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"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night (now called Saturday Night Live, or SNL) and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco. It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon.
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Current intertitle for the program. Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch and satirical news program that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest-running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance.
SNL writing partners Al Franken and Tom Davis hosted their own segment on which they would appear onstage as a comedy team similar to Rowan and Martin, with Davis generally as the straight man and Franken as his self-obsessed, sometimes dimwitted sidekick. They would also perform skits within the context of the segment.
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...
has become a legendary SNL quote, and is parodied, homaged, and referenced by many forms of media. [27] The sketch was referenced on various episodes of SNL in subsequent years. Promotions for the April 5, 2008 Christopher Walken/Panic! at the Disco episode of Saturday Night Live referenced the "More Cowbell" sketch. [28]
Andy Samberg's return to Saturday Night Live as a season 50 guest means he gets to reunite with his former costar Kenan Thompson — and attempt to crack up the show's longest-running cast member.
Hit cartoon series Beavis and Butt-Head has had a few reinventions since its 1993 debut, but the show is still delivering on laughs, thanks to the April 13 Saturday Night Live skit that spoofed ...