“I’m going to do some celebrity impressions.” Talk about your low-key, understated introductions! That’s how Jimmy Fallon’s 1998 audition for “Saturday Night Live” kicked off, with a statement that doesn’t even come close to describing the following eight minutes of Fallon hilariously hitting the nail on the head again and again. Back in 1998, Fallon …
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Second part of Dana Carvey’s audition for Saturday Night Live. **Watch part 1 – Chopping Broccoli
YouTube really is amazing. Type in “SNL audition” and find the moment that changed a comedian’s life. Here’s Phil Hartman’s audition… Belushi, Fallon, Carvey – amazing stuff. (Keep an eye out for Jon Lovitz around 8:15.) Thx Rick Klau
Things to do today: Tickle the gerbils. Meet BamBam at the bowling alley and let him know he owes me $5 dollars. Translate my memoirs into Esperanto. Avoid the Bermuda Triangle at all costs. Make all the doorbells in the whole wide world play nothing but love songs.
Here are the rules, pulled from Tina Fey’s, Bossypants. #1 – Start with Yes [author] “Freeze, I have a gun!” “No, you don’t that’s your finger.” [/author] [author] “Freeze, I have a gun!” “The gun I gave you for Christmas? You jerk!” [/author] Now, obviously in real life you’re not always going to agree …