Trivia / Norm Macdonald

• Screwed by the Network: Norm's removal from Saturday Night Live was often claimed to be the result of NBC execs simply not finding him funny (which ran counter to the opinions of critics and the studio audience). However, O. J. 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:
  "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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