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SNL Cast Memeber To Perform

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Topic: SNL Cast Memeber To Perform

Posted By: randy
Subject: SNL Cast Memeber To Perform
Date Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 12:31pm

On March 27, 2010 at 7 p.m. former Saturday night live cast member Norm MacDonald will perform at Miami University Middletown. Macdonald joined the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live (SNL) television program in 1993, where he performed impressions of Larry King, Burt Reynolds, David Letterman, Charles Kuralt, and Bob Dole, among others. Following Kevin Nealon's departure from SNL, Macdonald anchored the segment Weekend Update. Chevy Chase, the first anchor of Weekend Update, has opined that Macdonald is the only anchor since his own tenure to have "done it right".

Macdonald's time with Saturday Night Live effectively ended in late 1997, when he was fired from the Weekend Update segment upon the insistence of NBC West Coast Executive Don Ohlmeyer, who pressured the producers to remove him, explaining that Macdonald was "not funny." Some believe that Don Ohlmeyer's friendship with O.J. Simpson — a celebrity whom Macdonald often antagonized on the show — may have fueled Ohlmeyer's decision.

MacDonald’s Celebrity impersonations include:

Al Michaels

Andy Rooney

Alan Driscoll

Allen Funt (as his character Todd Deal)

Barry Scheck

Bill Cosby

Bob Dole

Burt Reynolds

Charles Kuralt

Clint Eastwood

Craig Reid from The Proclaimers

David Letterman

Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Flea

George Burns

John Gray

Juan Peron

Slim Pickens

Larry King

Lou Gehrig

Marv Albert

Michael Richards

Quentin Tarantino

Rod Serling

Rowan Atkinson (as his character Mr. Bean)

Burton Gilliam, though erroneously referred to as Slim Pickens

Tommy Lee

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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 12:54pm

This looks like something fun. U'm thinking about going to this.

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Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Mar 05 2010 at 2:53pm

This should be a hilarious(but pricey) evening.

HOWEVER

Once again, MU-M has scheduled their artist series on the SAME NIGHT that the John Cowan Band and the Qeebe Sisters play to a sold-out house as part of the extremely successful MU-H artist series.

This is like the third or fourth consecutive time for this to happen. Prior, it had been with the same genre of music at both locations, with MU-M suffering because most followers are season ticket holders to the

MU-H series.

My wife and I would love to see the SNL star(and my wife may do so), however I already have season tickets for MU-H, and the Cowan Band shows are legendary.

Hopefully these two series will be synchronized next year under one leadership. This would eliminate the un-necessary competition and bolster the local attendance.

jmo