Bobby Moynihan

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 September 2022

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Bobby Moynihan first appeared on SNL in 2008, and starred on the show for nearly a decade. He did a few impressions, but his strength was portraying offbeat characters. When Bobby left SNL in 2017, he began to appear in a variety of projects; shows like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and movies like The Secret Life of Pets. In his free time in-between projects, Bobby began writing. He created Loafy, the series of shorts about a cartoon, drug-dealing manatee of the same name. Lightning Wolves, an adult send-up of late 20th century animated shows like Captain Planet, came next. Bobby recently transferred that same passion for writing into the book world. He just published his first children's book, Not All Sheep are Boring. It follows the adventures of sheep who actually lead rich, interesting lives and have hobbies like drinking coffee, metal detecting, and eating pasta. Bobby sat down with Bullseye to discuss his latest venture.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:14.8	It's Bullseye.
0:21.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:23.8	Bobby Moynihan was just a kid.
0:25.8	He first tried out for Saturday Night Live.
0:28.9	By that I mean he had his mom go get the camcorder.
0:32.4	She did her best Don Pardo impression.
0:34.4	He's a very young Bobby open the door for the bathroom in a fancy suit.
0:39.8	That video did not get him the job.
0:42.8	In fact they didn't even submit it to Lauren and the team they probably just showed it to
0:46.9	some aunts and uncles.
0:48.6	And also you know, Teenage Eddie Murphy aside Saturday Night Live, not really a show for
0:53.4	kids.
0:54.4	But as you probably know, Bobby Moynihan eventually did get on Saturday Night Live.
1:00.3	He started on the show for nearly a decade.
1:02.6	He did some impressions, but his strength was portraying offbeat characters.
1:07.2	Once not necessarily rooted in the headlines of the day, just lovable doofuses that only
1:15.5	Moynihan could play.
1:17.5	Like maybe his most popular drunk uncle.
1:20.7	When I was a kid, $5 you could get hot dog milk bread cigarettes television.
1:30.6	Nowadays it's just this gloom free.
1:36.8	Moynihan left the show in 2017.
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