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Gail Matthius’s Short Time on the SNL ‘Playground’
The voice behind iconic ’90s kids’ cartoons reflects on her brief stint during the Eddie Murphy era.
As Saturday Night Live ’s 50th season approaches, a cottage industry is set to be unleashed recounting the various legendary anecdotes that have come out of Studio 8H over the past several decades. Since her tumultuous SNL year, Matthius has done voicework for many iconic ’90s cartoons like Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs,and Bobby’s World, where she played the Roweena-flavored mom Martha Generic. I had a whole show, like [ singing] “ That’s the 7050, you gotta get it now / If you don’t buy that beautiful piece, you’re gonna have a cow!” I earned a lot; then, in April ’79, I moved to Los Angeles from Minneapolis with my stand-up act.
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