He's like the cat that ate the canary over there...
Showing posts with label Steve Higgins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Higgins. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Monday, July 28, 2014
Tonight Show - Thank You Notes
This is a great example of how the current iteration of the Tonight Show is different from other talk shows. The bit, "Thank You Notes", is a sufficiently original bit but it's not entirely different from other comedy bits. The difference is the ability of the Tonight Show to veer off the written comedy (or the interview for that matter) and go on a complete tangent for some improvised comedy sillies.
The setup to this comes from a monologue story where a man was selling crack at a McDonald's drive-thru.
The setup to this comes from a monologue story where a man was selling crack at a McDonald's drive-thru.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Worlds Collide : MST3K and Late Night
LEAVE THE BRONX.
I was drifting off to sleep listening to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Escape 2000" when I thought I heard an unlikely name.
I rewound to the same moment. Clear as day, Tom Servo says, "Steve Higgins". Here's what it looks like:
Watch the moment here.
LEAVE THE BRONX.
Steve Higgins - in addition to being a long-time and current writer on "Saturday Night Live" - is the announcer and sidekick for "Late Night" with Jimmy Fallon. Here's what he looks like today:
The writers of MST3K are the kings of the obscure reference but, even so, I had to wonder how they know of him. Turns out that at the same time that MST3K was starting out on Comedy Central, Steve Higgins was a writer/performer on the Comedy Central show "Higgins Boys and Gruber" which Joel Hodgson was involved with as well.
LEAVE THE BRONX.
I was drifting off to sleep listening to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode "Escape 2000" when I thought I heard an unlikely name.
I rewound to the same moment. Clear as day, Tom Servo says, "Steve Higgins". Here's what it looks like:
Watch the moment here.
LEAVE THE BRONX.
Steve Higgins - in addition to being a long-time and current writer on "Saturday Night Live" - is the announcer and sidekick for "Late Night" with Jimmy Fallon. Here's what he looks like today:
The writers of MST3K are the kings of the obscure reference but, even so, I had to wonder how they know of him. Turns out that at the same time that MST3K was starting out on Comedy Central, Steve Higgins was a writer/performer on the Comedy Central show "Higgins Boys and Gruber" which Joel Hodgson was involved with as well.
LEAVE THE BRONX.
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