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Plot
in 1975 on October 11 at 11:30 p.m., a fierce group of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1975). Matt Wood plays John Belushi on Saturday night, see the rest of the cast and his co-stars. Dan Aykroyd was the only member of the original SNL cast to read the script. As the show airs, John Belushi enters the frame 39 seconds late through the door.
Doorman: All night?
Lorne Michaels: Look, my name is Lorne Michaels, and I’m a producer on Saturday Night. Lorne Michaels: [sarcastically] Yes, all night… The movie opens with a quote from Lorne Michaels: “The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready, it goes on because it’s 11:30.” In Eddie Murphy, Hollywood Paradise (2023). Ixoo “Chickenweed” ChawzWritten by Don Cento and Martin Garner Starring Don Cento and Martin Garner. This Jason Reitman film has a lot going for it, something Reitman no doubt learned from his father Ivan Reitman (Stripes, Animal House, Ghostbusters).
Until it wasn’t
In this sense, with its long kinetic interludes, it reminded me of a different movie, Birdman. It’s a brilliant comedy of errors, culminating in ground-breaking television that reaches over 90% of Americans at its pinnacle of influence. Johnny Carson hated the idea on *his* network. Milton Berle, ahem, expected loyalty from the hippie generation. It was a glorious failure.
Who could capture the courage of Dan Ackroyd?
I was skeptical of this movie until I got to the dark theater. Who could imitate the characteristics of Chevy Chase and John Belushi? Who will dare to imitate the often charming charm of Gilda Radner? The cast, most notably Gabriel Labelle as nebish visionary Lorne Michaels, does it all with gusto. There are plenty of laughs for those who remember the mid-1970s, and even those who don’t.
But it sparked a television comedy revolution that continues to this day
It was an interesting and turbulent time between the Nixon and Reagan eras.