Strike or No Strike, for a Select Few, Saturday Night Was Live - New York Times

How'd that live SNL show go? The NY Times was there
TV Squad — ... ). Fortunately, The New York Times was there, and they not only have an article about the event, but a nice slide show as well. ...

Early buzz: 'Golden' QT, White sings Williams, the slap bet, more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — ... of Saturday Night Live was performed as planned last weekend in New York. The New York Times was there and has photos. - NBC has ...

On Saturday night due to the strike that ... [Freudenschade]
Gawker — ... On Saturday night due to the strike that has gripped the nation by its creative balls, the cast of Saturday Night Live performed their show with musical guest Yo La Tengo and host Michael Cera in the moldy basement theater of Upright Citizen's Brigade. Not many people knew about it and fewer people actually got in. Maybe you read about it in the Times and felt bad about you weren't there. Don't worry. HuffPo's Rachel Sklar penned a 4511 word recap of the evening. (4511 fucking words. Recap.) Included in her accounting of every single sketch: "Man, did the ...

Those Rapscallions From SNL Know How To Make The Best Of Any Situation
Jossip — ... But those hams at SNL did not let the writers’ strike stop them from putting on a show. The cast performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater on Saturday night, while NBC resorted to broadcasting a rerun. ...

Striking SNL Cast Strikes Back with an Off-Air Show
Gothamist — ... get into show will be hosted at UCB when 30 Rock takes the stage (this won't be Alec Baldwin's first time performing at the venue either), though the site still says a limited amount of tickets will be available at the door. The Times has a slideshow from the event, and it looks like Samberg and Armisen performed their Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rap! And the musical guest? Yo La Tengo. Check out the Times play-by-play of the night, here, and a more exhaustive play-by-play at Huffington Post. Photo: Joe ...

SNL Live @ UCB With Michael Cera, Yo La Tengo
Stereogum — ... Guests included Norah Jones and the folks mentioned in this post's headline. The cast performed previously written sketches that were too hot for TV or cut for some other reason. We weren't there, but Brian Palmer was. He mentions that host Michael Cera's monologue "consisted of him reading other people's monologues, such as Donald Trump's, Paris Hilton's, and a few others." Also Fred Armisen played Mahmoud Ahmadinejad naked... [Photos via NY Times] ...

Buzz News Roundup, 11/19
BuzzSugar — ... Couldn't get tickets for this weekend's Saturday Night Live show? The New York Times writes about the event. ...

Stars in Rewind: Little Michael Cera Hates Paper
Cinematical — ... this past weekend. Of course, thanks to the writer's strike, the show couldn't be taped and broadcast into your homes. Instead, it was more of an improvised affair, taking place in the Upright Citizens Brigade theater rather than at Rockefeller Center. I wish I could have seen it; in fact, I wish someone had put some videos of the reportedly racy sketches on YouTube. Unfortunately, nobody did. ...

Clips: L.A. Job Losses, NFL Offer, ‘30 Rock’ On Stage
Media Decoder — ... .— On Saturday the Upright Citizens Brigade theater stood in for 30 Rock for the cast of “Saturday Night Live.” And on Monday, the stage served a similar purpose — this time for the cast of the NBC sitcom “30 Rock.” The Huffington Post ...

Doveman, Marc Ribot, Fred Armisen, Azita
brooklynvegan — ... does Jens Hannemann @ Knitting Factory tonight (Nov 29). His Drag City labelmate Azita will be opening the show, not to mention some comedy by Chelsea Peretti & Jon Glaser . That show starts at 10, but get there early for a night of Tonic-like performances by Marc Ribot 's Ceramic Dog and Doveman ! (the early show is @ 7). Did you see Fred on 30 Rock ? You can watch the whole episode online . More where that above pic came from, @ The NY Times . Tags: Doveman , Drag City , Fred Armisen , Knitting ...