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The first former cast member to come back and host the show was Chevy Chase in February 1978. Chase is also the first former cast member to reach the Five-Timers Club, and is the most frequent-former cast member to host (he is also one of few hosts banned from hosting, having last hosted in 1997).
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. [5] The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumna Laraine Newman.
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 oldest member and only person of color in the original Saturday Night Live cast, Garrett Morris reportedly had issues with the typecasting he faced in sketches during his time on SNL, having ...
The first cast member to host Weekend Update, Chevy Chase returned to SNL for its second season but left partway through. Albeit short, Chase’s time on the show earned him two Primetime Emmy ...
An original cast member, the comedy legend created the role with writer Herb Sargent and sat in the seat for the year he was at SNL. Jane Curtin: 1976 to 1980 NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
In the first season of the show the cast was paid $750 per episode, rising to $2,000 by season two, and $4,000 by season four. [109] By the late 1990s, new cast members received a salary between $5,000 [ 106 ] and $5,500 per episode, increasing to $6,000 in the second year and up to $12,500 for a cast member in their fifth year.
Curtin recalls having anxiety while performing on SNL's first-ever broadcast on Oct. 11, 1975, the two-time Emmy winner said in a New York Times interview to commemorate the show's 50th season.