Posted on 11/16/2020 12:31:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
Lorne Michaels did not have a lot of sympathy during the late John Belushi’s drug-fueled escapades.
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“He’d been out with [Rolling Stones rocker] Ronnie Wood and he was a mess,” Michaels says in the documentary. “He was coughing, he looked terrible and the doctor says, ‘John can’t go on,’ and I was somewhere between rage and very little sympathy.”
“So I said, ‘What happens if he does it?’ He says, ‘Well, he could die?’ And I said, ‘What are the odds of that?’ And he said, ’50/50,’ and I said, ‘I can live with that,’” Michaels continues.
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Lorne Michaels did not have a lot of sympathy during the late John Belushi’s drug-fueled escapades.
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“He’d been out with [Rolling Stones rocker] Ronnie Wood and he was a mess,” Michaels says in the documentary. “He was coughing, he looked terrible and the doctor says, ‘John can’t go on,’ and I was somewhere between rage and very little sympathy.”
“So I said, ‘What happens if he does it?’ He says, ‘Well, he could die?’ And I said, ‘What are the odds of that?’ And he said, ’50/50,’ and I said, ‘I can live with that,’” Michaels continues.
50 years down the road, so?
Wasn’t most the 70s cast blown on a variety of substances during those broadcasts?
drug-fueled escapades
A lifestyle that doesn't last.
Wasn’t most the 70s cast blown on a variety of substances during those broadcasts?
Yes, but they figured out how to get away from that. Now they only hire radical Leftwing activists, they only drink coffee and smoke pot.
I recently learned from an interview with Dana Carvey that he first imitated Lorne Michaels, and then his co-star Mike Meyers turned that into the Dr. Evil character for the Austen Powers series…..
There are lot of people who do Lorne impressions.
I can hear Dana Carvey doing Lorne, “I can live with that.”
Belushi was a great talent. But he also had some severe issues. I am emphatic but also angry that he threw away his gifts.
I don’t think it was the drug use, everybody on that set was doing drugs. I think it was the drug use so extreme he couldn’t be counted on. Doing an hour and a half of live TV every week you really don’t want to be wondering if one of your stars is even going to be conscious.
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If you didn’t say or do anything about it at the time, and looked away, then you basically condoned that behavior. You have no reason to be pissed at anyone, or anything except yourself.
Typical “compassionate” liberal. His stupid show is all he cared about. Did you try to help him Lorne?
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I think Michaels bears some of the responsibility for fostering a culture of rampant drug taking.
Okay, because it looked fine as I was posting it.
The new SNL issue...
He had very little “sympathy for the Devil”
Totally not your fault.
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