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‘Saturday Night’: Cory Michael Smith Recalls J.K. Simmons’ Prosthetic Penis Mishap: ‘It Fell Out and Slapped the Floor’
J.K. Simmons and Cory Michael Smith talk recreating Milton Berle and Chevy Chase vibes in Saturday Night — and the time a prosthetic penis fell off
When an arrogant, aging, iconic comedian of yesteryear met an overly confident, young up-and-coming comic beginning to make his mark on the biz, it was pretty much a given that their worlds would clash. J.K. Simmons plays Berle, a superstar of his time as a funny man on radio and TV who ultimately became known as Mr. Television, to Cory Michael Smith ’s Chase in the biographical comedy-drama. It was also common knowledge that he was, as they say, “well hung.” It wasn’t just a rumor because an abundance of stories have circulated through the years — by eyewitnesses, nonetheless — that Berle would very proudly whip out his penis and show people.
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