Episode 1:
NPR’s Delicious Dish – Schweddy Balls
Laser Cats 1
Debbie Downer – Happiest Place on Earth?
Celebrity Jeopardy – Jeff Goldblum

Episode 2:
NPR on “what makes something funny”
Peter McGraw TEDx talk

Episode 3:
Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Louie C.K., Ricky Gervais: Talking Funny
George Carlin: 7 Words You Can’t Say on Television

Episode 4:
Life as a Standup Comic with guest speaker Andrew Murphy!
(no material here)

Episode 5:
Live from New York – Prologue
How Lorne Michaels became comedy’s most powerful man

Episode 6:
SNL and the Digital Age

Episode 7:
Sketch Crash Course with Kinda Sketchy!
(no material here)

Episode 8:
How Saturday Night Live can hurt Mitt Romney (and here’s the associated video)
Funny or Die’s Presidential Reunion
Couric Palin Open

Episode 9:
Skit Performance Day!
(nothing here)

Episode 10:
SNL and Gender Politics
Please Don’t Tell Her She’s Funny for a Girl
Weekend Update w/ Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey (don’t watch until you’ve gone through the first 2 readings)

Episode 11:
Bringing the Black (Short chapter excerpt)
SNL’s Real Race Problem (Article)
Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood: Dog Walk
Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood: Summer in the Hood
Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood: Bastard
Word Association
White Like Me