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Jul 24, 2019 · Louise Lasser earned herself a ban from 'Saturday Night Live' after a rambling, incoherent performance in the show's inaugural season.
Mar 10, 2023 · Louise Lasser made a huge impression when she delivered a powerful, genre-blurring monologue on SNL, but not exactly the kind she'd hoped for.
Lasser’s is the worst of the two though: sketch where she talks to a dog, that strange monologue where she locks herself in her dressing room, some film where she is in a restaurant talking to character actor Michael Sazzarin.
Saturday Night Live S1 E23. Louise Lasser hosts with musical guests The Preservation Hall Jazz Band ("Panama"). Sketches include Idi Amin, Swedish Movie, Pot Holders, Cathode Ray, Weekend...
Feb 12, 2022 · Dearest viewers, brace yourselves. I give you: LOUISE LASSER ...more. I stared at the description box for a good minute, trying to decide what puny human words I had at hand to tell you of this...
In her opening monologue, Lasser appeared on stage dressed like Mary Hartman, seemed to suffer a breakdown, and ran backstage, locking herself in her dressing room until Chevy Chase coaxed her...
Louise Lasser, who hosted at the end of the first season on July 24, 1976, was the first host banned by the producers. Lasser was said to be going through personal problems at the time and was often nearly incoherent throughout the broadcast.
For her full interview, see https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/louise-lasser.
On July 24, 1976, Lasser hosted the penultimate episode of Saturday Night Live 's first season. Her performance is best known for her opening monologue in which she re-creates a Mary Hartman-esque nervous breakdown and locks herself in her dressing room.
But unlike those comediennes, Lasser's unique blend of comic wit, ingenue charm, and unfathomably deep, ponderous melancholy hasn't had as much lasting power in the cultural psyche.
