Gasping for airtime : two years in the trenches of Saturday night live / Jay Mohr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohr, Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Saturday night live (Television program).

Mohr, Jay.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Hyperion, [2004]

Summary:

When twenty-one-year-old Jay Mohr moved from New Jersey to New York City to pursue his dream of stand-up stardom, he never thought that the first real job he'd land would be on Saturday Night Live. But, surprisingly, that's just what he did. What followed were two unbelievable, grueling, and exciting years of feverishly keeping pace with his talented cohorts, outmaneuvering the notorious vices that claimed the lives of other cast members, and struggling at all costs for the holy grail of late-night show business -- getting airtime. In Gasping for Airtime, Jay offers an intimate account of the inner workings of Saturday Night Live, from how he learned to survive the pitch meetings by using "fake pitches," to a disastrous weekend retreat in the country. He also dishes on the guest hosts (including John Travolta, Shannen Doherty, Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, and Charles Barkley); the musical guests (Kurt Cobain, Steven Tyler, Eric Clapton); and of course his SNL castmates (Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, David Spade, and AI Franken, to name a few). Refreshingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny, this book will appeal to fans of Jay Mohr and to devotees of Saturday Night Live.

Contents:

Prologue: Happy Hour 1

Chapter 1 Comedy is Truth the Moment Before Anticipation 7

Chapter 2 Dude, How Did You Get On Snl? 25

Chapter 3 A Knee in the Groin 41

Chapter 4 Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday 53

Chapter 5 Swimming with Sharks 71

Chapter 6 Playing Well with Others 89

Chapter 7 Fight or Flight? 105

Chapter 8 The Motivational Speaker 125

Chapter 9 Music for the Soul 145

Chapter 10 Fake Pitches 163

Chapter 11 From the Cradle 183

Chapter 12 Dressing Down 197

Chapter 13 "Good Morning, Brooklyn" 221

Chapter 14 Lorne 237

Chapter 15 Weekend Update 257

Chapter 16 Give Me Little Bits of More Than I Can Take 273

Epilogue: Phil Hartman, U.S.A. 289.

ISBN:

1401300065

OCLC:

53059182