Damon Wayans 'Purposely' Got Himself Fired from “SNL” After Getting Cautionary Advice from Eddie Murphy: 'I Snapped'
Wayans is one of many funny people looking back at the weekly late-night staple's place in comedy history in the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Recalling his time on season 11 in the fourth episode, “Season 11: The Weird Year," Wayans said he didn't feel a lot of nerves about auditioning or making the cast — at first.
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,
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 explains “Saturday Night Live” sketch that got him fired immediately: 'I snapped'
The comedian sat down for an interview in Peacock's SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night for the docuseries' fourth episode titled, "Season 11: The Weird Year," a deep dive into one of the show's roughest seasons despite the return of creator Lorne Michaels after a five-year absence.
Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired
Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries that he sabotaged his stint on “ Saturday Night Live ” in frustration over the sketch roles he was being offered. (Watch the video below.) The matter came to a boil when Wayans went rogue during a sketch called “Mr.
Tracy Morgan Felt ‘Culturally Isolated’ During First 3 Years on SNL, ‘The Whitest Show in America’
The comedian said he felt adrift on the iconic sketch comedy show until he had a chat with the legendary Lorne Michaels.
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'SNL' show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas
Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running ... John Belushi, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and others. It also includes some of 80-year-old Michaels' personal ...
'SNL' creator's UT Austin exhibit will tell story of the iconic TV show
Lorne Michaels donates his "Saturday Night Live" archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center, showcasing nearly 50 years of TV ...
Saturday Night Live show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas
Live" creator Lorne Michaels has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center cultural archive at the University of ...
Robert Downey Jr. & Anthony Michael Hall Recall Brief ‘SNL’ Run: “I Learned So Much”
Live' marks 50 years, Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall recently looked back on their brief run on the infamous ...
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Conan O’Brien to Receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Conan O’Brien on March 23 ...
‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night’ Reveals Hidden Details About a Comedy Institution
Peacock’s new docuseries has the massive task of defining a show that has defined culture for decades, as it peers into cast ...
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'SNL' creator Lorne Michaels entrusts UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center with historic collection
Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's “Saturday Night Live", has donated his archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center.