Saturday Night Live

Shows Like Saturday Night Live

• Drunk History

  Comedy Central · 2013

  In each episode, an inebriated narrator, joined by host Waters, struggles to recount an event from history, while actors enact the narrator's anecdotes and also lip sync the dialogue. The idea for the series originated from a drunken conversation that Derek Waters had with his friend actor Jake Johnson in which Johnson recounted the story of R&B singer Otis Redding who died in a plane crash. Waters thought it would be funny to film and recreate a story of an intoxicated person stumbling through a historical story, and have actors reenact the story. Waters told his friend actor Michael Cera about the idea and Cera encouraged him to make it and volunteered to appear in the video.

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• Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  Abc · 2003

  Jimmy Kimmel interviews celebrities. JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE combines traditional variety show stunts with major celebrity performances to create its signature brand of late-night entertainment. Creator/host Jimmy Kimmel entertains audiences with his deadpan humor during his stand-up monologues and interviews with celebrities, while noteworthy performances from major musical bands and up-and-coming artists add to the entertainment. Running gags and bits with titles like “Unnecessary Censorship“ and “Touch the Head” are often carried out with the help of computer graphics, YouTube videos, and the show’s in house band. Also adding to the fray are skits that plug products from the show’s sponsors.

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