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Taylor Owen & James Neal Are Getting Married, But They're Taking ‘The Regular Sketch Show' on the Road First
Comedians and 'Succession-Tok' creators Taylor Owen and James Neal are taking their The Regular Sketch Show from viral to IRL this fall via an eight-city tour of theaters in major markets. On the heels of their sold-out live performance at The New York Comedy Festival in November, the duo will bring their act — which includes impressions, parodies, sketches and banter — to larger venues with a live music element. More from Billboard Tom Sandoval's Trying to Make His Music Career Happen With 'America's Got Talent' Audition - Did He Make It Through? Complete Your Festival Outfit With These 15 Men's Wearhouse Gems: Shop Here NBA Draft 2025 Livestream: Here's How to Watch the Player Selection Event Live Online for Free Owen's and Neal's parodies of such binge-worthy series as Succession, The Bear, The White Lotus, Vanderpump Rules and Yellowstone have collectively racked up tens of millions of views on TikTok. ('Yellowstone in 45 Seconds (part two)' alone has topped 15.6 million.) Their fans refer to themselves as 'Regs,' and the twosome has been hired by such national brands as HBO, Apple+, Walmart, L'Oreal and Applebee's to create culture-driven content. And Owen has appeared in Abbott Elementary, Dave and Veep. 'We could not be more excited to bring The Regular Sketch Show on the road,' Owen and Neal said in a joint statement. 'Social media has made it easier to reach the masses, but there is something special about performing comedy on stage. It's vulnerable, intimate and best of all allows us to meet our Regs in person.' Last year was a pivotal one for the duo. A few months before their sold-out performance at the New York Comedy Festival, they got engaged after Neal proposed to Owen in Florence, Italy. The couple is planning to wed next year. Business first, honeymoon later. Tickets are on sale now. See below for the tour dates. Sept. 12: Boston, City Winery Sept. 16: Philadelphia, PhilaMOCA Sept. 18: Washington, D.C., UnionStage Oct. 18: Chicago, Color Club Oct. 29: Seattle, Here-After Oct. 30: Portland, Ore., Mississippi Studios Nov. 25: San Francisco, Great American Music Hall Dec. 5: Los Angeles, Dynasty Typewriter Best of Billboard Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Pentatonix & Train Will Bring Their Holiday Hits to iHeart Christmas Concert Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 'Masked Singer' Collectibles 14 Things That Changed (or Didn't) at Farm Aid 2021
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30-01-2025
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Molly Shannon Recalls Jennifer Aniston's 'SNL' Hosting Gig: 'She Had a Big Wedding Ring on' (Exclusive)
After six seasons on Saturday Night Live, Molly Shannon says Jennifer Aniston's hosting stint made a lasting impression. In celebration of the iconic sketch show's 50th anniversary, the former cast member, 60, looked back at working with some of her favorite celebrity hosts in a joint interview with Seth Meyers, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang and Leslie Jones. Shannon recalled the Friends alum, 55, being "very laid back" while hosting the NBC late night show. Related: Why Kenan Thompson Continues to Stay at Saturday Night Live After 22 Seasons: 'What a Blessing' (Exclusive) "I remember being like, 'Ooh, that's so cool. Jennifer Aniston,'" she recalled. "And she had a big wedding ring on and she was just [an] easygoing professional, [she] had been in television for a long time." Over the course of her career, Aniston has hosted Saturday Night Live twice — for the first time in 1999 and again in 2004. At the time of her SNL debut, she was engaged to Brad Pitt and wore a spiral diamond and platinum ring by Italian jewelry designer Silvia Damiani, which PEOPLE reported Pitt spent seven months helping design. Related: Saturday Night Live Turns 50! PEOPLE Celebrates the Sketch Show's Storied History with Special Edition Issue In addition to Aniston, who was "just easygoing and really fun," Shannon also recalled working with Cameron Diaz. "During the rehearsal, she would just eat salads, lots of greens. And I was like, 'I want to be like Cameron Diaz and just eat salad,'" she laughed. "You know what I mean? Isn't that funny?" Aniston previously revealed that she was once invited to audition for SNL, but turned down the opportunity after hearing that the show was a "boys club." 'I didn't think I would like that environment,' she admitted during a 2019 appearance on The Howard Stern Show. 'I remember turning up and [Adam] Sandler was there and [David] Spade was there, and I'd known them already and they were like, 'Look, Aniston's here!' I met them when I was 20, 21, after I'd done a television show with a guy who knew them.' Related: 6 Comedy Legends Share Secrets of Saturday Night Live and Celebrate 50 Years of Laughs and Love (Exclusive) During a meeting with showrunner Lorne Michaels, the actress revealed that she even confronted him about the lack of female representation on the show. 'I was like, 'I think that women need to be treated better here.' Because it was such a boys club,' she said. 'You're just, not the brightest when you're in your early 20s. I didn't lecture him, I was just saying what I would hope if I was to do this, what I would hope it to be.' 'I was such a young twit,' she laughed. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Read the original article on People
