Tina Fey created and stars in this hilarious send-up of life behind the scenes at a late night comedy show and Alec Baldwin is brilliant as the network executive who fancies himself her mentor.
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What to stream: ‘Only Murders’ with Steve Martin on Hulu, ‘Cinderella’ with Camilla Cabello on Amazon, ‘Worth’ on Netflix
Plus ‘Undine’ on Hulu, ‘Afterlife of the Party’ on Netflix, Billie Eilish on Disney+, ‘9/11’ documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, and Apple TV+, and more…
Steve Martin and Michael Caine are ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ on HBO Max
Steve Martin is the sloppy, brash American con man who tramples through the carefully guarded French Riviera territory of elegant charlatan Michael Caine in this hilarious comedy from director Frank Oz.
Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in ‘Bowfinger’ on HBO Max
Bowfinger (1999), Steve Martin’s tribute to shoestring filmmaking and big-screen dreams, is a loving lampoon that gamely straddles the chasm between cynical con-artistry and benign innocence. Martin wrote the film and stars as commercial director and would-be filmmaker Bobbie Bowfinger, a Hollywood dreamer with more chutzpah than talent. When he stumbles upon the perfect, a […]
The original ‘The Muppet Show’ on Disney+
The Muppet Show: Complete Series (1977-1981) is the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational variety show to ever hit prime time. More than forty years later, it’s still funny, fast-paced, utterly madcap, and tremendous fun. Jim Henson was already a household name for bringing his Muppets to Sesame Street but his ambitions took him in all […]
What to Binge: ’30 Rock’ on Netflix
The 2006 TV season treated us to not one but two shows set backstage at a late-night comedy skit show. 30 Rock (2006-2013) was the funny one created by and starring Tina Fey, the former head writer of Saturday Night Live and host of the SNL “Weekend Update.” It was also the good one and […]
April Fool’s Day Comedy Special: Vintage TV comedy at Shout Factory TV
Aprils Fools rejoice! Shout! Factory offers some vintage comedy for the month of April on their free, ad-supported streaming service Shout Factory TV. To start with, there are six Steve Martin TV specials from the 1970s and 1980s. The 1976 On Location with Steve Martin is straight stand-up concert originally made for HBO but the […]