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Whoopie Goldberg has Never Been Asked to Host SNL! Says her 'Baffled' Producer.
Nov. 10 2013 | Lee Martell

Posted on 11/10/2013 1:08:27 AM PST by lee martell

Tom Leonardis has been Whoppie Goldberg's producer for about 19 years. Tom is also president of Whoopie Inc., her largest fan club. He admits to being frustrated and confused as to why Ms. Goldberg has never, ever been asked to host the Saturday Night Live entertainment show. "Whoopie has won an Oscar, she has hosted the Oscars, she won Emmys, Gramy and Tony awards as well, she even runs The View, Barbara Walters' Crown Jewel of a show, a couple times a month. So you tell me, what does it take for one of the most successful black comics to host this show? Lorne Greene never responds to my emails or my phone calls or any of my tweets. I've had enough of this treatment!".

Tom was speaking with reporters on the evening that Whoopie premiered her one woman performance at The Apollo Theatre; Whoopie presents Moms Mabley. In attendance were George Schlattner of Rowan and Martin's Laugh in production, Rain Pryor, daughter of Late Comic Richard Pryor, Dick Cavett, Phylis Rashad, and Jerry Stiller. Rain has also opened a show recently; her performance in 'Fried Chicken and Latkas" is receiving rave reviews. Whoopie says she long ago stopped waiting for Lorne Greene to dial her number; "I am not worried about it, okay?' was her response to the topic.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: baffling; nbc; racism; whoopigoldberg
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To: lowbridge

That was a waste of money.


61 posted on 11/10/2013 6:29:51 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Gen.Blather

I saw her on Broadway and I thought she was funny.

Never could stand the thought of the View, so I never watched.


62 posted on 11/10/2013 6:38:00 PM PST by Vermont Lt ( 1-800-318-2596, Mr President.)
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To: TN4Liberty

Has Eddie Murphy hosted? He was a cast member for a few years, but I don’t know that he’s returned to host.

Whoopie probably hasn’t been asked because they don’t trust her to avoid dropping F-bombs on live TV. They’d wear out the seven-second delay.


63 posted on 11/10/2013 8:25:31 PM PST by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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