Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Bill Hader Is Leaving Saturday Night Live After This Weekend

I can't believe that Bill Hader is leaving Saturday Night Live. I really thought he would be one of those guys who sticks around forever. Instead, after eight great years on the show, this Saturday night will be the last time he is on the show as a regular. They will probably let him come host next year. I hope so because I need to see Stefon again. I loved when he did the whole Clint Eastwood and the chair thing. That was a great bit. Oh, and when he plays Herb Welch. I love that character too.

Posted by ent lawyer at 8:00 AM

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  1. Majik8:05 AM

    Watching Bill Hader crack up is my favourite part of SNL. I'll miss him. :(

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  2. MISCH8:06 AM

    oh no I love his James Carville, I wish him luck

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  3. All about Eve8:09 AM

    I will miss you Stefan! :(

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  4. Marieeee8:09 AM

    NO!! This is such awful news.

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  5. Jessica8:13 AM

    Everyone keeps saying he is leaving after this weekend, or "almost immediately" - This weekend is the season finale, so it's not as drastic as it sounds, like he got mad and said next week is my last show!
    I will miss him too. He's done some hilarious stuff on there. Poor Lindsay Buckingham never got a chance on What's Up With That.

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  6. Comma Chaser8:20 AM

    I loved his Alan Alda impression, which was freaky accurate. And the Stefon bits were hilarious. "What'd you do this weekend, Stefon?" "ALL of it."

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  7. MM8:21 AM

    This is sad news! I hope this season finale will just feature all of his signature characters.

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  8. Tempestuous Grape8:22 AM

    Oh wow, I am really going to miss him. I am bummed to read this info.

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  9. Unknown8:23 AM

    I hope his career goes well but wonder what kind of roles he wants. I don't see him opening comedies. Mostly supporting roles. Does he want a sitcom? Seems like SNL is good gig. Maybe he has made enough $$ and just wants to explore. I guess he can always go back - God knows SNL needs all the help they can get since he was one of the few bright spots- esp with seth meyer leaving.

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  10. greenmountaingal8:23 AM

    Meh. SNL hasn't been funny in years.

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  11. Erin B8:30 AM

    He is the best part of the show & has been for a while in my opinion. This past season has been awful. He was one of the only bright spots. I hope they get some new writers & hope he will be back for cameos.

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  12. timebob 8:48 AM

    I think no cast member should stay longer than 10 years. I think Fred A. is at the 10 year mark. The cast should stay young and fresh with some veterans sprinkled in.

    I think it will be Jason S. last year also.

    And Lorne takes care of his cast Bill will be around for a long time.

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  13. Meli8:55 AM

    Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'm off to cry into my pillow :(

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  14. Not A Ninny8:55 AM

    Fred is in his 11th season, Kenan and Seth their 12th.

    Enty missed out on the article in the Times in which Lorne Michaels pissed all over Bill by saying he will not get a big farewell sketch like Kristen Wiig did last year. Considering that Jason is probably leaving as well, Lorne is going out of his way to put Wiig on a higher pedestal than him and Bill.

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  15. Unknown8:56 AM

    :(. Sad. I have a raging lady boner for Stefon. I'm sure i could convert him to the dark side.

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  16. Fairmaiden3279:02 AM

    Love him.

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  17. Little Miss Smoke and Mirrors9:09 AM

    Hader is a national treasure. Frankly, he's too good for SNL. Damnit, I will miss Stefon!!

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  18. Suck_My_Dicculus9:28 AM

    If I had to guess I would say that Bill most likely will be going to work with Seth on the Late Show.

    Myers needs all the help he can get.

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  19. lazyday6039:30 AM

    Haders gonna hade.

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  20. auntliddy9:39 AM

    Oh no !!!!! Pls stay!!!!! Fooey!!!!!!

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  21. parissucksliterally9:39 AM

    he's a very talented guy - I hope he makes it without SNL.

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  22. stubbins9:41 AM

    @B. Profane -- Oh, you're right: that NYT article is worth reading. There were three things present I won't forget... and which have a moving reflection on an immense change in SNL's (at last) once total emphasis on men. One) Michaels put Hader on the level of Ackroyd when he save him first onstage. Two) Wiig's farewell was a pretty ultimate reversal of the struggle MANY immensely talented women performers had with SNL and Michaels for much too long. (Yes, I really, really value Michaels and that for a long, long time was his nature. I keep thinking of how Tina Fey created "30 Rock" to have Rachel Dratch as Jenny... and Michaels replaced her with talented but all the more beautiful and sexy Jane Krakowski, qualities he prefers among women (not men) in lead roles.) 3) In the Times article Hader is quoted with such praise and appreciation for Kate McKinnon. That still makes me smile. Why? Well... I would watch her in amazement on Logo's "The Big Gay Sketch Show" and onstage at Upright Citizens Brigade. Yet on SNL I had an even stronger response... there she was with such vital character work and great celebrity impressions, both on the unusual level of... Bill Hader.

    For a long time SNL had a superbly gifted female cast that kept the show alive. Yet even then they were treated as secondary level performers. Now... with Wiig's magnificent farewell and the McKinnon correctly replacing Hader... it's far more than ever a show where females are equal to males. (Which was more than a small influence on Fey's creating "The Girly Show" that winds up being hosted by Tracy Jordan.)

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  23. B6269:44 AM

    If tommy girl ever brings back the nasty lawyer from Tropic Thunder in his own movie, I'm sure Hader will be down for that!

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  24. Not A Ninny9:51 AM

    "Two) Wiig's farewell was a pretty ultimate reversal of the struggle MANY immensely talented women performers had with SNL..."

    Uh, you've got it backwards. Wiig's farewell bit was a ghastly anointment of Wiig as being the greatest woman of SNL since Radner, over the heads of all gthe great women who came before her. Poehler, Fey, Rudolph and Dratch didn't even get to take a last bow; the less-than-deserving Wiig was serenaded by Jagger.

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  25. NapAssasin10:01 AM

    Sad. I wish him the best. He's the reason I watch the show.

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  26. Mala Propism11:12 AM

    An SNL without Meyers and Fader's Stefon won't be worth tuning into in our house.
    Meh. Phooey.

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  27. Jason Blue Eyes11:42 AM

    Wasn't it NBC's decision to replace Rachel with Jane?

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  28. Maja With a J1:43 PM

    It's been a while since I watched SNL, but Stefon always cracks me up. This place has everything: cholos, puke people, a sheepdog that looks like Bruce Vilanch, and entire room of puppets doing karate!

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  29. MadLyb5:02 PM

    He's the only reason I bother to watch. He's so creepy funny that I laugh just seeing him on screen.

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  30. Jenn5:32 PM

    I saw him on Paul. In a cast of weirdos, he stood out. Loved his strange, petty, FBI guy, he was like the Anti-Mulder. So un-cool, so awesome. I gotta watch that again.

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  31. Henriette6:02 PM

    SNL sucks balls! Hader's Stefon was the best thing on it. I can't even watch that show anymore.

    Loren Michaels is an A asshole. I unfortunately met him about twenty years ago. All the women writers who've worked on SNL talk about what an asshole he is behind his back. He hates women and agreed with John Belushi that women were/are not funny. That's why women have such a hard time on SNL. Wiig made it with Bridesmaids, so Loren followed popular opinion and gave her a big send off. I'm glad Eddie Murphy boycotts SNL and hates him. I think it's time to get rid of Loren Michaels.

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  32. Jessie8:28 PM

    Yeah, I think Lorne is probs a douche but he's obviously good at his job. It will be interesting to see what the new cast members are like.

    I'm sad he's leaving, he committed to some hilarious characters.

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  33. Henriette1:20 AM

    @Jessie
    If Michaels was "good at his job," SNL wouldn't suck as badly as it does.

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