The people with class? Do you mean the two old guys who were racist snobs and used the "n" word?
Posted on 08/13/2010 7:50:30 AM PDT by Erin Brown
This isn’t quite a candidate for an “E! True Hollywood Story,” but it is a little of insight into what goes on behind the scenes, and on set, of the show “Saturday Night Live.” Friends, rivalries, relationships – most of it is folklore. However last night on HLN’s “The Joy Behar Show,” Rob Schneider let loose on guest host Shaun Robinson and shared how he really feels about former fellow SNL cast member and writer, and current Democratic Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.:
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Never mind any political leanings....He just comes off as a jerk on the show. Character always comes through. Besides, I thought Franken was more a writer and behind-the-scenes kind of guy, who let his ego talk him into getting in front of the camera.
Dunno about the political leanings of other comedians on SNL, other than Victoria Jackson. I know a couple of stand-up comedians (local, not anyone that you've heard of, unfortunately) ... and they're very, very good at reading people. I can't imagine that Sandler, Spade, etc, are any different. They may just be feeding their audiences what they want to hear.
Or, they may just be smart enough to keep their mouths shut about politics. Conservatives watch TV, too. :-)
Franken couldn't hold a candle to the late Michael O'Donoghue.
Franken started out his career as an avowed, "in-your-face" stage-comic Communist.
His first appearances on SNL featured him and his stage partner, who's name escapes me atm... out loud and proud about being Communists.
Yet another strange, but sad, uniquely American situation. A rare moment or two of beery College comic mediocrity (helmet cam?) parleyed into a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Shades of Huey Long.
I guess that some of Franken's early stuff was pretty funny - don't remember it at the time, just seen it in reruns. Figure that he wrote for the show for what, 20 years? Late 70s to mid-to-late 90s?
He should have hung it up and rested on his laurels. That's one massive ego he's sporting.
Regardless, MOD inspired a generation or two of comics, beginning with the original National Lampoon, the National Lampoon Radio Hour, which featured Chevy Chase, Belushi, all before SNL premiered in 1975.
Too bad his head exploded.
Yeah, I remember him as the "One-man news crew", or something, with the satellite uplink on his head.
Marginally funny, for the times. Enjoyed watching Dennis Miller reacting to him, more, though.
IMO, Schneider is a talentless hack. But I’m pleased to hear he isn’t afraid to call Franken out.
Franken almost ruined a perfectly good movie in “Trading Places.”
Don’t know about the others, but insofar as Dennis Miller is concerned...I think it’s just that he’s way too smart to lean left.
Don’t know about the others, but insofar as Dennis Miller is concerned...I think it’s just that he’s way too smart to lean left.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7b266f28c7/attack-of-the-masturbating-zombies
Somebunny’s a South Park fan. ;-D
“a perfectly good movie in “Trading Places.”
Didn’t see a sarcasm tag . . .
That movie was basically a remake of Robin Hood. It was not a good movie in any sense. The people with class were portrayed as evil and stupid, there was bestiality, the heroine was a prostitute, etc, etc.
IIRC, he was stoned when he filmed his scenes.
The people with class? Do you mean the two old guys who were racist snobs and used the "n" word?
I don’t remember Franken in “Trading Places”. That’s the one with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroyd, right?
I remember. It was that crappy part on the train at the end. He was the drunk train attendant. Definitely the worst actor in the movie.
Hubby and I always detested him and wondered how he got on the show...maybe the way Nobama got into Columbia and Haarvaad?
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