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Between rehearsal and air time, it was determined Simpson would lip-sync both songs. Her first song unspooled uneventfully, but in the second performance her drummer accidentally re-cued the ...
The lip sync track was silenced after a few seconds, but by that time, Simpson's band had started to play "Pieces of Me" in hopes of covering up the mistake. "I heard the director say something ...
Ashlee Simpson is revisiting her infamous Saturday Night Live performance in a new podcast interview. On the latest episode of Rachel Bilson’s Broad Ideas, the “Pieces of Me” singer recalls ...
The incident was mocked during an episode of the television show 30 Rock (created by former Saturday Night Live head writer Tina Fey) in which it is mentioned that Tracy Jordan, star of TGS (the show's in-universe analogue to Saturday Night Live) tore up a picture of the pope during an episode; it is replied, "In his defense, it was Pope ...
The Los Angeles Times said it was “bright and bouncy” and even suggested it move to prime time. “King Tut,” 1978. Steve Martin saw this off-the-wall novelty song about ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun capture the nation’s imagination during a goofy performance. It eventually reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over 1 ...
The lip-sync incident occurred after Simpson, the week's musical guest, had already performed her hit single, “Pieces of Me,” and returned to the stage for her second performance of the night ...
The special followed the format of a typical Saturday Night Live episode, extended to 3½ hours instead of the usual 1½, and included a cold open, a monologue, sketches, a short film, commercial parodies, and musical performances. The sketches, most of which were revivals of sketches that appeared over the show's run, made reference to the ...
By the time the eccentric comedian Andy Kaufman showed up to Studio 8H in November 1982, he had become an SNL staple, appearing live from New York 10 times between 1977 and 1979 to lip sync along ...