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My Rocky Time As A Woman Writer on ‘SNL’

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In 1985, Carol Leifer, who was discovered by David Letterman, became one of two female writers on Saturday Night Live, but her time there wasn’t easy, and it didn’t end so well. An excerpt from her new memoir How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying.

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