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Gasping for Airtime
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| | | "Gasping for Airtime is a hilarious, edgy, and often moving memoir by former "Saturday Night Live cast member Jay Mohr. When twenty-year-old Jay moved from New Jersey to New York City to pursue his dream of stand-up stardom, he never thought he'd land his first real job on "Saturday Night Live. But he did--and what followed were two crazy years of trying to keep up with his talented cast mates and get on the air as often as possible (a daunting feat for a rookie cast member). Jay offers an intimate first-person account of the inner workings of "Saturday Night Live--the audition process, the first week on the job, what goes on at the pitch meetings, and how skits make the final cut of the show. Jay also dishes on the guest hosts (John Travolta, Shannen Doherty, Alec Baldwin, Charles Barkley), the musical guests (Kurt Cobain, Steven Tyler, Eric Clapton), and of course his SNL cast mates (Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers).
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Comedian Jay Mohr was exhilarated at being plucked from the obscurity of the college entertainment circuit in 1992 to become a featured performer on the NBC television institution SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. But, after some initial success, show business politics and SNL's rigid hierarchy led to his increasing absence from the spotlight--the comedy equivalent of a benched baseball rookie. Panic attacks, frustration, and disillusionment swiftly set in, with Mohr becoming so desperate for ideas he even resorted to stealing a fellow comic's material. Entertaining and candid, here Mohr delivers the inside scoop on various SNL actors and guest hosts, including Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Michael McKean, Adam Sandler, and John Travolta. GASPING FOR AIRTIME is a riveting backstage look at the relationships, intrigues, pettiness, and frequently arcane rituals of live television performance, as well as the pressure-cooker atmosphere created by people trying to be funny on national TV on a weekly basis.
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