"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Saturday Night Live is a sketch comedy show that has run since the fall of 1975. Many now-famous actors and actresses such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short, Damon Wayans, Joan Cusack
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- 37x22 Mick Jagger (May. 19, 2012)
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- Dave Wilson (335 episodes)
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- Don Roy King (113 episodes)
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- John Candy was offered a chance to join the cast for the 1981-1982 season. But he turned it down to stay with "SCTV Network 90" (1981).
- Longtime featured player Al Franken wanted to replace Kevin Nealon as Weekend Update anchor when Nealon left in 1995. But when Norm MacDonald was picked instead, Franken left the show.
- When Eric Idle hosted on 20 October 1979, a clip was shown from Idle's project Rutland Weekend Television (UK) of his Beatles parody The Rutles. The success of the clip led to Lorne Michaels…
[show]When Eric Idle hosted on 20 October 1979, a clip was shown from Idle's project Rutland Weekend Television (UK) of his Beatles parody The Rutles. The success of the clip led to Lorne Michaels co-producing the movie version, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV), which includes appearances by numerous SNL alums and regulars.
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