What? Cameron was already a Fundie back then? I thought it happened when his career took a dive after the show (a very common reason for “finding God” for has-beens is a lack of career).
Yes, I think he found God during the show’s production. He also met and married his wife while the show was running. I remember hearing a story that said they both flat-out refused to take their wedding rings off for filming, and had to cover them with flesh-colored tape.
ETA: Hey, what happened to the OP?
The story also goes that he insisted (successfully) that the actress playing his character’s girlfriend be fired, and her character written out of the show after she posed for Playboy.
So, his lack of career after the end of the show might be linked to his Fundamentalism (or rather him being such an ass about being a Fundie). Too bad, Growing Pains was my favorite sitcom when I was a kid (and Cameron was really good in it).
It’s “Clean Slate” and I actually thought it was hilarious.
Nit picked right back: it costarred Joan Crawford, who dropped out several weeks into filming and was replaced by Olivia de Havilland.
In Season One, no one got along with poor Jane Curtin, as she was not into drinking and drugging and just wanted to go home after work.
I remember hearing adult Barry Williams and Christopher Knight say that, years after “The Brady Bunch” went off the air, they learned that they were about the ONLY males on the set that Reed didn’t proposition constantly.
Poor, poor Mike Lookinland.
What an ignorant slut.
But Curtin wasn’t so much disliked by the SNL cast as she was simply out of place. In fact, at one point the rest of the cast decided to make Curtin the “official” cast go-between with the network suits because she was the most normal.
Not exactly an actor, but based on a series of memoirs I’ve read, apparantly NO ONE at CBS (either on or off camera) could stand Charles Kuralt, and Kuralt pretty much reciprocated. Everyone admired his talent, but felt that his “On the Road” segments were the best way to use his talent while keeping him away from them. The story goes that Bill Moyers was approached to co-host a program with Kuralt and told the executives. “I will watch any show with Charles Kuralt. One thing I won’t do is BE on any show with Charles Kuralt.”
When Carvey hosted SNL back in February, he and Myers opened the show with a new Wayne’s World sketch in which they commented on this year’s Oscars.
I’ve read some interviews and articles about Myers and he’s difficult to work with. Google it and you’ll find tons of details.
Beat me to it. I think Krokodil kind of nailed it, though. But based on that mini-reunion back in February, they seem to have patched things up. Like most people, they mellowed with age. Plus, Myers was probably humbled by the “Love Guru” debacle.
I love the story about Bob Denver, not just because it showed he was a nice guy, but also that it showed he was nothing at all like his on-screen persona: a very shrewd negotiator who used his influence and power wisely.
SNL just seems like it’s designed to make people hate each other. I still think it’s amazing they can get away with having exactly one token black guy (or for the past two years, one token black sketch performer, and one token black impressionist). Plus, how many black females have they had besides Maya Rudolph?
Not trying to make this about SNL’s racial hiring preferences - more just a comment on how they keep doing things that seem designed to cause acrimony.
Danitra Vance would probably satisfy whatever you think a black female is. She died from the SNL curse.
Poor, poor Tiger.
I didn’t realize I’d given you such a great (ahem) straight line- bravo!
Poor Poor Sam the Butcher.
True for the most part, but there really was personal animosity between Jane Curtain and John Belushi, who said some pretty unpleasant things about each other (both to each other’s face as well as to various 3rd parties) on several occasions.
John Belushi was a mass of walking contradictions; He could apparently be one of the sweetest, most loyal guys in all of showbiz to one person, then 5 minutes later turn around and treat someone else like garbage in front of a room full of onlookers.
Some of those who knew him best were truly, sincerely heartbroken when he died, while others celebrated with an uncut 8-Ball, a couple of teenaged hookers and 19 large pizzas, all of which Belushi could have gone thru in his prime within about 45 minutes time…
Ha HA!