“Saturday Night,” the film, envisions the whirl of chaos that took hold in the 90 minutes before “NBC’s Saturday Night,” the show, premiered nearly 50 years ago. Later to be called “Saturday Night Live,” the series debuted in October 1975, and TV audiences hadn’t seen anything like it, nor did they know the cast that would soon become iconic. By …
After asking celebrities from the world of film and television about their all-time favorite “Saturday Night Live” sketches, we decided to open the question to you, our readers. — Jennifer Bell, 48, Long Beach ‘Bass-O-Matic’ Dan Aykroyd revives his 1976 “Bass-O-Matic” sketch for “SNL’s” 40th anniversary special in 2015. — Allison Cook, 73, Los Angeles “Bab’s Uvula” : This first-season …
Oscar-nominated actor Willem Dafoe is joining the ensemble cast of the upcoming SNL 1975 origin film starring Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard and model Kaia Gerber. The film will also explore the behind-the-scenes chaos amongst SNL's original cast of then-young comedians that included: John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtain, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris and Laraine Newman. Oscar-nominated actor Willem …
Who's who in SNL 1975: See the actors who will portray the iconic Saturday Night Live comedians on the big screen Getty Images See the cast of Jason Reitman's SNL 1975 movie – who's playing Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase and more in the film version of the very first Saturday Night Live. Cory Michael Smith – Chevy Chase Chevy Chase …
