On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hammond was interviewed on Fresh Air a couple of days ago. His story > is one of the most difficult ones I've heard from a comic and it was > hard at times to listen to him describe his emotional life in the > past. I usually think that Terry Gross does the light stuff with show > biz people while Marc Maron goes for the darker side. Hammond's past > could be extreme material even for Maron and Gross did okay with it. > > > http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/141990958/snls-darrell-hammond-reveals-cutting-abuse > I heard this too, and agree that Gross did a pretty good job with him. From what has been excerpted from his book, and this interview, it sounds to me like his drug problems are secondary to his mental health problems, which are pretty severe. I have followed SNL moderately closely since it began - I am far from an expert, but probably follow it more closely than most of the general population. I had not heard that Hammond had these issues, and given his long tenure with the show I might have guessed that he was one of the more stable cast members over the years, instead of what, even for this show, must qualify as the least stable cast member (unless Andy Dick was ever on the show). I have long thought that Hammond was one of the least talented of the cast members who have been on the show more than 3 seasons, and this may now be explained by Lorne having a sense that the show was maybe the closest thing to a real home and family that he had. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
