Saturday Night Live
Television Show
'Subversion' explores where black, Jewish humor intersect...going crazy, or laughing at it. Near the end of the round-table talk, the panel played a clip from "Saturday Night Live" in which Eddie Murphy, as the Rev. Jesse Jackson -- in Motown song and verse -- apologizes for his infamous outburst,... In this article: Sander Gilman, Anti-authoritarian, Emory University, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Jesse Jackson, Eddie Murphy, and Lenny Bruce |
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Film.com TV Blog | 7 days ago
Reviewing SNL: The 2009 Season
...the legendary comedy has been disappointing. Charlie Toft, Nov 16, 2009 Since the end of Campaign 2008, Saturday Night Live has been more or less adrift. While the venerable series is hardly in one of its historic lulls (think of the...
In this article: Barack Obama, Kristen Wiig, January Jones, Amy Poehler, Dana Carvey, Fred Armisen, Gerard Butler, and Bobby Moynihan
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | October 16, 2009
Hooked on comedy
...when I got into it in the late '80s. Shows like "In Living Color" were on; you had Eddie Murphy's success from "Saturday Night Live," and Martin Lawrence was starting to have his own success. It started to become a time where comedy...
In this article: Cedric the Entertainer, Poker, 2009 World Series, World Wrestling Entertainment, Hawaii, Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Brad Pitt, Eddie Murphy, and In Living Color
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Billie Thomas
...apartment on October 10, 1980. Three years after Thomas's death, his character was parodied by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live in an advertisement for the (fictitious) album, Buh-Weet Sings. Murphy's exaggerated portrayal of...
In this article: Billie Thomas, Our Gang, Eddie Murphy, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Washee Ironee, George "Spanky" McFarland, and Little Rascals
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CNN | August 21, 2009
Finding cheap health insurance (stocks)
...singer who would shout that demand to his piano player. He even sent a link to a video for a classic "Saturday Night Live" clip featuring Cohen along with Eddie Murphy as Gumby. Nice work, Bill. Give my regards to Vikram Pandit. But two...
In this article: UnitedHealth, Martin Short, Cnnmoney.com, WellPoint, WellCare Health Plans, Humana, and Aflac
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MTV News | May 26, 2009
Diddy, Russell Brand Offer Andy Samberg Sage Advice For Movie Awards
...our awards-show hosts. "SNL" vets like Eddie Murphy, Jimmy Fallon and Mike Myers have since captained the Movie Awards, and this Sunday, May 31, at 9 p.m., Andy Samberg will assume hosting duties for the first time. With just days to go...
In this article: Russell Brand, Andy Samberg, Diddy, Jonas Brothers, MTV Movie Awards, MTV Awards, MTV, Dennis Miller, and Jimmy Fallon
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Unionville High School (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania)
...for the team (no team state tournament). Unionville High School was the alma mater of "John David Stutts", the man who killed "Buckwheat " -both played by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live. The school was credited and shown briefly on...
In this article: Unionville High School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and Ontario
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Velvet Jones
...Professional Wrestler, Velvet Jones (wrestler) Velvet Jones was an ongoing character played by Eddie Murphy on the American sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in its seventh season. Velvet was depicted as a pimp on the program and first...
In this article: Eddie Murphy, Miles Davis, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Brushfire Records, and Sacramento
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Slow Children Crossing
...Tiffany Thomas and Destini Meshack. Composed of three women and two men, this band of humorous individuals are influenced by Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, SNL and Benny Hill. They are sometimes described as "Kids in the...
In this article: Brett Butler, Los Angeles, Comedy Festival, Comedy Central, Law & Order, and Chicago
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Andy Breckman
...two albums, Don't Get Killed and Proud Dad. Breckman wrote for Late Night With David Letterman from 1982 to 1984, and contributed sketches to Saturday Night Live from 1983 to 1996. One of his most well-known vignettes was a Saturday...
In this article: Andy Breckman, Adrian Monk, WFMU, Don McLean, USA Network, Haddonfield, New Jersey, Academy Awards, and Manhattan
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Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It made its debut on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. Broadcast live out of Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockerfeller Center, it is subsequently relayed with a time delay to both domestic and foreign markets.
The show regularly lampoons many aspects of contemporary American society, such as politics and popular culture, including both television and film. The show features a two-tiered cast, with repertory members known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players", and new, unproven cast members are known as "Featured Players." These cast members are joined by a rotating list of guest hosts and musical acts.
Overseen by show creator, Lorne Michaels, who, excluding seasons 6–10, has been with the show throughout, first as producer and subsequently as a writer and executive producer. Show production is handled jointly by Broadway Video, SNL Studios, and NBC. As of 2009, Saturday Night Live is one of the longest-running network programs in American television history. In addition, several of the show's sketches have been developed into feature films.
Throughout its history, except for season 7 and other rare exceptions, the show has traditionally begun with a cold open, ending with someone breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
- Name:
- Saturday Night Live
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Executive Producer:
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- Lorne Michaels (1975-1980, 1985-present)
- Jean Doumanian (1980-1981)
- Dick Ebersol (1981-1985)
- Created By:
- Lorne Michaels
- Starring:
- See Saturday Night Live cast
- Narrated by:
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- Don Pardo (1975-1981, 1982-2009)
- Mel Brandt (1981-1982)
- Bill Hanrahan (1981)
- Length:
- 90-92 minutes
- Picture Format:
- 1080i (HDTV)
- Format:
- Sketch Comedy
- Location:
- GE Building
- Broadcast Channel:
- NBC
- Number of Seasons:
- 35
- First:
- October 11, 1975
- Last:
- present
- Number of Episodes:
- 663 (as of November 7, 2009) (Episode list)
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