On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> With all due respect, Paul, my memory seems to tell me that Mary Gross, > although frequently used in sketches and given a little more spotlight by > being the anchor for what was called "SNL Newsbreak" in the first Ebersol > season, was never the "star" female performer in that cast. In fact, > despite the presences during the Ebersol years at one point or another of > Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christine Ebersole and Pamela Stephenson, the decision > by Ebersol to make "SNL" the Eddie Murphy/Joe Piscopo show (and in that > last Ebersol season, the Billy Crystal/Marty Short/Christopher Guest/Harry > Shearer show) pretty much marginalized the women on the show. > > Yes - I was trying to signal an ambiguity about this role during that period in my list - neither Gross nor Duke really fit, yet I could not find another female cast member who would fit any better. I always saw that Crystal/Guest season as a flat out different show from SNL - there was a lot of really good stuff in that season, but it was much more of an anthology of pre-exisiting comedy star turns than anything like a troupe or cast. -- 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
