Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Shales Tom

Author:Shales, Tom [Shales, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography
ISBN: 9780316045827
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Goodreads: 7598890
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ANDY BRECKMAN:

When Sam Kinison hosted, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed harder. He did a little bit of his act for the staff about necrophilia. There was an article in the paper about a guy who was caught having sex with a dead guy in a funeral home. The question was whether Sam could do the joke on the show. It was in the air all week whether or not it was something he would be allowed to do, and I guess they eventually decided he couldn’t.

DANNY DEVITO, Host:

The first time I did it was when Taxi had just gotten a bunch of Emmys and they then promptly canceled the show. And we did a whole thing on Saturday Night Live where we blew up the ABC Building in the cold opening, and the taxi drove off the bridge.

The weird thing is that the show goes by so quick when you do it. They pull you from one spot to the next. You’re putting a wig on or a mustache and going, “Oh, this is the skit we’re doing, oh, I remember this is what we’re doing.” They’re in tune to it. They lead you around by the nose, basically. And it’s over before it seems like you started it. You have to go with the flow. And you can’t sit there and think about it too much, you have to just accept a lot of things in trust and go for it.

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