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"Brooks Wheelan has been fired from Saturday Night Live. The stand-up comedian, who joined the NBC sketch comedy program last season in September 2013, announced on Twitter that he will no longer be a part of show.  He wrote: &amp;quot;Had a blast and loved every second of it. I&amp;#039;m totally honored to be able to make this next joke... FIRED FROM NEW YORK IT&amp;#039;S SATURDAY NIGHT!&amp;quot; NBC has yet to comment on Wheelan&amp;#039;s announcement. Earlier this month, SNL veteran Vanessa Bayer opened up about the cast departures and new additions. &amp;quot;Obviously the thing that was a bummer about it was that people left that we loved. But the thing that was great was to get those new people,&amp;quot; Bayer said. &amp;quot;They were all so great and also so excited. But it&amp;#039;s like going to college or camp, where you get used to having certain friends and then you get new friends. And you&amp;#039;re happy. But it&amp;#039;s always interesting when it&amp;#039;s a transition year like that. It usually turns out great, though.&amp;quot; Saturday Night Live is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a three-hour primetime special on Sunday, February 15, 2015. Watch a video of Brooks Wheelan talk about Saturday Night Live below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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