Mitchell Laurance (SNL associate director 1977 - 1980), Not Necessarily the News (1983 - 1990) cast member

Mitchell Laurance joined myself and James Stephens to discuss Alan Zweibel getting him a job as Lornes gofer; being an extra in "Dancing in the Dark"; "Hollywood Bingo"; being in a Jerry Lewis sketch with Robert Klein as Steven Klaven; playing Eric Idle's nurse, Chevy Chase's model' and Kirk Douglas' leg man; being in Bill Murray's first sketch "Execution Rehearsal"; "Hey You" with Gilda Radner; his jobs as associate director and associate producer; the genius of Davey Wilson; the arduous work a Saturday Night Live director must do; the comedic mind of Davey; the NAATPE strike that cancelled the Madeline Kahn episode; appearing in an Imperial Margarine commercial with his twin brother; moving to Los Angeles; living in Penny Marshall's guest house; being given a guest starring role (and a SAG card) on Laverne & Shirley for his birthday; difference between taped and live TV; feeling "out of his body" while taping the episode; being able to do another take; auditioning for Not Necessarily the News; producers have to decide between Mitchell and Danny Breen; Mitchell's brother auditions reluctantly; pilot shot; HBO decides to keep Mitch and Danny; guest starring on Brothers & Night Court; matching screen time with John Larroquette; we play the $25,000 Pyramid; memories of Betty White; working on Matlock with Andy Griffith and In the Heat of the Night with Carroll O'Connor; being in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and parodying it with Jim Carrey on In Living Color; his brother fills in for him on Santa Barbara; golf; and SNL's legacy.