Monday, October 24th 2011

Darrell Hammond Might've Been High On The Bad Shit Here

Darrell Hammond took me higher with his Sean Connery act on Saturday Night Live, and apparently backstage he was taking himself higher with massive amounts of Lohan powder and whole bottles of Remy. Darrell writes in his autobiography, God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked, that during his SNL days he was a complete stumbling train wreck that couldn't go in front of the cameras unless his mouth crashed into a bottle of cognac. So this is why his Donald Trump impersonation was so perfectly spot-on! This is also why White Oprah just searched "SNL cast member position" on Monster.com

Page Six says that Darrell writes in his memoirs that the fucked up childhood memories that traumatized his brain caused him to find escape in a mountain of coke and at the bottom of a booze bottle. Darrell's desk at work was stocked with Remy and he downed that shit until it "calmed my nerves and quieted the disturbing images that sprang into my head ... when drinking didn’t work, I cut myself.” In the late 90s, Darrell had a mental breakdown at NBC and he had to be wheeled away in a straitjacket to a hospital. When the 2000s began, cocaine started making an appearance during his booze binges and he "had to be creative about how I did it without other people catching on or letting it interfere with the work. At least too much.” One time in 2009, Darrell ended up smoking crack in a Harlem crack house. I can't throw judgmental shade at him for this since I'd probably do the same thing if I had to be Donald Trump for a few minutes every week.

Darrell says he's all cleaned up now thanks to months and months of rehab.

Yeah, I've already seen the public service announcement that says 98.99999% of people who make HAHAHAHAs for a living are knife fighting their demons with broken pieces of crack pipe glass, but this does explain a lot. It finally answers the question, "Why the fuck would you agree to do Agent Cody Banks?"

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Submitted by annobanano on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:03pm.

So he was basically wrecked all the time, but still managed to be funny as shit. So why couldn't Fallon get through a skit without giggling like a fucking schoolgirl?
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Right??!

Pinkismyblack's picture

I had no interest in this guy until reading those excerpts, it sounds like some seriously dark shit.
Will be borrowing from the library next year...

stake_spike's picture

Ah the last time SNL was actually funny. I still youtube Jeopardy skits. Hammond's Connery were some of the best SNL skits of all time.

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Submitted by Migraineuse on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:12pm.
Submitted by annobanano on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:03pm.

So why couldn't Fallon get through a skit without giggling like a fucking schoolgirl?

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WORD.
Here's Jimmy Fallon almost ruining the Cowbell Sketch. I'd like to punch him right in his smarmy kisser.
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So I'm not alone for believing Jimmy Fallon is highly overrated?

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Submitted by kissingassandcu... on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 4:02pm.

Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.
Why is Phil Hartman dead and this dude is still alive?
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Wow, that's one of the most ignorant and rude things I've ever read on dlisted. Really stupid and doesn't even make sense. If you like Phil Hartman that's awesome but you don't have to wish someone else dead in order to mourn another person's death. You can just say something like "this makes me miss Phil Hartman" and not say evil shit like "why didn't Darrell Hammond die instead.

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ITA. Phil Hartman and Chris Farley were amazing. But I wouldn't wish Darrell Hammond dead for them to be alive. I think Darrell Hammond is a great comedian too. His Dick Cheney, Al Gore, and Trump impressions were great.

Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.
Why is Phil Hartman dead and this dude is still alive?
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Wow, that's one of the most ignorant and rude things I've ever read on dlisted. Really stupid and doesn't even make sense. If you like Phil Hartman that's awesome but you don't have to wish someone else dead in order to mourn another person's death. You can just say something like "this makes me miss Phil Hartman" and not say evil shit like "why didn't Darrell Hammond die instead"

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Submitted by Migraineuse on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:12pm.
Submitted by annobanano on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:03pm.
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LMAO... check out Fallon losing it on "Hot tub lovers"... drew berrymore is painful to watch, but the rest is hilarious.
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haha @ Cokey Bloke: (on"not knowing" who so and so is - in this case Darrel Hammond)
I'M GONNA HAVE TO KANYE AGREE WITH YOU and everyone else here who agreed with you too!
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Celebrity Jeopardy is my favorite SNL skit.

Anal Bum Cover.

The Penis Mightier

Months That End in "eptember"

Noises a Kitty Makes.

I actually LOVE Justin Timberlake on SNL. Also Jon Hamm always kills it, as does Alec Baldwin. I missed Melissa McCarthy but I loved her in the Bridesmaids.

Darryl Hammond is one of those underrated, background actors of many talents, much like the late lamented Phil Hartman.

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I'll take Jap - Anus relations for $200

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Cokey blokey, I see that here and over at BG all the damn time and it confuses me too. I'm not sure if it's because people are young or if they just think it makes them look superior to not know mainstream pop culture. Hipster douchebags, use side entrance.

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Submitted by annobanano on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 1:03pm.

So why couldn't Fallon get through a skit without giggling like a fucking schoolgirl?

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WORD.
Here's Jimmy Fallon almost ruining the Cowbell Sketch. I'd like to punch him right in his smarmy kisser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rDbf8pOMYU

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Sounds like what an Old French Whore might offer. "Yeeees, I will au vin your coq and for a few francs more also shia laboeuf...." --- ImpertinentVixen

annobanano's picture

So he was basically wrecked all the time, but still managed to be funny as shit. So why couldn't Fallon get through a skit without giggling like a fucking schoolgirl?

Stan Hooper's picture

I always knew things were bad for him, and he had an issue with the bottle, but I didn't know that he was more wilder than Tracey Morgan!

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A SNL cast member with drug and alcohol problems. Who could imagine such a thing?

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And how many blind items were about him instead of Ben Affleck that we didn't know about??!! LOL

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I find him to be one funny ass mo fo.

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Darrell Hammond is one funny ho.

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Sounds like what an Old French Whore might offer. "Yeeees, I will au vin your coq and for a few francs more also shia laboeuf...." --- ImpertinentVixen

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I'll take "The Pen-is Mightier," Trebek.

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Submitted by CokeyBloke on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:24am.

Starting shit:

Once upon a time, people were chagrined to admit they didnt' know who someone was. Now they say it like it's some badge of honor.

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Amen, sister.

Here's a partial list of people who were famous before I was born, yet I still know who they are:

Confucius
Napoleon
Charles Nelson Reilly
Vlad the Impaler
Elizabeth I
Phillis Wheatley
Trotsky
Fatty Arbuckle
Pancho Villa
Shakespeare
Marie Curie
Gypsy Rose Lee
Robert Oppenheimer
Gallileo
Bea Arthur
Richard Wright

It's called intellectual curiosity, and it's complemented by education.

If the parameters of your world extend only as far as Snooki and Lady Gaga, you live in a very small world.

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"No junk, no soul."

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Submitted by CokeyBloke on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:24am.
Starting shit:

Once upon a time, people were chagrined to admit they didnt' know who someone was. Now they say it like it's some badge of honor. If you don't know who Darrell Hammond is, it means you're too young to have seen him. Oooh! Yay YOU! You were born after floppy discs! Congrats!

It makes you sound bratty.

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hahaha right!!?? ESPECIALLY if they dont know who he is, and talk shit about him... he was part of the last SNL cast that was actually funny! It went downhill since the years of Tina Fey, Will F, Darrell H, Amy P, Tracy Morgan, Maya R... that cast was off the hook.. one of my favorites will always be macgruber too bad you cant find any originals from snl on youtube :( ..anyway, TEAM HAMMOND/CONNERY!

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louise, that link didn't work for me, but I found it somewhere else
*rolls on floor laughing*

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Once upon a time, people were chagrined to admit they didnt' know who someone was. Now they say it like it's some badge of honor. If you don't know who Darrell Hammond is, it means you're too young to have seen him. Oooh! Yay YOU! You were born after floppy discs! Congrats!

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@Snowy- me too. It's right up there with Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra. "You don't scare me. I've got chunks of guys like you in my stool! Steve, go kick his ass."

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God I love that man, DH is the shit, he made SNL great! ....SUCK IT TREBEK!!!!

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I'm so glad he's off that stuff. Its really sick to say that I was watching one of the Sean Connery moments on SNL while doing coke. Being really fucked up, I got this great idea to look for naked pics of Connery on the internet, and I ended up getting a virus from clicking on something bad.

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LOUISE OMG, LMAO I love that scene!!

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Submitted by TrashyWilma on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:56am.

Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.

Darrell Hammond had a good Bil Clinton, but Phil Hartman was the master.

Clinton at MCDonald's was the best. "Listen, there's going to be a lot of things we don't tell Mrs. Clinton."

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/clinton-at-mcdonalds/2871

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He was actually funny.
Team "hope he's doing better"

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Submitted by CokeyBloke on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:26am.
Jack, I think it's cute you're trying to convince us you had to google it.....
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LOL, not buying it huh? oh well :P
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I loved his pervy Bill Clinton!

I used to see him every so often on the route back from a good friend of mine's apt in NYC. He'd be walking down 1st Ave. in the East 70s always at odd hours of the night (like say, around midnight or after), always on his own. I always thought he looked so unhappy for a funny dude. Not that it means anything, but it was a random repeated sighting at an unusual time of night. I'd be interested in reading this.

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Submitted by CokeyBloke on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:24am.

Starting shit:

Once upon a time, people were chagrined to admit they didnt' know who someone was. Now they say it like it's some badge of honor. If you don't know who Darrell Hammond is, it means you're too young to have seen him. Oooh! Yay YOU! You were born after floppy discs! Congrats!

It makes you sound bratty.
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tell me about it! it was even more pathetic when people didn't know who kim and thurston were when they divorced. congrats for being ignorant to pop culture before 2005

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Submitted by But.Seriously.Folks on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 10:13am.

Eddie Murphy was the funniest cast member ever. My first dlisted avvie was Velvet Jones.

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Yeah, that was about the only time Eddie was funny...

http://vimeo.com/1061813

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"...Foster may have cracked under the pressures of being the world's leading Gordon Ramsay-lookalike-sex-dwarf..."

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Jack, I think it's cute you're trying to convince us you had to google it.....

CokeyBloke's picture

Starting shit:

Once upon a time, people were chagrined to admit they didnt' know who someone was. Now they say it like it's some badge of honor. If you don't know who Darrell Hammond is, it means you're too young to have seen him. Oooh! Yay YOU! You were born after floppy discs! Congrats!

It makes you sound bratty.

jack-n-the-hat's picture

Cokey - I had to google Analrapist (shocker)... LMAO at the "Training" section from wiki...

"It takes only a few years of college to become a professional analrapist. Since one of those professions involves basic math and the other one you can just make shit up, professional analrapy is becoming more and more popular for college dropouts with an undeserved sense of accomplishment."
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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat Darrell is obviously better at spotting crazy bitches.

LMAO TRU DAT!

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Submitted by suckandfuck on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:15am.
YES I'LL TAKE "THE RAPIST" FOR $900.

MR. CONNERY THAT'S "THERAPIST"
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Better than "Analrapist" a la Tobias Funke

that's a sad story. it's amazing he was able to accomplish what he did though. i mean, look at blohan...

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I haven't watched SNL in a good long time. I watched the Tina Fey as Sarah Palin skits though. To this day, I still attempt to distract people with "fancy pageant walkin".

Eddie Murphy was the funniest cast member ever. My first dlisted avvie was Velvet Jones.

CokeyBloke's picture

Hold on hold on hold on. The BAD stuff?

mike's picture

Never heard of this mofo.

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aw man, only when people are high do they do their best work

"that's the sound your mudda made last night"

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So that's what happened to this dude. He never tried to make that leap to movies and sitcoms like everybody else that leaves SNL. He's funny. Hope he bounces back.

Mama Bear's picture

That's not what your mother said last night Alex!

Chucks's picture

Justim Timberlake was pretty funny on SNL. "Bring it on in to Omeletteville!" lol.

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Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.
Why is Phil Hartman dead and this dude is still alive?
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Ahhh dammit. I hate being reminded that Phil Hartman is dead. :(

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Submitted by jack-n-the-hat on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:53am.

Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.
Why is Phil Hartman dead and this dude is still alive?
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Darrell is obviously better at spotting crazy bitches.

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I should not have laughed at this but I did *packs bags for hell*

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Submitted by snowpiece on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 9:50am.

Because Phil Hartman's wife had a small pyschotic break and shot him.

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