The only two TV shows I saw do that, where they don't warm them up and you can really bomb, was Saturday Night Live - and that's why it gets a lot of heat, too. Obviously it gets criticism fairly, too. But a lot of it is because Lorne [Michaels] lets the audience decide and doesn't force them to laugh.
Norm MacDonaldThe most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
Norm MacDonaldSome people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
Norm MacDonaldI would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.
Norm MacDonald