There's nothing funny about this kind of pay inequality.
Ellen Cleghorne Revealed What She Was Paid On “SNL” In The ’90s, And Lorne Michaels Has Some Explaining To Do
The first half of the ’90s was a golden era of Saturday Night Live, featuring a murderers’ row of legendary cast members: Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, David Spade, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Chris Rock, Phil Hartman, Rob Schneider, Norm McDonald (I could go on). Unfortunately, as funny as the show was back then, it wasn’t exactly a bastion of persity.
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