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Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss
The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There
Tom Davis
Introduction by Al Franken
Mar 2010
Trade Paper
$14.00 US
978-0-8021-4456-0 | 9780802144560
0-8021-4456-X | 080214456X
320 pp
36 per carton
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Winter 2010
Imprint Rights: W
Title Rights: USCO
Product Safety: Information Not Available
Published by
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Grove Press
Description:
Thirty-Nine Years of Short-term Memory Loss is a seriously funny and irreverent memoir that gives an insider’s view of the birth and rise of Saturday Night Live, and features laugh-out-loud stories about some of its greatest personalities—Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Michael O’Donoghue, and Chris Farley. Tom Davis’s voice is rich with irony and understatement as he tells tales of discovery, triumph, and loss with relentless humor. His memoir describes not only his experiences on the set of SNL but also his suburban childhood, his high school escapades in the ‘60s, his discovery of sex, and how he reveled in the hippie culture—and psychoactive drugs—from San Francisco to Kathmandu to Burning Man over the last four decades. Hysterical, lucid, and wise, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-term Memory Loss is an unforgettable romp in an era of sex, drugs, and comedy.
Excerpt:
Adrenaline pumping, I watch Johnny Carson ask, “Who wants to sump the band?” Al and I raise our hands. Johnny steps down and looks at us. We stand up.
Johnny: “So—have you guys got a song for us?”
Al: “Ah . . . yes we do.”
Johnny: “What’s your name?”
Al: “I’m Al Franken.”
I: “Tom Davis.”
Johnny: “Okay—so what’s the song?”
Al: “Richard Nixon’s campaign song from 1952.” The audience laughs, and so does Johnny.
Johnny: “Doc—you guys want to take a stab at that one?” Cut to: Doc and the band. They smile and shrug. They’re stumped.
Johnny: “Okay guys, let’s hear it.” We belt out the song we learned during research. Johnny cracks up and the crowd applauds.
Johnny: “Say you guys are terrific. What do you do?”
Al: “We’re a standup comedy team.”
Johnny: “Really. Maybe you guys should do the show sometime?”
Al: “We’d love to . . . (he points off camera) . . . but your talent coordinator said there’s no place for us here.” Johnny is as stunned as everyone else. He turns to camera, calling for a commercial. Johnny disappears; the lights come down, the audience buzzes softly, and our hopes to appear on The Tonight Show have vanished like a fart in a tornado.
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