Anthony Michael Hall Reflects On Controversial ‘SNL’ Season And Finds Closure After Decades

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Anthony Michael Hall Reflects On Controversial ‘SNL’ Season And Finds Closure After Decades

Anthony Michael Hall was on SNL in 1985, following his success in National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. His season, which has come to be known as the “weird year,” featured a roster of familiar faces such as Dennis Miller, Joan Cusack, Jon Lovitz, Randy Quaid, and Robert Downey Jr. Though the cast was talented, the season did not do well. It was heavily panned and threatened the existence of the sho…