{"id":155569,"date":"2025-03-13T09:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/bill-murray-gave-snl50-writers-a-morale-boosting-pep-talk-ahead-of-the-show\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T09:21:07","slug":"bill-murray-gave-snl50-writers-a-morale-boosting-pep-talk-ahead-of-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/bill-murray-gave-snl50-writers-a-morale-boosting-pep-talk-ahead-of-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Murray gave SNL50 writers a morale-boosting pep talk ahead of the show"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Bill Murray<\/a> gave the \u2018SNL50: The Anniversary Special\u2019 writers a pep talk to raise morale.<\/p>\n

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Bill Murray gave the SNL50: The Anniversary Specia writers a morale-boosting pep talk ahead of the show<\/p>\n

The 74-year-old actor – who appeared on \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 from 1977 for three seasons until 1980 – returned to the programme for its 50th anniversary episode both on and off screen when it aired last month, and has now revealed he tried to raise the spirits of the writers to give them \u201ca little boost\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking on \u2018The Drew Barrymore<\/a> Show\u2019, Bill said: \u201cWell, they were having a meeting and I just sort of walked into the meeting, you know.<\/p>\n

“It’s [producer] Lorne [Michaels\u2019] meeting, and he’s sitting there; his feet on his desk, and there were all the writers sitting in the room and it was grim. It was very grim. It just felt very heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u2018Ghostbusters\u2019 star was “really excited” for the special, having seen some of the preparations, and he wanted everyone to realise “how beautiful” the programme would be.<\/p>\n

\nHe said: \u201cI just tried to share with them how beautiful it was going to be, you know? What a wonderful responsibility it was going to be how many people were going to watch it and love it and that I thought it was destined to be extraordinary success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nBill said \u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 star Tina Fey \u201creally enjoyed\u201d his pep talk, which the 54-year-old actress previously described as \u201clovely\u201d.<\/p>\n

\nHe continued: \u201cBut Tina really enjoyed that and I guess other writers, too. It seemed like they just needed a little kick, a little boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe \u2018Groundhog Day\u2019 actor emphasised he \u201cwasn\u2019t acting\u201d during his pep talk, and added the writers \u201ccertainly delivered\u201d on the show.<\/p>\n

\nWhile host Drew Barrymore hailed Bill as \u201ca legend at \u2018SNL\u2019\u201d, the \u2018Charlie\u2019s Angels\u2019 star stayed humble and insisted the series has harboured plenty of talented performers during its five-decade tenure.<\/p>\n

\nHe said: \u201cThere were great people that keep coming through. It’s been a never-failing spring of talent that has come through that show.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAny week there could be a spectacular sketch written on that show. They have real talent and they have really good writers. There are stuff that amazes me that they write nowadays.\u201d<\/p>\n

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