I’m (just barely) old enough to remember the cheap-car craze of the mid-1980s, when the $4,995 Hyundai Excel and $3,990 Yugo GV popped onto the market to undercut established shitboxes like the Dodge ...

The very first episode of Saturday Night Live in many ways barely resembles the show we know so well today. But one building block of that episode has survived for nearly 50 years: the commercial ...

In 8th grade there was a popular kid, I’ll call him Tim. Tim was 6-feet tall and he had a cool haircut (for the time, and ironically it would probably be cool again today). Tim was either good-looking ...

If you ever find yourself doing outdoor hobbies in slow motion or bursting into a full-blown musical theater scene at the office, beware: You might be in a pharmaceutical ad. That’s the thesis of a ...

After suffering through more than three hours of “Saturday Night Live” unfunnyness on Sunday night, I’ve come to the sad realization that “SNL” was never that funny. There were moments — Belushi, ...

We're celebrating 50 years of "Saturday Night Live"! All this week, we're digging into the late-night comedy institution with new stories, including lists, essays, interviews, and more. In 8th grade ...