Dan Aykroyd on what you can get away with then and now

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Dan, who dropped out of university to pursue comedy and made his way to Hollywood where a group of writers were working on a new late-night comedy show called ‘Saturday Night Live’ – and he was seen as so talented he became its youngest cast member aged 23.

He admitted some of their work would never be approved for broadcast in today’s ‘woke’ world.

Dan said: “Some sketches might get me cancelled today. But I think in general, what was accepted then is still accepted now; when humour is skilfully done, it’s still funny.

“There are more rules today, but I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. There was a lot of racial and homophobic stuff in the ’80s and ’90s, and there should be no place for that.”