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I Think That’s A Conehead: Barneys’ Weird SNL Windows

This week, Barney’s unveiled their annual holiday windows, this year celebrating Saturday Night Live. The displays are heavy on allusion to various characters, scenes and personalities from the series’ 35 years – but deciphering each of those references is hindered by the primary mode of presentation, papier-mâché. I can’t help but suspect that this medium was chosen primarily to evoke sympathy – after all, it’s possible, if not probable, that they were actually made by a class of fourth graders.

Mediaite Presents: 35 Great SNL News Spoofs

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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.

Is SNL The Best Way To Combat Glenn Beck?

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What to do about Glenn Beck? Keith Olbermann is issuing ridiculous “Fox-twas” in the hopes of putting a stop to him, to little avail. But could a really devastating SNL sketch wreak the same havoc on the cable anchor as Tina Fey‘s did on Palin last fall?

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