Saturday Night Live Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Weekly survey: Is SNL still a thing for you?

My wife and I have a Sunday morning routine that involves watching Saturday Night Live from the night before. Like

When Nirvana fell apart and before Dave Grohl found his legs with the Foo Fighters, he was lost. Totally lost.

After understandably laying low for most of 2020, Jack White has broken out of quarantine in the most amazing way

On this day in 1951, the first-ever colour TVs went on sale. No one care and less than a month

It was on this day in 1987 that a short-form animated feature called The Simpsons first appeared as an interstitial

Saturday Night Live ended 2018 strong with an episode hosted by always likeable Matt Damon. Later in the show was

The musical guest is always a big draw for Saturday Night Live. Having attended a couple of tapings in Studio

When The Wife saw this Foo Fighters performance on Saturday Night Live, she exclaimed “Look at those eyelashes! Are those

U2 has a thing about showing up unannounced and in unusual places whenever they’re in New York. The latest bit

France now has its own version of Saturday Night Live, which, by the way, is called Saturday Night Live. One

The most recent episode of Saturday Night Live drew the highest ratings of the season. It’s easy to understand why:

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver