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Original ‘SNL’ Employee Retires After 50 Years
A longtime member of the Saturday Night Live team is retiring after 50 years on the job. Stephen “Demo” DeMaria, SNL’s ...
After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
But the ending was painfully familiar. On December 18, 1997, just two months after hosting SNL, Chris Farley died of an ...
Stephen ‘Demo’ DeMaria, a set builder for ‘SNL’ for 50 years, is hanging up his hammer
Nicole Stiegelbauer is his boss on the show and told the publication her grandfather initially hired DeMaria. She said she ...
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'Boss of the Carpenters' retires this weekend after 50 years building sets for SNL
Stephen “Demo” DeMaria has been building sets for “Saturday Night Live” since before the show even aired — he helped build ...
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Lorne Michaels reportedly used to ‘ban’ Chris Farley from shoots during his addiction days
During a recent appearance on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, biographer Susan Morrison looked back at how the head of ...
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‘SNL’ Boss Lorne Michaels Used To “Ban” Chris Farley “For Weeks At A Time” As Farley Struggled With Drug Addiction
Michaels’ biographer Susan Morrison, author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, revealed during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast that John Belushi ...
Why Lorne Michaels Would Allegedly Ban Chris Farley From ‘SNL’ for “Weeks at a Time”
The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,' recalls how the 'SNL' creator would try to help the late castmember by sending him ...
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Lorne Michaels would ban Chris Farley from SNL for 'weeks at a time' to try to get him off drugs
Biographer Susan Morrison revealed that the "Saturday Night Live" boss changed his approach to the cast's drinking and drug use after John Belushi's death in 1982.
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After Working With John Belushi, Lorne Michaels Used To 'Ban' Chris Farley From SNL Amidst Drug Addiction: 'Obviously, It Didn't Do It For Him'
In a recent conversation on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Susan Morrison, author of Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, spoke candidly about how deeply Belushi’s 1982 ...