It’s difficult to know if the producers of SNL were being too cute by half or completely, irresponsibly oblivious when they booked this show in 1996. 11 Rage Against The Machine Get Kicked Out In The Middle Of A Show
There was no shortage of outrage the next day, and CK himself half-joked he probably wouldn’t be asked to host again (not to worry there, he’s hosting for a fifth time later this month). It was a bit that was absolutely meant to provoke, and very much did. The most stinging part of his monologue was a tangent about how child molesters, while morally repugnant and rightly put in jail, must really be on to something to risk so much. Hosting Saturday Night Live for the fourth time, CK decided he was going to test the limits of his uncomfortable brand of humor in front of the biggest crowd possible.
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Through his masterpiece FX series Louie, CK mastered the art of marrying the highbrow with the lowbrow, more than happy to stage a harrowing indie drama one minute and an elaborate fart joke the next. Nobody hunts for those bits of treasure with quite as much gusto as Louis CK. Indeed, for a certain breed, a groan or gasp followed by a laugh is the most rare of comedic gems. The series was in real danger of being cancelled, only saved by an unknown 19-year-old featured player by the name of Eddie Murphy.įor many stand up comedians, a laugh is not necessarily the most satisfying reaction. It was an unmitigated disaster the new cast was largely without talent, and the writing lost all of its signature end. The new showrunner was Jean Doumanian, who had the unenviable task of rebuilding the show from the ground up. Michaels and Franken both left at the end of the 1979-1980 season, taking virtually all of the cast and crew with them.
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This was not to be Franken had done a Weekend Update segment where he lambasted NBC President Fred Silverman for NBC’s then ratings failings, and Silverman refused to give the show over to him as a result. Michaels intended the show to go on with at least some of the original cast and most of the behind the scenes players still in place, and his best writer (and future United States Senator!) Al Franken as the new showrunner. He had not planned on leaving Saturday Night Live in the lurch, however. The soft-spoken Canadian was ready to try new things, like producing movies and other television projects. 13 Lorne Michaels QuitsĪfter five years of steering the show to incredible success, SNL’s creator/producer Lorne Michaels was approaching burn out. Lawrence was banned from Saturday Night Live and, directly related or not, his career largely stalled afterward, eventually descending into the comedy purgatory that is the Big Momma’s House movies. In a now infamous monologue, Lawrence went on a racy tirade about… well, let’s politely call it "feminine hygiene." Even two decades later, it would be pretty dirty for anything not on HBO.
Why in the world Lawrence chose that moment in his career to push the envelope as hard as humanly possible is a genuine mystery. For an up and coming comedian, hosting Saturday Night Live was something of a coronation a moment to fully bask in your success. The popular comedian was the star of his own highly successful sitcom Martin, and was only a year away from starring with future Suicide Squad lead Will Smith in Bad Boys, one of director Michael Bay’s more thoughtful, nuanced character pieces (that’s barely a joke). Martin Lawrence’s career seemed to be on an unstoppable upswing in 1994.
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