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SNL writer Don Novello appeared frequently throughout the show's history as his character Father Guido Sarducci, but he was only a featured player for part of the 1979–80 season and part of the 1985–86 season, credited sporadically only when he would appear on the show. He made many more appearances outside of these two runs as a featured ...
George Carlin, the first person to host Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics, and it has featured a wide ...
The Saturday Night Live Band (also known as "The Live Band") is the house band for SNL. Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore served as the first musical director, from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band and (backing a U.S. Coast Guard chorus) Howard Shore and the Shore Patrol.
Saturday Night Live has featured several celebrity hosts throughout its nearly 50-year run, but only a select few have joined the show’s coveted Five-Timers Club. Tom Hanks became the club’s ...
Ferrell, who was an SNL cast member from 1995 to 2002, became a Five Timer in 2019. Paul Rudd Rudd became a club member in 2017 after making his first appearance 13 years earlier.
SNL first premiered on October 11, 1975, and has aired nearly 1,000 episodes to date, making it one of America’s longest-running broadcast network television shows ever. Show comments Advertisement
The main stage of Saturday Night Live where an episode host will perform the opening monologue Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. SNL features a two-tiered cast ...
Andy Samberg. When Andy Samberg arrived at SNL in 2005, it was like the show finally got Wi-Fi. Along with The Lonely Island crew, he pioneered the Digital Shorts, redefining how SNL connected ...