That Time He Quit SNL
Back when he was working for SNL, he kept writing skits that never made it to air. Six weeks in, minutes before they were airing, another of his sketches was cut and he had it. He walked up to Dick Ebersol, as he told Vanity Fair, “I walked up to him and I went, this f**king show stinks! It’s a piece of shit. I’m done! I quit! F**k you! And that was it and then I left. It was freezing out and I’m beginning to compute how much money I just cost myself.”
That Time He Quit SNL
Tricked Ya!
Now, comes the best part! He ran into Kenny Kramer, the real-life inspiration for Kramer on Seinfeld. Kramer asked what happened and he told his friend he quit but regretted it. As David recalled, Kramer told him to just show up at work on Monday like it never happened. So David explained, “I went into the meeting on Monday, I took a seat with all the writers. They start going around the room asking each one what they’re doing. I said, I’m thinking about doing a sketch about a trapeze artist. And that was it.” Does this sound familiar? That’s because he had the character George do something similar for Seinfeld!
Tricked Ya!