The big news on Friday night was that Tina Fey is leaving Saturday Night Live to concentrate on her new NBC comedy, 30 Rock. Well, it only makes sense that Rachel Dratch is leaving SNL, too. She is a co-star on 30 Rock, after all. In the show, she plays the star of a girls-only sketch show whose world is rocked when a man (fellow SNL alum Tracy Morgan) joins the cast.
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7-23-2006 @ 6:10PM
Ryan said...
They really need more females in SNL if these two are leaving. Who's left? Maya and Amy. I mean I support cutting some of the cast, but I would've gotten rid of some of the guys first. Oh well maybe they're next.
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7-23-2006 @ 6:57PM
Brother Justin said...
Hey, Ryan, I didn't read anything saying that SNL was CUTTING. It looks like their leaving on their own.
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7-23-2006 @ 6:58PM
dvddesign said...
And how long has Darrell Hammond been there? The man's grown roots into the studio, I doubt he knows how or can leave at all.
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7-23-2006 @ 7:47PM
Joel Keller said...
You're forgetting about Kristen Wiig, who was a featured player last year. So it's Amy, Maya, and Kristen. I'm sure they'll find others.
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7-23-2006 @ 8:48PM
Jamie said...
I thought the first Debbie Downer skit was hilarious. Even now I think it is a funnier character than Horatio Sanz's Carol.
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7-23-2006 @ 9:44PM
Diego M said...
Debbie Downer was funny, what u talkin about?
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7-24-2006 @ 2:51AM
Gavin said...
She has her moments, but she is far too guilty of cracking herself up in sketches. Was it Jimmy Falon who started the awful modern SNL trend of laughing harder at your own jokes than the audience? I think it was....
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7-24-2006 @ 7:29AM
Colin Mincy said...
I can't believe that you are thanking God that there will be no more Debbie Downer if Rachel Dratch leaves! Have you lost your marbles? Debbie Downer is HYSTERICAL - Quite frankly compared to some of the other deplorable skits - particularly the ones that feature the very not funny Keenan Thompson - Debbie Downer is tops. What are you kidding me!?
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7-24-2006 @ 8:17AM
junger said...
Wah-waaa
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7-24-2006 @ 1:11PM
Carter said...
Debbie Downer is the dumbest thing on that show. In a recent survey of SNL viewers it rated very near the bottom in popularity. If you like that sketch you are in a very small minority.
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7-25-2006 @ 12:15AM
phish said...
i've only seen 1 debbie downer sketch, and that was the one in disneyland with lindsay lohan. i heard thats the only good debbie downer sketch cause no one could keep a straight face.
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9-06-2006 @ 10:39AM
dmcc said...
I thought everyone loved Debbie Downer. I even find it more humorous when they crack up laughing while trying so hard to pull through the skit. That kind of comedy cannot(or should not)be staged.
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9-24-2006 @ 9:42PM
John Manuel Soria Galvarro said...
I write, act and belong to all the Unions, which means I have been unemployed for 50 years. I am funny and have done enough "stand-up to prove it. I worked for NBC on "Hawkins Falls" live our of Chicago and was drafted into the ARmy. I was supposed to have a job when I got out, but the show was cancelled. I am haveing a wonderful time moving in the world of Laughs.
Lets Meet! I can help with the successessessseses coming up!
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10-01-2006 @ 11:33AM
Bob Micek said...
Rachael Dratch is funny- end of discussion. She was great on King of Queens as Spencer's girlfriend and will be even better on 30 Rock. I liked Debbie Downer but really love Appalachian Emergency Room. Including Trevor (Chris Parnell). Don't know why they would cut him loose- he is hilarious. I also like Horatio Sanz's "Carol"- Sorry he's gone.
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