Victoria Jackson, a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1986 to 1992, reportedly struggled to fit in with her colleagues because of her outspoken Christian beliefs and deliberately childlike comic persona. The article portrays the tension as an example of how ideological differences and on-set character can affect relationships within an ensemble comedy programme.

Jackson said she viewed the show’s cast as a potential “mission field” and felt obliged to tell colleagues about Jesus, later saying they were “dying and going to Hell”. According to accounts in the oral history Live From New York, fellow performers including Jan Hooks disliked her high-pitched persona, while Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz were unreceptive to her religious discussions; cassette Bible sets she left for colleagues were reportedly returned.