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Saturday Night Live's producers, especially Lorne Michaels, have famously and dramatically banned for life several celebrities from ever appearing on the television show. Reasons for these bans vary, as sometimes they can be seen as a rational response to a star's grossly innappropriate on-stage behavior, while at other times the reasons are harder

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HS57
March 28, 2007, 1:36 p.m.
Great article and very funny!
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kriicket
March 28, 2007, 1:44 p.m.
very good article.....interesting tidbits.
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DoerNotASayer
March 28, 2007, 2:20 p.m.
It leaves out one I remember seeing live in '82 or '83 with Andy Kaufman and The Pretenders.
Kaufman had gotten religion, and spent an inordinate amount of time "preaching", including when he came out to introduce The Pretenders, when he went on for so long they had to go to commercial instead of letting The Pretenders play (even though they stood there the whole time, instruments in hand). Kaufman also introduced his religious "girlfriend" and may have even let her sing.
Knowing what we know about Kaufman now it could have all been a put-on, but it still seems like the most awkward thing I had ever seen on SNL (and I saw many of the moments listed in the entry).
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WCFIELDS
March 28, 2007, 2:22 p.m.
"Robert Blake...crumpled up a script presented to him by cast member and writer Gary Kroeger and threw it back in his face."
Gary Kroeger was lucky Robert didn't blow his head off with a pistol that he had forgotten and left in a restaurant....
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Charlson
March 28, 2007, 3:16 p.m.
Down memory lane...live from New York, it's saturday night live!
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amazed
March 28, 2007, 3:33 p.m.
good article == thanks.
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KYRed
March 28, 2007, 3:48 p.m.
Fun article. Maybe SNL can have Andrew Dice Clay on so he can be banned, too.
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elel
March 28, 2007, 3:56 p.m.
oh wow, I forgot many of those incidents, thanx for the memories!
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BronxBomber
March 28, 2007, 4:24 p.m.
Great article! George Steinbrenner was on that show, and they didn't ban him?....amazing!
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Tenric
March 28, 2007, 6:16 p.m.
I think its funny that Lorne Michaels is infamous for hating improvisation.
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berbles
March 28, 2007, 6:36 p.m.
SNL used to be a great show, however the last three or four seasons have really sucked.
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B1BLancer
March 28, 2007, 6:43 p.m.
Does anybody still watch that show? It hasn't been worth a crap for 25 years.
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aceofspades1
March 28, 2007, 7:15 p.m.
Too bad the latest crop of writers haven't been banned
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david_nwpa
March 28, 2007, 8:11 p.m.
SNL has gone from the evening entertainment I waited all week to see, to becoming the show I forget to watch cause I no longer care about it. SNL is just not funny. I would rather watch Comedy Central or Adult Swim.
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KrazyKapt
March 28, 2007, 9:40 p.m.
Did not know SNL was still on the air,oh well.
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evelyna
March 29, 2007, 12:37 a.m.
Censorship ruined SNL. Never will be as good as the 70s and 80s. I do not even understand the show any more. It is not even remotely funny.
Only brain dead wepucks will watch the show. Anything except join the military.