Lee is perfect in a funny take-off on “My Fair Lady” with Dan Akroyd and Gilda Radner as Barbara Wa-Wa, where they start to sing but don’t. UPDATE: I just watched the DVD and what a treat. And led to him being cast as the gay biker in 1980’s underrated comedy, SERIAL. I’ve been dying to see that episode again, and now we all can with the release of “Saturday Night Live Season Three” featuring the shows in their uncut glory - not to mention Christopher Lee’s sterling guest-host gig that led to his career resurgence. This man can be funny!” As a result, Spielberg asked me to do 1941. I’ve got a photograph, of which I’m very proud, of me and John Belushi, who signed it, “To Chris, you are the best in the biz, from John Belushi – second best.” SNL was also the most important thing I’ve ever done in my career, because people like Steven Spielberg were in the audience, thinking, “Hang on. I hosted Saturday Night Live, which was without doubt the most hilarious experience I’ve ever had, because I was working with Belushi, Murray and Aykroyd at the height of their powers. You must come to the States.” So I did, and my life changed. They’ll always be asking you to play the same sort of characters, you’ll get bored and so will the audience. Richard Widmark told me, “You’re wasting your time here. I became totally disillusioned with the British film industry. What prompted your decision to move to America in the late ’70s? Here’s what Lee had to say about this odd appearance in an interview with Total Film: Death” sketch with Lee playing an apologetic Reaper to Newman’s outraged little girl (she threatened to quit the show unless she was given the part). Lee was reluctant, not sure if he was going to make a fool of himself or be made a fool, but he went ahead and hosted what remains the third-highest rated show in SNL history - which I’ve only seen once: on Saturday Night in 1978. In other words, the cast often chose who would play with them.ĭan Ackroyd and Belushi, along with Gilda Radner and Lorraine Newman, were big fans of Christopher Lee and demanded he host an episode. Instead, you could see punk band Fear thrash the stage (put on at Belushi’s request) or Devo go through their electronic spasms. At that time, NBC’s corporate marketing had nothing to do with guest host or band appearances, so we were spared today’s cookie-cutter roster of mediocre talents pimping their latest disposable wares that constitutes most of SNL’s guests today. Bill and the others, including perennial guest host Steve Martin. In its third season, SNL was on a comedy high along with John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Mr. To my young geek soul, this was some kind of cultural triumph. One of my treasured tube memories is from 1978, when horror icon Christopher Lee hosted Saturday Night Live (with musical guest Meat Loaf).
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