Abby Elliott Lands Lead in Fox Pilot

Deadline is reporting that Abby Elliott has landed the lead in a new Fox pilot, Ben Fox Is My Manny. Penned by Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas), Ben Fox Is My Manny centres on an uptight single mother (Elliott) whose slacker brother moves in with her to help raise her daughter. The question on everybody's lips is what this means for Elliott's future on SNL. Deadline reports that if the pilot gets picked up to series, Elliott will leave the late-night comedy show. If not, it is likely she will stay on. Elliott has been with SNL since '08.

Abby Elliott and Nasim Pedrad hit New York Fashion Week

Both Abby Elliott and Nasim Pedrad were among the stars that attended New York Fashion Week this week. Take a look at the two ladies workin' it after the jump.

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The new Atom series “My Anime Girlfriend” featuring the voice of Abby Elliott. Elliott plays Yuruki, an anime character dating a real-life guy named Sid.

“A thousand apologies for my dishonourable lateness!”

Abby Elliott and Vanessa Bayer attend screening of "No Strings Attached"

Abby Elliott and Vanessa Bayer were in attendance at a screening of No Strings Attached in New York City last night. Elliott has a supporting role in the romantic comedy which is released in theaters today. Photos of the girls after the jump.

Abby Elliott in No Strings Attached

So, I happened to view the trailer for the upcoming romantic comedy No Strings Attached this morning and was pleasantly surprised to briefly see SNL's Abby Elliott toward the end of the trailer. No Strings Attached is about two friends who decide to enter a "friends with benefits" type deal but soon fall for each other. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman play the lead roles, while the ensemble cast is comprised of people like Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby, Cary Elwes, Mindy Kaling, Kevin Kline and Ludacris. 
No Strings Attached hits theaters January 21. Trailer embedded after the jump.

Abby Elliott Joins Cast of "High Road"

SNL starlet Abby Elliott has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy feature, "High Road". Written and directed by UCB founder Matt Walsh, the film follows a part-time weed dealer who goes on the run with a 16-year-old smartass after a drug deal goes bad.


Also in the cast are Horatio Sanz, Rob Riggle, Lizzy Caplan, Kyle Gass, Zach Woods, Seth Morris, Joe Lo Truglio, Andrew Daly and many more. 


The film, being produced by Northern Lights Films, began shooting this week. 

Happy Birthday, Abby Elliott!

Happy birthday to SNL starlet Abby Elliott who turns the ripe young age of 23 today, and in the process puts every other 23 year old in the world to shame. 


Have a good 'un, girl!

Abby Elliott, Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate appear at NBC Upfronts (PHOTOS)

Yes, SNL's featured ladies were out in full force at this morning's NBC Upfront Presentation which took place in NYC. Photos after the jump -

6-Bee Episode 2

This aired on last night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and features Abby Elliott, Fred Armisen, and the cast of Parks & Recreation including the Poehlercoaster.
Enjoy!

Abby Elliott To Appear On Letterman!

SNL wunderkind Abby Elliott will appear on Letterman next Wednesday. That's February 17 y'all.
Abby's dad Chris Elliott got his start as a writer/performer on Letterman, so that's probably how Abby got booked. That and her killer appearance on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
I'll remind you guys closer to the time, obvz, but just giving you a heads up, in case you were gonna even think about watching something else.

Abby Elliott Interview on Late Night

Abby Elliott killing it with Jimmy Fallon!

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Abby Elliott on LNWJF

Tune into Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this Friday night where SNL star Abby Elliott will join Jimmy for a chat and hopefully some laughs! Hittin' the big time gir'!

Abby Elliott NY Times Article

Check out this neat article profiling the Elliott comedy dynasty (Bob Elliott, Chris Elliott & Abby Elliott).
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/magazine/29Elliott-t.html?ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all

Enjoy!

Cast Photos

Does this picture make you happy? 'Cause I know any event where the SNL cast spruce up and look nice, makes me happy.
They were all pretty busy this week, making appearances at the Museum of Natural History Gala and the Barney's Window Launch.
I've assembled a nice little TinyPic photo album with a bunch of photos of the cast from the event. Enjoy!

http://tinypic.com/a/1g5rn/1

Megan Fox/U2 - Sketch-by-Sketch Review

This week saw Transformers mega-hottie Megan Fox take to the stage as SNL host and U2 take to the stage not twice, but three times as musical guests. Let's have a show rundown sketch by sketch, shall we?

Cold Open - So I know they kinda saved the best for SNL Weekend Update Thursday with the sketch about Obama being interviewed by everyone but Fox News, but was Colonel Gaddafi really that ripe for lampooning? With the exception of Fred bearing kind of a resemblance to him, I just don't get why they picked that for the cold open of the 35th season premiere. Don't remember particularly laughing at this one, might have smirked at the notion that jetlag was to blame for his speech, but that was it. Poor start.
5.5/10

Monologue - So here's something I found curious about the monologue - Megan Fox was clearly booked this week in order to promote her latest flick Jennifer's Body and yet no mention of it at all in the monologue. Way to distance yourself from a box office bomb. Anyhow, this wasn't too bad, at least it didn't resort to a Q & A (well, not really). Bobby kind of saved it with the whole schtick about the picture of her as a half-human half-horse being legit, liked the paparazzi joke. All in all not bad, but not great.
6/10

Bladavvan - Only positive thing I can say about this one was nice ending. Will Forte & Fred Armisen sharing a urinal at least made me smile.
N/A

Southern Stewardesses - I quite liked this one. Probably would have liked it better without Fox to be honest. For me, she just interrupted the good parts with Wiig, who pretty much owned the sketch. Loved the fight about Monk and the promises to find some pretzels. Spotted - new writer Hannibal Buress seated behind Andy & Abby.
7/10

Russian Mail Order Bride - Another hit/miss sketch. Anything with Armisen was pretty funny. "Svetlana cannot wink, only blink." or "Svetlana has no interests" and his lazy smile was pretty funny. Fox just kind of had to stand there & mumble Russian and the idea that the decision was so hard to make because Svetlana (the blatantly uglier bride) was cheaper wasn't all that funny. Made me laugh once or twice though.
6/10

SNL Digital Short 1 - Loved this one, dare I say it my favourite of the night. Well written & terrific job by both Forte & Fox, but particularly Will who was pretty awesome as a slightly off SWAT commander. I loved how tender yet hilarious it all was & it even had a proper ending. Think it's one of those love it or hate it sketches - count me in the love it camp.
8/10

Grady Wilson's Burning Up The Bedsheets - Decent enough. Good job by Kenan who definitely elevated the sketch. This was probably Fox's best one of the night. She let go completely and was pretty funny as a result. Favourite position?
"Its 12.00 in Switzerland. Cuckoo!"
7/10

U2 - So over U2. Being Irish, I've had enough U2 to last me a lifetime.

Weekend Update - Another highlight of the show. Solid jokes, though maybe the best were used up on Thursday. Favourite jokes -
"Colonel Gaddafi called Obama his son during his speech at the G20. Then Glenn Beck's just upped and wrote itself."
Re - Giant Babt "The mother was said to be beside herself but only because she was split in 2."
Also loved the Larry King/Michael Moore joke.
Jean K. Jean I enjoyed tremendously. Loved the Chanel belt joke. Judy Grimes stole the segment for me though. Jeez, how does she do it that fast! So funny though, I can't wait to find a transcript so I can fully appreciate the jokes in this one.
8/10

Live Lounge - It's a sketch that's been done lots of times and it didn't really feel fresh or new. My favourite part were probably the terms & conditions at the end. "If you try to cancel Live Lounge, we will tell people you use Live Lounge. Live Lounge is owned by the Russian Mafia."
5/10

Biker Chick Chit Chat- In what should have been kind of a big deal - a new cast member heading a sketch in her first week on the show - turned into a big deal for the wrong reasons. Yes, this is the one in which Jenny Slate accidentally dropped an F-Bomb. And I can't really blame her - it was a tongue teaser! There were so many fricks that I felt like I was watching a Mini-Me sketch (can I get a what-what?) But really, no amount of F-Bombs or front bums could save this one. It was one-note and the only redeeming parts of it were Megan Fox's surprisingly New Yawky accent and Kristen Wiig who made a believable biker mom-friend. Major kudos to Slate & Wiig who retained their composure after Jenny's slip-up
4.5/10

SNL Digital Short 2 - So this one was a little bizarre. It centred around Megan Fox on a date with Andy Samberg's character and her roommate Optimus Prime (who is Bobby Moynihan with an Optimus mask on). So it started off pretty funny & it quickly got weird when Optimus Prime was sitting on the sofa naked & then walked in another Transformer (Brian Austin Green) and the two of them "transformed" and dropped their shorts. Honestly, this one was just a little too odd for me.
N/A

Your Mom Talks to Megan Fox While You Finish Getting Ready - Typical end of the night sketch. Fox played herself while Wiig played your average mom who gets confused with CSI & CGI. It was fine, Wiig did a pretty good job but the only part that amused me what the anecdote about Rick Moranis.
5/10

OVERALL-
Not the best start to the season, but I didn't really expect more from a season premiere hosted by a so-so actress like Megan Fox. She didn't embarrass herself & to be honest, I fault the writers for not giving her more material that didn't make some mention to her looks. She seemed pretty game for a lot of stuff so maybe it's just getting back into the routine for the writers but I really hope they improve their game for next week with Ryan Reynolds.
Props to Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Kenan Thompson & Kristen Wiig who I thought did a particularly good job this week. Also, I just have to mention how much I enjoyed Nasim Pedrad's impression of Kathy Griffin on SNL Weekend Update Thursday - girl's got game!

Regarding SNLWUT (best acronym yet?) I loved Jason's impression of Glenn Beck & after this summer we need a Glenn Beck sketch pronto - hey, if you can lampoon Keith Olbermann, you can lampoon Glenn Beck.

Overall, very so-so start to season 35. Megan Fox didn't have major sketch comedy chops & I hope that Ryan Reynolds fares better next week.
5.5/10

STRAY OBSERVATIONS -

• I am loving the new opening credits. The shots of New York and the cast are all great & Abby Elliott looks like a total rockstar in hers.
• Yay, Don Pardo is still around!
• Darrell Hammond no longer a repertory player it seems! Now just a handyman called in to do odd jobs whenever necessary!
• Nice Brian Austin Green cameo in that Digital Short.
• John Mulaney is now a writing supervisor? Nice work, Mulaney!

500 Days of Zankou

Click below to watch the hilarious spoof of (500) Days of Summer that comes to you courtesy of Abby Elliott. Presenting 500 Days of Zankou -

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/0176d186ad/500-days-of-zankou-with-abby-elliott

Enjoy!

Abby Elliott Spoofs Gwyneth Paltrow's Cooking Lesson Vid

Check out this high-larious spoof of Gwyneth Paltrow's thoroughly unnecessary video on how to cook chicken, done by SNL's very own wunderkind Abby Elliott.


http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f33f8c23ec/gwyneth-paltrow-makes-chicken-goop-com-with-abby-elliott

Enjoy!

Abby Elliott on Press Tour

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Events That May Be of Interest to SNL Uber-Fans

Anyone in the LA area?
Why don't you mosy on over to the UCB theatre on July 30th to catch SNL's Abby Elliott & the hilarious Aubrey Plaza in action in " It's About Time with Aubrey and Abby".
http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/2104


In NY?
Catch an interesting mix of music, comedy & fiction and go on over to "Housing Works Used Book Cafe" on 126 Crosby Street and see The Lowbrow Reader Variety Hour. It'll feature the comedic talents of SNL writer John Mulaney and musical gifts of Fiery Furnaces and Larkin Grimm. Interested? It all takes place on 22nd July at 7pm.

http://newyork.decider.com/events/lowbrow-reader-john-mulaney-fiery-furances-more,109732/

Abby Elliott Sketch

A funny video parodying the Miss USA & Perez Hilton controversy starring Abby Elliott.