Will Forte appears on The Mortified Sessions

This may be of interest to some of you guys!

The Sundance Channel is airing a new series, The Mortified Sessions, featuring celebrities share embarrassing stories from their childhoods. The show airs each Monday at 8PM on The Sundance Channel and this upcoming Monday's episode will feature beloved SNL alum Will Forte and Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey.

Each episode lasts thirty minutes and is presented by David Nadelberg, who guides the celebrities down memory lane and coaxes funny and embarrassing childhood anecdotes from them. 

Not to be missed!

SNL alum Will Forte books TV/movie gigs -

SNL alum Will Forte has booked a flurry of gigs in both television and film for the upcoming year. 

Firstly, he has signed on to voice characters in the upcoming Fox animated comedy Allen Gregory. Allen Gregory, produced by Jonah Hill, will also feature the vocal talents of Hill and French Stewart.

Meanwhile, Forte has also signed on to star in the Irish independent feature Run and Jump, written by Ailbhe Keogan and Steph Green. Green, who received an Academy Award nomination in 2009 for her short film “New Boy”, will also direct the feature which shoots on location in Ireland this May.

Finally, Forte is set to appear in Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s “Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie”, which, just yesterday, secured a distribution deal with Magnolia.

Will Forte on Conan

Newly departed SNL cast member Will Forte appeared on Conan O'Brien's eponymous TBS show last night. Forte appeared as TBS founder Ted Turner. In other Forte news, it was announced that he will guest star in the NBC comedy series Parks & Recreation next season as Kelly, a Twilight-loving resident of Pawnee. 

Newly departed SNL cast member Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis took to the stage to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Seth Herzog's SWEET show at The Webster Hall Studio and reprised their much-loved SNL sketch Jon Bovi. Check it out in the video above.

Unofficial Will Forte Mixtape

Missing Will Forte and his musical contributions to SNL already? Well, miss no more, for Tumblr user unicornery has created an "Unofficial Will Forte Mixtape" for us all to enjoy. The mixtape, which can be downloaded here, includes such Forte favourites as -

• Jon Bovi (all three of them)
• Bailout Vote
• Fly High Duluth (with Scarlett Johansson)
• Women's Herstory
• I Love The BCS
• Hall & Oates (with Fred Armisen)
• Sunni Shia Kurd
• MacGruber (acoustic)
• Gunther and Patrick Kelly

Enjoy, readers! Be sure to download! 

Will Forte discusses leaving SNL | JoBlo.com

Will Forte spoke to JoBlo.com about leaving SNL as part of a profile they're doing and the site has posted an excerpt of their conversation in which Forte cites family as one of his main reasons for leaving -

"As we talk about his departure, the normally jovial and goofy star known for "SNL" skits like "Fart Face" and "The Falconer" suddenly gets serious. "Maybe it's because I turned 40 and I started getting very..." Forte takes a long pause and sighs before adding, "...introspective."

"I just wanted to be close to my family," Forte says, specifically mentioning his sister, a niece and an impending nephew. "If you really want to do good work there, you really have to give it your all and that makes having a life outside work kinda tough.""

On a positive note, Forte says that he doesn't plan on estranging himself completely from SNL saying, ""Oh my God, I would do anything ["SNL"] asked me to do! If they ever wanted me to come back and do a "MacGruber" for one episode, I would do whatever they want. I don't plan on being a stranger from those guys."


The full profile of Will Forte will be posted on JoBlo in the next week. 

Will Forte leaves Saturday Night Live

The New York Times has reported that Will Forte has opted not to return to the 36th season of Saturday Night Live. The news was confirmed by two unnamed sources who stated that the departure was amicable and Forte left at his own choosing to pursue other roles. 


Well, I can't lie - I saw this coming - but it doesn't make the news any less disappointing. I'm disappointed not only by the future absence of Forte from Season 36, but by the fact that the show didn't get the opportunity to give him an adequate send-off. Forte has been with the show since 2002 and in that time has been responsible for some of the show's greatest characters - MacGruber, Tim Calhoun, Jeff Montgomery and The Falconer, to name but a few - and has played a central role in some of my favourite sketches - Locker Room with Peyton Manning, NASA Potato Chips, Jon Bovi, Jackie Snad & Clancy T. Bacclerat. I, for one, will certainly miss his contributions to the show and the often absurd comic sensibility he brought to each of his sketches.


Now obviously, I do not know Will Forte in any shape, form or manner, but I had a mini-interaction with him through the mail about two years ago that has always made me think that he's maybe one of the nicest guys in the world. I wrote a letter to him declaring what a fan I was of everything he ever did and I happened to mention Tim Calhoun and how much I adored the line, "Super Tuesday? If forced to make a choice, I'd go with soup. Sorry Tuesday."


Well, a few months later, I received an autograph from Forte along with one of the blue index cards actually used in the Tim Calhoun segment on Weekend Update. On the front? The Super Tuesday line. On the back? A note from Will Forte which read, "By the way, this is the actual card I used on air for the Tim Calhoun segment. Sorry for the coffee stain - I had to fish it out of the garbage after the show! Thanks again for your letter, Will". I just thought this was a fabulously nice gesture and demonstrated what a great guy Will Forte is, and for this reason and more, I have nothing but goodwill for him.


So, in conclusion, I'm very sad to see Will Forte leave, but I have no doubt that he will move on to greater things and we'll be seeing him very soon, be it on the small screen, the silver screen or the stage. 
Good luck, Forte. We'll miss your moustaches. 

Post-ESPYs/Backstage (PHOTOS)

Post-show photos from the ESPYs embedded after the jump. Featured are Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, John Lutz and some special celebrity guests. 

ESPY Show (PHOTOS)

ESPY show photos featuring Seth Meyers, Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, John Lutz, Tracy Morgan and Will Ferrell after the jump.

MacGruber to be released on DVD and Blu-ray September 7

The SNL movie MacGruber starring Will Forte and Kristen Wiig will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 7, Universal has announced. The release is being dubbed The Unrated Ultimate Tool Edition so its likely going to include the unrated version of the movie as well as the theatrical version. 
I'll post pre-order info as well as bonus materials info once it becomes available. 

From the NY Post -


“Saturday Night Live” funnymen Will Forte and Jason Sudeikis took a mancation to Gansevoort Turks and Caicos to celebrate Forte’s 40th brithday. Witnesses said they spent most of their weeklong vacation sunbathing by the pool and boating. On Thursday night, Forte’s actual birthday, the pair sang karaoke at local Irish pub Danny Buoy’s, to which Forte came wearing a gold construction hat painted with the words “Will Forty.” The guys sang rock tunes including “What a Fool Believes” by the Doobie Brothers and “Wind of Change” by the Scorpions until 2:30 a.m. There was no sign of Sudeikis’ rumored new girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston.

Happy Birthday, Will Forte!

Go Forte, it’s your birthday,

Gonna defuse bombs like it’s your birthday,

Gonna wear fake moustaches like it’s your birthday,

And you know we don’t give a fuck,

‘Cause it’s your birthday!

Happy birthday, Will Forte! Have a good one, sir!

Will Forte Filming Episode of Parks & Recreation

According to show creator Michael Schur -

"Just finished day 2 of shooting a #ParksandRec episode with Will Forte. It's so much effing fun it should be illegal."

Will Forte joins the ranks of fellow SNL stars Fred Armisen and Andy Samberg who both guest-starred in the NBC comedy in the second season.  Parks and Recreation returns to NBC mid-season. 

Will Forte on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

For those of you who missed Will Forte on last night's LNWJF, I've embedded the three parts of the interview after the jump -

Will Forte Q&A with The Vulture

Just another Q&A with Sir Will Forte. This one's from New York Magazine - their Q&A's are notoriously great so give it a read!

MacGruber Premiere (PHOTOS)

The MacGruber premiere took place in NYC last night and many of the SNL cast were out to support the SNL movie. Photos after the jump -

Jorma Taccone & Will Forte Q&A

Here's a Q&A with Jorma Taccone and Will Forte from ComingSoon.net. Among things that are discussed are the genesis of MacGruber, the shooting time, inspirations and the craziness of shooting pieces for SNL. Check it out!

Kristen Wiig and Will Forte on Today Show (VIDEO)

Kristen Wiig and Will Forte appeared on the Today Show today promoting MacGruber to the masses. Over the course of the three-minute segment, Kristen came face-to-face with Kathie Lee Gifford and revealed that the whole cast would be back next season!
Check it out -

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Will Forte Q&A!


Expect a lot of these in the coming weeks.
Sample answer -

Twitter questions from... 
@JulieShenkman: How do you usually spend a Sunday after a full week at SNL?
God, we go nuts at “SNL.” It’s such hard work. We basically have two all nighters. On Tuesday night we’re writing all night. Saturday night after the show we have an after-party and then we blow off steam and sometimes stay up pretty late, much later than we probably should. So a lot of Sunday is just spent sleeping in and recharging batteries. My favorite Sundays are Sundays in the fall when I can just kind of wake up right around when the football games are starting.

NY Times article on MacGruber

Check out this NY Times article in which the conception of MacGruber is discussed and Jorma Taccone, Will Forte and John Solomon are interviewed about the overall tone of the movie.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/movies/16macgruber.html