Anybody know why Norm MacDonald got fired from SNL??
07-25-06, 09:26 AM
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Found this:
Norm's appearance on The View before Star Jones had her stomach stapled.
Norm's appearance on The View before Star Jones had her stomach stapled.
Abe Vigoda brings the funny...
07-25-06, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by skatefan20
Found this:
Norm's appearance on The View before Star Jones had her stomach stapled.
Norm's appearance on The View before Star Jones had her stomach stapled.
07-25-06, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson
In another particularly notorious item circa 1995, MacDonald attacked Michael Jackson after his divorce from Lisa-Marie Presley. He announced that the two had divorced citing irreconcilable differences: "She's more of a stay-at-home type, and he's more of a homosexual pedophile."
07-25-06, 12:25 PM
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I loved Norm's "Burt Reynolds". 
07-25-06, 11:09 PM
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It's too bad that with Ferrell gone, they haven't done anymore Celebrity Jeopardy skits. Those are classics. Until it became less about vapid & clueless celebrities and more about Sean Connery vs. Alex Trebek.
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It's probably worth mentioning that Ohlmeyer apparently wasn't just out for MacDonald; he had a fairly long feud going with (long-time but by then pretty much WU-only writer) Jim Downey that almost even predated MacDonald's presence on the show, let alone their partnering on WU.
By Downey's account (by way of Live From New York), Ohlmeyer had "been just relentlessly trying to get me fired for like nine months before he ever laid eyes on me," had even more-or-less done so in whittling his presence down from head writer to just WU, and just didn't seem to find Downey funny. That MacDonald, Ohlmeyer's own pick over a similarly difficult Al Franken, would bond with Downey likely didn't help matters.
As close as the two were, firing MacDonald seemed to be effectively firing Downey, because he left the show as well that year, and didn't return until Ohlmeyer had been replaced.
Such is TV politics, I guess.
By Downey's account (by way of Live From New York), Ohlmeyer had "been just relentlessly trying to get me fired for like nine months before he ever laid eyes on me," had even more-or-less done so in whittling his presence down from head writer to just WU, and just didn't seem to find Downey funny. That MacDonald, Ohlmeyer's own pick over a similarly difficult Al Franken, would bond with Downey likely didn't help matters.
As close as the two were, firing MacDonald seemed to be effectively firing Downey, because he left the show as well that year, and didn't return until Ohlmeyer had been replaced.
Such is TV politics, I guess.
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