"Saturday Night Live" (1975) TV series 1975-????

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Creator:

Lorne Michaels

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35

Release Date:

11 October 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Tagline:

And now, from New York, the most dangerous city in America, it's Saturday Night Live. (seventh season)

Plot:

The classic late night live sketch comedy show.

Plot Keywords:

Sketch Comedy | Cult Favorite | Satire | Cult TV | Actor Playing Multiple Roles

Awards:

Won 25 Primetime Emmys. Another 16 wins & 130 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 7	11:29 PM	NBC
Sat. Nov. 14	11:29 PM	NBC

Cast

Don Pardo	...	Himself - Announcer / ... (627 episodes, 1975-2009)
Lenny Pickett	...	Himself - Bandleader / ... (415 episodes, 1985-2006)
Darrell Hammond	...	Various / ... (273 episodes, 1995-2009)

Also Known As:

NBC's Saturday Night (USA) (complete title)
SNL (USA) (informal title)
SNL 25 (USA) (alternative title)
Saturday Night (USA) (first season title)
Saturday Night Live '80 (USA) (sixth season title)
Saturday Night Live 15 (USA) (fifteenth season title)
Saturday Night Live 20 (USA) (twentieth season title)
Saturday Night Live 25 (USA) (twentiefifth season title)
The Albert Brooks Show (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-14 (Some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (Some episodes)

Filming Locations:

JC Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

NBC Studios

Trivia:

John Goodman hosted the show 11 years in a row.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: ...almost everything. Live television is largely exempt from the usual rules of goofs.

Quotes:

Jimmy Fallon: Folks, we got our intern Sanji joining us. Now Sanji loved your movie. What do you think, Sanji?
[In Indian accent]
Jimmy Fallon: Ra da da da da da da da da da. Oh my God, I loved New York Minute. I love it, my favorite movie.
Ashley Olsen: Thank you, Sanji.
Jimmy Fallon: [as Radio DJ] No wait a minute. Sanji, you actually liked the movie?
[as Sanji]
Jimmy Fallon: Oh yes. New York Minute, a very good movie. Ra da da da da da da da.
[In black accent]
Jimmy Fallon: Yo, Sanji, hold up.
[In regular voice]
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in Recount (2008) (TV)

It sucks now! It's great again!

Every once in awhile I read reviews of SNL. Almost never do the reviews say "it was OK". Unless it is a review by a frequent viewer, they always say something like "SNL is great again!" or "SNL sucks now". Usually these reviews are from people who never or rarely watch the show, and only remember it from 5, 10, 15 or even 20 years ago. These types of reviews have been the same for as long as I can remember. The periods that people now call "classic" frequently met with poor reviews at the time.

One thing to remember is that the show is an hour and a half, longer than most any other TV show. It is hard to fill such a long show with consistently funny material. It is also hard to make every episode funny. Therefore the show (like most shows) wavers between great and awful, depending on the sketch or episode you are watching at the moment. To judge an entire series on one episode (or part of one) is a mischaracterization.

I've watched SNL for most of its life, and although it has ranged from hilarious to horrible, I would say the average show is "pretty funny". The bottom line: there's nothing better to watch on Saturday night, so until there is, I will always watch SNL!