Your Chatty Source For Slightly Important NewsIn the new issue of Penthouse, Tracy Morgan admits that a lot of the Saturday Night Live cast members were fed up with Jimmy Fallon's penchant for laughing during all the sketches.
It's good to know because we were too.
Fallon cracked up a lot during his SNL skits which would upset Morgan and others.
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melissa black (10:41 AM 9/18/2007): Jimmy Fallon is one of my all time favorites on SNL, and who the hell cares.......i think its better when they are laughing too.....it is more natural.
knowall (10:41 AM 9/18/2007): Tracy Morgan should have begged Fallon to laugh at anything Morgan -whos not funny- said. Morgan will disappear soon into complete obscurity. Burning bridges if your not talented isnt a good idea...
ilive4harleys (11:54 AM 9/18/2007): The best part of live shows are when the actor's laugh and lose it. The harder they try to keep from laughing, the funnier it is. It makes them more human and real to us watching them and their is just something real about it as opposed to them reading their lines off of a cue card. The best I have seen is when Billy Crystal, doing his imitation of Fernando Lamas on SNL interviewing Hulk Hogan and Mr. T and while he wasn't actually doing the laughing, he caused Hulk Hogan and Mr. T to completely lose it. It was so funny to the point that 22 years after the skit appeared, I still remember it and still laugh at it.
I think those who resent Jimmy Fallon laughing at a funny skit while in character are the ones with the problems.
TheJackal53 (11:54 AM 9/18/2007): So the cast didn't like Fallon at all? Or the cast didn't like it when Fallon ruined a sketch because he couldn't control his laughter? Sounds like bad reporting here, because If I remember correctly, Tina Fey was head writer at the time. And wasn't she the one who had some great chemistry with the guy? If they didn't like a guy, they would cut him and not promote him to say...the WEEKEND UPDATE CHAIR!!!
I'm not buying it at all. Maybe the other actors should have been LESS FUNNY and then he wouldn't have laughed at them. Or wasn't that what they got paid to do?
J.T. (12:11 PM 9/18/2007): The characters in the skit aren't supposed to think what's happening is funny. That's what helps make things funny. The fact that this insane stuff is going on or being said and yet everyone is keeping a straight face and acting like its all normal.
Bad form, Jimmy.
Karen (12:23 PM 9/18/2007): I like it when something is so funny that a character in the skit starts to lose it a little - especially when they just barely keep it under control.
But I often thought that Jimmy lost it way too easily.
Horatio Sanz was unbearable for me to watch 99% of the time. I never actually found him funny.
david (12:23 PM 9/18/2007): tracy morgan was never funny,hes just jealous,i like seeing the cast crack up,it makes it better
Walter H. (12:26 PM 9/18/2007): It was hysterical when Jimmy or a guest host (yes, Lindsay Lohan in the Debbie Downer skits?) would crack up. Made me laugh more. It all goes back to THE classic Carol Burnett and what has to be the absolute funniest breakdown in TV history! I'm talking about the dentist skit with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman, where Tim keeps injecting himself with novacaine in various limbs. I remember Korman laughing so much that he literally fell out of the chair! Keep breaking up, and I'll keep watching!
ri (12:41 PM 9/18/2007): I thought it made for great TV. Loved when Jimmy laughed during his skits. Horatio and Rachel would ALWAYS laugh too. You can see all of them losing it in a skit where Lindsey Lohan was the host, and the skit was Debbie Downer while they were at Disney World, anyone who googles that skit is sure to get a major LOL!
me (12:57 PM 9/18/2007): This from the man with that RIDICULOUS skit about some guy in a zoo...
Barb (1:51 PM 9/18/2007): I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Jimmy's inability to keep a straight face during what he found hilarious. He MADE it funny most of the time. I miss seeing him on SNL, but hopefully he's more appreciated in the work he's doing now.
Shaunna (1:58 PM 9/18/2007): I agree with everyone. Jimmy Fallon was the funniest cast member on SNL. It was cool to see how he couldn't keep a straight face even during the lamest sketches. It made it worth watching. Its been mostly downhill since he left the show.
Suzy (2:09 PM 9/18/2007): Since the beginning days of SNL, one of the funniest skits has been "More Cow Bell" with Fallon busting up in the background. The skit was great, but Fallon and Ferrell made it even better!
AnaMaria (2:25 PM 9/18/2007): I watch SNL for the purpose of laughing. Jimmy Fallon (or anyone else for that matter) cracking up in the middle of a skit makes me laugh, and therefore I enjoy it. Also, going public with that sort of petty comment is a bit juvenile, no?
Christina Bruce (2:49 PM 9/18/2007): Love Jimmy, loved when he was on SNL, & cracked me up when when he would laugh and make the other guys laugh. I used to love it when Chris Farley would make everyone laugh too! I though the show was about comedy, hence the laughter...
LujackLvr (3:13 PM 9/18/2007): I found Jimmy Fallon a benign presence during his SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE tenure. The first few times he couldn't keep a straight was cute and if I were him, I'm not sure I'd fare any better. When it kept occurring, it just seemed tedious...but at the same time, I think Tracy Morgan is funnier on 30 ROCK. I think he has every right to his opinion, but to lump the entire cast together may or may not be correct, considering ["In the latest issue of PENTHOUSE"] the source.
JFfan (3:31 PM 9/18/2007): Tracy needs to get a life, he is obviously jealous over Jimmy being the "cute one". I miss Jimmy and Horatio being together on the show and barely remember to laugh anymore at the half-funny skits. I love the cast right now, but I sure hope the new season is better.
Dw. Dunphy (6:07 PM 9/18/2007): I always thought Fallon sucked on SNL. However, the majority of modern viewers loved him, so it is clear that you can get really far with incessant giggling and "oopsie" looks.
DwD
readyforlove77 (1:39 AM 9/19/2007): I can see where Tracy's coming from as far as professionalism is concerned, but I agree that it is natural for them to crack up. I can't stand Horatio Sans? for that very reason.
Roy (10:55 AM 9/21/2007): Jimmy made SNL worth watching.......Now I don't give that show second thought as I channel surf. It sounds like the cast just takes themselves too seriously. After all, isn't a comedy show supposed to make you laugh?