The huge cast also features Natasha Lyonne (I have enjoyed her work immensely in Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), one segment of If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), a couple of 2012 episodes of Weeds, Sleeping with Other People, Hello, My Name Is Doris, and, of course, 59 episodes of Orange is the New Black) as writer Anne Beatts and Joel McHale (last blogged for Ted) is a terrific Chevy Chase impersonator--even down to the voice. It didn't hurt that McHale and Chase worked together on 85 episodes of Community. The character of Michael O'Donoghue, the one whom I remember for several sick SNL sketches on one topic (here's an example), is well done by Thomas Lennon (after Mr. Peabody & Sherman he starred as Felix Unger in 38 episodes of The Odd Couple remake (2015-17), and more projects). There are just too many actors to go into them all.
Many SNL moments and other projects (e.g. Animal House (1978)) are recreated for the purposes of this movie. Director David Wain (last blogged for They Came Together) has a cameo as an interviewer, and screenwriters Michael Colton and John Aboud, who adapted the script from the carefully researched 2008 book of the same name by Josh Karp, appear briefly as art directors for the magazine.
We saw this three weeks ago and I don't remember the original music by Craig Wedren (covered in Wanderlust). I can't find any tracks from it anyway--his soundcloud page devotes lots of data to Wet Hot American Summer (2001) but none to this movie. As to be expected, though, there are lots of songs from the 60s and beyond, many listed on imdb and some streamable from this playlist.
Don't turn off the TV right away after the movie, because, at the end of the credits, Martin Mull sings with/for the cast, some of whom look downright uncomfortable.
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