Saturday Night Live 

A famous guest host stars in parodies and sketches created by the cast of this witty show.

Creator:

Lorne Michaels

Stars:

The Saturday Night Live Band, Don Pardo, Lenny Pickett

Won 78 Primetime Emmys. Another 100 wins & 469 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
The Saturday Night Live Band	...	Themselves 441 episodes, 1976-2021
Don Pardo	...	Self - Announcer / ... 705 episodes, 1975-2014
Lenny Pickett	...	Self - Bandleader / ... 62 episodes, 1985-2018
Darrell Hammond	...	Various / ... 410 episodes, 1995-2021
Kenan Thompson	...	Various / ... 358 episodes, 2003-2021
Seth Meyers	...	Weekend Update Anchor / ... 254 episodes, 2001-2018
Fred Armisen	...	Various / ... 221 episodes, 2002-2020
G.E. Smith	...	Self - Bandleader / ... 169 episodes, 1979-2000
Bobby Moynihan	...	Various / ... 193 episodes, 2008-2017
Tim Meadows	...	Various / ... 188 episodes, 1991-2005
Kate McKinnon	...	Various / ... 184 episodes, 2012-2021
Aidy Bryant	...	Various / ... 179 episodes, 2012-2021
Cecily Strong	...	Various / ... 179 episodes, 2012-2021
Jason Sudeikis	...	Various / ... 163 episodes, 2003-2020
Kevin Nealon	...	Various / ... 173 episodes, 1986-2001
Maya Rudolph	...	Various / ... 148 episodes, 2000-2020
Bill Hader	...	Various / ... 163 episodes, 2005-2020
Tom Davis	...	Various / ... 24 episodes, 1975-2003
Horatio Sanz	...	Various / ... 156 episodes, 1998-2011
Will Forte	...	Various / ... 155 episodes, 2002-2016
Beck Bennett	...	Various / ... 158 episodes, 2013-2021
Kyle Mooney	...	Various / ... 158 episodes, 2013-2021
Phil Hartman	...	Various / ... 156 episodes, 1985-2014
Colin Jost	...	Weekend Update Anchor / ... 145 episodes, 2006-2021
Tina Fey	...	Weekend Update Anchor / ... 128 episodes, 1998-2020
Amy Poehler	...	Various / ... 145 episodes, 2001-2020
Tracy Morgan	...	Various / ... 142 episodes, 1996-2019
Chris Kattan	...	Various / ... 145 episodes, 1996-2012
Chris Parnell	...	Various / ... 145 episodes, 1998-2012
Vanessa Bayer	...	Various / ... 149 episodes, 2010-2017
Rachel Dratch	...	Various / ... 136 episodes, 1999-2020
Al Franken	...	Various / ... 71 episodes, 1975-2004
Will Ferrell	...	Various / ... 143 episodes, 1995-2019
Kristen Wiig	...	Various / ... 139 episodes, 2005-2020
Andy Samberg	...	Various / ... 140 episodes, 2005-2018
Michael Che	...	Weekend Update Anchor / ... 137 episodes, 2014-2021
Pete Davidson	...	Various / ... 137 episodes, 2014-2021
Dana Carvey	...	Various / ... 131 episodes, 1986-2018
Jimmy Fallon	...	Various / ... 123 episodes, 1998-2020
Taran Killam	...	Various / ... 128 episodes, 2010-2016
Jay Pharoah	...	Various / ... 128 episodes, 2010-2016
Ana Gasteyer	...	Various / ... 119 episodes, 1996-2020
Molly Shannon	...	Various / ... 119 episodes, 1995-2020
David Spade	...	Various / ... 115 episodes, 1990-2010
Mike Myers	...	Various / ... 117 episodes, 1989-2015
Victoria Jackson	...	Various / ... 113 episodes, 1986-1992
Lorne Michaels	...	Self / ... 5 episodes, 1975-2019
Dennis Miller	...	Weekend Update Anchor / ... 111 episodes, 1985-1991
Garrett Morris	...	Various / ... 107 episodes, 1975-2004
Nasim Pedrad	...	Various / ... 108 episodes, 2009-2018
Jane Curtin	...	Various / ... 107 episodes, 1975-1980
Laraine Newman	...	Various / ... 107 episodes, 1975-1980
Gilda Radner	...	Various / ... 107 episodes, 1975-2014
Leslie Jones	...	Various / ... 103 episodes, 2014-2019
Jan Hooks	...	Various / ... 98 episodes, 1986-2014
Chris Farley	...	Various / ... 101 episodes, 1990-1997
Jon Lovitz	...	Various / ... 92 episodes, 1985-2020
Robert Smigel	...	Various Voices / ... 72 episodes, 1985-2011
Cheri Oteri	...	Various / ... 99 episodes, 1995-2014
Dan Aykroyd	...	Various / ... 89 episodes, 1975-2013
Mikey Day	...	Various / ... 95 episodes, 2014-2021
Norm MacDonald	...	Various / ... 96 episodes, 1993-2009
Adam Sandler	...	Various / ... 91 episodes, 1990-2020
Alex Moffat	...	Various / ... 95 episodes, 2016-2021
Melissa Villaseñor	...	Various / ... 95 episodes, 2016-2021

Storyline

A late-night comedy show featuring several short skits, parodies of television commercials, a live guest band, and a pop-cultural guest host each week. Many of the SNL players have spun off successful independent comedy and/or movie careers from here.

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Plot Keywords:

parody | late night | three word title | variety show | black comedy | 

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Taglines:

It's "NBC's Saturday Night"! (used until 19 March 1977)

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Norm MacDonald, he copied the premise for "Celebrity Jeopardy" from the SCTV Network (1981) recurring sketch "Half Wits". MacDonald waited for SCTV cast member Martin Short to host the show, so that he could ask permission to use the idea. Short got permission from Eugene Levy, who wrote the original sketch.

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Goofs

...almost everything. Live television is largely exempt from the usual rules of goofs.

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Quotes

Mrs. T.: [Commercial for Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix]
[shouting]
Mrs. T.: 'scuse me! It's me and my husband, Mr. T for Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix!I pity the fool how doesn't use it! I'll kill him to death, but I'll pity him first!
Mr. T.: I pity the foo'!
Mrs. T.: First, take some vodka! Then add Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix! Then drink it! That's bad! Grrrr! So get Mr. and Mrs. T's Bloody Mary Mix!
Mr. T.: Buy it or I'll kill ya!

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Alternate Versions

To avoid paying royalties, some syndicated versions remove the musical performances and the mention of the musical guests in the opening credits is also removed.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Wired (2014)

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Soundtracks

(closing theme song)
Composed by Howard Shore

User Reviews

Uneven but when it's good it's good.

Saturday night live have been around for a good while now. The fact that the show have fostered many of the greatest comedians and writers should be recognized and celebrated. But due to the amount of episodes the show is very uneven. It spawned some of the best and most quotable comedy sketches but the bad ones outnumber them by a wide margin. The average grade is around 4/10 but you can't grade it without taking the contribution to comedy into account that raises the grade. But the show is not worth seeing every week. It's better to just see the good sketches on their YouTube page.

Details

Official Sites:

NBC Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

SNL 25

Filming Locations:

JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

NBC Studios, NBC Universal Television, Broadway Video

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3