Here are 12 SNL sketches they wouldn’t do today, thanks to changing standards of what’s funny. As the show marks The post 12 ...
Jim Downey first joined Saturday Night Live as a writer in 1976, the same week as Bill Murray (they even shared an office). After getting promoted to being a featured cast member for a season, Downey ...
In comedy, few are as influential — and elusive — as Jim Downey. During his 30-year tenure as a writer on “Saturday Night ...
In 1980, he starred in the action-comedy musical film The Blues Brothers, which he created with SNL teammate John Belushi. He ...