Gasping for Airtime: Two Years In the Trenches of Saturday Night Live

305 Pages·2005·0.98 MB·English

by  Jay Mohr

JAY MOHR
GASPING
AIRTIME
TWO YEARS IN THE TRENCHES OF Saturday Night Live
NE W YO R K
For
GASPING
AIRTIME
For
JAY MOHR
GASPING
AIRTIME
TWO YEARS IN THE TRENCHES OF Saturday Night Live
NE W YO R K
For
“Plush” by Eric Kretz, Robert Emile DeLeo, Dean DeLeo and
Scott Richard Weiland. Copyright © 1992 Universal Music Corp.
on behalf of Milsongs. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“Ultra Violet (Light My Way)” by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans,
Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen. Copyright © 1991 Universal—
Polygram International Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Used
by permission.
“Cherub Rock,” by Billy Corgan. © 1992 Cinderful Music/
Chrysalis Songs (BMI). All Rights administered by Chrysalis
Songs. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. WARNER
BROS. PUBLICATIONS U.S. INC., Miami, FL 33014.
“You Don’t Know How It Feels,” by Tom Petty. © 1994 Gone
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WARNER BROS. PUBLICATIONS U.S. INC., Miami, FL 33014.
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FO R JAC K S O N
May you one day see how truly beautiful
your mother is.
ConTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS / ix
P R O L O G U E
HAPPY HOUR / 1
C H A P T E R ONE
COMEDY IS TRUTH THE MOMENT
BEFORE ANTICIPATION / 7
C H A P T E R TWO
DUDE, HOW DID YOU GET ON SNL? / 25
C H A P T E R THREE
A KNEE IN THE GROIN / 41
C H A P T E R FOUR
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, TUESDAY / 53
C H A P T E R FIVE
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS / 71
C H A P T E R SIX
PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS / 89
C H A P T E R SEVEN
FIGHT OR FLIGHT? / 105
C H A P T E R EIGHT
THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER / 125
C H A P T E R NINE
MUSIC FOR THE SOUL / 145
C H A P T E R TEN
FAKE PITCHES / 163
C H A P T E R ELEVEN
FROM THE CRADLE / 183
C H A P T E R TWELVE
DRESSING DOWN / 197
C H A P T E R THIRTEEN
“GOOD MORNING, BROOKLYN” / 221
C H A P T E R FOURTEEN
LORNE / 237
C H A P T E R FIFTEEN
WEEKEND UPDATE / 257
C H A P T E R SIXTEEN
GIVE ME LITTLE BITS OF MORE
THAN I CAN TAKE / 273
E P I L O G U E
PHIL HARTMAN, U.S.A. / 289
C O N T E N T S
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