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Joy Behar Recalls Failed Audition for ‘Saturday Night Live’: Lorne Michaels ‘Didn’t Laugh’


Joy Behar dished on her failed audition for Saturday Night Live in front of Lorne Michaels. The TV producer 'didn't laugh' while watching her comedy act.

Joy Behar had no hard feelings after Lorne Michaels didn’t laugh during her Saturday Night Live audition in 1975. SNL served as a stepping stone in the careers of stars like Adam Sandler, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy and more. The TV host’s career has been rather successful without SNL, though, as she’s earned more than two dozen acting credits from films and television shows since her audition.

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