The Doumanian Era Ends
Though this was not the first nor last time the expletive would be uttered live on SNL, Rocket's line, unknown to him, would cause him and everyone else (save Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo) to be dismissed. This would be Doumanian's last episode.
"This woman was a trainwreck," said then NBC President and CEO Fred Silverman in the Shales book. "The shows were just not watchable."
Doumanian, Gottfried, Risley, and Rocket were fired before the show returned from a month-long break.
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