Before he was a cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” Jason Sudeikis used to “hate on” and belittle the iconic sketch comedy series, he admitted on Thursday’s episode of “Hot Ones.” Unpacking why he publicly bemoaned the show before he joined its ensemble, the “Ted Lasso” Emmy winner realized it was a matter of “protecting” himself.
“They would never let me play football at Notre Dame, I would never get to play basketball at Ku, so how would I ever get to work on ‘Saturday Night Live’?” Sudeikis remembered thinking. “So yeah, let’s hate on it. It wasn’t so much hating on it, ’cause I had heroes on that show. I had friends on that show at the time. I had a specific reason that I tried to articulate why, but I think deep down inside, I was just protecting myself from the possibility of not achieving...
“They would never let me play football at Notre Dame, I would never get to play basketball at Ku, so how would I ever get to work on ‘Saturday Night Live’?” Sudeikis remembered thinking. “So yeah, let’s hate on it. It wasn’t so much hating on it, ’cause I had heroes on that show. I had friends on that show at the time. I had a specific reason that I tried to articulate why, but I think deep down inside, I was just protecting myself from the possibility of not achieving...
- 5/25/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Netflix just added Michael Jordan and ‘96 Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance to its streams this month. Now it’s set to add another very important basketball story.
Hoops is the latest animated comedy for Netflix and it will follow a temperamental high school basketball coach Ben Hopkins (Jake Johnson) who is set on turning his awful team into a winner just so he can feel slightly less miserable. The project comes with some high-profile talent attached. Prolific animation producers Chris Miller and Phil Lord will reunite with their Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star in Johnson and serve as executive producers. Seth Cohen and M. Dickson executive produce as well. The series was created by Ben Hoffman.
Hoops will premiere August 21, 2020 on Netflix. The streamer also revealed a trailer to offer up a first look at the series.
Remember, kids, the most important thing about shooting is the follow-through. I’m no Phil Jackson,...
Hoops is the latest animated comedy for Netflix and it will follow a temperamental high school basketball coach Ben Hopkins (Jake Johnson) who is set on turning his awful team into a winner just so he can feel slightly less miserable. The project comes with some high-profile talent attached. Prolific animation producers Chris Miller and Phil Lord will reunite with their Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star in Johnson and serve as executive producers. Seth Cohen and M. Dickson executive produce as well. The series was created by Ben Hoffman.
Hoops will premiere August 21, 2020 on Netflix. The streamer also revealed a trailer to offer up a first look at the series.
Remember, kids, the most important thing about shooting is the follow-through. I’m no Phil Jackson,...
- 7/20/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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