Saturday Night Live alum Leslie Jones shares why a Whoopi Goldberg sketch for SNL's 'Weekend Update' was rejected for being too dark.
"In the sketch, Colin [Jost] would say, 'Leslie, I know it's you,' and Whoopi would say, 'No, no, I know Leslie plays me, but it's really me, I'm really Whoopi,'" Jones writes in the book."Colin then says, 'Yeah, yeah. So what would happen if I do this?' and pulls out a gun. Whoopi looks terrified. 'Yo, no, seriously, I'm Whoopi Goldberg. I'm not Leslie, I'm really Whoopi.
But those they pitched it to just didn't feel the same way. First the eager duo hit up then-head writer Bryan Tucker, who Jones says just looked at them blankly and said,"You guys are crazy." So they moved on to pitch it to the"Weekend Update" team."In the Update office we were acting the Whoopi sketch out and laughing the whole time. When we finished, Kenan said, 'It's so funny. Right?'" Jones describes."'You guys are nuts,' someone said. 'You can't kill Whoopi Goldberg on live TV.
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