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Michael O'Donoghue (January 5, 1940 – November 8, 1994) was an American writer and performer. He was known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor, and was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine .
May 3, 2022 · O’Donoghue was a struggling artist-type in the late 1960s, finding some underground success with alternative comics and experimental theater but just scraping by, according to Dennis Perrin's Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O’Donoghue.
Aug 22, 2014 · Learn about the dark and twisted humor of Michael O'Donoghue, the head writer of Saturday Night Live from 1976 to 1978. He was the mastermind behind some of the show's most controversial and edgy sketches, but also a controversial and edgy person himself.
Aug 31, 2023 · Michael O'Donoghue (1940-1994) was a brilliant American writer and comedian, best known as one of the original writers for "Saturday Night Live." With his dark humor and groundbreaking...
It’s been almost twenty years to the day since the death of Michael O’Donoghue, one of comedy’s darkest, most demented figures and a major creative force behind National Lampoon magazine and SNL...
Nov 10, 1994 · Michael O'Donoghue, a comedy writer who helped create two of his generation's best-known institutions of humor, National Lampoon magazine and the NBC television show "Saturday Night Live," died...
Michael O'Donoghue was born on 5 January 1940 in Sauquoit, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Manhattan (1979). He was married to Cheryl Hardwick and Janice Bickel.
