The original Not Ready for Prime Time Player details how she chickened out of a naughty idea.
Then came a naughty plan to have a go at sneak the C-word onto the show.
“Next thing I knew,Fred Armisencontacted me to write a Californians sketch.”
‘Saturday Night Live’ season 2 host Shelley Duvall, cast member Gilda Radner, creator Lorne Michaels, cast member Laraine Newman, and cast member Jane Curtin (bottom) in 1977.Edie Baskin
Newman explains the plan in the memoir: “What if we snuckc’untinto the sketch?
“Are you kidding?
She’s wonderfully raucous.”
Watch the version that aired below.
Newman says the C-word is probably still taboo for the sketch show.
The original Not Ready for Prime Time Player says she still watchesSNLall the time.
“I just love it.
I love sketch comedy.
I always will,” she tells EW.
“I’ve just been thrilled watching the various casts come intoSNLover the years.”
“I always hear people say ‘Your cast was the best.’
Every season, every generation, they’ve had writers and actors that represent that generation.”
“In terms of characters, I think Cecily Strong’s characters fascinate me the most.
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“I’d love to do it,” she says.
“I just can’t imagine what it would be.”
We c’unt be happier to hear it.
Watch Newman play Sherry, her Valley girl character, during herSNLscreen test below.
May You Live in Interesting Timesisavailable now on Audible.
