Lamorne Morris: ‘Saturday Night,’ ‘Fargo,’ ‘New Girl’ and More

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Fresh off his surprise Emmy Award win for Season 5 of ‘Fargo,’ actor and comedian Lamorne Morris joins this week’s episode of The Last Laugh to break down his scene-stealing performance as the “elder statesman” of the original SNL cast in Jason Reitman’s new film ‘Saturday Night.’ Morris, who portrays Garrett Morris (no relation) in the movie, discusses what it was like to enter the fictionalized world of SNL more than a decade after he auditioned for the show (and didn’t get it). He also reveals how his ‘New Girl’ character Winston’s “kind eyes” helped land him his Emmy-winning role on ‘Fargo,’ tells the full story about how he almost missed out on the sitcom that has defined his career to date, and explains his running joke with ‘New Girl’ cast mate Jake Johnson about a potential reunion.

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0:00.0	This is The Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast.
0:09.0	And if you're a fan of this show, you are probably well aware that I have an unhealthy obsession with Saturday Night Live.
0:16.0	So when I heard that director Jason Reitman was working on a movie about the making of the first episode of SNL
0:21.6	that aired on October 11, 1975, I was already all in.
0:26.6	And when I finally got to see Saturday night earlier this month at the Mill Valley Film Festival,
0:30.6	it somehow exceeded my expectations.
0:33.6	It's not a perfect movie by any means, but it manages to capture a defining energy of SNL
0:39.3	that really seems like it was there from that very first episode.
0:42.6	And the member of the ridiculously talented cast who really jumped off the screen for me
0:47.6	is my guest on today's show, Lamorne Morris.
0:51.2	Fresh off his surprise Emmy win for Fargo,
0:56.9	Lamorne is still probably best known for his seven seasons as Winston Bishop on the sitcom New Girl. In Saturday night, he plays Garrett
1:03.0	Morris, who is not, as he likes to joke, his grandfather, but was among S&L's original not
1:09.0	ready for primetime players, alongside Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin,
1:14.8	Lorraine Newman, and Gilda Radner.
1:17.2	Beyond their shared last name,
1:19.0	Lamourne found a lot of ways to relate to Garrett Morris,
1:22.2	as he explains during this conversation.
1:24.2	But before we get into it,
1:25.6	let's listen to one of my favorite clips of
1:27.9	Lamourne Morris as his alter ego Prank Sinatra on New Girl.
1:33.3	Tonight, I'm Prank Sinatra.
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