Snl oj trial

That touched off a nasty feud that had Mr. Macdonald berated Mr. Ohlmeyer for dismissing him, saying that Mr. Ohlmeyer objected to his often vicious barbs about O. Ohlmeyer, a friend of Mr. Simpson, without drawing any reaction from Mr. Much like its more serious media counterparts, SNL covered O. But SNL 's relationship with "The Juice" stretches back way before he became a national pariah, starting with a hosting stint at the tail end of his NFL playing career.

Simpson , premiering next week, we revisit Saturday Night Live 's fascination with one of our legal system's most infamous criminal defendants. While it seems bizarre in hindsight, Orenthal James Simpson was a beloved cultural figure during and in the years immediately following his NFL career.

Having him host an episode was a no-brainer. During the not-unfunny episode, he memorably dons a conehead and also plays the brother of John Belushi's iconic samurai, Futaba, in a sketch that also parodied Saturday Night Fever. Hulu subscribers can watch this bizarre moment of pop-culture history in full here.

The first of SNL 's many sketches about O. Cowlings which gives you a pretty good sense of the racial diversity of SNL 's cast at the time. The trial also offered the perfect excuse for Dana Carvey to bust out his seminal Johnny Carson impression, in this sketch that imagines the late night host joining O. SNL went into such forensic detail with their trial parodies they even had a sketch lampooning Judge Ito's convoluted and often seemingly arbitrary process of allowing or disallowing evidence.

Here, a field trip to see where O. Professional freeloader Kato Kaelin was one of the most colorful characters to come out of the Simpson trial, so naturally SNL had a lot of fun with him.

Here's a "Weekend Update" segment featuring Kaelin David Spade giving court testimony, which mostly involves talking about his Talk Soup ratings and doing his impression of a dog barking. After senator Alfonse D'Amato caused outrage by making fun of Judge Ito using a racist mock-Asian accent, the judge shot back -- well, his SNL counterpart Mark McKinney taking over for Myers did -- by dissing Italians and busting out an impression of D'Amato's sister having sex with a mule.

The controversial "Weekend Update" host was known for his vicious treatment of O. As he famously joked after the acquittal came through: "Murder is now legal in the state of California".

But not everyone enjoyed Macdonald's regular targeting of O. One of SNL 's best O. It's particularly prescient, considering that O. The autopsy showed she had several stab wounds. Read Next. Chelsea Handler has hope for others after finding love wit This story has been shared 48, times. This story has been shared 19, times. This story has been shared 18, times. View author archive follow on twitter Get author RSS feed.

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