MARK
MARK AS
MARK AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CAST AND HIS VOICE DOZENS AND DOZENS
OF CHARACTERS IN ANIMATED
PRODUCTIONS NOW SHE'S USING
THAT VERY TALENTED VOICE TO
TELL HER OWN STORY. LORRAINE
NEWMAN IS JOINING US TODAY ON
THE FLOOR TO TALK ABOUT HER NEW
AUDIO BOOK AND VIRTUAL
APPEARANCE THIS WEEKEND AT THE
SAN DIEGO WRITERS FESTIVAL.
LORRAINE NEWMAN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A
PLEASURE. YOUR BOOK IS TITLED
MAY LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES.
I GOT TO ASK HOW INTERESTING
WAS IT TO BE PART OF THAT
CULTURAL EXPLOSION THAT WAS
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE? WELL, YOU
KNOW, WE HAD NO IDEA YOU KNOW,
WE WERE JUST A BUNCH
OF DISPARATE CHARACTERS FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FROM
DIFFERENT IMPROV GROUPS WITH
THEIR OWN STYLES COMING
TOGETHER WITH INCREDIBLE
WRITERS WITH THEIR OWN VOICES
AND PRESENTING WHAT I'VE LATER
COME TO REALIZE IS ALTERNATIVE
COMEDY, ALTERNATIVE SKETCH
COMEDY. I MEAN BEFORE THAT YOU
HAD YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS AND YOU
HAD CAROL BURNETT LAUGHING
WHICH ARE GREAT SHOWS. BUT THIS
WAS REALLY WHAT WOULD BE CALLED
NOW ALTERNATIVE COMEDY. SO WHAT
ARE THOSE EARLY DAYS LIKE? IT
WAS THERE A MOMENT IN SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE IN THAT FIRST SEASON
WHERE YOU GUYS LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER AND SAID WHOA, THIS IS
JUST SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ANY
OF US COULD HAVE IMAGINED?
YEAH, I THINK WELL INTO THE
FIRST YEAR WHEN GILDA AND I
WOULD GO PLACES AND WE'D GET
RECOGNIZED ON THE STREET AND
PEOPLE WOULD SHOUT OUT LINES
THAT WE HAD SAID THE NIGHT
BEFORE. THAT'S WHEN WE KIND
OF GOT AN IDEA ONE TIME I WAS
WALKING INTO 30 ROCK AND JOHN
LENNON SAID HELLO TO ME, YOU
KNOW OH GOODNESS THINGS LIKE
THAT JINDY PEOPLE ARE ARE
WATCHING US. YEAH, I CAN
IMAGINE FOR FOR A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD,
CALIFORNIA OUT IN NEW YORK THIS
HAD TO BE A REAL MIND BENDING
EXPERIENCE. YOU'RE REMOVED FROM
YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM, EVERYTHING
YOU KNOW AND THEN THRUST INTO
THIS INCREDIBLE MAELSTROM. JUST
SO MUCH GOING ON. YEAH, BUT YOU
KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN
YOU COME FROM AN IMPROV
BACKGROUND WHICH MOST OF US
DID, IT'S A VERY COOPERATIVE
ART FORM. SO EVERYBODY WAS KIND
AND LOVING, YOU KNOW? AND SO
THE BONDING IT WAS LIKE US
AGAINST THE WORLD IN THAT SENSE
THAT WE WERE ALL WE HAD IN
STUDIO 8H FROM YOU KNOW, MONDAY
TO SATURDAY THAT'S OUR WORLD.
SO IT WAS A GOOD ATMOSPHERE IN
THAT SENSE THAT WE LOVE WHAT WE
WERE DOING. WE LOVED THE ART
FORM AND WE WERE HAVING A
BLAST. THE AUDIOBOOK IS MADE
LIVE AN INTERESTING TIMES BY
LORRAINE NEWMAN. YOU KNOW THAT
WAS PART OF YOUR INTERESTING
TIMES BUT THERE CAME BIG
CHANGES AND CHALLENGES COMING
OUT OF THAT. YOU WENT FROM THAT
TO THE YEARS OF SOBRIETY AND
REINVENTING YOURSELF AS A
PERFORMER. I GOT TO GOT TO
IMAGINE A LOT OF THE BOOK IS
ABOUT THAT JOURNEY. YEAH,
BECAUSE I AM THE FIRST PERSON
WHO HAD CHILDREN IN THEIR 40S
THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN
THE HISTORY OF MAN. SO YOU KNOW
THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS A
WONDERFUL THING AND AND I
REALLY ENJOYED WRITING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'M NOT I'M
NOT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL YOUR
AVERAGE PARENT. YOU KNOW, I THE
REASON BOTH MY KIDS ARE DOING
STANDUP AND PERFORMING IS
BECAUSE I WOULD PLAY, YOU KNOW,
PAT OSWALD AND THE SKLAR
BROTHERS MARIA BAMFORD FOR THEM
WHILE I WAS DRIVING THEM TO
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. WELL, AND I'M
SUCH A GOOD MOTHER AND I HAVE
TO DO THE QUICK ASIDE AND SAY
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
DAUGHTER AND I BETTER'S I
NOMINATION FOR REAX ON HBO, AN
INCREDIBLE SHOW. NOW REVIEWS
OF YOUR WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME LEFT. THEY PRAISE THE
FRONT ROW SEAT TO COMEDY
HISTORY. WHAT DO YOU HOPE
LISTENERS COME AWAY WITH WITH
THIS BOOK? I THINK THE FACT
THAT I LOVE THIS WORLD, THAT I
HAVE A PASSION FOR EVERYTHING
THAT I'VE PURSUED AND I'VE BEEN
PURSUED BY MY INTERESTS MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE I NEVER HAD
REALLY A GAME PLAN. I NEVER
EXPECTED TO HAVE ANY KIND
OF SUCCESS I SUCCESS. I JUST
KNEW THAT WELL ACCESS TO BUT I
I NEVER EXPECTED WHAT HAPPENED
.I JUST KNEW THAT I WAS
FASCINATED BY THIS WORLD AND I
DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO LEARN
ABOUT IT HOW TO DO IT AND
THAT'S CARRIED ME THROUGH TO
DOING ANIMATION. VOICEOVER AS
WELL I TOOK CLASSES BECAUSE I
REALLY LOVED THE WORK AND I
WANTED TO LEARN. ALL RIGHT.
AGAIN THE BOOK THE AUDIO BOOK
ME LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES.
IT'S LARAINE NEWMAN MUCH MORE
ON THIS. SHE HAS AN APPEARANCE
THIS WEEKEND I BELIEVE WE HAVE
A GRAPHIC TO SHOW PEOPLE. IT'S
THE SAN DIEGO WRITERS FESTIVAL
.IT'S JULY 17TH AND JULY 30.
FIRST LORRAINE WILL BE
STREAMING ON LIVE FACEBOOK WITH
THEM. HER PROGRAM IS THE 17TH
THAT'S THIS