Bonnie and Terry Turner were part of a 1980s
Atlanta comedy troupe whose members often appeared on the
WTBS comedy TV show
Tush. They also worked as feature writers for (no relation)
Ted Turner's new (at that time)
CNN spinoff
CNN Headline News. In the mid-1980s, they produced the WTBS Sunday morning magazine show
Good News with host
Liz Wickersham. Another comedy troupe member and good friend,
Jan Hooks, after appearing in ''
Pee-wee's Big Adventure, landed a spot on Saturday Night Live. Jan told them the show was looking for writers and encouraged them to submit some sketches, and they were hired three months later. While at SNL'' they wrote sketches including
Church Chat,
Singing Cowboys, Dysfunctional Family Christmas and Musicians for Free-Range Chickens. ==References==