Back in November, Conan O’Brien made the amazing discovery that all it took to transform Andy Richter into Newt Gingrich was a white wig. And it was amazing. Now, Gingrich is surging so the wig is back but it’s not alone. Last night, the hosts realized that all it took was a blonde wig and lipstick to transform O’Brien into Calista Gingrich. And it was…horrifying.

The lovely and vivacious Andy Richter has put together a video obituary looking back on the life and times of Kim Jong-il, the recently deceased former dictator of North Korea. The video focuses on some of things for which Kim is best known, including her unique fashion sense and flair for sunglasses. RELATED: North Korean [...]

It’s amazing the amount of effort some impressionists take in crafting their work. They hole themselves up alone for hours upon hours, watching tapes of their subjects over and over, looking for those magical, key phrases and pronunciations that will make their incredible transformations complete. Meanwhile, on Conan, all it takes for Andy Richter to magically become Newt Gingrich is a white wig. It’s incredible! It’s like, one minute Andy’s there and then…POOF! Newt!

Sex columnist Dan Savage has no intention of letting Rick Santorum get away with being a third-tier Presidential candidate who opposes gay marriage. After a decades long assault on the word “Santorum” (it has now, through Google, been turned into a gay sex euphemism), Savage released a video warning that he has brand new definitions for “Rick” at the ready should the former senator say something offensive enough about the LGBT community.

If you felt a little twinge around 11 o’clock last night, don’t be alarmed. That was only the universe beginning to close in on itself. The reason? Andy Richter, Conan O’Brien’s sidekick, received a sidekick of his very own. Sure, this disruptance could tear a hole in the very fabric of time and space, but it also resulted in some great TV. I think that balances it out.

You’ve got to hand it to Team Conan, they didn’t have to do any of this. With the absolute media circus that surrounded last year’s Late Night War, TBS could have never shown a single commercial for the new show and it would have still gotten more publicity than a midterm election, a presidential election, and the Second Coming combined. However, they didn’t rest on their laurels and have instead come up with every possible way to promote Conan O’Brien’s new talk show, from a giant Conan blimp to a 24 hour live feed camera in their stairwell. Last night, the advance buzz train continued with an entire four minute talk show, dubbed “Show Zero” and performed in the host’s office.

Since Conan O’Brien left as host of The Tonight Show, former sidekick Andy Richter has been laying pretty low. Well good news Team Conan! The affable television start reappeared on our television sets this morning, fitting in quite wonderfully alongside Kelly Ripa as guest host in place of Regis Philbin. Of course, the topic of the late night debacle came up and, shockingly, Richter did not demur. In fact, he sort of gave a remarkably frank, candid and pointed take on the whole mess, and still came out looking good. Video after the jump.

“Walking away from the Tonight Show is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” said Conan at the close of his run of the Tonight Show, for seven months of zaniness and fun. It was not a moment of punchlines — it was his last to address his staff, his fans, and the company where he spent his career: NBC. “Tonight, I’m allowed to say anything I want,” began Conan, in earnest.

At this point, who hasn’t written a song for the holiday season with some sort of Jew-related punchline? The latest in the canon comes courtesy of Max Weinberg from the Tonight Show, singing a response to Orrin Hatch‘s “Eight Days of Hannukah” — a song by a Mormon for the Jews. Weinberg and the Tonight [...]

Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before.
In honor of the premiere of Season 35, we’ve pulled together 35 of SNL‘s choicest news anchor spoofs and Weekend Updates, from Baba Wawa to Fred Armisen‘s Joy Behar to the infamous Couric/Palin interview.