Chronology
At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever
Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live (1975).. Matt Wood stars as John Belushi in Saturday Night, check out the rest of the cast and their real-life counterparts. .
In reality he came on immediately
Dan Aykroyd was the only original SNL cast member who read the script.. As the show goes live they have John Belushi coming into frame 39 seconds late through a door. Lorne Michaels: Look, my name is Lorne Michaels, I’m the producer of “Saturday Night”.
Doorman: The whole night?
Lorne Michaels: [sarcastically] Yeah, the whole night.. The movie opens with a quote from Lorne Michaels: "The show doesn't go on because it's ready, it goes on because it's 11:30.". Featured in Eddie Murphy, le roi noir d'Hollywood (2023).
I enjoyed Saturday Night, but not as much as I hoped
Ixoo ‘Chickenweed’ ChawzWritten by Don Cento and Martin GarnerPerformed by Don Cento and Martin Garner. It was a little repetitive that Lorne Michaels was having so many problems on the show. There were good laughs and convincing performances of all the main characters/actors we watched, but there could’ve been a little more to it then the final 2 hours or so before the show aired it’s first episode.
I would’ve liked to know where Lorne Michaels had the idea of Saturday Night Live and what he produced before
It was mostly entertaining with good laughs, but kind of claustrophobic being in a sound stage almost always with a few scenes outdoors.