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The Controversial ‘SNL’ Joke That Mike Myers Apologized For
A 1992 ‘Wayne’s World’ sketch featured a gag about Chelsea Clinton that hasn’t been seen since it originally aired
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40 Years Ago, NBC Got Literal Crap in the Mail for Censoring Sam Kinison on ‘SNL’
The network received some pretty strong feedback from Kinison’s fans after removing portions of his stand-up routine from a later broadcast
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Chevy Chase (Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Chevy Chase Ended Up on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Because of a Monty Python Movie
Had the ‘Caddyshack’ star not attended a midnight screening of one of the British comedy troupe’s films, his career might’ve been—to coin a phrase—completely different
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John Candy (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) John Candy Was Apparently the Most-Burned Potential ‘SNL’ Host
The ‘Blues Brothers’ star surprisingly made very few appearances on the show over the years
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Wayne and Garth from 'Wayne's World' (Photo by Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images) Lorne Michaels Wanted to Use a Guns N’ Roses Song for the Headbanging Scene in ‘Wayne’s World’
Mike Myers threatened to quit if they didn’t let him use ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
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Martin Lawrence (Photo by Chad Salvador/Variety via Getty Images) Was Martin Lawrence Actually Banned From ‘Saturday Night Live’?
The ‘Bad Boys’ star made just one appearance on ‘SNL’ in 1994
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Dan Akyroyd and Bill Murray (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images) The Bill Murray-Dan Aykroyd Movie That Was Shelved After Being Filmed
‘The most spectacular film ever produced’ barely even made it to theaters
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The cast of 'Jackass' (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage) The ‘Jackass’ Star Who Turned Down ‘Saturday Night Live’
Lorne Michaels had his eye on one of the cast members before the hit MTV series made its debut
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Lorne Michaels and Mike Myers (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) The 1960s Comedy Lorne Michaels Wanted to Remake With Mike Myers
The ‘Austin Powers’ star had other ideas
