Michael O'Donoghue

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Writing credits
Evergreen Review (1966 1969) (Periodical)
The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist (with Frank Springer) (1966) (Comic)
National Lampoon (1970–1975) (Periodical)
National Lampoon Radio Dinner (with Tony Hendra and Bob Tischler) (1972) (LP)
The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor (1973) (Editor)
Savages (with George W. Mike Chase loved the monologue and lobbied Michaels to perform it) and O'Donoghue was fired a month later after telling The New York Times that SNL had become "an embarrassment. In the sketch a captured German officer berated by his captors for Nazi war crimes explains that he had a good excuse which he whispers into their ears inaudible to the viewers.

Michael O'Donoghue (January 5 1940 – November 8 1994) was a writer and performer. He was known for his dark and destructive style of comedy and humor was a major contributor to National Lampoon magazine and was the first head writer of Saturday Night Live.