![Two quotes about Harold Ramis Like all right thinking people I am devastated about the loss of Harold Ramis. From SCTV on, there is no one in comedy with a resume like his. Two quotes I’ve found say it all better than I could. From Ken Levine: I always loved Harold Ramis comedies. He had this amazing ability to mix broad outlandish comedy with real emotional moments. No matter how absurd and extreme his scenarios could be, there was always an underlying layer of humanity. The goal was to make you laugh, not shock you. He was never mean-spirited. His comedies were always smart, even when they were silly. And you got the sense he had great affection for his characters – all of his characters – even the gopher. On why he passed on joining SNL from a 2009 GQ interview: Lorne [Michaels] offered me a job, but at that point I was the head writer on SCTV.SNL was completely fueled by cocaine; the show was being written literally overnight. I didn’t want to stay up all night writing. And the show had a veneer of New York sophistication—very snide and superior. I thought, It’s just not me. RIP](https://41.media.tumblr.com/9b1ebf846f0b5fa21f61dad07a31adca/tumblr_n1kcj8xFzk1qzkem4o1_500.jpg)
Two quotes about Harold Ramis
Like all right thinking people I am devastated about the loss of Harold Ramis. From SCTV on, there is no one in comedy with a resume like his. Two quotes I’ve found say it all better than I could.
I always loved Harold Ramis comedies. He had this amazing ability to mix broad outlandish comedy with real emotional moments. No matter how absurd and extreme his scenarios could be, there was always an underlying layer of humanity. The goal was to make you laugh, not shock you. He was never mean-spirited.
His comedies were always smart, even when they were silly. And you got the sense he had great affection for his characters – all of his characters – even the gopher.
On why he passed on joining SNL from a 2009 GQ interview:
Lorne [Michaels] offered me a job, but at that point I was the head writer on SCTV.SNL was completely fueled by cocaine; the show was being written literally overnight. I didn’t want to stay up all night writing. And the show had a veneer of New York sophistication—very snide and superior. I thought, It’s just not me.
RIP
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