture to the left hasn’t made it abundantly clear yet, you are skimming reading an entreaty on behalf of the underrated Derrick […]
  37. This Week in Comedy Podcasts“So many podcasts, so much time!” That’s the major complaint on every unemployed comedy fan in America’s lips right now, I’m sure. […]
  38. This Week in Comedy PodcastsAnother week, another iPod completely stocked with audio jewels and gems from some of the best comic talent around. Well done, everybody! Long […]
  39. 19 Comedy Podcasts That Should Already ExistNot that we’re exactly hurting for decent podcasts at this point, but if comedians are going to keep launching them all the time, well, we have […]
  40. This Week in Comedy PodcastsWho let the pods out? Woof, woof, woof! I am so sorry about that, you guys. What I am not sorry about, however, are all the comedy podcasts […]
  41. This Week in Comedy PodcastsComedy podcasts, you guys! They’re funny, they’re free; distract you from existential angst, give you something to talk about when you […]
  42. For Your Reconsideration: Hamlet 2It was supposed to be an underdog success stories everyone could get behind. Advance hype had Hamlet 2 pegged to be the 2008 model of Little […]
  43. This Week in Comedy PodcastsComedy podcasts, you guys! They’re funny, they’re free; distract you from existential angst, give you something to talk about when you […]
  44. This Week in Comedy PodcastsComedy podcasts, you guys! They’re funny, they’re free; distract you from existential angst, give you something to talk about when you […]
  45. This Week in Comedy PodcastsComedy podcasts, you guys! They’re funny, they’re free; distract you from existential angst, give you something to talk about when you […]
  46. For Your Reconsideration: Blades of GloryThe Will Ferrell Sports Movie craze spanned just four features, although it seems like there were so many more of them. Between 2005 and 2008, […]
  47. This Week in Comedy PodcastsComedy podcasts! They’re funny, they’re free; distract you from existential angst, give you something to talk about when you inevitably run out […]
  48. This Week in Comedy PodcastsThis week saw the announcement of the shows competing in The Earwolf Challenge, the first reality podcast, in which 10 lesser-known comedy […]
  49. For Your Reconsideration: ‘MacGruber’The Saturday Night Live adaptation is one of the most maligned of all movie genres, and not without justification. Excepting Wayne’s World, […]
  50. This Week in Comedy PodcastsThe cool thing about this week’s crop of podcasts is that they were all recorded before the verdict in the Casey Anthony case had been […]
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