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When Damon Wayans Went ‘Rogue’ and Got Fired From ‘SNL’

‘I SNAPPED’

Before he was a star of “In Living Color,” Wayans “purposefully” went off script during his short-lived “Saturday Night Live” stint.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson
Eboni Boykin-Patterson 

Entertainment Reporter

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 4 -- Air Date 12/07/1985 -- Pictured: (l-r) Dennis Miller, Damon Wayans during Weekend Update on December 7, 1985 -- Photo by: Alan Singer/NBCU Photo Bank
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Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Entertainment Reporter

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