Article: WHAT'S SO FUNNY THREE NEW ENGLAND COMEDIANS ARE ADDING A STREAK OF REGIONAL HUMOR TO SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, INCLUDING CHARACTERS STRAIGHT FROM THE STREETS OF BOSTON.

Jane Curtin. Adam Sandler. Kevin Nealon. Sarah Silverman. Anthony Michael Hall. There are a few other names - the infamous Charles Rocket, the forgotten Nancy Walls - but, really, the number of New England-bred Not Ready for Prime Time Players sprinkled throughout the more-than-28-year run ofNBC's Saturday Night Live is embarrassingly small for a show headquartered just minutes south of Greenwich, Connecticut. And let's face it: Aside from Cambridge-born Curtin and New Hampshire-reared Sandler (born in Brooklyn, if we're being honest), ours isn't exactly the A-list of SNL alums, either. So when three New Englanders show up simultaneously in the main cast of this durable show, and when ...

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