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Jun 9, 2024 · With maybe the simplest concept of any Saturday Night Live sketch, this piece by legendary writer Jim Downey (above) — who also stars as an eager-to-please service representative — masterfully ridicules seemingly sincere corporate ad campaigns.
Jun 26, 2024 · Jim Downey 9 He was hired as one of many writers-turned-featured players in season five, and though he left the cast after the season, he returned to the show as a writer in the mid-1980s and remained with it on-and-off until 2013 .
Jun 21, 2024 · “We don’t matter.” Since leaving late-night television in 2021, Conan O’Brien, 61, has become more reflective about life (and death), given to philosophical flights of fancy that he...
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Jun 27, 2024 · Standup comedian Norm MacDonald was a fearless anchor of “Weekend Update” who delighted in crossing lines. But he went to far for NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer by delivering years of jokes calling Ohlmeyer’s friend, O.J. Simpson, a murderer. Both MacDonald and SNL writer Jim Downey feuded with Ohlmeyer, who insisted MacDonald just wasn’t ...
Jun 25, 2024 · Even late night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon appeared in skits. Scroll through the photos below to see all the big names — and some you may have forgotten — who have carried SNL through ...
5 days ago · Still others posted a version of a joke comedy writer Jim Downey made on Conan O'Brien's podcast where he pretended to only know sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a New York financier. "I'm talking ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Both MacDonald and SNL writer Jim Downey feuded with Ohlmeyer, who insisted MacDonald just wasn’t funny.
