# \#talk-variety-show **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/talk-variety-show/58.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Colbert's new YouTube channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-new-youtube-channel/1030474)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-new-youtube-channel/1030474 "2026-05-30T16:18:30Z")
Colbert has launched a new YouTube channel that for now only has the 1-hour “Only in Monroe” show he did on a Michigan public access channel right after his last CBS show. No telling what he will post there later. It ha… --- ## [SNL season 51 finale (May 16, 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-season-51-finale-may-16-2026/1030131)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-season-51-finale-may-16-2026/1030131 "2026-05-18T21:28:06Z")
Tonight’s the season finale with Will Ferrell as host and Paul McCartney as the musical guest. There’s a bubble of speculation online that this is Lorne Michaels’ swan song, with one of the show’s biggest stars hosting a… --- ## [Saturday Night Live UK pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-uk-pilot/1028761)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-uk-pilot/1028761 "2026-04-26T13:16:15Z")
Did anybody watch this? I liked the Starmer sketch and the first bit of Fey’s monologue. The Helium joke was quite good but surrounded by a lot of clunkers in the newsroom sketch, the Paddington sketch was an amusing t… --- ## [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2026 nominees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2026-nominees/1027963)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2026-nominees/1027963 "2026-04-14T19:45:45Z")
Epiphany: There are just way too many of these. Last year 13 acts were inducted. Unless you think that, on average, 13 HoF-worthy bands debut in a given year, it’s a continual lowering of the bar. Anyway, this year we h… --- ## [Muppet Show revival (Feb 4 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-show-revival-feb-4-2026/1027362)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-show-revival-feb-4-2026/1027362 "2026-02-10T03:05:45Z")
DID YOU KNOW - there’s a pilot for a new “The Muppet Show” on Disney+ today? Here’s a trailer. The premise is the same as the 70s version, and so is the cast (for the most part). I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet… --- ## [Looking for an (SNL?) robot-AI based sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-snl-robot-ai-based-sketch/1025478)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-snl-robot-ai-based-sketch/1025478 "2025-12-06T23:45:51Z")
A group of around 8 to 12 characters supposed to be children sitting around. They discuss personal robot (or somehow artifical companions) somehow one of the group (which is an AI companion) decides that they are no long… --- ## [Miss Universe contestants walk out after confrontation with contest executive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-after-confrontation-with-contest-executive/1024707 "2025-11-30T13:13:54Z")
Apparently he wanted them to post pro-Thailand stuff to win a contest and dinner with him. He called out Miss Mexico and then wanted security when she wanted to leave. I’m happy so many left with her. --- ## [A new Penn&Teller Fool Us thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-penn-teller-fool-us-thread/1000699)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-penn-teller-fool-us-thread/1000699 "2025-10-25T19:32:59Z")
We haven’t been doing this for a while so I thought we should have a new one. This act was astounding on it’s face. It stumped P&T totally. Any Card At Any Number is a well know magic trick. The perfect version of it is… --- ## [ID this comedy sketch (sperm donor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-sperm-donor/1023785)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-sperm-donor/1023785 "2025-10-11T06:30:58Z")
Last weekend on SNL, there was a sketch where a young couple in a restaurant discussed their infertility problems, and Bad Bunny (and later Kenan Thompson), looking and acting really skeevy, volunteered to be sperm donor… --- ## [Emmy Awards 2025 watch along](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-awards-2025-watch-along/1023048)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-awards-2025-watch-along/1023048 "2025-09-15T21:50:15Z")
I watched a lot of TV this year so I’m tuning in live. The host is Nate Bargatze. He did a sketch at the top with some SNL cast members in the same vain as his very funny SNL George Washington sketches. Bargatze played … --- ## [The VMAs (Video Music Awards) are being aired on CBS this year, not MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733 "2025-09-08T05:16:55Z")
However, MTV has not, to my knowledge, shown videos for many years; their sister channels do. But CBS? Is it due to the merger I keep hearing people talk about? Yeah, I know, first world question du jour. --- ## [2025 Nominees for the Rock & Roll HoF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nominees-for-the-rock-roll-hof/1014241)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nominees-for-the-rock-roll-hof/1014241 "2025-04-28T21:54:37Z")
Bad Company The Black Crowes Mariah Carey Chubby Checker Joe Cocker Billy Idol Joy Division/New Order Cyndi Lauper Maná Oasis Outkast Phish The White Stripes Thoughts? --- ## [Julia Child, olive pits, cherry pits, redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-child-olive-pits-cherry-pits-redux/1014962)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-child-olive-pits-cherry-pits-redux/1014962 "2025-03-10T21:50:02Z")
Back in 2004 I mentioned this skit in response to another post, but I think it merits its own post. In particular: to determine where the hell I saw it. I watched a lot of late night weekend comedy in the late 1970s and… --- ## [SNL 50th Anniversary show Sunday 2.16.25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-50th-anniversary-show-sunday-2-16-25/1014383)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-50th-anniversary-show-sunday-2-16-25/1014383 "2025-03-05T04:06:27Z")
So the never ending late night sketch show on US television is celebrating its 50th anniversary tonight with a 3 hour live special on NBC. I don’t know how widely the show has been or is available outside of the US but … --- ## [Golden Globes - nominations and a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-globes-nominations-and-a-question/1011404)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-globes-nominations-and-a-question/1011404 "2024-12-09T19:12:38Z")
Squid Game was nominated for best drama this year. Does this mean they saw the new season that drops Dec. 26 or they just nominated it on a whim? Nominations are here. Does not, for the most part, reflect my opinion on … --- ## [Stevie Nicks on SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733 "2024-10-24T06:38:19Z")
I’ll be honest, I know she’s a legend but I was wondering what she was doing on SNL. Then I heard her sing The Lighthouse and she blew me away. I checked out the actual recorded version but I prefer the SNL version. Incr… --- ## [Who should play Tim Walz on SNL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-tim-walz-on-snl/1005355 "2024-09-30T20:46:25Z")
Name your best choice. I’ve seen Steve Martin suggested. I can’t think of any myself, but I’m sure you all will have some good ideas. --- ## [Who is the narrator in this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609 "2024-09-23T05:46:04Z")
In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozz-Hsx-QCI , which is the cold open of SNL that’s set in Politics and Prose bookstore and is it the only cold open that ends with the narrator, not an actor in the sketch, saying “Live… --- ## [Saturday Night Live's depiction of Joe Biden and tripping over dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148 "2024-08-24T16:34:35Z")
SNL leans into a particular quirk of Joe Biden when they have an actor imitate him – specifically, as seen here, the-actor-as-Joe will tell a long story, likely that will end with him making an ill-advised statement abou… --- ## [RIP Phil Donahue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-donahue/1005908)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-donahue/1005908 "2024-08-20T00:35:03Z")
RIP. June 13, 1990 - Indecency and Obscenity --- ## [Turn On (1969 comedy series that totally flopped)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377 "2024-07-02T07:09:02Z")
I had long heard of this competitor to “Laugh-In” that only lasted one episode (for the stations whose directors didn’t stage-hook it before it ended) and that TPTB would always ensure that none of the episodes would eve… --- ## [Seth Meyer's Pencil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-meyers-pencil/1003029)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seth-meyers-pencil/1003029 "2024-06-20T23:27:21Z")
I’ve recently started watching his late night show. It’s not bad. Some pretty funny stuff sometimes. He does seem to shout everything… But what is it with him and that damn pencil? Constantly moving it around the desk, … --- ## [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season premiere - Feb 18 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-season-premiere-feb-18-2024/997790)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-season-premiere-feb-18-2024/997790 "2024-06-17T16:57:51Z")
Started a thread because I wasn’t sure where to put this. John Oliver is back with a bang, in case you weren’t paying attention! :slight\_smile: If you missed it last night, you can probably catch it streaming. The mai… --- ## [And the Emmy goes to ..,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-emmy-goes-to/1000546)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-emmy-goes-to/1000546 "2024-06-09T03:55:22Z")
Will it be Dick Van Dyke? --- ## [Why hasn't Woody Allen ever hosted- or at least done a brief cameo on- SNL? It would be cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-woody-allen-ever-hosted-or-at-least-done-a-brief-cameo-on-snl-it-would-be-cool/1002439)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-woody-allen-ever-hosted-or-at-least-done-a-brief-cameo-on-snl-it-would-be-cool/1002439 "2024-06-04T08:04:47Z")
Yes, he’s had his fair share of controversies. And he’s 88 now. And SNL has parodied and insulted/criticized/lampooned/skewered/laughed at him plenty, like any public figure. But wouldn’t at least a brief cameo by him be… --- ## [Colin Jost is bombing badly at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colin-jost-is-bombing-badly-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/1000856 "2024-05-01T18:51:10Z")
This is painful. He is waiting for laughs that aren’t coming. Laughing at your own jokes when nobody else isl laughing is just sad. OK he now seems to be hitting his stride. His jokes are better but his rhythm is still … --- ## [Can somebody explain Oprah Winfrey to non US-Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-oprah-winfrey-to-non-us-americans/994778)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-oprah-winfrey-to-non-us-americans/994778 "2024-04-29T01:26:54Z")
I think the title is clear, but just to make sure have a look at her making a surprise entry in Stephen Colbert’s Late Night Show (7:45, if the link does not lead you directly there). He seemes thrilled. The audience is … --- ## [How soon after the air date can you see Stephen Colbert on Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812 "2024-04-27T01:29:19Z")
I found a Colbert segment while searching, but it was from last week. How soon is a given show available after its original air date? How can I find the show from a specific date in the past? --- ## [Trying To Remember This Series of SNL Sketches (Commercials for Bizarro Music/Art Fests With Random Band Names, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288 "2024-04-15T07:38:17Z")
SNL did a handful of these sketches from c. 1998 - c. 2007. Horation Sanz was in at least one, Jason Sudeikis in at least one, and Amy Poehler in at least one WITH Jason Sudeikis. The premise was that it was a commercial… --- ## [SNL controversial hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-controversial-hosts/1000160)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-controversial-hosts/1000160 "2024-04-13T15:53:43Z")
This was posted in the O.J. thread, and there were a lot of hosts! My first thought was Richard Pryor. Controversial, yes, also a great host. My second thought was Dice Clay. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/talk-variety-show/58.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=talk-variety-show)