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47 Years Ago, This Disastrous 'SNL' Episode (Allegedly) Got Frank Zappa Banned From the Show
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (185+ words) Zappa’s 1978 hosting stint reportedly frustrated the cast and crew, with Don Novello later calling it one of the show’s worst episodes. On October 21, 1978, Frank Zappa hosted Saturday Night Live for the first and only time, after having appeared as a…...
The ‘Devastating’ Rick Moranis Impression That Made George Carlin Reinvent Himself
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (318+ words) Carlin later admitted Moranis’ SCTV parody was brutal because it exposed how repetitive some of his material had become. Rick Moranis first started making a name for himself after joining the cast of SCTV in the early 1980s. During his stint…...
Johnny Knoxville Once Blew His Nose So Hard His Eye Popped Out
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (381+ words) VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. Jackass star Johnny Knoxville has injured himself several times since first rising to prominence in the early 2000s. Throughout the years, he’s suffered from a number of broken bones and more…...
One of 'The Simpsons' Greatest Villains Was Almost Voiced by James Earl Jones
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (391+ words) One of ‘The Simpsons’ Greatest Villains Was Almost Voiced by James Earl Jones VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. Dr. Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, otherwise known as Sideshow Bob, first graced our screens in the Season 1 Simpsons…...
2 'Family Guy' Jokes That Were Too Offensive to Make It to Air
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (239+ words) The show has aired plenty of controversial gags, but the cast once revealed two cutaway jokes that never made it to broadcast. Every aforementioned gag saw the light of day at some point, however, which makes you wonder how objectionable…...
Why Donald Glover Felt Like He Had To Trick Execs in Order To Make 'Atlanta': 'I Knew What FX Wanted From Me"
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (453+ words) Why Donald Glover Felt Like He Had To Trick Execs in Order To Make 'Atlanta': 'I Knew What FX Wanted From Me' VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. Atlanta was a groundbreaking show that radically altered…...
22 Years Ago, Jon Stewart Went on 'Crossfire' and Basically Lit the Show on Fire
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (409+ words) 22 Years Ago, Jon Stewart Went on ‘Crossfire’ and Basically Lit the Show on Fire VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. In 1982, CNN launched a new debate show called Crossfire, which, for its entire run, was hosted…...
Weird Al Backed Out of an Ad Spot After Being Kept in the Dark About the Company’s True Nature
1+ week, 1+ min ago (446+ words) A parody song made with AI will never be as good as Weird Al even on his worst day. Weird Al Yankovic is not embracing the supposed technology of the future. In a time when it feels like artificial intelligence…...
Jerry Seinfeld Has a Brutal Take on 'Friends,' and He Kind of Has a Point
1+ week, 11+ min ago (262+ words) The similarities are oddly specific. Jerry Seinfeld has been taking shots at Friends for more than two decades at this point. In 2003, Bob Costas asked the comedian if he thought NBC would’ve given Seinfeld time to succeed if it’d premiered…...
14 Years Ago, Dane Cook Made a Wild 'Dark Knight Rises' Joke Days After the Aurora Theater Shooting
1+ week, 3+ day ago (418+ words) VICE Get unlimited access to everything VICE has to offer. Less than a week after the 2012 Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 others, Dane Cook hit the stage at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles to…...