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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Entries in Lorne Michaels (2)

Real Talk Tuesdays: Chris Farley/Matt Foley

DateTuesday, February 18, 2014 at 8:56AM

Lorne Michaels often gets credit for some of the memorable characters we see on Saturday Night Live but most of these bits are brought in by the talent themselves - having long refined them on smaller stages. Here's footage of Chris Farley doing his famous Matt Foley - Motivation Speaker bit in 1990 at Chicago's Second City. This entire skit was used verbatim on SNL when Christina Applegate hosted (peep).

 

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Madhouse Mondays: Louis C.K.

DateMonday, November 5, 2012 at 8:40AM

This weekend, Louis C.K. hosted Saturday Night Live and set the bar untangibly high for all who follow. I wondered what he would do for his monologue. Sing a funny song? Interact with the cast via walk-ons? Take the camera crew around the studio and perhaps have an awkward exchange with Lorne? Nope. He simply did six and half minutes of pure stand up gold. He seemed super nervous for about the first 18 seconds, then he locked it in and does what he does best. Dig.

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