This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Robert Smigel and panelists Josh Gondelman, ...

For Robert Smigel, Saturday Night Live can be divided into two eras: before and after Cheri Oteri. Appropriately, on February 14 — Valentine's Day — the longtime SNL writer raved about Oteri's impact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Smigel is launching a podcast in which he and his comedian friends — including David Letterman, Bob Odenkirk, Ellie Kemper ...

Legendary comedy writer Robert Smigel knew he had to apologize to SNL creator Lorne Michaels just one month after he left the show. “It’s a complicated thing to work for anybody,” Smigel, 66, said on ...

It's hard to believe that on February 15th, Chris Farley would have turned 60. The actor and comedian, who lived large every which way, including his infamous battles with his personal demons, passed ...

In Netflix's animated movie, Leo, co-writer Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old elementary-class lizard who finds his purpose by sharing his wisdom with the kids. Featuring some big names in comedy and ...

One of the most popular bits during the early years of Conan O'Brien's tenure as late-night host across his time on NBC's Late Night and The Tonight Show was "In the Year 2000". While Late Night ...

You wouldn’t expect an animated film about a talking iguana to draw equal inspiration from Andy Kaufman and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” but that just might help explain the wide appeal of Netflix’s smash ...

Netflix’s “Leo” began when Adam Sandler, who cowrote and produced the film (and stars as the titular iguana), watched “Grease” with his kids. Or at least he tried to watch “Grease” with his kids, ...