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Stand-up comedy is one of the purest art forms there is. It really is. I mean, think about it: one person, one microphone, a spotlight, and an audience that can either love you or completely destroy your soul in about seven seconds. There’s nowhere to hide. No special effects, no editing, no stunt doubles, no giant orchestra swelling up behind you to save your ass if things go south. It’s just you, your material, your timing, your personality, and whether or not the people si

Father’s Day is right around the corner, and while most people are picking out cards, firing up the grill, and celebrating the wholesome, dependable, hard-working dads of the world… I’ve decided to take a slightly different approach. In true Nick D fashion, I’m here to pay tribute not to the best movie dads—but to the worst. Yes, the terrible. The twisted. The criminally incompetent. The dangerous. The dads who never should’ve had kids in the first place, and somehow managed

I have been an SNL fan since the first episode with George Carlin in October 1975 when I was ten years old, and I haven't missed an episode since. As an expert and historian for Saturday Night Live , who graduated from Second City and prides himself on being an expert on Saturday Night Live , let me say that I absolutely loved this special. And it wasn't at all what I thought it was going to be. The Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special was a three-and-a-half-hour