‘SNL’s’ Most Legendary Writer Speaks: Jim Downey on What Makes Trump Jokes Funny, Improvising That Jeffrey Epstein Bit and the ‘SNL’ Sketch He Still Wants to Make
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In comedy, few are as influential — and elusive — as Jim Downey. During his 30-year tenure as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” he penned era-defining sketches like Chris Farley’s “Chippendales Audition” and defined the show’s political satire with Dana Carvey’s George H.W. Bush (“na ga da it”) and Will Ferrell’s W. Bush (“strategery”). […]