What I always remember about this is from the first (semi-authorized) book about SNL: "Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live" by Doug Hill & Jeff Weingrad. I was obsessed with SNL at a young age so I read this book several times.
There was a rule at SNL in the 70s that I believe was phrased as "No Carol Burnett" - on the Burnett show the cast broke up a lot, and since the original SNL was considered ~hipper~ than that, it was extremely frowned upon for the cast to break or laugh during sketches. So I always noticed cast members breaking in later seasons & thought back to that rule.
Of course, SNL had a lot of "phases" and in retrospect, I don't mind breaking during SNL sketches - it can be good natured and fun, and 70s SNL probably took itself too seriously. However Jimmy way overdid it with cracking up and he should feel a little bad!
Yeah, the occasional break is fine but Jimmy just straight up laughs through the entirety of some bits. I mean, even in the infamous Cowbell bit, soon as Chris Kattan says "Don't blow this for us Gene!", Jimmy's off to the races and just giggles through the rest of the bit. Chris Kattan (another chronic breaker) at least reigns himself in a couple of times. But Jimmy is still giggling his head off even when Will Ferrell is doing nothing more than wearing a too small shirt. Like bro, you're supposed to be an actor.
i loved watching her on house of cards. for such a good show that started off so strong, its wild how much it fell off in the last 2 seasons and how it has zero rewatchability post-kevin spacey
I appreciated how the show tried to salvage the story post-Frank, and there were things to like about Claire assuming power of her own but a lot of it felt untethered and like a Hillary Clinton fantasy gone off the rails.
my mom's first boyfriend was very close with andre the giant. he won her an elephant plushie at a carnival and she still has it. i secretly think she dated his friend to get to him as she ended up with a 6'9" mini andre the giant
One of the things I have learned over the years of watching interviews with the various Princess Bride cast members is that everyone loved Andre because he was a kind and gentle person.
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So are we, Jimmy. So are we.
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There was a rule at SNL in the 70s that I believe was phrased as "No Carol Burnett" - on the Burnett show the cast broke up a lot, and since the original SNL was considered ~hipper~ than that, it was extremely frowned upon for the cast to break or laugh during sketches. So I always noticed cast members breaking in later seasons & thought back to that rule.
Of course, SNL had a lot of "phases" and in retrospect, I don't mind breaking during SNL sketches - it can be good natured and fun, and 70s SNL probably took itself too seriously. However Jimmy way overdid it with cracking up and he should feel a little bad!
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OK so I'd never seen an interview with her and had no idea she was like... American, lol. That Princess Bride RP imprinted on me HARD.
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