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Damon Wayans recalls getting fired from ‘SNL’ for breaking an important rule
Damon Wayans has no hard feelings about getting fired from “Saturday Night Live” back in Season 11 – mostly because he wanted to be let go from the sketch show.
Damon Wayans Reflects on Controversial SNL Firing in Peacock’s Docuseries
Beyond Saturday Night,” Damon Wayans reflects on his brief time at Saturday Night Live and the controversial sketch that led to his firing. “Yeah, I got fired. We gonna talk about it,” Wayans says in the fourth episode of the series titled “Season 11: The Weird Year.
Damon Wayans Revealed Which "Saturday Night Live" Sketch Got Him Fired, And Why
SNL cast member A. Whitney Brown defended Lorne's decision to fire Damon by explaining, "You cannot go rogue, you cannot try to steal a sketch. A lot of people don't know this about Saturday Night Live, but the actual amount of improvisation on that show is miniscule, maybe one line a year, I would bet one line every five years."
Damon Wayans On ‘SNL’ Sketch That Got Him Fired: “I Snapped, I Just Did Not Care”
Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint on Saturday Night Live and the sketch that got him fired from the NBC late-night sketch show.
Damon Wayans on Why He "Purposefully" Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL': "I Snapped"
Damon Wayans is opening up about his reason for "purposefully" getting himself fired from Saturday Night Live following his short run on the NBC show in the '80s. The actor and comedian appeared on the Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,
Damon Wayans Reveals He ‘Purposely’ Got Fired From SNL
Damon Wayans was a cast member during season 11 of SNL, when the show had an overhaul on existing stars participating.
Damon Wayans Reflects On Getting Fired From ‘SNL’: “I Just Did Not Care”
The comedian looks back on "purposely" jeopardizing his position due to frustrations with creative direction in a docuseries on the sketch comedy.
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.
Damon Wayans 'Purposely' Got Himself Fired from “SNL” After Getting Cautionary Advice from Eddie Murphy: 'I Snapped'
Damon Wayans is reflecting on his brief time as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. 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.
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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 ... Wayans explained in the new Peacock docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” that he was not nervous about auditioning for ...
Damon Wayans reveals why he ‘purposely’ got fired from ‘SNL’
Damon Wayans is opening up on the circumstances surrounding his firing from “Saturday Night Live” in 1986, admitting he ...
How ‘SNL’ nearly got canceled during this ‘f – – k up’ season — that Tom Hanks called ‘painfully obvious’
Tom Hanks said that his first time hosting “SNL” in Season 11, he noticed, “The division between what worked and what didn’t ...
Tracy Morgan says SNL was 'whitest show in America' when he joined and that he felt 'culturally isolated'
The comic-actor, 56, spoke about his experience while speaking on the new Peacock docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.
Robert Downey Jr. Reflects on Early Challenges During His Time as Saturday Night Live Cast Member
Robert Downey Jr. revisits his brief role as a Saturday Night Live cast member in the latest docuseries. Read on to know what ...
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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 ...