Jane Curtin Kept Her Distance from John Belushi

Curtin Avoided Getting Too Close to John Belushi during Her Time on SNL. Jane's stint on the iconic show had its challenges. In an interview, the 76-year-old Curtin has reflected on the moments that cast a pall over her tenure, notably involving her co-star, the late John Belushi.

[@alyzu4755]

She said in another interview that when the show first started, before he began taking drugs, they would hang out and talk, and he was the sweetest man in the world. 😞

[@richardortiz8704]

John Belushi was another druggie that's what he died from drugs😢😢😢😢 f****** druggie

[@barneyronnie]

Silver Purse Cathy was scummy Belushi's best friend and dealer. Belushi knew that he WASN'T one bit funny; that's why he needed heroin and crack. Just another Hollyweird loser.

[@820hurleyj]

I believe that. Drugs ruin people. At the same time, fentanyl was a great drug for surgeries. I've had several with twilight surgeries using fentanyl and Versed and it was relatively a very pleasant experience. I don't believe they're using fentanyl anymore.

[@julesdevall2176]

Yes they are. I had my appendix removedba few months ago and they gave me fent before surgery because of the pain i was in ​@@820hurleyj

[@wendypatton1932]

@@820hurleyjwe definitely still use Fentanyl in the hospital. I’m an RN and I just had surgery, Fentanyl was definitely used!

[@leilanirocks]

Jane had that certain… sense of self-preservation that many of us are born with and that John unfortunately did not possess.

[@jamescarter3196]

Sounds like you've got that certain.... arrogance of people who aren't very bright, but are very lucky to have comfortable lives despite your lowbrow nature

[@annewagner196]

I understand that Jane was married and had a normal life outside of the show when not working. Others practically lived at the studio and constantly partied. She had a very different lifestyle than others on the cast.

[@little_wonderer9290]

I loved her on Third Rock From the Sun, she was a great foil to John Lithgow's zany character

[@Otherside2020]

This is so true for so many people. Being family or friends with an addict is a lifestyle. I lived many years with my experiences being driven by an addict. The eye-opener for me was my first Al-Anon meeting. After that meeting, I decided I did not want any part of that lifestyle.

[@crabstick250]

She was a brilliant actress, hilarious in so many of the straight-man roles. The news update scene where she ripped open her shirt are classic. The show from '75 on were hilarious. Very silly.

[@FlatlandMando]

Jane did manage to survive & that is at least part of the point of it all. As an adult, she may be critical of her previous life in the show, BUT many found it funny & it was nevertheless an iconic show.

[@selfesteem3447]

​@@Otherside2020I can't stand being around people who are addicted to & abusing or even just using substances. Cannot stand being around Inebriated individuals😖

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

When you see a boulder rolling downhill and headed in your direction, you get out of the way.

[@brianew]

Great analogy

[@user-yz1hv7oo6x]

It's a way of passage for many many comedians who wouldn't have never ever made it without Saturday night live

[@michaelsnider2484]

Also, bands.

[@user-yz1hv7oo6x]

Foreshore

[@chickey333]

But man the cost some of them paid.

[@yolandapolanco3870]

It continues to be so for any comedian trying to make it big. Comedians learn how to play with the big boys of stardom..🎉🎉🎉❤

[@user-yz1hv7oo6x]

True that 😊

[@janetbeal-carlson1871]

I thought those were SNL's best and funniest years by far.

[@andygossard4293]

I couldn't tell you anything about that show from 2010 on I didn't even like it much after 1995. As they all mentioned, wokeness prohibited satire.

[@kristinessTX]

And that probably was its funniest time. It’s worse now.

[@jamescarter3196]

@@kristinessTX You're just mindless and don't know, that's all

[@kurtb8474]

I didn't think so at the time. I watched nearly every Saturday night hoping to see something funny. But, it didn't happen very often.

[@HammerheadDawg]

Go back and watch the first few seasons. It for the most part was very dry with a funny skit here and there.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

I would argue that SNL was very funny for the times, especially considering how America was changing and becoming much more in your face in terms of social values and norms in pop culture.

[@SlimKeith11]

It was relevatory at the time and the musical guests were amazing.

[@beelzebobtheinnocent1659]

Didn't hold a candle to SCTV

[@ellentravers7889]

I think it was pretty funny for the times. Jane did the conehead alien from France thing and it was considered quite funny at the time.

[@dunbarf2413]

@@ellentravers7889 so popular they made 2 Coneheads movies.

[@patrisiamarto7999]

It sucks now! So woke

[@Scorch1028]

In spite of any tension that existed on the set, Jane Curtin played well off of John Belushi. The _appearance_ of solid chemistry between the two comedians created a _synergy_ that is a credit to them as actors.

[@musicoldies83]

The same scenario applied with Dan Akroyd as well. Great chemistry between the both of them as actors, especially in The Blues Brothers, but Akroyd would go on years later to say that personally he felt uncomfortable being around Belushi because of how unpredictably he acted due to his drug abuse.

[@billslocum9819]

I loved her reactions when he did one of his Weekend Update commentaries about weather or whatnot that turned into violent rants about his criminal associates. The more worked up he got, the more she cringed and fake-smiled to play it up. She was a great backboard for his lunacy.

[@MaryMerryKingOfTheWoodsIsHe]

She said it wasn’t personal, so I don’t think there was tension between them. I think she just steered clear of partying with him.

[@joannejohnson7006]

Jane was fantastic on Third Rock From the Sun ☀️ Jane & Gilda❤

[@flinx649]

yes she was

[@gkrebs6636]

Yes she was double infinity and beyond! U big head ​@@flinx649

[@peterbarlow8912]

Don’t forget the Librarian!

[@marybaudoin3711]

She was great on Kate and Allie too

[@kittylemeu]

She was HILARIOUS on third rock.

[@user-lb9gz7db1i]

I was too young & not "allowed" to watch SNL 75/76. I snuck watching it when I could - love it!!

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

Me, too.❤

[@privateprivate1865]

Land Shark🚪🦈

[@monkeybusiness1999]

Same here, but too young to really understand most of the skits. I do remember one of their ad spoofs about Vietnam being the next greatest vacation getaway place - it was an awful & bizarre thought at the time. But, 50 years later...

[@beverlygoddard4307]

Those were the days... but if I babysat could watch😅

[@modickens1272]

You must be incredibly old. I mean ancient, I mean a relic,...I mean prehistoric

[@kellygaumer5667]

70s and 80s SNL were the golden era. Gilda Radner, Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd and guests like Steve Martin gave us TV gold. Also Eddie Murphy in the 80s. We saw a great resurgence in the 90s with Chris Farley, Adam Sandler etc.

[@Moose803]

David Spade, Dana Carvey, Norm Mcdonald

[@kellygaumer5667]

@@Moose803 love Norm Mcdonald. Turd Ferguson is comedy gold

[@Bonnie-ww7mr]

Right. She's freaking out

[@Bonnie-ww7mr]

​@@Moose803you're in later years

[@Fetherko]

Gilda wasn't funny.

[@jeffreycook3289]

Original SNL was fantastic it was the best cast, and skits were funny as hell😅

[@damesaphira9790]

No, they really weren't funny at all. Silly is much different from funny. SNL was silly, like other generations thought "The Three Stooges" or "Jerry Lewis" was funny. SNL was something new and silly. Now it is tired and silly. It has never been funny except perhaps the times when actual comedians did guest appearances and insisted on using their own material and not SNL foolishness.

[@EdWood1st]

@@damesaphira9790 No Back in the day it was funny as hell With primetime players like Hartman, Farley, McDonald, Lovitz, Murphy. I could go on and on They were very funny. You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground Buckwheat!

[@jimmyz2098]

@@damesaphira9790 I bet you're real fun at parties. Get over yourself. LOL

[@leanneporter2661]

Maybe thats her point that the best back then and thats not saying a lot.

[@damesaphira9790]

@@jimmyz2098 Does my having an opinion intimidate you or are you intimidated by the fact that I am willing to voice my opinion? Perhaps it is YOU whom needs to "get over" a few things.

[@pamk6761]

It was wonderful! Everybody we knew back then watched it, and it became iconic!

[@damesaphira9790]

It wasn't then, nor now funny. The Emperor has no clothes.

[@zdme4864]

and we all watched it stoned too!

[@fredcox6994]

I was in bars, where they turned off the juke box to view it

[@susanjohnson4222]

Some people aren't ready to lighten up. And that's ok of course. Why we love America is diversity. We learn so much about ourselves and to have compassion for those who see things differently. It will stay the same with drugs - It is up to parents to teach their kids the golden rules. I feel bad for those who got and get hooked on anything. Especially with only one parent or no siblings etc. So, blessed are we to even have this life. We are some leaders and some followers and it takes experience to learn how to be both. Young people always need to break boundaries with creative ventures. Drugs were just a test and some evilness in there too. But lots of good things have come from those people who just wanted to feel and expand their minds. It was carried away for a while there like watching the body bags of our youth on TV. So sad and scary for us we dabbled into escaping. Times are still scary and we can't hide anymore. Let's hope that SNL can do a little better for the youth that watch. Humor is the best escape. We can only laugh so long but we can be more creative too. Laughter is hard when reality is wars and rumors of. I think back more than forward to laugh. Life's ust not so funny anymore. Sorry for letter. I'm a peaceful person fighting all the drama. I only sleep good at night because I love everything living here that I can. And mostly I believe in The Holy Trinity. This shall all pass and we will survive but make time enough for love, it's what we can do.

[@ReadyorNot811]

It was never funny to me

[@Runner2000]

The woman who helped him OD used to be the girlfriend of Gordon Lightfoot. He wrote the song, “Sundown,” about her. Gordo dodged a bullet on that one.

[@rothed16]

Ya. Think she spent like a year and a half in jail/prison for giving him that fatal combo

[@Runner2000]

@@rothed16 Yeah, it wasn’t long. I couldn’t believe that after all of that, Gord said he was still in love with her. And by then she was lookin’ like 12 miles of bad road. Don’t know what it was about her, but it had Lightfoot in love with her till he died.

[@jameswood231]

Yes he did.😮

[@fredcox6994]

@@Runner2000 We can't help it. I got a lump in my throat when I saw the obituary of a two-timing wench I was crazy about 40 yrs. prior

[@badlieutenant322]

“The Weight” by The Band about her Her child was deemed “The Band baby” because paternity undetermined Robin Williams called her a “lowlife” Keith Richards and Ron Wood’s drug dealer when in L.A. She had Sanpaku eyes

[@lexxiebodine1788]

I remember Him and Gilda, Eddie, Garrett, Akroid SO VIVIDLY!!

[@Johnnyrocks34]

How old are you? Did you see them live? Im 48 so they were few years before my time. Eddie murphy was first i remember

[@mikem9584]

Not Chase?

[@Johnnyrocks34]

@@mikem9584 chase was only there the first season

[@mikem9584]

@@Johnnyrocks34 oh ok. I didn't know. 👍👍

[@Johnnyrocks34]

@@mikem9584 before my time. I saw that somewhere

[@johnbox271]

Super Bass-O-Matic ‘76’

[@jenniferhart559]

Mmm, that's delicious bass! 😋🥛🐟

[@my2cents320]

Del Stater’s Rabbit Hut/Toad Ranch.

[@frompapertopeoplepodcast4889]

New Shimmer...it's a floor wax AND a dessert topping.

[@qsilver1138]

😂😂😂

[@christopherlangdon4846]

Belushi was battling addiction. He didn’t fight it, he went with it and encouraged others to become addicted as well

[@user-zy3nv1jy1m]

Darwin award winner

[@susanjohnson4222]

Incuraging others to be addicted? You didn't know him. Incuraging is the wrong word. Needing people around him was more like it. With drugs like cocaine - back then - anyone who was creative in any way seemed to be using. It was something that was bringing people together and or bringing them out of a lonely shell. It was high times. It like so many drugs and alcohol have ruined lives and families. It's a shame how fun it was - the ritual of having a good night or enhancing some celebration. I'm glad to have survived all that. And sad to have lost many a friend because of it. JBs family lived on the other side of town from mine. Went to high school with him only he was two yrs older. My 1 yr older bro was friends with him and younger bro friends with Jim. They made our high school so much more fun and exciting. Always nice, and gentlemen. You wouldn't think that of John from watching Animal house. He was and I have memories and some stories of him and always big hearted John was a class act and well liked artist. He was so talented that everyone knew him and edged him on. If only his true friends could have been around him more but no one can change you but you and without family or true friends around you it's hard to do. I cried and still tear up thinking of him. So glad to have the good memories of him. Peace to you and RIP John B

[@christopherlangdon4846]

@@susanjohnson4222 He encouraged people to smoke pot in his routines on SNL, and cocaine. Read “Wired.” He was always encouraging others to do cocaine, etc. I know him better than you. Get real.

[@lhart99]

@@susanjohnson4222 Well said.

[@frompapertopeoplepodcast4889]

How exactly do you know this? Were you there? Do you actually believe that addiction is TEACHABLE? You're born with it or you're not.

[@ElmoUnk1953]

“I want YOU Mary! I want the cow!” Dick Solomon was SO smooth, and smitten.

[@FleetwoodCaddy59]

😆😆When he dressed up as Dickie Jo and snuck into the ladies retreat

[@A2D4]

@@FleetwoodCaddy59 Ohmygosh- that was one of my all time favorite scenes. I loved the scene later when Tommy was planning to explain his being an alien to his girlfriend, then “DickieJo” came in, complaining and pulling off the ladies’ clothes he had on . Tommy just stood there, shaking his head till the girlfriend offered her sympathy. I also LOVED the episode with Phil Hartman selling men’s makeup products to Harry. His death was a terrible loss. I’m so glad these clips, etc., are available on KZbin. They’ll all live forever that way. 💜💜

[@FleetwoodCaddy59]

@@A2D4 The woman I love won’t let me be a woman!!!! 😆😆😆

[@Calrad]

That was THE BEST SNL's.

[@marcK599.]

Unwatchable today

[@jeangrillo9987]

Working for the New York Daily News I did several SNL stories in its early years. In the beginning Belushi was a sweetheart, kind and gentle. A year later, and especially after Animal House, he was a maniac. While the other cast members would allow me to interview them, Jane would hide herself away. As the drug use got worse and so many were high I sometimes had to drag someone I wanted to profile out of the SNL studio completely, once interviewing Dan Ackroyd in the street. Jean Bergantini Grillo

[@M-Is-For-Margaret]

Hello. Was everyone doing drugs? Or because Belushi was on drugs he was interfering with you interviewing the others? Did Dan Ackroyd tell you about UFO/alien abduction?

[@Nicksonian]

As a reporter who actually worked to gather information and interview people and create original content, what do you think of channels like this that just scrape quotes, photos, and videos from other sources and put together lame videos…making money off of other people’s work?

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

In a way it's garbage. But it also reminds me of the Original Saturday Night Live Cast which was great. Jane Curtain was great because of all the "Weekend Updates" where she would constantly catch insults from other players and did with a straight face. And she had that really "good girl" look to her which is one of the reasons it was so funny. Like "Jane You Ignorant Slut!" was almost a catch phrase. And Gilda Radner doing her crazy little rants & Jane correcting her mistake & then Gilda looks at the camera & innocently says "Nevermind" pause and then a sideways "Bitch" at Jane. And in the late 70's & early 80's LOTS OF PEOPLE were using drugs, Cocaine was in widespread use at the time. Powdered cocaine that people could snort was the thing at the time. And then "crack" started & it became tough to get powder. And imo ruined coke. Cuz snorting a few lines on payday was OK. But the crazy people that were smoking crack were robbing & stealing & wanting to smoke 24-7. But as far as Belushi was concerned I'm not sure if he had a coke habit or a heroin habit or BOTH. But we had a friend that was free basing coke that stole from us a couple of times. Her name was Celia. And she had always been a clepto but she didn't normally steal from us. But when I first met her a pill called Quaaludes was very popular & she couldn't get enough. Then after quitting ludes she started smoking coke. But yeah, at the time I was growing & selling marijuana. And to be honest I think I enjoyed growing it more than smoking it or selling it. At the time, selling was a hassle cuz it was illegal & I was working so I didn't really need the money. I eventually stopped smoking cuz I stopped growing it.

[@jeangrillo9987]

I have much higher regard for those who go right to the source.

[@brendalg4]

​@@NicksonianI give these videos a thumbs down because they are just trying to make money off of other people's content. But this video isn't as bad as a lot of them are. If we stop watching them they'll stop making them

[@katfishkobain8809]

Waited on cast at Rainbow Room party first month of show. Belushi looked crazy, coke and Coca Cola….. she was right. Something off….

[@annedavis6090]

cocaine and heroin

[@laurenmaxwell2857]

You worked at the rainbow room? That's pretty cool. Can you tell us some of your stories from your time there? :)

[@katfishkobain8809]

@@laurenmaxwell2857my dad was a funeral director near estate in tarrytown. He made arrangements for death of one of the Rockefeller family. He got fishing pass from family. He and David Rockefeller were fishermen. Swan lake, on the property is gorgeous with miles of cinder trails for horseback. I met him at the lake and while parking cars at the funeral home. They called each other “ horses asses” . My first day at the Rainbow Room, we had daily lineups to check uniforms and whatnot. Rockefeller came in and recognized me; He walked over to me and whispered “ You little horses ass” and I smiled. I was pulled out of the lineup and dragged into the kitchen. Big deal for management. What did you say to him, my manager barked? You should ask him I said. I was sent home. Next day I was waiter on his station and for the next two years. I couldn’t get on dinner. I transferred downstairs to 64 th floor in banquets and waited on him in small meetings room. Never breaking position I was in. Never let on he knew me. I came up on the elevator with him one day alone and asked him, Do you work? I got the speech. We all work every day. Last time I asked anything. He was nice. Wore argyle socks and Earth shoes. Remember those?? Memories. I found the largest snapping turtle as a boy and dragged it to my dad and David who was on a horse. He left and park ranger came in a few minutes and shot it. They were after it for a year. It was killing all the swans. Not a story for today. Used to camp on the grounds. But had to be sneaky. Near the stone church with Marc Chagall stained glass windows. The sunrise made beautiful colors on my tent. There are some honest memories. You asked. Was also at RR when Nelson, well, had problems. That was a big no no to even talk about, even with my dad

[@MrsGogo]

​@@annedavis6090 A good friend died many years ago of shooting up a " speedball", a mixture of cocaine and heroin, I thank God I survived those years and have been clean and sober for 35 years now.

[@paulapridy6804]

It's tough to work with someone who is pretty constantly drug induced😢

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Especially if you have drug problems yourself. I was a smoker. Not a major drug problem but addiction is addiction and lf Jane was addicted then being around John could trigger her

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

​@@wendyokoopa7048personally. When I quit 14 years ago, the LAST thing I wanted after being around anyone under the influence was any of what they were doing

[@modickens1272]

Especially if its hunter biden

[@KittyGrizGriz]

@@modickens1272ridiculous reply.

[@jamescarter3196]

@@modickens1272 especially Donald Trump is a speed freak

[@jimbardony2329]

Better than any subsequent series by far...

[@guytansbariva2295]

No, SNL in the late 80s to late 90s was usually hilarious. Since then, it's been more cheesy than funny.

[@jimbardony2329]

@@guytansbariva2295 no snl sucked outside of 1 or 2 people for 20 years. Almost got cancelled.

[@guytansbariva2295]

@@jimbardony2329 that's your opinion dude

[@guytansbariva2295]

@jimbardony2329 Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Victoria Jackson, etc? Your personal opinion of what sucked is just that, your opinion lol

[@jonathanmosher72]

90% of 1970s SNL was trash. It was garbage. In the 1980s it was played as a rerun at night by local TV. It was lame AF.

[@pamelagibson6860]

The only time the show was funny. I miss them all. 😢 ❤

[@vickingsley537]

Right ? From time to time, they might have a funny skit . Not like it was then, tho . RIP John

[@guytansbariva2295]

Late 80s - late 90s was just as funny as the early days. But SNL hasn't been remotely funny or talented in 20+ years

[@rustyshackleford6035]

Totally disagree the series was Good in the 70's but it's still Good now most people who think it sucks now just Don't understand this Generations humor I'm 43 I've been watching SNL since the 80's when was a kid and it's always been constantly Good

[@guytansbariva2295]

@rustyshackleford6035 No, I'm 41 and today's SNL just isn't funny. Everyone I know older and younger than me says the same thing. The skits today are more just stupid and silly, not funny.

[@user-rk7du6xf5q]

💯

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

I miss John Belushi, when he passed that was the end of the Blues Brothers, he will always be Joliet Jake Blues to me! He and Dan Akroyd were the new Laurel and Hardy!

[@reneeg4817]

Steve Martin was great. I loved Gilda Radnor.

[@blu48]

Gilda was my favorite.

[@robynlea6950]

Steve Martín was my Idol when I was between 12 to 14 years old. I even went to see him when I was twelve, in concert at Sacramento.

[@reneeg4817]

@@robynlea6950 that must've been awesome 😎

[@robynlea6950]

@@reneeg4817 It was awesome. My mom bought me these huge platform shoes and this weird outfit that I just had to have. I went alone and was cracking up all the time 🤓!

[@reneeg4817]

@@robynlea6950 sounds like a great memory.

[@panny5173]

I love Jane Curtain. Such a good actress, the best they come. She also has such a lovely personality.

[@misterwhipple2870]

I always had the screaming hots for her and I still do. She was a high-school fantasy I never got over. Beautiful! I hated Gilda Radner.

[@loriegosnell9355]

Good. Rosanna Danna Danna hated you too😂 Curtain is a liberal Twit.

[@larryo6874]

John Belushi in “Samurai Delicatessen” was pretty good.

[@Scorch1028]

John Belushi and Jane Curtin were each talented in their own way. They were just very different performers. I think that Jane disliked working with John more than vice versa.

[@Dborgman]

I second that , Samarai swordsman When a customer asks if he could break a tweenty?

[@Peggy-nt7eo]

That was so funny!! Laugh my so hard.

[@michaelwilson2340]

Remember when he accidentally cut Buck Henry's forehead with his samurai sword during a sketch? Henry ended up wearing a bandage for the rest of the show.

[@gary4334]

Samurai Night Fever!😅

[@robjohnston1433]

Fantastic comedienne! Hugely underestimated ... also wonderful on "Third Rock from the Sun"!

[@bobthebear1246]

Very interesting. I always loved her and still do.

[@starcrib]

She should know- she was the original. 🌿🇺🇲🌿

[@Peggy-nt7eo]

I read somewhere that a room wasbuilt for John on set to keep him contained in between takes so he wouldn’t / couldn’t run off the set. Poor guy he even hired a guy to help him stay away from drugs. But he was so well known and liked people, strangers would just hand him druges while he was in the men’s room. R.I.P. ❤❤❤

[@Wednesdaywoe1975]

Jesus. So they helped him commit slow motion suicide. Shitty people.

[@jordil6152]

Jane was a professional, John was doing the troubled artist thing. I admire the man's work but I would have felt the same.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

The first cast of SNL was great.

[@user-gc3se4ku3n]

Amazing and good on her for admitting show could suck..some amazing live band debuts....

[@user-yq2rn2hy8p]

You photoshopped that wrinkly picture of her. She doesnt look like that. Shame on you !!!😮😮

[@warthogA10]

My mum could have been her twin..

[@loriegosnell9355]

I wouldn’t brag

[@denisehenschel9589]

The early Saturday Night Live shows were the best ones. I disagree with her. She played on the show when it was at its best was extremely funny.

[@b-radg916]

The original cast was incredible. Since then, it seems like the cast has been made up of one or two real stars (Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Dana Carvey, etc) and the rest not-ready for prime timers. Sadly, unless I’m interested in the week’s host, I’ll record it and watch Weekend Update later (I think Michael Che and Colin Jost are the best to do it in a long time!). The rest of the show is so inconsistent that I rarely watch any of it because it often ends up feeling like a waste of time. I wish I didn’t feel that way, but I do.

[@kimpulsipher647]

She was talking about when she did a show years later and it wasn't funny.

[@b-radg916]

@@kimpulsipher647 : Based on how this video presents it, she was referring to SNL (but that doesn’t mean that whoever made this video quoted her correctly and in the right context).

[@Mattnoble80]

I think there were a lot of cast members who have stayed away from others in the cast due to addictions…it is hard to approach an addict or be around one in active addiction. It took my family years to get it across to me that I am an addict

[@jvallas]

It's uncomfortable at best, and i had only one experience with someone who had a drug problem; but she was constantly needy*. When it got to the point of knowing my help wasn't going to change anything, I have to admit I avoided her as much as I could. *This may not always be true, just my experience.

[@Mattnoble80]

@@jvallas during active addiction I didn’t have “drug friends”, I wanted to snort all the cocaine and heroin I bought. That actually made me reclusive to the world except dealers and plugs. However under this whole subject though my family started ignoring and excluding me, spent a Christmas with an 8 ball of cocaine and 2 bottles of vodka

[@davidjennings4589]

At least they were conscious of it. That allows for self preservation.

[@pjpredhomme7699]

I'm sure it was the same with Chris Farley

[@820hurleyj]

I loved the original cast and several of their followers, but certainly not all. Jane was a polite as well as very funny comedienne. John was probably my least favorite but he had his moments.

[@maryannehorn2593]

Well, she has said he didn't think women were funny. Boy, was he wrong

[@ericwalters5382]

It was Belushi that wasn't funny

[@cececox6399]

I'm a woman and women AREN'T funny. Men have to create things like skills and personalities... And women DON'T. Joan River's wasn't bad for a woman. She's the best female comedian. But she's still far behind my favourite male comedians. And modern female comedians like Amy schumer, Sarah Silverman and Cathy Griffen are ALL absolutely TRASH. I've paid to see male comedians but I would literally NEVER waste money going to see female comedians. But I also don't waste money on female artists either. Because I want to see people actually sing their songs and pay their instruments. Not lip sync and shake their asses while being as naked as is legally allowed in public. Women just aren't remotely as talented or as dedicated to becoming the best in their field. Men can dedicate their lives to one hobby, on TOP of their careers and supporting and providing for their family.

[@kellykarcher7179]

@@ericwalters5382 Your opinion of Belushi is in the minority. Belushi was ranked the #1 performer/comedian on SNL of all-time. Maybe take another look at some of his performances? He was also extremely funny in Animal House and The Blues Brothers...

[@ericwalters5382]

@@kellykarcher7179 I never cared to be in the majority. They're usually wrong. Life is too short (ironically the Only thing he & l would agree on) to revisit a bore with boorish behavior.

[@tygerstripes3752]

maryannehorn nailed this. Belushi was one of those comics who believed that women couldn't be funny, and he was vocal about it. Though I'd definitely disagree with Jane that her SNL years weren't funny. They took a few episodes to land on their feet, and then they were off to the races. It was *hilarious*.

[@earlymorningtwilight9119]

Loved the first few seasons!!

[@nancychandler768]

What does she mean that it wasn’t funny? SNL was hysterical!!!

[@bethaniejify]

Maybe if you were there and experienced the heaviness of being around others who were using and unable to stop, it wouldn’t feel funny or like a fun time. That’s my guess. It didn’t feel funny to her.

[@jrasicmark1]

Have to admit, I tend to agree with her with several skits I saw back then. To be fair, I didn't watch it often, because I usually couldn't stay up that long. But a lot of the skits I remember were just kind of weird or shocking, but not particularly funny, at least to me. I will say, I found the Jaws candygram delivery was hilarious to me.

[@rheahorvath9274]

Curtain was wise beyond her years. Disseminating.

[@josephwinters2302]

THE GREAT I AM WHO I AM HELPED HER . THANK YOU ALMIGHTY COVENANT GOD YAHWEH IN JESUS CHRIST NAME AMEN

[@bobthebear1246]

*Curtin

[@bobthebear1246]

*Curtin

[@sarahm.5356]

Disseminating? What did she disseminate?

[@TrendFWD]

And soft on the eyes too

[@louisbertaux5193]

LOVE Saturday Night Live! watched since the beginning

[@marcK599.]

Me too but haven’t watched since the 80s

[@monkeybusiness1999]

Third Rock was her best & most perfect "serious-goofy" role :)

[@j.lietka9406]

Such beautiful eyes... Lovely lady ❤

[@NickWeissMusic]

Anyone remember kate and Allie? A show so funny, even my guy friends in grammar school watched it. Jane’s forever easy on the eyes.

[@howardmiller5381]

True, it was often awful, but still way better than anything else on that time of night.

[@blu48]

We still watched it.

[@davisholman8149]

I somehow missed how old Belushi was. 33! Wow - much younger than I thought. Gone too young, that’s for sure.🫤

[@JudgeJulieLit]

It was nearly always brilliant, had a great ensemble and inspired skits.

[@SuperWoodyboy]

WRONG! Best SNL shows ever and the best crew!

[@lesleymaner2851]

@@SuperWoodyboyabsolutely

[@mikeg3439]

Great memories as a kid of SNL and Jane. Does not surprise me that she has always done what she can to have her act together, seems like a real class act.

[@Prometheuspredator]

Jane was an excellent actress and funny as all get out. Chevy Chase and Jane's news broadcast episodes were hilarous. One of the best skits of the first SNL cast. Their newscast of politics and satire and suddenly the show narriator introduces their "Point Counter Point" debate. This was the best of the show.

[@louiesmom007]

Her feelings about Belushi are valid. Her comments about the show, she participated in, are a clear validation, of her need, in old age, to glom onto, the current narrative. She was a part, of the greatest revolution, in comedy. I hate, so much, how people are made to feel bad about making us laugh, because of societal pressure. That was the VERY thing, they made fun of. Tragic. They're now part, of the machine, they made fun of.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Which in a way is why George Carlin was the perfect Celeb Debut Host. He knew enough of Showbiz to appear early on as a Guest on "The Jimmy Dean Show." However he had also gone from his "Hippy Dippy Weatherman" routine to the Legendary "Seven Words That You Can't Say On TV." And since he was shaping himself as the Seventies era Lenny Bruce why not risk it even more as the daring tentpole for a very young and yet ambitious and rebellious group of "Not Ready For Prime Time Players?" One subversive Entertainment Era shading into one even more. From the moment that "The Wolverines" found "The Fingertips!"😂🤔🎤🐶🐺💅📺B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

@SBU: What did You think of the Eighties Sitcom that Miss Jane Curtin did with Miss Susan Saint James called "Kate & Allie?" I remember Jane Curtin saying once in reference to Her show then "The humor is kinder." Clearly displeased with having Dan Aykroyd call Her "ignorant"...(and justifiably so) recurrently. Practically cannot find either show in full airing anymore. So I guess that it's a push.😂🤔📺B.W.

[@madbrowniac7871]

@louiesmom007: Which brings it full circle. The original "Tonight Show" with Steve Allen and his incredible Repertory of Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Louis Nye, Bill Dana, Pat Harrington, Junior, and Gabriel Dell was the original NBC late night troupe determined to create comic anarchy. Which inspired Steve Allen's astute remark that "Humor is a rebellion against tragedy." The "rebels" become the machine's tragic cogs with every passing 20 years.😔B.W.

[@Tearsandbjs]

@@madbrowniac7871 I watched the OG SNL, I was like 7 and watched every Saturday night. My mom didn't care, I never realized what a cool mom I had. The only show she wouldn't allow was Baretta with Robert Blake. With hindsight, was my mom psychic or something??? Yes I loved Kate & Allie. I caught a few episodes recently and the writing wasn't the sharpest but its such a great show. I loved McMillan & Wife, SSJ & Curtin co-starring in a series is real TV MAGIC!!! Jane is so funny when she's vulnerable, in Third Rock she was too authoritative for that comedic avenue. And she had none of the charm or warm & fuzzy quality she had in Kate & Allie. And the writing in 3rd Rock sucked eggs. Not simply bad-- unbelievably bad. How it was successful is a total mystery to me. John Lithgow stans is all I can figure. Interesting about the rebels becoming the screws every 20 yrs. A lot of celebs are followers lacking in critical thinking skills. Tho a lot are fronting-- the nonsense they tweet is not at all their real views.

[@madbrowniac7871]

Always watch the Production Crew by the way. The Writing Staff I mean. The same People who Wrote for "3rd Rock" Wrote for "That 70s Show." And the same People by and large who Wrote for "How I Met Your Mother" are the same People who are Writing the "Frasier" reboot. Which explains why it is so hit or miss. The deftly daffy Staff Veteran touch of Chris Lloyd and Bob Daily among others who understand perfectly what material does and doesn't work with "Frasier" is absent. Sometimes the show is "Minnesota Nice" and sometimes it isn't! Sorry couldn't resist.😂 Nice discussing Sitcom Traditions with You. I've seen at least one Episode or a few snippets of just about every one going back to 1968. Cool Nom de KZbin BTW Baron!👍 Must tell You though. I am a "Snoopy" Superfan.🐶⚾️🛩 Promise not to "Curse" you!😂😏📺B.W.

[@WallKenshiro]

The original SNL was of it's time, and was funny in it's time, which is something that it's rarely achieved since, though when it did, it truly did. Comedy more often than not ages like milk, not wine, and even that which does will eventually turn into vinegar one day.

[@davidjennings4589]

Exactly, and the demographic was 18-24, so you age out. Juvenile humor. We used to have SNL parties the first season. It broke new ground in pop culture. Incest, interracial dating, and Lorraine Neuman in assertiveness training, "my boyfriend was standing behind me, telling me what to say". Of it's time indeed, speaking as Rip Van Winkle, over here in my tri cornered hat and buckle shoes.

[@davidjennings4589]

A perfect follow-on to Mad Magazine

[@ltvanburen8555]

I love Jane Curtain and I agree that not all of the sketches have stood the test of time, but as a lonely ProgRock pre-teen in Knoxville, Tennessee, that show was a life saver for me. When Madeline Khan wore a white three-piece suit to host SNL, I found a forest green corduroy three piece suit for my Freshman picture at Catholic school (probably bought at J. C. Penney’s). On SNL I found Gilda Radnor, Kate Bush, Steve Martin, and so much more, including you, Jane Curtain🙏. Jane was married with a child and was past the party stage in 1975. But the original SNL cast will always have a special place in my heart. And, from what I understand, John’s early death means we were all cheated out of seeing a lifetime of performances from truly gifted dramatic artist. I love you, Jane Curtain. Now I will go prepare some chicken embryos for my evening consumption.🥰🌻✌️🌸

[@brucekuehn4031]

In 1979, I worked as an extra in the army riots scene on the movie “1941” directed by Steven Spielberg. I was in front of the tank that Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were sitting on. Late at night, large crowd, long hours. Dan was always patient and friendly, but John was like a mean dog. He would bark at makeup people, snarl at anyone around him. I don’t recall him laughing or even smiling once. He seemed to be in torment. He died in 1982.

[@davidjennings4589]

He was "the bee", lol

[@williamearl7837]

Jane seems to agree with Walter Matthau. The reruns cut out Matthau's comment right before a commercial break. Does anyone else remember what he said, and what happened before his comment?

[@mickangio16]

Why don't you tell it?

[@manuelsalgado9457]

She has always been a very lovely lady.

[@suziesmith2142]

Jane thought that those SNL shows weren't funny?? WHAT? They were hilarious!

[@sookie4195]

We had simulcast TV in Kansas City, Missouri when I was first married. Mark and I were the only couple married so all of his single guy friends would come over every Saturday night to watch Saturday Night Live on simulcast TV..

[@knockywigglesworth1909]

Those older shows were hugely funny compared to the current content😮

[@guinnesstrail6799]

I preferred SCTV. It had wit, something SNL always lacked.

[@hunterdogztc]

Loved, loved, LOVED Jane. Incredibly talented woman who kept her moral compass.

[@deniseburnside]

If you have ever known a drug addict or an alcoholic, you know they are draining to be around, regardless who they are. Substances changes a person’s behavior and personality.

[@tgm2754]

It was THE show to watch and I can describe and say the lines of quite a few skits 30 years later. Favorites: Martin & Akroyd: we are a few wild and crazy guys! Steve Martin sings King Tut song( he was buried in his Jammie’s 😂). Gilda as Rosanna Anna Danna. The list goes on and on.

[@user-db6pt7vr3l]

She was the adult in the room over there and called out Belushi and his b.s.

[@rickyholt1556]

One of the funniest shows of the late seventies early 80s

[@thomaslemay8817]

When a person chooses to abuse drugs, use any drugs that aren't prescribed by a doctor, you can not say they are not themselves because they themselves made those decisions . A person is what they choose to be. If it's a drug addict then a drug addict they are . I speak to this from experience. My father was an alcoholic. He chose to drink too excesses, and no one forced him. When he was sober, he was a decent human being. But an alcoholic is what he was .

[@maureen3134]

From her perspective the show was terrible; for many, many of us out here, those were the absolute best years of SNL. The Phil Hartman years were second best, in my opinion.

[@zaqwsx2811]

It's hard to recognize what SNL has unfortunately become

[@gregsmith8495]

How would you know? At least we don't have to worry about tonight triggering the magas! It's still a great show, or it wouldn't have been on since 1975. tRump farting himself awake is going to be hilarious. President Biden is leading in the polls 50-44. trumpism is a fringe group of radicals who are being used for Putins agenda of pitting Americans against each other. No one is above the law.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

It is easy to recognize what SNL has become. Other than a few rare moments, it has become 'terrible.'

[@lesleymaner2851]

@@ScooterOnHisWay2024I have no idea what keeps it on

[@mizzury54]

It's unwatchable. Sometimes with a good host, it's okay. Some of the cast are decent actors but the writing is terrible. I think James Austin Johnson will go far.

[@jcbulldog533]

​@@lesleymaner2851Exactly,I'm surprised it hasn't been cancelled like at least 20+ year's ago or so. Makes me wonder who watches this garbage now days??!! Seriously

[@supertrucker99]

That show was freakin hilarious and ahead of the time's ....ill never forget coneheads😂😂😂😂

[@LauraDawes-zh6hz]

Jane is the Best actress from SNL..Always! She has a unique style of comedy. She could adapt comically to each skit. I am proud of her. She is one of a kind funny. Love, Laura from NH

[@rose4490]

I think my dad had a thing for Jane Curtain. She was, and still is a pretty lady... and she was obviously very smart!

[@sherryhall3466]

That’s funny because my dad and mom thought she was beautiful.

[@dianakidd4219]

She sure didn’t age well

[@frankhughes9137]

Funniest sketch ever curtain and Aykroyd, point counterpoint on abortion. Cried funny with outrageous language for the day

[@blu48]

I'm going to search for that clip. I'd love to see that.

[@someguy7805]

"Jane. You incredibly ignorant s###"

[@mickangio16]

I liked the Coneheads- AND the Coneheads movie.

[@someguy7805]

They deleted my comment. I wonder why! 🤣 I'll have to disguise it. From the point - counterpoint: "Jane. You incredibly esstu-ppeed sseell-euutte".

[@WinkLinkletter]

​@@someguy7805Constantly with YT.

[@calvinjackson8110]

Shocking and surprising to see her this way. I have vivid memories her on snl and especially on Kate & Allie. Wish she was the way I remember her.

[@littlegirllost2654]

I know that she thought the show was terrible but people my age grew up watching this and it was awesome

[@phxmotor1]

One show in 6 is funny. What the hell. It's a fact.

[@sylvestervoigt9836]

Belushi seemed way cooler than any other Albanian that I ever met

[@WinkLinkletter]

Now that's funny.

[@madbrowniac7871]

@sylvestervoigt9836: The late great Paul Walker from "The Fast and The Furious" is said to be of Albanian ancestry.🤔🎤🇦🇱🎥B.W.

[@allknight7905]

I struggle with my addiction to comedy .. I’m not joking!

[@BruceNewhouse]

The original SNL was funny and iconic.

[@bobfeller604]

Curtain was too intelligent to be influenced by Belushi.

[@someguy7805]

But not too intelligent to be influenced by wokeness, or whatever is warping her perceptions. She said that the old show "wasn't funny"???? What is it NOW, yuck! It was fantastic back then IMO.

[@davidlynds9483]

​@@someguy7805Get a hold of yourself haha. "Wokeness"? That truly has come to mean anything ignorant old men don't like, understand or are afraid of (it's usually all three at the same time). Grow up and learn another word.

[@loriegosnell9355]

@@someguy7805 yeah she doesn’t have a tenth of John’s talent. Liberal twit.

[@JustK009]

Jane Curtain = One attractive legend

[@kjmwired]

I've always connected with Jane . I'm a couple of years younger than her, and she was just such a wonderful person. You could see it in all the roles that she chose to play, maybe because I never had a big sister. It was so cool to see her being famous, but really genuine, I still admire her today. I find that whatever she decides to do, it always seems to be wonderful. I hope she never stops till she just can't act anymore. It's so good to see people who are regular folks but have a gift for acting. Thank you, Jane, for all the fun and enjoyment you've given to so many of us over the years. I'm sure I would have felt the same way you did re: John. When you like someone's so much, but you know they're in trouble all you can do sometimes is to pray for them. Jane, I hope we see you again sometime soon.🏖 Kj in Tampa Bay 🙋🏼‍♀️😀

[@normfredriksen1381]

They were the best. Later shows could never match them.

[@user-um9yh3ws6o]

John Belushi was a great comedian all of the original not ready for prime time stars were great. And the only other SNL alumni's that came even close to the originals was Sandler, Farley, Carvey, Myers, and those stars at that time.

[@dianejohnson3857]

You left out Eddie Murphy

[@user-um9yh3ws6o]

@@dianejohnson3857 Eddie Murphy wasn't around in the beginning he came on SNL later in the 80s.

[@fredcox6994]

Sandler is booger and fart humor. I only liked his cajun man

[@jimfinigan1681]

The show was better then. It's crap now.

[@acer4237]

It’s called intuition and being cautious of the company you keep.

[@MROS33871]

I never thought the early shows were that funny, either, but I can appreciate the individuals on it.

[@mitchellcox1912]

Battling addiction is not giving in to the substance. Battling is winning and distancing yourself from those idiots that supply you. So cut the crap, you wanna beat it. Get away from that environment. Period!

[@MrsGogo]

That's what I had to do, people can beat addiction if they want to, when you hit bottom and are ready then it happens. I don't judge anyone ever, it took a lot for me to quit.

[@lesleymaner2851]

@@MrsGogofor me too keep up the good fight

[@MrsGogo]

@@lesleymaner2851 You too 😊👋🙋‍♀️

[@davidjennings4589]

I worked in entertainment and had to quit and move across the country to get rid of everyone I ever knew or worked with, just to get clean.

[@davidjennings4589]

@@MrsGogo I laugh every time I hear, "you too" because of one joke a guy told the one time he was ever on TV. He said The skycap at the airport said, "have a good trip", and he replied,"You Too"! I have Maner's in my family, first name, and Irwin, (Erwin) Aehrwaine; Scottish. My Uncle was Maner Erwin, the ancestral name was (I)rwin. (of Bonshaw)

[@JC-kk5wg]

Drug abuse destroys all.

[@richardturner7664]

Great Actress., Really funny, I loved her Class, and Art. Real professional.

[@donnaclinton5578]

The show was the best then. Wince that time, it declined. I can’t believe it still runs on the air. It would be better to show repeats of the early years.

[@robertbruce7772]

Naw, the show was the best in the late 80's through the W era. The first decade was funny, but there were many weeks that the show was sort of lame. When Eddie Murphy was on, was where it became really good almost weekly.

[@eddiekulp1241]

If you campare SNL now to then it was funny then by miles

[@someguy7805]

You got that right!

[@colderbeer]

Agreed......NEVER, ever get close to any drug addict.

[@ShopaholicDeb832]

I remember a blazing hot summer night in 1977 or 78 my dad was having a party downstairs and me and my friend were watching Saturday night live on my lil black and white set upstairs and having the time of our lives - I had no idea what no coke Pepsi meant or why it was so funny or half of the jokes that as a 7 years old just couldn’t understand but i instinctively knew that what I was watching was “ iconic “ even if I didn’t know what the word meant .. I knew I was watching something special even back then and man those hot summer nights - I’m so glad I grew up during those times cause it was one magical moment after the next all The way through to my 50s as I stand here today and think back on it all

[@dayzey40]

Those were the best classic SNL shows, when that first and even the second group of actors were there...they were the best...it was less political and politically correct and more funny.

[@jimmyc2895]

The show was funny then.It has sucked the past 20 + years

[@chrisd3884]

Coneheads! What a classic! 🤣

[@davemacpherson4752]

Mr. Bill……Oh No!!! 😂😂😂 then, there was Chicken Man……He’s everywhere, he’s everywhere 😂😂😂😂

[@deliveryguyrx]

I wore a Mr. Bill (with Spot pissing on him) t-shirt to my girlfriend's high school graduation. My future in-laws were PISSED! Oh-NOOO!!

[@GildaLee27]

Belushi was overrated.

[@lisaleone2296]

People have a weird way of revering drug addicts if they happen to be comedians or musicians. Anywhere else that would get you shunned.