“Saturday Evening Reside” legend Mike Myers wasn’t at all times the completely glorious main man he’s as we speak.

On a latest episode of Vulture’s “Good One” podcast (by way of EW), Myers defined that when he first joined the prolific late-night sketch present, he was “scared shitless” after seeing the expertise of his fellow forged members.

“Once I received to ‘Saturday Evening Reside’ and noticed how fucking good these guys had been, I used to be scared shitless. I had an anxiousness assault,” Myers mentioned.

Myers went on to call which castmates he admired most: “Phil Hartman. I imply, Dana Carvey. [Kevin] Nealon, Jan Hooks, who I additionally worship. You understand, it was unbelievable.”

Whereas hovering to worldwide fame on the “SNL” stage, Myers’ iconic Wayne Campbell character first rose to prominence with the famend Chicago improv troupe Second Metropolis.

Recalling certainly one of his debut performances as Wayne Campbell at Second Metropolis, Myers mentioned he “got here from the viewers and it fucking killed, which was unbelievable as a result of I had solely been within the present for like two seconds. I imply, it was cheer stomps and whistles. It was a jet taking off. I don’t know what occurred, however the viewers simply went for it and liked it.”

Simply two weeks later, Myers remembered being in Chicago and getting “a name from Lorne Michaels. And he mentioned, ‘I perceive you do a Wayne character.’”

Regardless of ultimately rising to “Saturday Evening Reside” stardom, Myers was dwelling in England earlier than becoming a member of “SNL” in 1989 and “by no means watched” the present as a result of technical limitations of his “top-loading VCR.”

“‘Saturday Evening Reside’ was on, however I by no means watched it as a result of I had a type of top-loading VCRs,” Myers mentioned. “And it was on at precisely the identical time because the Toronto Maple Leaf recreation, so I may solely tape one factor. And naturally, I watched the Toronto Maple Leafs. So I didn’t watch it for these years.”