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Joe Bodolai
Ex-'Saturday Night Live' writer dies
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Joseph Bodolai has committed suicide in a Hollywood hotel room, the Los Angeles coroner's office said Tuesday.
Coroner's office spokesman Craig Harvey said room service staff found the body of the 63-year-old Bodolai at 1:30 p.m. Monday in a room at Hollywood's Re-Tan Hotel. He checked into the hotel Dec. 19.
Harvey said Bodolai drank a mixture of Gatorade and antifreeze. The death, first reported by celebrity website TMZ, has been ruled a suicide.
Besides writing on 20 episodes of "Saturday Night Live" in 1981 and 1982, Bodolai was the TV producer for 20 episodes of "The Kids in the Hall" Canadian sketch comedy troupe.
Police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said there was no suicide note, however Bodolai apparently foreshadowed his suicide online.
The Los Angeles Times cited a lengthy post published Friday on a WordPress blog that appears to be registered to Bodolai. It was titled "If This Were Your Last Day Alive, What Would You Do?" and included Bodolai's accomplishments and regrets.
A message on the Twitter account (at)joebodolai said "Goodbye" and had a link to the blog.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the online posts.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former "Saturday Night Live" writer Joseph Bodolai has committed suicide in a Hollywood hotel room, the Los Angeles coroner's office said Tuesday.
Coroner's office spokesman Craig Harvey said room service staff found the body of the 63-year-old Bodolai at 1:30 p.m. Monday in a room at Hollywood's Re-Tan Hotel. He checked into the hotel Dec. 19.
Harvey said Bodolai drank a mixture of Gatorade and antifreeze. The death, first reported by celebrity website TMZ, has been ruled a suicide.
Besides writing on 20 episodes of "Saturday Night Live" in 1981 and 1982, Bodolai was the TV producer for 20 episodes of "The Kids in the Hall" Canadian sketch comedy troupe.
Police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said there was no suicide note, however Bodolai apparently foreshadowed his suicide online.
The Los Angeles Times cited a lengthy post published Friday on a WordPress blog that appears to be registered to Bodolai. It was titled "If This Were Your Last Day Alive, What Would You Do?" and included Bodolai's accomplishments and regrets.
A message on the Twitter account (at)joebodolai said "Goodbye" and had a link to the blog.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the authenticity of the online posts.
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http://qualityshows.wordpress.com/
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Joe Bodolai | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 11, 1948[citation needed]Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Died | December 26, 2011 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| Occupation | Television and film writer, producer |
| Known for | Co-founder of The Comedy Network |
Born and raised in the United States, Bodolai was opposed to the Vietnam War and moved to Canada in order to avoid being drafted.[1] He moved back to the United States in 1981 to write for twenty episodes of Saturday Night Live before returning to Canada.
He is best known for producing such television shows as It's Only Rock & Roll, Comics! and The Kids in the Hall and helping to launch the careers of the young talent featured on those shows. He also co-wrote the first draft of the film Wayne's World (film) with Mike Myers.
Bodolai was a founder of The Comedy Network, helping the new channel secure its licence from the CRTC in 1996, and expected to be named the new channel's head by its owners. He was disappointed when he was not hired and decided to return permanently to the United States.[2]
Bodolai was found dead on December 26, 2011 in a Hollywood hotel room of an apparent suicide; he was 63.[3][4][5][6] No suicide note was found, though on December 23rd a long post was added to his blog,[7] entitled "If this were your last day alive what would you do?"[8]
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/what-snl-writer-joe-bodolais-276477
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His parting words to Canadian comics included urging them to be ever-vigilant as TV show-runners, and not to hand the creative reins over to politically-savvy TV producers.
“You need to keep the fight against form-fillers as 'producers.' Canadian TV? It’s still fucked up with no promos, no other industry support that can compete with the money assault of US media,” Bodolai wrote.
“I think I am so proud of helping liberate comedy talent. Russell (Peters), you hearing me?” he added.
In the end, Bodolai appeared to accept Canadian comics likely saw him as just another TV executive, rather than someone who fought shoulder to shoulder in the writer’s room.
“It’s okay. I did all right. I may not do standup or like one of you, but my mission was a lot bigger than jokes then. I hope I served you well,” he wrote.
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A suicide note was found at the scene,
Bosom Buddies Opening
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Taylor
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Holland Virginia Taylor (born January 14, 1943[1]) is an American actress of film, stage and television. Her notable television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, senator's wife Margaret Powers on Norman Lear's The Powers That Be, Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men.
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