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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special

  • TV Special
  • 20152015
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
  • Comedy
Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
2.1K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Don Roy King
  • Writers
    • James Anderson
    • Fred Armisen
    • Tina Fey
  • Stars
    • Fred Armisen
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Alec Baldwin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Don Roy King
  • Writers
    • James Anderson
    • Fred Armisen
    • Tina Fey
  • Stars
    • Fred Armisen
    • Dan Aykroyd
    • Alec Baldwin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 5 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Edward Norton, Jane Curtin, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers in Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
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    Jim Belushi at an event for Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
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    Fred Armisen
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    Alec Baldwin
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    Vanessa Bayer
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    Jim Belushi
    Jim Belushi
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    Candice Bergen
    Candice Bergen
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    Win Butler
    Win Butler
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    Chevy Chase
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    Louis C.K.
    Louis C.K.
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    • (as Louis CK)
    Ellen Cleghorne
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    Billy Crystal
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    Larry David
    Larry David
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    Pete Davidson
    Pete Davidson
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    • Director
      • Don Roy King
    • Writers
      • James Anderson
      • Fred Armisen
      • Tina Fey
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    Storyline

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    Saturday Night Live celebrates 40 years in a star-studded 3-and-a-half hour live special featuring appearances from former and current cast members, past hosts and guest stars. Sketches include Justin & Jimmy Cold Open, Celebrity Jeopardy, The Californians/Buh-Bye, Audience Q&A, Digital Short: That's When You Break and Wayne's World. —anonymous
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    • reference to wayne's world
    • reference to what up with that
    • reference to the californians
    • live
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    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • TV-14
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    • Trivia
      According to Lorne Michaels, every single surviving host and musical guest, as well as all cast members and writers who worked on the show for more than one year, received an invitation to participate in the 40th anniversary - special - except for O.J. Simpson.
    • Quotes

      Wayne Campbell: Lorne Michaels. What can be said about Lorne Michaels that he himself has not already said, about himself? I mean, the man is a genius, for forty years.

      Dana Carvey: Minus five.

      Wayne Campbell: Yup. He would say things like

      [picking up a glass of white wine]

      Wayne Campbell: , okay, 'Well, it got a laugh, but did it get the right laugh?'

      Dana Carvey: [imitating Lorne] 'Um, It becomes that thing of like, well, you're really glad it's Thursday.'

      Wayne Campbell: Yeah. 'Mick liked it; Paul hated it; Marxie didn't see it. The Stings laughed. What do you think, Loren?'

      Dana Carvey: 'Well, Lorne, I've got to go with Paul. I thought it was like really, really, really soft.'

      Wayne Campbell: And... Scene! Yes!

      Wayne Campbell: [speaking toward off-stage] Lorne, Lorne, we love you!

      Dana Carvey: Yes. Yes. One day, one day I hope to meet him.

      Wayne Campbell: [pointing to Garth and nodding] You'd like him. Nice guy.

    • Connections
      Featured in Mike & Mike: Episode dated 16 February 2015 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      SNL 40th Medley
      Written by Jimmy Fallon and Steve Higgins

      Performed by Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Rachel Dratch, Molly Shannon

    User reviews10

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Not including Pedrad was very disappointing
    As an avid SNL fan since my teenage years, it was a very pleasant experience to revisit those old skits and see familiar characters on SNL.

    I laughed a lot, especially at the opening skit with Celebrity Jeopardy and at the very end with Wayne's World.

    Dennis Miller and Victoria Jackson weren't present at the reunion and it is perhaps because of their radical political engagement in the far right. I believe that Lorne Michaels and the majority of the former and present cast members wouldn't appreciate working with individuals with bigoted views. So it is understandable.

    However, I don't understand why former cast member Nasim Pedrad was not included? she was a talented and memorable comedian.

    And that is exactly why I give it 5 stars out of 10.
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    • chitgarmary
    • Feb 16, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 15, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Also known as
      • 40th Anniversary Special
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 8H, NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Broadway Video
      • SNL Studios
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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