When the simple want to just ‘do’ is bequeathed to you, you ought to follow the best known comedians around. Broadway and drama personage, Whoopi Goldberg has never had the theatrics lost on her, be it on stage or in life. Despite her tastefully goofy stage name, the size of her legacy is enough for you to not have to think twice when she gives you her two cents on how to stay relevant to the times.
The EGOT bagger never seems to catch her breath, or let others catch any either as she takes the stage with her comic acts. But as most people, Goldberg did not get there without a fight, a fight that does not seem to have died even to this day.
Whoopi Goldberg talks about not being funny
Whoopi Goldberg has been a persistent presence around the industry, turning her entire career into a collective prime-time retrospective, ever since her Grammy winning one-woman, Spook Show
, with acts upon acts, ranging from her most famous and breakthrough The Color Purple
to voice acting for children’s animated The Lion King
and Toy Story 3
, “Being funny, you know”,
she says to Variety, at SNL
’s 50th anniversary, when asked about the biggest obstacle that faces young comedian today.
What’s the biggest obstacle facing young comedians today?
Whoopi Goldberg says, “Being funny.” | #SNL50 https://t.co/mCy3XYl1VT pic.twitter.com/dvjy9vq6RM
— Variety (@Variety) February 16, 2025
There are some sure tactics she seems to have followed through her days in an industry that demands a major bending of your own personality, “the same obstacle that has been facing comedians forever”, “sometimes you are funny and sometimes you are not, and so you always try to balance it”
, as she seems to have done too, with her deadpan, straight-faced delivery of the most amusing and gut wrenching lines, form a layman’s point of view, to the say the least.
Goldberg has earned her rightful position in this area of the showbiz, with years of wisdom, if not jokes, behind her, with her presence is sure to follow and air of prestige, to any carpet she graces, at this point. The SNL
50 not being shy of it either.
Saturday Night, Live for the 50th time
1975 debutant, the Saturday Night Live
show has become an echo in American households, part of traditions, part of festivities, a family member, if you may. With its fiftieth season rolling, the mega-show celebrated its 50 years of airing since the first ever broadcast in October of 1975. Having a gem-studded lineup, from Will Ferrell and Eddie Murphy, to the infamous Alec Baldwin for a three hour long show with performances, the SNL
reigns further, making it among the most watched show as of February 2025.
Pedro Pascal joins the ‘Domingo’ sketch lore during #SNL50 with Sabrina Carpenter.
“Matthew’s my guy. Said he’s not bi, but we did hook up though” pic.twitter.com/4S18DNwYso
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 17, 2025
As Whoopi takes the back seat and lets the comedians taking the stage balance out the funny and unfunny, the SNL
50 gives the audience the red carpet of a lifetime, no less of a gala, and with a promising deck of producers, The Saturday Night Live
marks itself as one of the major festivities in American tradition, a collective honor for both its spectators and its showrunners.
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