S ome TV and movie characters are SO good, you couldn't imagine anyone else playing them — but what if someone else did?

But one building block of that episode has survived for nearly 50 years: the commercial parody that follows the host’s monologue. Back in October of 1975, George Carlin’s routine about the differences ...

Bill Hader revels in his nasty streak as veteran TV newsman Herb Welch, a crank who’s been on the air for six or seven decades, as his glasses get thicker and his fuse gets shorter. Herb is prone to ...