00:0050 years of SNL. What do you think of when you think about the legacy of this show?
00:08That just how lucky I was to be a part of it.
00:12When you think about your time and your tenure on the show, is there a particular sketch that
00:18comes to mind that maybe you thought wouldn't land and it did, or maybe the opposite that you
00:23thought it was, it is going to land? A sketch I did, Barbara Walters interviewing Snoop Dogg,
00:31and this is when Snoop Dogg first came out, you know, like was on the scene, so we didn't know
00:36how sweet he could be or anything. He was like a hardcore rapper, so I had to have Barbara interviewing
00:42him, and it ended up going better than I could have imagined. I love that. Was there a standout
00:51host for you that you're like, wow, I'd like really, this person really stuck out to me as
00:57like being a really memorable host? I'd have to say Jim Carrey. I mean, just because I was so happy
01:04for him because it meant so much to him to do the show because he had auditioned back in the day,
01:11and when you, you know, and he always wanted to be on it, and I'm like, it's way healthier to be
01:17hosting it, and I was just so happy that he did such a great job. You say it's way healthier to
01:24be hosting it than being a part of it. Why do you say that? It's a tough gig, you know? It's a really
01:31tough gig, but he's somewhat familiar with that because of In Living Color, but yeah, I always
01:38thought of people who didn't get on, who did audition, and then later ended up hosting, and it's like,
01:45wow, where one door closes, you know, another one opens, and yeah, what's one part of being on SNL
01:56that people don't truly understand or maybe realize unless you're actually doing it and going
02:01through the motions? How many of the actors have to write? I mean, we have writers, but they don't
02:06have to write for you. They write what they want, and then they cast, you know, but the writers,
02:12I mean, the actors are, a lot of actors are writing to get on the show, and they're almost
02:19competing with other writers, you know, and that's hard. You know, you have this sea of
02:28great writers, and you know, they don't have to write, you know, for you, but you know,
02:37but everybody hooks up with somebody, and I would have, was lucky to write a lot with Matt Piedmont,
02:44and, and that was, I was, like, Gilda had Alan Zweibel, and there's people that you just,
02:57and we, and Matt and I wrote really well together, and I knew I was lucky to have somebody that would
03:02write with me, who was, who was so talented. And was there a sketch or maybe a character that
03:08you workshopped that you're like, dang it, I wish that that kind of made it on air, and it maybe
03:12didn't? Well, yes, but I got her on update. It was a Joy Lipton, and she owned the erotic attic
03:25in Manhattan, and so I couldn't get her on the show, but I got her on update.
03:31Okay.
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