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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#2SNL News
Posted: 8/9/16 at 8:48am
huh.
That's odd.
"I had sort of had it in my head I would make this upcoming year my last year, but then heard they weren't going to pick up my contract," [Killam] said in an interview with the publication. "I was never given a reason why, really. I can assume until the cows come home." -CNN
I've always thought that Jay Pharoah was an excellent addition to the SNL cast because all of his impressions are so spot on. SNL has always had cast members who could do impressions, but they've always been Caucasian. (Eddie Murphy did a very limited amount.)
Pharoah has bags and bags of really spot on impersonations of African-American men. I've always found that to be a unique and fresh addition to the show.
huh.
#3SNL News
Posted: 8/9/16 at 10:34am
Yeah Taran will be a huge loss for the show. Who knows their reasoning? Not being privy to the contract negotiations that go on this time of year one can only guess. Wasn't it Horatio Sands, a few years back, who learned he wasn't going back to the show by being asked by the DJ interviewing him about how he felt about it?
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
#6SNL News
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:19pm
Jordan Catalano said: "And yet they're keeping Keenan for his 25th year.
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This
i love Keenan, but his skits and impersonations have gotten old. We need some fresh blood.
taran and Jay have had miraculous runs on the show. I hope they continue to work.
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sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#10SNL News
Posted: 8/10/16 at 7:45am
Taran is directing a film and he told the powers that be that it could delay his return. They basically said. Fine. Don't. He had said he only wanted to do one more year anyway. Lorne doesn't take kindly to other peoples "interference" w his running of the show.
#11SNL News
Posted: 8/10/16 at 12:00pm
Mildred Plotka said: "I just hope Leslie Jones gets bumped up from featured. "
I have not been a fan of hers. However, I can tell she has the potential to be really funny But something seems off. Even in her car commercial. I would actually like to see her bumped up because it may allow her to show off her talent more. Just my opinion.
Just give the world Love.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#13SNL News
Posted: 8/10/16 at 3:00pm
This is the quote SNAFU
I don’t know fully. I don’t know the other side of it. You sign for seven years, so I had one more year. I had sort of had it in my head I would make this upcoming year my last year, but then heard they weren’t going to pick up my contract. I was never given a reason why, really. I can assume until the cows come home. But I do know I’m directing this movie [Why We’re Killing Guntherwith Arnold Schwarzenegger] and I’ll have two months of post-production that would have bled into the SNL production schedule, so we kind of communicated that.
I honestly don’t know what happened on the other side, but I do know we had expressed I have work on this film and in bonding this picture, that has to get cleared with SNL. And then [another offer] came up. I wasn’t going to have to take any time off to do it, but it was a thing that they would have had to okay.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but SNL doesn’t always like that when there are other things going on during the season.
I don’t know. I’ve seen it both ways, you know what I mean? That’s sort of the tough thing to know, even being behind the curtain at that show. Sometimes people are allowed to miss days out of the week to go film movies and sometimes you’re not allowed to do a guest spot. There’s no one right way or one wrong way and there’s really no rule book. But my feeling about it is I got my dream job. I set out to be on SNL and I got to do that and I did very well. And I love and adore and will forever have close ties and tight bonds with the brilliant, smartest, funniest people I’ve ever met in my life. So, I have no gripes at all. I am so, so, so lucky to have been given the time I’ve been given
from an interview w uproxx.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#14SNL News
Posted: 8/11/16 at 8:56pm
Addendum-
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/jay-pharaoh-taran-killam-showtime-white-famous-mating-1201835818/
#15SNL News
Posted: 8/11/16 at 9:35pm
sabrelady said: "Addendum-
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/jay-pharaoh-taran-killam-showtime-white-famous-mating-1201835818/
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So happy for them. I hope both of them can be picked up!
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
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#16SNL News
Posted: 8/12/16 at 7:13pm
I knew the movie was happening. Bobby Moynahan is performing in it and it was also written by his girlfriend. They were heading out to LA at the end of last season. I guess Taran's duty as director would keep him there a little longer. Too bad, Taran was fun to work with. Who knows? Maybe our paths will cross again.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#17SNL News or meanwhile back at the ranch...
Posted: 8/14/16 at 11:38pm
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/08/saturday-night-live-gay-jokes-kate-mckinnon
Interesting turn here.
#18SNL News or meanwhile back at the ranch...
Posted: 8/15/16 at 10:30am
sabrelady said: "http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/08/saturday-night-live-gay-jokes-kate-mckinnon
Interesting turn here."
VERY interesting! Given their track record, I think these two could be really fantastic head writers. Now, I'm actually excited about this new season.
