Comedian Bill Hader is bowing out of “Saturday Night Live” after eight years.

The “Superbad” star joined the SNL cast in 2005 after he was discovered by “Will & Grace” actress Megan Mullally, but has confirmed that he will walk away from the show after the season ends on Saturday.

He tells the New York Times, “It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point.

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Turnpike Troubadours

Here are my picks for the Best Bets in entertainment in Oklahoma this weekend, as listed in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

1. CONCHO — Hear Oklahoma red dirt band the Turnpike Troubadours at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lucky Star Casino, 7777 N U.S. 81. Doors open at 7 p.m. Information: 262-7612 or www.luckystarcasino.org.

2. Take in food, art, crafts and activities from nine Asian cultures at the free 27^th Annual Asian Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat

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• World of Chima

The World of Chima is the latest attraction slated to open at Legoland Florida this summer.

The Winter Haven property has been under construction for several months, but Lego builders are giving us a miniature sneak peek of the ride “The Quest for Chi.”

They created a traveling model that uses 125,000 Lego bricks and took more than 200 hours to build. It’s six feet wide and 10 feet long. And it is built to scale.

Legoland Florida’s Samantha Lane explains.

“So when we do a Lego Model, what we are actually do-and you’ll find it in Minidand USA–all of the cities in Miniland are built on the 1-to-20 scale. This model

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Does the singer come first? Or the songwriter?

Let’s start with the songs: “Crazy.” “Hello Walls.” “Funny How Time Slips Away.” “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.” “On the Road Again.”

Just the catalogue alone would qualify him for any number of musical halls of fame — and, indeed, Willie Nelson is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors.

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