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Brendan Fraser on Hosting SNL: It Feels Like You Own NY For an Hour | Fly on the Wall

January 18, 2023 / 04:41

This episode features discussions about Saturday Night Live, the experience of hosting, and memorable sketches. Guests share personal anecdotes and insights about the show's environment.

The conversation highlights the unique feeling of hosting SNL, with one guest describing it as a milestone and a way to connect with New York City. They emphasize the support from the crew and the chaos of quick costume changes.

Guests recall specific sketches, including a memorable one with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan, and the challenges of live performances. They discuss the emotional impact of sketches that get cut before airing.

There are humorous moments shared about the behind-the-scenes experience, including wardrobe malfunctions and the pressure of performing live. The guests reflect on their growth and learning as writers and performers on the show.

The episode captures the fast-paced and unpredictable nature of SNL, with guests expressing their love for the experience despite its challenges.

TL;DR

Guests share their experiences and memories from hosting Saturday Night Live, highlighting the chaos and excitement of live performance.

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do you have any more things you want to
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share about Saturday Night Live before
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yeah I loved it it was a proving ground
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and it earned a stripe at the same time
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by the way I felt like I had it's a
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milestone absolute Milestone you feel
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like I think if I was just out there
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doing a show or doing a movie
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and when it's one of those things like
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the cover Rolling Stone or something
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where they go you they want you to host
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it it has to hit you like it does it's
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just it's not insubstantial at all and
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when you host that show you own New York
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for an hour or so in a feeling that you
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get yeah oh it is oh it's the coolest
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thing like you're a part of the city in
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a meaningful way that I wasn't
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anticipating the whole machine
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everyone's trying to help you everyone's
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there to make sure you're okay that week
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that I think it's about changing clothes
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it's mostly about changing the doors
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fast quickly running around features not
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trying to bump your head into the
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overheads basically yeah you could be in
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danger that your height
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okay there you go they didn't even put
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bumpers on it like oh yeah they have
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bumpers tennis balls because you're
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sprinting sometimes the studio in the
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dark naked essentially naked underneath
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the seats of everyone watching so
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there's all these asses about you crew
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guys are walking by they've got me
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stripped naked this guy walks by the
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cigarette Spade I thought you're going
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to start working out I go get out of
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here I would just close my eyes I'm so
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humiliated I just a little underwear on
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it I I was completely bare chested
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everything they're comb my hair they're
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picking at me and I just closed my eyes
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and this is camping I wear two speed I
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was in case my main one breaks all right
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do you know the Hooter clamp it's a
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thing that keeps everything in place
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it's called a Hooter clamp so that's
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what spelled data well you know that's a
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joke my brothers and I had that as a
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running gag when we were kids I have
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three older brothers like one of our
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sponsors we joke about the Hooter clamp
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brought to your mother
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you got your Hooter clamp on it was just
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a joke you know I don't know there's
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also you can put a trucker's buddy in
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there where you can pee during the show
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that's real okay no three older brothers
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so oh oh wait an SNL so 97 I had gone I
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know you probably looked for me for
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about a half hour I had gone by then and
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then Will Ferrell I think was there yes
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cast it was sort of will maybe Molly
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Quinn Will Ferrell Tim Meadows he you
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were in a really funny sketch with
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Cheryl Terry and Chris Katan where they
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went crazy in the gym like what you want
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to work out huh you know that aggressive
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sexual dude the most committed sketch
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players ever probably and you were right
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in there you know at the end come on you
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guys and every time you play along with
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them they'd start screaming at you it
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was really funny like these people were
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sexual perverts I'm the trainer okay
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I'll go with it when you want that you
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want that and then Chris katam would go
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nuts on you very funny amen
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it's fun to be in that insane world of
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like sketch and then you the second
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you're like taking a bow in your head
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going we got through it here's the crowd
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it's live and they're ripping you going
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again you're the UPS guy in this one you
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have a Russian accent oh [ __ ] there's
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another one you're looking like or even
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worse if there's a sketch you fell in
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love with that one got cut no I know
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that's the between dress and error it's
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heartbreaking yeah were you on the first
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delicious dish that's where the no not
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the first one I was on it though but it
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didn't the Applause at the beginning I
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felt like it was new when you were on it
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or maybe it was the second time I
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wouldn't know what to compare it to but
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I think I think Peach Ready MP3 yeah
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balls sweaty balls he was coming on with
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a little beard and glasses and planned
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sort of this quiet nerd playing very
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small about squash or something like
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that that was me yeah okay yeah and what
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were there um yeah okay the scary thing
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is giving yourself
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good times good times was that it good
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times yeah yeah good times read this a
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little harder hey because writers get to
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be directors on SNL I had a hard time
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understanding that concept like who's
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the director who's the director and
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someone actually pulled me aside
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everybody is the writers are the
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director you are the dude I wrote my
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first sketch they go go in the booth and
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watch it I go what does that mean I'm
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the director of it I don't know what the
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[ __ ] going on it's a great thing there
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was it's you know when William Shatner
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came on he was so loose like during the
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dress show or whatever he seemed like he
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goes well why why what I can't you know
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because we're so under rehearse like
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it's ridiculous there's cucumbers yeah
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why bother can't believe people take it
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seriously you can't rehearse you know so
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it is just I loved it personally because
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I can get up in my head I love that it
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was so fast yeah okay let's just go less
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time to think about it no time to think
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just go go

Episode Highlights

  • Hosting SNL: A Milestone
    Hosting Saturday Night Live is a profound experience, making you feel like you own New York.
    “You own New York for an hour.”
    @ 00m 28s
    January 18, 2023
  • The Insanity of Live Sketch Comedy
    Participating in live sketches brings a unique thrill and chaos that is unforgettable.
    “It's fun to be in that insane world of sketch.”
    @ 02m 53s
    January 18, 2023

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Key Moments

  • Milestone Experience00:11
  • Owning New York00:28
  • Live Sketch Chaos02:53

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