Good podcast on Norm getting fired from SNL

[Steve Timko]

The “Fly on the Wall” podcast with Dana Carvey and David Spade has merit. I’ve listened to a handful of episodes and liked them, although the one with Bob Odenkirk had too much log rolling (“You were great!” “No, YOU were great!”).

The one with Jim Downey was especially interesting to me because he added more insight to the O.J. Simpson-Don Ohlymayer saga and Norm MacDonald being fired. If any of that interests you, it’s worth a listen.

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jim-downey/id1603639502?i=1000560441349

[Bob Jersey]

Those of us who won't deal with Apple will have to, to paraphrase John Landis, check their favorite platforms next Wednesday.     B

Steve Timko, June 30th:

[Steve Timko]

It's already a couple of weeks old.

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[Tom Wolper]

On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 1:54 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com> wrote:

It's already a couple of weeks old.

It came out May 11, to be exact. I listened to the episode and enjoyed it a lot. Downey was there for more SNL history than anybody but Lorne and he seems reticent in general to do interviews or tell stories about the show. He's really open and loose with Dana and David and there's a lot of good stuff in the episode. I especially enjoyed the three of them talking about dealing with NBC censors, Downey talking about giving John Belushi notes, and the stories about the Chippendales sketch.

The best podcast episode I heard about Norm was Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend recorded just after Norm died last year. Conan, Andy, and producer Frank Smiley talk about Norm and his talk show appearances.

https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend/episodes/conan-talks-about-norm-macdonald