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Legendary SNL Writer Discusses Working With Chris Farley, Norm MacDonald, and David Spade
September 27, 2022
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During his tenure as a writer for NBC’s Saturday Night Live alongside Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Norm MacDonald, Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan, Fink not only earned a reputation for his fearless lampooning of pop culture, but also appeared as a commentator on the show’s Weekend Update. During his final season at SNL, Hugh Fink received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Program. Last year, he was brought back to SNL as a guest writer to share his expertise with the newer cast members and writers.
We discuss his time as a writer with SNL, his part in the infamous Eddie Murphy controversy, as well his experience writing the last sketch Chris Farley appeared in, in addition to a lot more.
Find out more about Hugh Fink at: https://hughfink.com/
We discuss his time as a writer with SNL, his part in the infamous Eddie Murphy controversy, as well his experience writing the last sketch Chris Farley appeared in, in addition to a lot more.
Find out more about Hugh Fink at: https://hughfink.com/
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His fascination with history is in the story of our existence and how it is told. Keeping the tradition of storytelling alive in Eyewitness History is what drives him.
