Back in 2000 during his early years as a comic, Zach Galifianakis had a brief stint as a writer on “Saturday Night Live.” It was short-lived, and more like a two-week trial run.
But apparently, two weeks was all it took for “The Hangover” star and “Between Two Ferns” host to come up with some pretty bonkers ideas — including two involving guest host Britney Spears, who emceed an episode on May 13, 2000.While calling into the podcast “Literally! With Rob Lowe” (via Uproxx), Galifianakis revealed a pair of sketches he pitched about Spears, who was then at the center of pop-culture everything thanks to her sophomore album “Oops!… I Did It Again.” According to Galifianakis, he said he noticed that the fast-rising pop star “showed her belly button a lot,” and so he pitched to the writers’ room an idea where a green screen would be used to “shrink” series cast member Will Ferrell,
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