Chapters 24 through 27 Summary and Analysis

Chapter 24: Live from New Orleans

Cindy wanted to do Saturday Night Live but Lorne wanted both Cindy and Penny. They had agreed to be on a float in New Orleans for Mardis Gras where Henry Winkler was going to be Bacchus and lead the parade. Lorne decided to do SNL live from New Orleans with Penny, Cindy, Henry and others. Bill Murray had just signed on as a new cast member. Cindy missed rehearsal but showed up for the parade, which was chaotic and disorganized. Cast members were bombarded with beads and doused with drinks. Cindy went missing again and was late for the first segment of their skit but messed it up because she hadn't been to rehearsal. It was twenty years before Penny appeared on SNL again. It took her that long to recover from "live from...