Queenkv’s Brainpickings

COVINA, CALIF — Home for the Holidays! I’m still waking up at 3 AM because my body’s still on overnight mode. It still feels so good to be back in home in So Cal with my family.

[Thanksgiving dinner in London 2004, with my Medill buddy Andrea, my mother-in-law Terri, and Mark's cousin, Eileen]
My hubby [...]

11 Days until the Presidential Election.

[from the Harvard University Gazette]
I was tickled to see Will Ferrell back on SNL as the Commander in Chief. This opening skit for “Weekend Update Thursday” had me laughing my butt off today.

Ferrell’s impersonation will live beyond President Bush’s term. In January He’s opening a one-man act on Broadway: [...]

When I worked on the Noon Show on Monday, I saw Andrea Mitchell’s weekend wrap on the political news. She played a clip from a SNL parody on last week’s CBS Interview with Governor Palin. And she played it side-by-side, with the real interview by Katie Couric.

[Image from: From: http://www.theimproper.com/]

Bottom Line: Tina Fey and [...]

I think I spending too much time on Hulu. However, I love stumbling on bite-size nuggets of comedy like this SNL clip on the Office. I’m so tickled they had the OG Office Dude, Ricky Gervais, and the American Office Dude, Steve Carrell.
Tickled!

I was slightly uncomfortable with the clip until Gervais pointed out the obvious [...]

Serious Eats pointed out this cute SNL parody on Top Chef. I suppose I’m getting a kick out of it since I’m a fan of the Bravo reality series. As far SNL skits go, this was OK.
s n l - t o p c h e f from seriouseats on Vimeo.
Still, Christopher Walken makes [...]

This weekend, BuzzMachine blogs about: Finally covering Obamedia. Jeff makes some scathing points about the media’s treatment of the Illinois Senator on the campaign trail.
And SNL steps up with another parody of the Democratic Debates.

Friends and family I’ve talk to say this is the first time folks have been interested in following a Presidential [...]

I’m tickled SNL has kicked off another round of new shows. Gov. Huckabee was cute….but why? Why is he still in the race?

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[10:11] mercury: SNL transcript. I love the Old Glory commercial.

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Old Lady #1: When my ex-husband passed away, the insurance company said his policy didn’t cover him. [...]