It's hard to imagine the face of American comedy, or indeed American movies, without Saturday Night Live. Jason Reitman's Saturday Night goes back to the very beginning at New York's Rockefeller Center in 1975, as the first cohort of young stars — including Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi — prepare for the maiden broadcast of an …
As the 50th season of Saturday Night Live premieres this weekend, the story of how its very first episode took shape has become a legendary piece of show-business history. The first episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11, 1975 The original cast still remembers the show's debut 50 years later - along with all the madness and chaos …