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Mike Myers, King of Catchphrase Comedy, Doesn’t Write Catchphrases Intentionally
“Remember ‘Get in my belly?’ That was improv. It wasn’t Ladies and gentleman, my next catchphrase!”
“I love being immersed in a comedic world.” Anyone who’s seen the opening dance sequence of an Austin Powers movie knows what he means: The world comes first, then the characters, then the catchphrase. Myers told a story about his Wayne’s World pal Dana Carvey pretending to be a catchphrase-first comedian in the Saturday Night Live writers room to intentionally piss off Lorne Michaels. Myers didn’t watch SNL before he was cast on the show because it almost always overlapped with Toronto Maple Leafs games.
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