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The Olympia Café was a fictional greasy spoon featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch. The staff, led by John Belushi as Pete Dionisopoulos, were Greeks.Staff also included Bill Murray as Nico, a busboy who does not speak English, Dan Aykroyd as short-order cook George, and Sandy, a waitress played by Laraine Newman.
This beloved sketch from SNL’s Belushi era is based on the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, IL, an old-school Greek diner that opened in the 1930s and moved to its famous location under a bridge on ...
The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois. Its restaurants are based on the original Billy Goat Tavern founded in 1934 [1] by Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko, a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs, and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday Night Live.
Billy Smith (played by Fred Armisen) is a Native American comedian who has performed stand-up on three Weekend Update episodes and made a small appearance in Liam Neeson's monologue in 2004. His jokes usually begin as fairly average stand-up jokes (why did the chicken cross the road?), but his punchlines suddenly veer into obscure references to ...
One of the most anticipated musical guests of SNL 50 was undoubtedly Chappell Roan, and while fans theorized about what songs she might perform ("I hope she plays 'Hot to Go'") the audience was ...
Barry Gibb from The Barry Gibb Talk Show (2003–13) Jarret (2000–04) Joey Mack on Z105 (2002) Kip Bloater; Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy (1999–01) One of the Jeffrey's clerks (2001) Osama bin Laden; Pat Sullivan, Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1999–2000 one of The Boston Teens (1999–11)
The star of The Fall Guy led a night of contagious laughter, causing many of the variety comedy show's cast to break at least once. ... Related: 5 Best SNL Skits Last Night With Kristen Wiig. 4 ...
Mr. Bill got its start when Walter Williams sent SNL a Super 8 reel featuring the character in response to the show's request for home movies during the first season. Mr. Bill's first appearance was on the February 28, 1976 episode. Williams became a full-time writer for the show in 1978, writing more than 20 sketches based on Mr. Bill.