Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)

Director:

Dave Wilson

Writers:

James Downey, Al Franken,

Stars:

Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Chevy Chase

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dan Aykroyd	...	Himself
James Belushi	...	Himself (as Jim Belushi)
Chevy Chase	...	Himself
Billy Crystal	...	Himself
Jane Curtin	...	Herself
Joan Cusack	...	Herself
Christopher Guest	...	Himself
Tom Hanks	...	Himself
Buck Henry	...	Himself
Charlton Heston	...	Himself
Sam Kinison	...	Himself
Steve Martin	...	Himself
Dennis Miller	...	Himself
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Herself
Garrett Morris	...	Himself

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

compilation | running gag | late night | reunion | sketch comedy | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1989 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eddie Murphy refused to attend but he sent his close friends in his place. They were credited as Eddie Murphy's Entourage.

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Connections

Edited from Saturday Night Live: Betty Thomas/Stray Cats (1983)

User Reviews

Not So Wild and Crazy

One notion of humor in TeeVee is simply to exceed the limits. American TeeVee had such strict bounds (for a variety of uninteresting reasons) that this was easy. But the line keeps moving, so something that depends on this fades in a short time.

Here is depressing proof. SNL during this period was considered cutting edge. Now watch this. It doesn't quite repeat the top jokes, rather references them.

One or two are still funny, the Eddie Murphy race jokes, but that is because America has actually moved backwards in race.

But the rest of it is shocking. So unfunny it makes you wonder.

You are what you laugh at. So selecting humor out of which to build yourself is as important as negotiating any art.

Stay away from humor that depends on stepping slightly over the edge determined by TeeVee market forces. And this type in particular.

Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.