Ben Cohen
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- The basketball player from your college graduating class is now the head coach of the basketball team
March 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
- The basketball player from your college graduating class is now the head coach of the basketball team
FREE link to my @wsj.com column about what he’s learned over 50 years in Studio 8H, how TV’s most iconic show still depends on a fax machine—and why, live from New York on Saturday nights, Leo Yoshimura is at home doing laundry.
He’s Been on ‘SNL’ for All 50 Years—and You’ve Never Heard of Him
This production designer pulls all-nighters once a week. He still uses a fax machine. And he’s built TV’s most iconic show since the very first episode.
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February 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
FREE link to my @wsj.com column about what he’s learned over 50 years in Studio 8H, how TV’s most iconic show still depends on a fax machine—and why, live from New York on Saturday nights, Leo Yoshimura is at home doing laundry.
When I asked John Mulaney what he likes about Leo Yoshimura, he wrote: "I like everything about Leo Yoshimura."
February 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When I asked John Mulaney what he likes about Leo Yoshimura, he wrote: "I like everything about Leo Yoshimura."
Leo Yoshimura is a beloved production designer who’s been there for everyone from Farley to Fey. In fact, he’s missed a total of one episode in a half-century at SNL. And he didn't just work on the first episode. He was *on* the first episode. Since then, he's made dozens of cameos.
February 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Leo Yoshimura is a beloved production designer who’s been there for everyone from Farley to Fey. In fact, he’s missed a total of one episode in a half-century at SNL. And he didn't just work on the first episode. He was *on* the first episode. Since then, he's made dozens of cameos.
It's wild! Moana didn't make a billion dollars and didn't win any Oscars. It finished 12th at the box office in 2016. On the list of highest-grossing animated films of all time, it's nowhere close to the top. It's not Frozen. It's not even Zootopia.
And yet it's now the No. 1 movie in America.
And yet it's now the No. 1 movie in America.
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 PM
It's wild! Moana didn't make a billion dollars and didn't win any Oscars. It finished 12th at the box office in 2016. On the list of highest-grossing animated films of all time, it's nowhere close to the top. It's not Frozen. It's not even Zootopia.
And yet it's now the No. 1 movie in America.
And yet it's now the No. 1 movie in America.