David Schwimmer stated Monday he bought a hostile reception from “Saturday Night Live” writers when he appeared on the comedy present many years in the past ― and for a very long time, he didn’t know why. (Watch the video under.)
It was October 1995. Fame was blooming for Schwimmer and his castmates, however it was Schwimmer who grew to become the primary to host the comedy sketch collection. He shot an episode of “Friends” in Los Angeles on Tuesday night time ― as they did again within the day ― and arrived in New York on Thursday prepared to organize for the dwell “SNL” present.
“When I walked into the writer’s room, the entire writing staff looked at me as if I had just slept with their mom or something,” he advised host Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show.” “They were not happy to see me, and I had no idea.”
The actor stated he bought by way of the brief week and dwell broadcast whereas “traumatized.”
“It wasn’t until years later that I was talking to somebody else who hosted the show and they said no, you’re supposed to show up on a Monday,” he stated. “No one told me.”
Schwimmer stated he would “try not to blame all my reps” for the “one big mistake.”
The “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” actor fast-forwarded to current day, saying he’d acquired an e mail inviting him to the fiftieth anniversary particular of “SNL” in February.
“It’s been 30 years, and I’m thinking maybe they forgot that they don’t like me, or it’s just some intern that’s tasked with emailing everyone who’s ever hosted. But I don’t know what to do,” Schwimmer confessed.
After some backwards and forwards, it seems the actor would possibly attend with Northwestern College pal Colbert, who briefly labored as a contract “SNL” author, as his plus-one.
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One other glad ending in present enterprise.
Quick-forward to 2:30 to listen to Schwimmer recall his awkward “SNL” second:
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