The Mike Meyers of tech
The remarkably similar career arcs of the "Austin Powers" guy and the man running Twitter into the ground.
A Hollywood cautionary tale:
In the late eighties and early nineties, Saturday Night Live emerged from a decidedly uneven period with what has been scientifically proven1 to be the greatest cast in the show’s history: Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, Jan Hooks, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock…this ensemble was so good it even made Victoria Jackson and Rob Schneider (speaking of cautionary tales) tolerable and sometimes even funny. It seems hard to believe now, but when the show was at its peak, they had Dennis Miller hosting Weekend Update - and he freaking killed it.2
And then there was Mike Myers, the latest in a long line of ringers the shows Canadian-born producer, Lorne Michaels, brought in from his home country to show you Americans how to be funny.
After bringing to life some of the show’s most memorable characters - Dieter Sprocket, the “if it’s not Scottish it’s crap” guy, and especially hair-metal icon Wayne Campbell - he went on to have an absolutely…
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