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Being known for a plethora of legendary characters over the decades, Mike Myers’ stint on “Saturday Night Live” is also an iconic time not to be forgotten.
And now, the 61-year-old is reflecting on a sketch he did with the late Quincy Jones on the variety show before he left the series in 1995.
“I never remember what got on and what didn’t,” Myers exclusively told The Post at the Vulture Festival on Saturday. “I did a sketch with the late Quincy Jones who was fantastic.”
“It was a sketch called ‘Afro Scott,’ and it was the African Scottish community putting on a late-night TV show,” said the comedian. “I was the Scottish who was born in Africa, and he was African who was born in Scotland.”
Myers shared that the sketch incorporated, “How narrow that world would be.”
“‘Do you find that when you’re eating some food but playing the bag pipes how hard that is?’” he recalled of their jokes. “It was like the thinnest slice and he was so great. I loved Quincy Jones and that’s when I knew that I wanted him to be in ‘Austin Powers.’”
“So incredibly gracious and just an elegant man. An American original,” Myers gushed.
Jones, who died at age 91 earlier this month, went on to be an intricate part of the beloved spy comedies.
The musician wrote and performed “Soul Bossa Nova,” the theme song for “Austin Powers.” He also appeared in the third installment, “Austin Powers in Goldmember.”
Another fan favorite film of Myers was “Shrek.” In 2026, DreamWorks’ fifth installment of the franchise will hit theaters, reigniting the early aughts magic.
But, Myers is keeping tight-lipped for now.
“I can’t tease anything,” the Canadian actor said. “No, I can neither confirm or deny the existence or non existence of any element that I should or should not say.”
Myers quipped, “I’ve never used that answer before, by the way.”
“Shrek” premiered in 2001 with a star-studded cast, including Eddie Murphy as Donkey (Shrek’s faithful sidekick) and Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona.
The fourth film, “Shrek Forever After,” was released in 2010, with Myers, Murphy and Diaz reprising their roles.
Myers hasn’t always been so mum when peeling back the layers of playing everyone’s favorite green ogre. In 2022, the “Wayne’s World” alum talked about how making the films became such an incredible part of his life.
“I love the idea of taking a fairytale and turning it on its head,” he told GQ at the time, “and having it be that all the traditional bad guys are good guys, and all the traditional good guys are bad guys.”
“And I realized it’s a dramatic role. I mean halfway through I went, ‘There’s an emotional center here,’” continued Myers.
But more than anything else, Myers related deeply to Shrek’s theme of acceptance.
“You know the old joke, ‘I wouldn’t want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member.’ I have always felt that way,” he said. “The concept of going from a self-loathing ogre to a self-accepting ogre was meaningful to me.”
“I loved playing Shrek,” Myers noted. “If I had to do one “Shrek” a year I’d be thrilled.”
