SNL

cold open

Pre-title sequence segment

• monologueUninterrupted solo address
• recurring charactersFigures appearing across episodes
• commercial parodyComedic advertisement mockery

celebrity impersonation · Weekend Update · catchphrase · premise · costume · set design · cue cards · dress rehearsal · live audience · breaking character

NBC

American television network

• liveTo exist or dwell
• broadcastTransmitted media signal
• Saturday nightWeek's final evening

primetime · variety · sketch comedy · episodes · seasons · cold open · monologue · musical guest · host · ensemble

Chevy Chase

Maryland town near Washington

• Dan Aykroyd
• John Belushi
• Gilda Radner

Eddie Murphy · Bill Murray · Tina Fey · Amy Poehler · Will Ferrell · Adam Sandler · Chris Farley · Mike Myers · Dana Carvey · Phil Hartman

improv

Unscripted comedic performance

• stand-upSolo comedic performance
• timingArt of choosing moments
• punchlineHumor's final delivery

deadpan · physical comedy · wit · absurdist · ensemble comedy · sketch writing · comedic acting · breaking · mugging · reaction shot

political satire

Mockery of government

• parodySatirical imitation
• impersonationPretending to be another
• social commentaryAnalysis of societal conditions

mockery · lampoon · send-up · topical humor · caricature · news parody · punditry · takedown · spoof

30 Rock

NBC workplace comedy series

• Rockefeller CenterManhattan office and entertainment complex
• ManhattanNYC's densest borough
• New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state

Broadway · Times Square · midtown

news desk

Journalism coordination center

• Chevy ChaseMaryland town near Washington
• headlinesArticle titles in newspapers

Colin Jost · Michael Che · Tina Fey · Amy Poehler · Norm Macdonald · Seth Meyers · news parody

• NBCUniversalNBC, NBCUniversal, Peacock, Universal Studios, Today Show
• Parodiesspoof, Spaceballs, Naked Gun, Scary Movie, take-off
• American SatireThe Onion, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Colbert Report
• broadcaststelecast, newscast, news broadcast, live broadcast, simulcast
• TV comedysitcom, sketch comedy, late night show, variety show, mockumentary
• 1975Saturday Night Live, Born to Run, Bohemian Rhapsody, Apollo-Soyuz, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest