According to unnamed sources reporting to the “NY Times,” SNL will be letting go of Jenny Slate to make room for the show’s new entrants.
Why SNL, why?!
Sounds like SNL has been making some good decisions lately: Amy Poehler is back to host the season premiere on Sept 26, they’ve got Jane Lynch lined up for Oct 2. But today they announced a serious mistake.
In the wake of Will Forte‘s announcement that he’s leaving the show, the show hired a few new members, and today “NY Times” reports they’re letting Jenny Slate go in order to make room for the newbies.
Abby Elliot, however, who is way less funny and also dating Fred Armisen, is staying. Hmm… is that nepotism we smell?
Jenny Slate, a rising star at SNL since she first made waves dropping the F-bomb on live TV during her debut, will co-star in HBO’s “Bored To Death” this fall. She also recently made “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On,” one of the funniest things to happen in 2010, and probably a good deal funnier than any of the SNL skits we’ll see this season.
[Via Vulture]
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
September 07, 2010 at 10:57 pm, guest said:
Not only is Abby dating Fred, her father is also a former cast member of SNL and her uncle is a producer for SNL. Nepotism cubed.
September 07, 2010 at 11:32 pm, Alex said:
Oh man, nepotism cubed! Thanks for the insight. Now we'll have 3 times the shit to complain about all season!
October 18, 2010 at 4:38 pm, Jenny Slate on ‘Bored to Death,’ ‘Marcel the Shell,’ and Life After ‘SNL’ | Death and Taxes said:
[...] been a big year for Jenny Slate. Over the vociferous protests of fans she was recently released from the cast of SNL—a job she began with a headline-grabbing snafu last year, accidentally dropping the f-bomb on [...]