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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 2:19:24 GMT -5
Jim Belushi and Brian Doyle-Murray See now I would say Charles Rocket and A. Whitney Brown
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Post by Triple Kelly on Nov 29, 2009 2:33:02 GMT -5
Jim Belushi and Brian Doyle-Murray See now I would say Charles Rocket and A. Whitney Brown What about Mary Gross and Robin Duke Gail Matthius?
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 2:38:51 GMT -5
Ok. Mary Gross was the real mousy looking woman from the Piscpo/Murphy cast right? Who the heck was Gail Matthius?
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Post by Triple Kelly on Nov 29, 2009 2:42:19 GMT -5
Ok. Mary Gross was the real mousy looking woman from the Piscpo/Murphy cast right? Who the heck was Gail Matthius? There were a FEW mousy-looking women in the cast around that time, lol. And Gail Matthius did Weekend Update with Charles Rocket. Then was promptly fired when most of the cast got wiped out after the 1980-81 season. She didn't have much of a repertoire there.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 2:49:27 GMT -5
No wonder I've never heard of her. My knowledge of the post-not ready for prime time players pre-Murphy period is pretty low
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 29, 2009 3:02:42 GMT -5
Tim Kazurinsky FTW.
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Post by Triple Kelly on Nov 29, 2009 3:07:54 GMT -5
Father Guido is the best....arooound.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 3:13:45 GMT -5
Now hold on there! What about classics of cinema such as Clean Slate, The Road to Wellville and Trapped in Paradise??! ....yeah, I see your point. Carry on. {Spoiler}The Dana Carvey Show on the ABC Network was funny though. It's a shame it wasn't given a proper chance. That's when ABC had NYPD Blue and were proudly proclaiming, "we're gritty and cutting edge drama!" but if they had a risque comedy show, "oh that's bad and inexcusable!" I loved the Dana Carvey Show when it aired here on The Comedy Channel plus it gave us Steve Carell,Stephen Colbert and the Ambiguosly Gay Duo. Here's something I've been thinking of. On one of the State dvd commentary tracks Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Patrick Jann and Ken Marino talk about a deal that the group had worked out in 1995 to take the show to ABC. Presumably to start sometime in 1996. In an interview for NPR's The Sound of Young America Tom Lennon and Kerri Kenny-Silver pretty much say the same thing. Though it was never said my thought was that ABC bailed on the deal when they commited to the Dana Carvey Show. Once they could get a really popular recent SNL star they didn't need a bunch of basic cable 20-somethings. So ABC goes with the Dana Carvey Show and The State has to back into a quarterly special deal with CBS, only one of which was produced.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 29, 2009 3:19:44 GMT -5
No wonder I've never heard of her. My knowledge of the post-not ready for prime time players pre-Murphy period is pretty low Its not that big of a Gap. The last of Prime time Players left in 79-80 season. Eddie came arround November of 80.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 3:24:40 GMT -5
Yes but wasn't the entire cast from 80-81, sans Eddie, dumped? I'm thinking of the year when Lorne Michaels left, the first time, and some woman whose name I can't think of became Executive Producer.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 29, 2009 3:32:47 GMT -5
Yes but wasn't the entire cast from 80-81, sans Eddie, dumped? I'm thinking of the year when Lorne Michaels left, the first time, and some woman whose name I can't think of became Executive Producer. Yea in the middle of that season Ebersol cleaned house big time.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Nov 29, 2009 5:42:55 GMT -5
Yes but wasn't the entire cast from 80-81, sans Eddie, dumped? I'm thinking of the year when Lorne Michaels left, the first time, and some woman whose name I can't think of became Executive Producer. It was everybody but Murphy and Piscopo that got canned. Murphy went on to bigger fame, but the two of them carried that show for a few years, and most folks seem to forget that. The woman you can't think of was Jean Doumanian. And, since someone asked earlier, yes, Billy Crystal was a castmember, in the 10th season (considered an "all-star" season, featuring Crystal, Martin Short, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, et al. All of whom were considered well-traveled comedians by that point).
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Post by happygilmore on Nov 29, 2009 11:10:33 GMT -5
What are we using as the 'success' gauge? Box Office receipts, or just consistent work outside of SNL?
Steve Martin's pretty successful, although he wasn't really a full fledged cast member.
Technically, you could also say Ben Stiller is a successful former SNL alum, although his run was very short lived. He was a writer and part time performer during the '89 season. But, I guess since he wasn't a full member, yeah.
Dan Aykroyd's done a lot. Movies might not have grossed alot, but I see him popping up all over the place.
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Post by 747 on Nov 29, 2009 11:41:56 GMT -5
Jim Belushi could've been huge had he not passed away in 1982. I'm still alive!!!Oops, meant John!
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Post by 747 on Nov 29, 2009 11:43:03 GMT -5
BTW, was the 1984-1985 season considered a success?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2009 11:56:02 GMT -5
What are we using as the 'success' gauge? Box Office receipts, or just consistent work outside of SNL? Steve Martin's pretty successful, although he wasn't really a full fledged cast member. Technically, you could also say Ben Stiller is a successful former SNL alum, although his run was very short lived. He was a writer and part time performer during the '89 season. But, I guess since he wasn't a full member, yeah. Dan Aykroyd's done a lot. Movies might not have grossed alot, but I see him popping up all over the place. Rob Schneider's popped up a lot as well, doesn't mean we care to see him.
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Post by happygilmore on Nov 29, 2009 12:16:36 GMT -5
What are we using as the 'success' gauge? Box Office receipts, or just consistent work outside of SNL? Steve Martin's pretty successful, although he wasn't really a full fledged cast member. Technically, you could also say Ben Stiller is a successful former SNL alum, although his run was very short lived. He was a writer and part time performer during the '89 season. But, I guess since he wasn't a full member, yeah. Dan Aykroyd's done a lot. Movies might not have grossed alot, but I see him popping up all over the place. Rob Schneider's popped up a lot as well, doesn't mean we care to see him. True. That's very true. But I guess that'd make him kinda successful, being able to carry on a career after the show. I mean, there's a lot of people who didn't have much post SNL success.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 14:03:10 GMT -5
Yes but wasn't the entire cast from 80-81, sans Eddie, dumped? I'm thinking of the year when Lorne Michaels left, the first time, and some woman whose name I can't think of became Executive Producer. It was everybody but Murphy and Piscopo that got canned. Murphy went on to bigger fame, but the two of them carried that show for a few years, and most folks seem to forget that. The woman you can't think of was Jean Doumanian. And, since someone asked earlier, yes, Billy Crystal was a castmember, in the 10th season (considered an "all-star" season, featuring Crystal, Martin Short, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, et al. All of whom were considered well-traveled comedians by that point). That season gave us the synchronized swiming sketch that I qoute often ("you're not angry, you just pointing, 'hey you, I know you, I know you'")
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Nov 29, 2009 14:58:22 GMT -5
Rob Schneider has a career post SNL due to being friends wth Sandler.
Seriously he's like the Brutus Beefcake of Saturday Night Live.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Nov 30, 2009 0:18:19 GMT -5
Steve Martin's pretty successful, although he wasn't really a full fledged cast member. Steve Martin wasn't a castmember at all. He was (and remains) a frequent guest host. Also, Damon Wayans was a castmember in the 85-86 season (well, a good portion of it) and then went on to be a star on In Living Color and (much later) My Wife and Kids. His movies haven't exactly made huge box office (Major Payne, Celtic Pride) but his TV work has been pretty successful, I think.
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