"Hollywood Minute" was a semi-regular sketch on Saturday Night Live in the early and mid 1990s in which David Spade lampooned celebrities. The "Hollywood Minute" was originally a section of "Weekend Update" but, in the 1996 season, Spade received a regular segment, Spade in America, that continued his put-downs of various celebrities. Spade used a hand-puppet of himself to reprise this role when he returned to Saturday Night Live as a guest host, stating that he didn't feel like putting down celebrities anymore, but that didn't mean that a puppet couldn't.
The set consisted of a series of sarcastic one-liners making fun of celebrities, whose pictures were usually shown in one of the top-hand corners of the screen.
In one instance, a picture of former Saturday Night Live cast member Eddie Murphy appeared onscreen and Spade exclaimed, "Look children, a falling star ... quick, make a wish!" referring to Murphy's recent lack of box office success. This apparently caused significant animosity between SNL and Murphy and Spade and Murphy in particular. In another instance, he began to make fun of Steve Martin, but then Steve Martin appeared behind and began squeezing his shoulder. Upon truning around and seeing Steve Martin was there, Spade got up and ran off. Steve Martin then sat in his chair and proceeded to make fun of Spade.
In 2005, Spade took this format to Comedy Central and made it the featured segment on his weekly program entitled The Showbiz Show with David Spade.
Hollywood Minute was also the name of the hourly entertainment reports on CNN Headline News in the 1980s and early 1990s. These reports were also syndicated to local television stations across America. These reports are still produced and are available on CNN.com.
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