Pete Davidson reflects on his tough start on Saturday Night Live.
In a recent chat about HeatThe 31-year-old comedian remembered his first sketch on Snl It did not go as planned, even though it contained comedy legend Jim Carrey.
“My first real sketch Jim Carrey hosted. I was so excited because he is Jim Carrey, one of the legends, and we wrote this sketch where it’s like a zombie apocalypse,” he remembered.
Davidson explained the sketch that got the title Zombie Apocalypse High SchoolHe played like Carrey’s Zombie Son. But things did not land with the audience as planned.
“The sketch bombed to high sky. And it’s a long one, just like it’s six minutes. I eat d ***,” so Davidson back. “The only thing that made people laugh … he hits me with a bat and it got a pop.”
Carrey then continued to beat him with plug bats to save the sketch.
“Jim is a cartoon, so he knows if it works … so the rest of the sketch he just continues to cry on me with this Nerf bats, and then it started to hurt,” Davidson remembered.
“At one point, like a zombie, I went” Aargh, no more, “he added.” It’s online if you want to see a 20-year-old crumble with his idol. “
