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The original cast of Saturday Night Live with President Gerald Ford in 1976. Chase was the first anchor of the show's recurring "Weekend Update" segment, and therefore received more screen time than the rest of the cast. Physical comedy and exaggerated pratfalls became his trademarks, and he became the show's first breakout star.
Season 16 would be the final year for O'Brien and Odenkirk as Saturday Night Live writers. O'Brien (who previously joined the writing staff in 1988) left to write for The Simpsons, and would later host NBC's Late Night and Tonight Show late night talk shows.
Two years later, on October 22, 1994, when Carvey hosted the show for the first time, Bush appeared in pre-recorded videos, in both the cold open and the opening monologue, critiquing Carvey's impersonation of him. [17] [18] Presidents are not usually portrayed on Saturday Night Live after they leave office.
Shortly before "NBC's Saturday Night" lit up American TV sets on Oct. 11, 1975, producer Lorne Michaels and seven unknown actors and comedians appeared on "The Tomorrow Show," a late-night talk ...
All of our lives were changed by the show,” Sandler, who spent five years on “Saturday Night Live” from 1991 to 1995, began. ... Sandler joked about how each cast feels they’re the best ...
A seminal figure in SNL history, Chris Farley displayed his physical-comedy genius for five seasons of Saturday Night Live. From 1990 to 1995, he performed such iconic characters as the over-the ...
This season saw the first appearances of three frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, [2] who auditioned to be a cast member on SNL during the 1980–81 season [3] [4] and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s as Linda Tripp; Christopher Walken; [5] and Alec Baldwin [6] (who later surpassed Steve Martin as the most frequent SNL host). [7]
Abby Elliott was a second-generation "SNL" cast member; her father, Chris Elliott, starred on the show for its 1994-1995 season. Since her time on "SNL," Elliott, 37, was featured in "How I Met ...