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Superstar film. References. Saturday Night Live season 25. The twenty-fifth season of Saturday Night Live (also branded Saturday Night Live 25 and SNL25 ), an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 2, 1999 and May 20, 2000. Cast.
The 25th season started on September 25, 1999 and ended on May 20, 2000 with 20 regular episodes plus a 25th Anniversary Special. The special looked back at the series' highlights during its first quarter-century. The entire cast from last season returned for another year.
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Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show's premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original ...
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In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson asked that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) come to an end (The Tonight Show was a 90-minute program at the time), so he could take two weeknights off; NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to...
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The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumnus Laraine Newman. The original head writer was Michael O'Donoghue, a writer at National Lampoon who had worked alongside s...
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The Not Ready for Prime Time Players 1. Dan Aykroyd 2. John Belushi 3. Chevy Chase 4. George Coe(only episode: October 11, 1975) 5. Jane Curtin 6. Garrett Morris 7. Laraine Newman 8. Michael O'Donoghue(final episode: November 8, 1975) 9. Gilda Radner Bold denotes Weekend Updateanchor
The original writing staff included Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel. The head writers were Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue.
20. Weekend Update anchors. Colin Quinn. Season 25 of Saturday Night Live began on October 2, 1999 with host Jerry Seinfeld and musical guest David Bowie and ended on May 20, 2000 with host Jackie Chan and musical guest Kid Rock. The entire cast from last season returned for another year.
Jan 31, 2024 · SNL 1975. Cast and Their Real-Life Counterparts. See who will be playing Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and more in a new film about the sketch-comedy series’ origins ...
Mar 29, 2024 · March 29, 2024 10:25am. Clockwise from left: ‘Saturday Night Live’s Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman in 1975 NBC...
