Former SNL cast member opens up on the sketch that got him fired: ‘I snapped’
In episode 12 of the season, Wayans was in a sketch with Randy Quaid, where the pair played police officers. Despite rehearsing the character as discussed, Wayans decided to improvise during the live show and played the role as an effeminate gay stereotype.
Damon Wayans ‘Purposely’ Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL’ by Going Off Script: ‘I Snapped. I Just Did Not Care’
Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script. Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series, which has been deemed “the weird year,
Damon Wayans 'Purposely' Got Himself Fired from “SNL” After Getting Cautionary Advice from Eddie Murphy: 'I Snapped'
Wayans is one of many funny people looking back at the weekly late-night staple's place in comedy history in the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Recalling his time on season 11 in the fourth episode, “Season 11: The Weird Year," Wayans said he didn't feel a lot of nerves about auditioning or making the cast — at first.
How One 'SNL' Star 'Snapped' On-Air and Intentionally Got Fired
"Having not fired anybody for the first five years, [firing Damon Wayans] was really, really hard," the producer admitted in an older interview featured in SNL50. "But it had to be done." Wayans had broken a cardinal rule of the show,
Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired
Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries that he sabotaged his stint on “ Saturday Night Live ” in frustration over the sketch roles he was being offered. (Watch the video below.) The matter came to a boil when Wayans went rogue during a sketch called “Mr.
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"Lorne [Michaels] fired him pretty much as he walked off the stage."
"And then Lorne fired him pretty much as he walked off the stage," Griffin recalled. "I snapped. I just did not care. I ...
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'SNL' creator's UT Austin exhibit will tell story of the iconic TV show
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Saturday Night Live show creator Lorne Michaels donates archive to University of Texas
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'SNL' creator Lorne Michaels entrusts UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center with historic collection
Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC's “Saturday Night Live", has donated his archive to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center.