Former CIA Director David Petraeus’ steamy personal life was the fodder for the cold open of last night’s episode of Saturday Night LIve, and a D.C. literary institution served as the setting for the late-night yuk-yuks.

Even before our scatterbrained, ADHD world began over-prescribing Ritalin, we giggled at Steven Wright’s one-liners on SNL during the ‘80s. If you’re like us, maybe you even stayed up late into the night listening to albums like I Have a Pony. His brand of comedy, as something of an intellectual punster, appealed to us as kids just as much as it does today. Jokes like, “I was walking in the woods all by myself. A…

Most of us have dreamed of having a pet monkey at some point. Whether it was after watching Mike Myers and his monkey on the SNL skit “Sprockets” or laughing our way through the episode of “The Simpsons” where Homer gets himself a helper monkey named Mojo, the idea of having a monkey as a pet just seems hilarious. But not to some Montogomery County officials. The Post is reporting today on the saga of…

We couldn’t help but ask ourselves a few questions after hearing that Matthew Fox would be in D.C. to promote his new movie, We Are Marshall. Did he finally get off the island for the interview, or were we just going to be in another one of his flashbacks? How would we get answers out of a man who spent days refusing to cooperate with “the others” in an old empty shark tank? Would it…

Two men get stuck in the middle of nowhere, en route to meet up with some “pretty ladies” who they hope will wash the gay right out of them. Shoulder, one of Flashpoint’s Fringe Festival offerings, tries to create sympathy for a couple of self-loathing gay men, but ultimately creates just the opposite. This is no Angels in America, a story of men struggling to make sense of their place in a society plagued by…

Saturday Night Live’s recent “Lazy Sunday” short film has given me an intense craving for cupcakes. The ones featured, from New York City’s Magnolia Bakery, brought to mind the following question: where can you find high-quality cupcakes in D.C.? “I don’t think this cupcake thing is at its height,” a bakery owner told New York magazine this past fall. With our northern neighbor’s Buttercup Bakery in the process of franchising nationally and Warren Brown’s outfit…

Political satire takes center stage at 10 p.m. on NBC. “Saturday Night Live’s Presidential Bash 2004: The Great Debates” will showcase some of the best political skits from the past 30 years. Highlights include the Bush (Will Ferrell) – Gore (Darrell Hammond) debate of 2000, the 1992 Clinton (Phil Hartman) – Bush (Dana Carvey) – Perot(Dana Carvey) debates and goes way back in time for the 1988 Bush (Dana Carvey again) – Dukakis (Jon Lovitz)…

Tonight, if you happen to be stopping by the Olsson’s Books & Records in the Courthouse area of Arlington, you can check out former vice-presidential daughter Kristin Gore signing and talking about her book debut, “Sammy’s Hill.” The fine folks over at Amazon.com treat us to a summary of the plot:Samantha Joyce, Gore’s heroine, is a 26-year-old self-deprecating health-care policy advisor to Robert Gary, a well-respected senator from her home state of Ohio. Between endless…