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Damon Wayans On ‘SNL’ Sketch That Got Him Fired

Damon Wayans Explains Why He Did 'SNL' Sketch Stunt That Got Him Fired

Michaels said he canned him midseason because “it had to be done,” EW noted. Before his unauthorized improv, Wayans said in the doc he was warned by “SNL” great Eddie Murphy that as a Black man he would be pigeonholed into certain characters, so he’d better write his own, Deadline reported.

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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 revealed how he 'purposely' got himself fired from 'Saturday Night Live' after going off script during a sketch: 'I just did not care.'

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Damon Wayans on Why He “Purposefully” Got Himself Fired From ‘SNL’: “I Snapped”

Wayans basically “broke the ultimate [ SNL] golden rule, which is no surprises,” according to Live From New York author James Andrew Miller. Former writer A. Whitney Brown added, “You cannot go rogue. You cannot try to steal a sketch.”

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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 ...

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Roush Review: Live from New York … 4 Fascinating Chapters of ‘SNL’ History

Marking the 50th anniversary, this docuseries goes behind the scenes of the audition process and the writers' room, ...

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'SNL50' docs are so good, the only prescription would be more

Peacock's terrific 50th anniversary retrospective focuses on the NBC show's auditions, writing process and ridiculous "More ...

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