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Topic: sketch comedy

Chris Rock crashes the opening sketch of SNL's season finale (NBC)

Chris Rock crashes SNL

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show (Netflix)

The weirdness of Iliza Shlesinger's show

Ashlie D. Stevens
A Black Lady Sketch Show: Cool Handshake Teacher Needs A Win (Anne Marie Fox/HBO)

The power of Black Girl Humor

Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant
Sarah Silverman (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Silverman off movie over 2007 blackface

Zack Sharf - Indiewire
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Quinta Brunson and Robin Thede in "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (Courtesy of HBO)

Robin Thede's new revolutionary comedy

Melanie McFarland
Noah Britton, Ethan Finlan, New Michael Ingemi and Jack Hanke in "On Tour with Asperger's Are Us" (Courtesy of HBO)

"We do Aspie-style comedy"—not activism

Matthew Rozsa

Fey led a star-studded cast in the final

Taylor Link
Ryan Gosling on "SNL" (YouTube/Saturday Night Live)

Papyrus font creator responds to "SNL"

Jarrett Lyons
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Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in "Portlandia" (IFC/Augusta Quirk)

"Portlandia" is everywhere

Melanie McFarland
(HBO)

"Screw You, Taxpayer!"

John Semley
(Key and Peele)

Prachi Gupta
(Jim Ross/invision/ap)

Prachi Gupta
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(YouTube)

Prachi Gupta
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Associated Press

Prachi Gupta

Prachi Gupta
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(NBC)

Kera Bolonik

"Portlandia": As good as "SNL"

Willa Paskin
(Comedy Central/Ian White)

"That's what Obama should say"

Willa Paskin
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