The Replacements
Minneapolis punk group The Replacements booked an appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1986. They quickly pissed everyone off and according to Rolling Stone, they “got drunk, said the f-word just off mic during their first song, switched clothes for their second, and rang up $1100 in hotel damages.” Lorne Michaels was so angry wanted to ban all artists from Warner Brother’s Records in order to retaliate, but decided just to ban the band in the end.
The Replacements
Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman was one of the most frequent hosts of SNL early on. By 1982, he had quite a controversial stage age that turned him into a polarizing figure. SNL had a phone-in poll in January 1983 that asks voters whether to keep him or dump him. With 195,544 to “dump” him and 169,186 to “keep” him, the audience’s opinion was heard.
Andy Kaufman
