they were hilarious. hey studmuffins want to make bouncy , bouncy. they had three female performers and three female writers, which if you look at the comedy landscape at that time, is unheard of. what made saturday night live different from those other shows was our show was the first one to really have a voice for a younger generation then the man. that s disgusting. and then you scream and then he screams and then it s over. the early days of snl were a tale of two worlds, because you had these great female writers like anne beats and marilyn miller and rosie shuster. but then you had like john belushi didn t want to do sketches that were written by a woman. i like serling s steak. i like american food. don t push me curtain. i mean, john used to regularly ask for the women to be fired from the show because
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Songwriter and producer Jim Steinem, known for his work with hit-makers like Meat Loaf, Barry Manilow and Celine Dion, has died,
according to the Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner s office.
He was 73.
Steinman s brother, Bill Steinman, told The Associated Press that his brother died Monday from kidney failure and was ill for some time. He said Jim died in Connecticut near his home in Ridgefield.
“I miss him a great deal already,” Bill said.
Jim Steinman was born in New York City and got his start writing musicals. He first met Meat Loaf while working on the musical More Than You Love, and the two went on to collaborate on the rock and roll singer s multi-platinum 1977 debut album Bat Out of Hell.