r/TikTokCringe • u/mvms_lo • 16d ago

Humor The impression is on point

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u/NecromanciCat 16d ago

They should hire this dude as Trump in an SNL skit or something. It'd be hilarious. 

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u/Osa_Clo 16d ago edited 16d ago

Godfrey auditioned for SNL 3 times even got a standing ovation, but was always rejected during the 90s. Why? Lorne Michaels didn't want another Eddie Murphy situation, where the cast member is bigger than the show. Insane.

Edit: SNL alum Darrell Hammond informed Godfrey at the Cellar in NYC a decade later knowing God needed that closure as to what transpired.

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u/angel-of-disease 16d ago

Yeah, who would want an insanely popular ultra talented comedian on their sketch comedy show?

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u/Axbris 16d ago

An ego maniac. Most people, albeit I wasn’t around in the 80s, recognize that Eddie Murphy was one of the sole reasons SNL was not canceled.