Jim Belushi recalls firing from 'Saturday Night Live' after throwing a fire extinguisher at a producer - Fox News

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Jim Belushi got candid about his time on "Saturday Night Live," including his firing and eventual return to the show. .

In that time, he was famously let go from the show after becoming difficult to work with before eventually being hired back for a short time prior to Lorne Michaels' cleaning house on the cast in the mid-1980s. .

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Jim Belushi spoke out about his time on ‘Saturday Night Live.’.

Unfortunately, IndieWire reported that Lorne Michaels made a return after departing the show in 1980 and overhauled the cast and writing staff, which left no more room for the likes of Belushi.

However, by the time he left, he was sanguine about his experience there thanks in large part to something his late brother, John Belushi, had told him years earlier. .

John was one of the original cast members on "Saturday Night Live" when it premiered in 1975

What are you quitting for?’ He said, ‘Jim, it’s like high school: Senior year, you’ve got to move on.’ And I felt like I was in my sophomore year, and the second semester that year I finally got it," John explained

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