Norm Macdonald was fired from Weekend Update in 1997 after NBC executives decided he wasn’t funny. A year and a half later they asked him to host the show.
He didn’t open with gratitude or a comeback story. He opened with a logical problem:
How does someone go from “not funny enough to be allowed in the building” to “funny enough to host” in eighteen months?
The monologue that follows treats the invitation itself as the setup.
Shane Gillis "is a wonderful man," Range Media Partners CEO Peter Micelli tells @sarafischer at #MediaTrendsLive. If comedians "don't test boundaries ... nobody's gonna watch 'em."
"Funny things are funny because there's some truth to where culture is going."
CLF also seems to like Landini Bros. They spent $6,682.52 there on Aug. 25. Listed as event catering. Expensed by Chris Winkleman -- not charged directly to CLF.
The one thing I’ve learned this week. People don’t know how to speak their mind and they get offended when a person who thinks freely exercises that right
North Carolina-based Crave Dessert Bar is opening a DC location in the old bank building at 2 Massachusetts Ave NW. Late-night dessert bar!! Here's the menu from their Asheville location (Co Co Sala vibes!):