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Damon Wayans on Why He “Purposefully” Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL’: “I Snapped”
Wayans basically “broke the ultimate [ SNL] golden rule, which is no surprises,” according to Live From New York author James Andrew Miller. Former writer A. Whitney Brown added, “You cannot go rogue. You cannot try to steal a sketch.”
Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired
Michaels said he canned him midseason because “it had to be done,” EW noted. Before his unauthorized improv, Wayans said in the doc he was warned by “SNL” great Eddie Murphy that as a Black man he would be pigeonholed into certain characters, so he’d better write his own, Deadline reported.
Damon Wayans reveals why he ‘purposely’ got fired from ‘SNL’
Damon Wayans is opening up on the circumstances surrounding his firing from “Saturday Night Live” in 1986, admitting he “purposely” got himself canned.
How One 'SNL' Star 'Snapped' On-Air and Intentionally Got Fired
"Having not fired anybody for the first five years, [firing Damon Wayans] was really, really hard," the producer admitted in an older interview featured in SNL50. "But it had to be done." Wayans had broken a cardinal rule of the show,
Damon Wayans On ‘SNL' Sketch That Got Him Fired: "I Snapped, I Just Did Not Care"
Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show. The actor appears on Peacock’s docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,
SNL Stars Look Back at Their Auditions in a New Docuseries
The high-stakes audition process for the sketch show, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Feb. 16, is notorious in its ...
‘Saturday Night Live’ is more than a show, it’s a world. And there’s nothing like it
The sketch comedy show is celebrating 50 seasons with two documentaries and an upcoming prime-time special that reflect on ...
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Saturday Night Live alum says 'funniest' sketch was 'surreal and bizarre' in new docuseries
Live's history was retold through a new Peacock docuseries, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. SNL fans were treated with some ...
Christopher Walken confronted Will Ferrell over SNL’s ‘More Cowbell’ sketch — that ‘ruined’ his life
Will Ferrell recalled, “I went to see [Walken] backstage, and he’s like, ‘You know, you’ve ruined my life…every show, people ...
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Why Pete Davidson Asked to Be Fired After His First Year at SNL
Davidson, who ultimately starred on the show from 2014 to 2022, shared what made him want to quit, and the advice he got from ...
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'SNL's 'More Cowbell' Skit Didn't Originally Feature Any Cowbell
The famously hilarious sketch is the subject of an entire episode of the new 'SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night' documentary, and ...
Trump refused to do a SNL skit because he ‘thought he looked fat’
Republican presidential hopeful was asked to play a tree in a sketch where he called the Giving Tree a ‘sucker’ ...
‘SNL50′ proves there’s still more to learn about ‘Saturday Night Live’
There are books — the best of which is still “ Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live ” — and ...
What Makes A Successful SNL Sketch? Jimmy Fallon Just Used The Iconic More Cowbell Sketch To Reveal How The Cast Knows What's 'Cooking'
Live still stands as one of the best sketch comedy shows ever because of its ability to deliver original and hilarious ...