For those of you who have been keeping score, it has been a long time since Saturday Night Live, once the premier, end all and be all of comedy on television, has held the clout it once demanded. In fact, many of those who grew up on the late night comedy show

Remember the innocence of childhood? The birthday parties. The water gun fights. The sleep overs. Oh, and the television shows! This is a countdown of the top 20 kids shows from the mid 80s and mid 90s.

Comedian Kenan Thompson has been fined for careless driving after he was pulled over by New Jersey police on Wednesday evening.

Snakes On A Plane star Kenan Thompson has embarked on a strict diet so he can parody presidential hopeful Barack Obama on the upcoming season of satirical show Saturday Night Live.

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Traffic guitarist Dave Mason (1946), comedy movie director Jim Abrahams (1944), country legend Mother Maybelle Carter (1909), silver screen star Fred Astaire (1899; d. 1987), and Austrian composer Max Steiner (1888; d. 1971).

Early in 2006 it was announced that a film called "Snakes on a Plane" was going to hit theaters by the end of summer. Initially the film sounded like a total flop with a name like "Snakes on a Plane"-- a total B-movie that would be a complete bomb at the box office. But then we found out that Samuel L. Jackson would be starring as the film's main character.

Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright. Fasten your seat belt for some pulse-pounding turbulence! There is no escaping the venomous bite of Snakes on a Plane as the year's pop culture phenomenon creeps onto DVD January 2, 2007, from New Line Home Entertainment. When deadly snakes are released onboard Pacific Air Flight 121, an FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson

Late-night comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live will debut on September 30 without five key cast members. In addition to the previously announced departures of Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch, who are working on the prime time comedy 30 Rock, eight-year veterans Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz won't return, and neither will Finesse Mitchell.

Saturday Night Live continues its extraordinary run and returns for its 32nd season on September 30 (NBC, 11:30 p.m. ET). The season premiere will be hosted by standup comedian Dane Cook, who returns for his second hosting stint. Also returning to "SNL" are The Killers, performing from their eagerly awaited sophomore release Sam's Town.

Happy Birthday to "Kenan and Kel" star Kenan Thompson (1978), Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista (1965), U2 singer/humanitarian Bono (1960), Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (1957; d. 1979), Traffic guitarist Dave Mason (1946), comedy movie director Jim Abrahams (1944), country legend Mother Maybelle Carter (1909), silver screen star Fred Astaire (1899; d. 1987), and Austrian composer Max Steiner (1888; d. 1971).