Fuck Yeah SNL Writers
Christine Zander

Christine Zander

Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Alan Zweibel

Alan Zweibel

Anne Beatts

Anne Beatts

Walter Williams (right, with Buck Henry) as “new castmember Gary Lipton”, “Monologue” (1980).

Walter Williams (right, with Buck Henry) as “new castmember Gary Lipton”, “Monologue” (1980).

Mark O’Donnell, a writer for SNL during 1981-82, died Monday at the age of 58.  Among the sketches he contributed to are “42nd Street” (with Bernadette Peters), “The Mild One” (a Nelson Lyon sketch with Bruce Dern), “Executive Stress Test” (another Lyon sketch, with Danny DeVito), “Tales of the Unlikely” (with Bill Murray), “Schleimer & Laub” (with Christine Ebersole) and “Happy’s Mayonnaise Palace” (with Eddie Murphy).  

Tom Davis as male Nazi (with, left to right, Paul Shaffer, Brian Doyle Murray, Sarah Paley, Liz Welch, Franne Lee (hidden), Matt Neuman, Bill Murray)

Tom Davis as male Nazi (with, left to right, Paul Shaffer, Brian Doyle Murray, Sarah Paley, Liz Welch, Franne Lee (hidden), Matt Neuman, Bill Murray)

Tom Davis (top centre, with Akira Yoshimura, left and Terry Turner, right), “Chia Head”, 1990.

Tom Davis (top centre, with Akira Yoshimura, left and Terry Turner, right), “Chia Head”, 1990.

Tom Davis as an audience member, 1992

Tom Davis as an audience member, 1992