Saturday Night Addict

Saturday Night Live has had its share of writers and cast members that have had issues. When you look at drug issues, you think John Belushi and Chris Farley. Both passed away from speedballs in their early 30s. It's not just the sketch comedy show that has had to deal with this. But it feels like it gets out of control for some of them. This new one now includes John Mulaney going to rehab. Honestly, this is one of the last people I would think that would have issues. For him it's like a Farley situation. Cocaine and alcohol.

Mulaney was a writer for quite a bit of time on SNL. He has his own set of specials. And he's still young at 38. Still wowing audiences. I don't know what it is that makes comedians go loose and think they are invincible. Maybe it's the glamour of New York City. Maybe it's being recognized for either some of the writer, the sketches, the jokes. If I had to guess, the fame goes through some of these people's heads and they do crazy stuff. While not a stand up comedian, we're not too far from ten years ago when Charlie Sheen went nuts and went on a drug and alcohol binge that led to getting fired from Two and a Half Men.

Hell, we can go back to the 30s of The Three Stooges when Curly Howard was part of the group. Not drug related, but he boozed it up, ate a lot. It led to weight issues and a stroke in 1946 that ended his career. He wound up passing in 1952. Going back to Belushi for a second, his death in 82 was when he did drugs with Robin Williams and supposedly Robert De Niro. That sparked Williams to go clean for a very long time. Unfortunately, he relapsed and combined with bad depression, led to his death in 2014.

Comedy has its share of great moments and unfortunate bad behind the scenes moments. It's like the musicians that die young. Big names that include Mitch Hedberg for example. Better now than never for Mulaney to get this fixed. But it has to take a lot of willpower to give up addiction and do whatever is necessary to not want what led to your downfall. Here's hoping for no relapse. Same goes for anyone that is going cold turkey on whatever they are addicted to.