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Musician and future Academy Award winning film composer Howard Shore was the original musical director and bandleader from 1975 until 1980. Paul Shaffer (himself, one of the original band members from 1975-1980) recounted that Jean Doumanian (who was taking over as the executive producer for season 6 of Saturday Night Live) offered him to be the new musical-director in light of Howard Shore ...
On October 26, 1986, O'Donoghue was further connected to SNL by virtue of his marriage to the show's musical director, Cheryl Hardwick, [8] in the late 1980s. The union was fodder for a "Weekend Update" joke in which Dennis Miller noted that the couple was registered at Black+Decker.
From 1985 to 1995, Smith served as the Saturday Night Live band's bandleader and co-musical director, along with longtime SNL band keyboardist Cheryl Hardwick. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Smith had become acquainted with SNL creator Lorne Michaels through show alumna Gilda Radner, to whom Smith was married from 1980 to 1982.
The much-anticipated 50th anniversary special of "Saturday Night Live" is set to air this weekend. "SNL 50: The Anniversary Special," a live, three-hour comedy show, will air on Sunday, Feb. 16 ...
On February 14, NBC’s SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert brought out the stars to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall to celebrate the sketch show’s long history with musical artists. The ...
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 Nov. 16 "SNL" episode will be available to watch live on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT. Viewers can also stream it the next day on Peacock. Nelly cleared: Rapper will not face charges ...
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 ...