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* TropeNamer: His recurring Weekend Update joke was this for GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.
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-->"I had sort of a disagreement with the management at, uh, at the NBC. Uh, I wanted to keep my job, right? And they felt the exact opposite."

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-->"I had sort of a disagreement with the management at, uh, at the NBC. Uh, I wanted to keep my job, right? And they felt the exact opposite.""
* TropeNamer: His recurring Weekend Update joke was this for GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Norm's removal from Weekend Update. Now, it was claimed that it was simply because he wasn't funny (which ran counter to the opinions of critics and the studio audience). However, OJ Simpson was a frequent source of material for Norm on Weekend Update during Simpson's trial, and Simpson happened to be a friend of Don Ohlmeyer, NBC's President of West Coast Operations. Many suspect that Ohlmeyer was angered by Norm's jabs at Simpson and subsequently demanded his removal. Summed by Norm when he hosted:

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Norm's removal from Weekend Update. Now, it ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' was often claimed that it was to be the result of Creator/{{NBC}} execs simply because he wasn't not finding him funny (which ran counter to the opinions of critics and the studio audience). However, OJ Simpson UsefulNotes/OJSimpson was a frequent source of material for Norm on Weekend Update during Simpson's trial, and Simpson happened to be a friend of Don Ohlmeyer, NBC's President of West Coast Operations. Many suspect that Ohlmeyer was angered by Norm's jabs at Simpson and subsequently demanded his removal. Summed by Norm when he hosted:hosted:
-->"I had sort of a disagreement with the management at, uh, at the NBC. Uh, I wanted to keep my job, right? And they felt the exact opposite."
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Norm's removal from Weekend Update. Now, it was claimed that it was simply because he wasn't funny (which ran counter to the opinions of critics and the studio audience). However, OJ Simpson was a frequent source of material for Norm on Weekend Update during Simpson's trial, and Simpson happened to be a friend of Don Ohlmeyer, NBC's President of West Coast Operations. Many suspect that Ohlmeyer was angered by Norm's jabs at Simpson and subsequently demanded his removal. Summed by Norm when he hosted:

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