Strike Watch: SNL On Strike

Fred Armisen spoofed studio heads who are ”not making any money on the internet” as he opened the live SNL show at the UCB theater hosted by Superbad’s Michael Cera with Yo La Tengo as the musical guest. ”The cast members did their own makeup,” reports The New York Times of the Amy Poehler-organized fundraiser. Erin Calabrese and Tom Liddy of The New York Post report:

Guests for the sold-out 11:30 p.m. show at the West 26th Street theater included ‘SNL’ fixtures Darrell Hammond and Fred Armisen and ‘Freaks and Geeks’ star Samm Levine.

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