October 11, 1975 saw the debug of SNL with what famed comedian as the host?
"much more exposure and recognition on ""Saturday Night Live"". The 1975–76 season began on October 11, 1975, with host George Carlin. The show was originally called ""NBC's Saturday Night"", and would not be called ""Saturday Night Live"" until near the end of the 1976–77 season. The show was also intended to have just six episodes, and to be hosted by a permanent guest host instead of a rotating celebrity host (Albert Brooks was apparently picked as a permanent host). The show was originally much more of a typical variety show than it would later become, with the first episode featuring"
"October 11, 1975, with George Carlin as its host. It was created by Canadian Lorne Michaels. The original concept was for a comedy-variety show featuring young comedians, live musical performances, and short films. Rather than have one permanent host there was a different guest host each week. The first cast members were The Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Gilda Radner and ""National Lampoon Lemmings"" alumni Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that ushered in the show's opening), Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, and Garrett Morris. The original head writer was Michael O'Donoghue, a"
"October 11, 1975. ""The Daily Show"" and ""The Colbert Report"" use stylistic formats that are similar to ""Weekend Update"". On ""The Daily Show"", host Jon Stewart used footage from news programs to satirize politics and the news media. Stephen Colbert performed in character on ""The Colbert Report"" as a right-wing news pundit. Both hosts' television programs were broadcast on Comedy Central, while ""The Daily Show"" continues to run featuring a new host. Colbert became the host of ""The Late Show"", succeeding David Letterman. With their shows, Stewart and Colbert helped increase public and academic discussion of the significance of political"
"Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1975–1976 List of recurring ""Saturday Night Live"" characters and sketches introduced between October 11, 1975, and July 31, 1976, the first season of ""SNL"": A satirical news segment starring Chevy Chase debuted October 11, 1975. It is the longest running recurring sketch in the show's history. Like the show itself, it has seen many changes over the years and has a revolving door of anchors, including Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Rocket, Gail Matthius, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mary Gross, Christine Ebersole, Brad Hall, Christopher Guest, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon, Norm Macdonald,"
"Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold"
"October 11, 1975. He made 16 ""SNL"" appearances in all, doing routines from his comedy act, such as the Mighty Mouse singalong, Foreign Man, and the Elvis impersonation. After he angered the audience with his female-wrestling routine, Kaufman in January 1983 made a pretaped appearance (his 16th) asking the audience if he should ever appear on the show again, saying he would honor their decision. ""SNL"" ran a phone vote, and 195,544 people voted to ""Dump Andy"" while 169,186 people voted to ""Keep Andy"". During the ""SNL"" episode with the phone poll, many of the cast members stated their admiration"
"Carlin was the first to host ""SNL"" in the debut October 1975 episode; three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host and subsequently the first to host more than once. Hosts have been drawn from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, from actors, such as Christopher Walken, Buck Henry, and John Goodman, to musicians like Dolly Parton, to political activist Ralph Nader. Guests who have hosted five or more times are sometimes referred to as belonging to the Five-Timers Club, a term that originated on a sketch performed on Tom Hanks's fifth episode. As of February 11, 2017, actor"
"and Morgan's departure, the two would make guest appearances in several episodes throughout the season and Morgan would later host in 2009 and 2015. Before the season started, Will Forte, Seth Meyers and Jeff Richards were all promoted to repertory status, while Fred Armisen remained a featured player. The show added two new African-American cast members: stand-up comedian Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson, a former child star from the Nickelodeon comedy shows ""All That"" and ""Kenan and Kel"". Thompson became the first ""SNL"" cast member to be born after the show's premiere in 1975 (Thompson was born in 1978), as"
"of music heard during the show's Final Jeopardy! Round, and which later became the iconic melody of the theme for the syndicated version of the show hosted by Alex Trebek. In 1975, NBC canceled ""Jeopardy!"" after moving it twice on its daytime schedule, despite having an additional year on its network contract left to fulfill. Griffin produced the show's successor, ""Wheel of Fortune"", which premiered on January 6, 1975. ""Wheel"", with Chuck Woolery as host and Susan Stafford as the hostess, had successful ratings throughout its network run. From December 1975 to January 1976, the show expanded to an hour,"
"Little (Canadian expatriate working in America) has been the pre-eminent impressionist, mimicking a wide range of celebrities and politicians. The cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live have performed impressions of politicians and celebrities since the program debuted in 1975. SNL alumnus and current host of NBC's ""The Tonight Show"", Jimmy Fallon, rose to fame with stand-up comedy routines featuring impressions of many celebrities in various scenarios such as auditioning for a Troll doll commercial. Fellow SNL alumni Darrell Hammond, Bill Hader, and Jay Pharoah have been cited as 'master impressionists', each having performed impressions of over 80 different celebrities on"
"that it would have long since lapsed into obscurity had Lennon not been shot. NBC occasionally used ""Tomorrow"" to plug various holes in its late-night schedule. Snyder did a special Saturday show with Jerry Lewis as the only guest on 4 October 1975 because a new program meant to premiere that evening was not ready to launch. Lewis was interviewed for one hour and fifteen minutes, before Snyder brought out the ""Not Ready for Primetime Players"" (Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, and John Belushi) for the last fifteen minutes of the show so"
"Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1976–1977 The following is a list of recurring ""Saturday Night Live"" characters and sketches introduced between September 18, 1976, and May 21, 1977, the second season of ""SNL"". Michael O'Donoghue would tell children's bedtime stories with increasingly horrific, nightmarish twists. Debuted October 30, 1976. In each appearance of this sketch, the moderator of the show would interrogate toy maker Irwin Mainway, played by Dan Aykroyd, while he defended his company's extremely dangerous products aimed at children. Toys included ""Bag O' Glass"", ""Bag O' Vipers"", ""Bag O' Sulfuric Acid"", ""Mr. Skin Grafter"", ""Pretty"
"as anchor in 1975 paved the way for comedic news shows like ""The Daily Show"" and ""The Colbert Report"". ""Weekend Update"" was created by original anchor Chevy Chase and ""SNL"" writer Herb Sargent, and appeared on the first ""SNL"" broadcast on October 11, 1975. Chase popularized several catchphrases during the segment, such as his ""I'm Chevy Chase... and you're not"" greeting; and his repeated announcement that ""Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead"". When ""Weekend Update"" began, Chase was consistently on the phone presumably talking to his lover, and would talk until realizing he was ""on air"". Chase would always end"
"was kept intact even after ABC's ""SNL"" was canceled and ""NBC's Saturday Night"" adopted the ""SNL"" name for itself. The phrase is typically spoken by a host, cast member(s), and/or musical guest, and has been used in every season except one (the 1981-1982 season, the first full season with Dick Ebersol as producer). It was first said live on air by Chevy Chase, on ""SNL""s first show on October 11, 1975. For all but two of the first season's 24 episodes, Chase delivered the phrase after a pratfall of some kind. Even when the show is not aired on a"
"never hosted ""SNL"". Al Franken wouldn't return to ""SNL"" until four years later, as a featured cast member. Other episodes cancelled due to the strike were scheduled to air on April 25, 1981 (with host Dan Aykroyd, former cast member), May 9, 1981 (with host Steve Martin, an ""SNL"" favorite) and May 23, 1981 (with another frequent ""SNL"" host, Buck Henry). By fall 1981, Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy were the only performers from Doumanian's cast to appear on ""SNL"" for season seven. Murphy became a break-out star under Ebersol, and his soaring popularity helped restore the show's ratings. He"
"open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, ""Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was replaced by Jean Doumanian, who was replaced by Ebersol after a season of bad reviews. Ebersol ran the show until 1985. Since Michaels' return he has held the job of show-runner. Many of ""SNL""s cast found national stardom while appearing on the show, and achieved success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. Others associated with the show, such as writers, have"
"as the host of the early 1990s dating game show ""Studs"" and the short-lived 1996 game show ""Big Deal"". DeCarlo graduated from Benet Academy in 1980. He graduated from University of California, Los Angeles. He married voice actress Yeni Álvarez on November 24, 2012. Mark DeCarlo Mark DeCarlo (born June 23, 1962) is an American actor, television host, comedian, and travel and foodie expert. He is currently known for being a contributor to WLS-TV morning show ""Windy City Live"", a locally produced Chicago program that replaced ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"" following its 2011 ending. DeCarlo has been awarded three local"
"September 10, 1984. Both NBC versions and the weekly syndicated version were hosted by Art Fleming. Don Pardo served as announcer until 1975, and John Harlan announced for the 1978–1979 show. Since its inception, the daily syndicated version has featured Alex Trebek as host and Johnny Gilbert as announcer. With over 7,000 episodes aired, the daily syndicated version of ""Jeopardy!"" has won a record 33 Daytime Emmy Awards as well as a Peabody Award. In 2013, the program was ranked No. 45 on ""TV Guide""s list of the 60 greatest shows in American television history. ""Jeopardy!"" has also gained a"
"History of Saturday Night Live (1975–80) ""Saturday Night Live"" is an American sketch comedy series created and produced by Lorne Michaels for most of the show's run. The show has aired on NBC since 1975. ""Saturday Night Live"" was not an immediate hit, but the show soon developed its own identity with help from the ""Not Ready For Prime Time Players"". After an unstable first season, more and more sketch comedy got on the air, and ""SNL"" became something of a New York institution. The first four seasons of the show were a hit both commercially and critically, catapulting the"
"in January 1977 depicts Carter as a Confederate general, using his status as president-elect to take over the nation. Political parody was relatively new to American mainstream television in 1975; comedy shows in the past had rarely dared to push the envelope. By satirizing the head of the nation, ""Saturday Night Live"" redefined the parameters of acceptable television content and became ""the first television show to speak the nation of the time"", according to NBC executive Dick Ebersol. Perhaps due to his recurring news parody sketch ""Weekend Update"", Chevy Chase was the first breakout star of ""Saturday Night Live"", appearing"
"has never been made available on home video. ""Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell"" is consistently confused with the sketch comedy program ""Saturday Night Live"". In October 1975, rival network NBC began airing the late night comedy show ""NBC's Saturday Night"", the creation of producer Lorne Michaels. The shows did not compete for the same time slot. Cosell's ""Saturday Night Live"" aired at 8 p.m. ET/PT, whereas ""NBC's Saturday Night"" aired at 11:30 p.m. After Cosell's show was cancelled, the NBC show was renamed ""Saturday Night Live"". The premiere episode featured celebrity guests Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Paul Anka, Siegfried"
"and noon and 6pm on Sundays. On January 25 and 26, 1975—just four-and-a-half months shy of celebrating its 20th anniversary—""Monitor"" spent its last 12 hours looking back on its 20-year history (approximately 20,000-plus hours) with hosts Big Wilson and John Bartholomew Tucker. Many clips were played, including Dave Garroway's interview with Marilyn Monroe on the show's first day, Frank McGee's talk with Martin Luther King Jr. in the early 1960s, Bob and Ray spoofing ""Miss Monitor"" and reporter Helen Hall riding on a roller-coaster. On January 26, Wilson hosted from noon to 3pm while Tucker hosted from 3-6pm. The program's"
"from 1977 through 1979, and returned for a single appearance on November 3, 2001, introducing ""Bad Conceptual Theater."" (The show was hosted at least one time by Laraine Newman as Lady Pinth-Garnell.) Debuted March 12, 1977. Pinth-Garnell was loosely based on the longtime PBS ""Masterpiece Theatre"" host Alistair Cooke. Nick The Lounge Singer was one of Bill Murray's most popular recurring characters during his tenure on SNL. The character was a typical 1970s lounge singer who sang current songs in a drawn-out, schmaltzy manner, and was typically accompanied by Paul Shaffer on piano. Nick always had a different 'seasonal' last"
"1975 Michaels created (with fellow NBC employee Dick Ebersol and president of the network Herb Schlosser) the TV show ""NBC's Saturday Night"", which in 1977 changed its name to ""Saturday Night Live"" (initially there was a name conflict with an ABC show titled ""Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell"" which debuted September 20, 1975 and was cancelled on November 26, 1975). The show, which is performed live in front of a studio audience, immediately established a reputation for being cutting-edge and unpredictable. It became a vehicle for launching the careers of some of the most successful comedians in the United"
"that the national audience could meet the debut cast of the network's new sketch series ""Saturday Night"" (the ""Live"" would not be appended to the title until 1977). When not grilling guests, Snyder would often joke around with off-stage crewmen, often breaking out in the distinctively hearty laugh that was the basis of Dan Aykroyd's impersonation of Snyder on ""Saturday Night Live"", which the comedian first did in April 1976. Snyder's seemingly mismatched jet black eyebrows and grey hair were also lampooned on ""SNL"". Being the subject of ""SNL"" satire greatly raised Snyder's profile; many viewers knew the impression before"
"by John Harlan. Alex Trebek has served as host of the daily syndicated version since it premiered in 1984, except when he switched places with ""Wheel of Fortune"" host Pat Sajak as an April Fool's joke on the episode aired April 1, 1997. His most recent contract renewal, from May 2017, takes his tenure through the 2019–2020 season. In the daily syndicated version's first pilot, from 1983, Jay Stewart served as the show's announcer, but Johnny Gilbert took over the role when that version was picked up as a series and has held it since then. Trebek will be 80"
"Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1978–1979 The following is a list of recurring ""Saturday Night Live"" characters and sketches introduced between October 7, 1978, and May 26, 1979, the fourth season of ""SNL"". A Bill Murray sketch. Debuted October 14, 1978. Debuted October 14, 1978. This sketch satirised the trend of suburban shopping malls sucking the life out of American city centres. A talk show sendup where feminist Connie Carson (Gilda Radner) speaks with professional women about their careers. Debuted October 21, 1978. A Buck Henry sketch; made two appearances in season 4 and one in season"
"Most Influential Man of 2010 by AskMen. Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosted ""The Daily Show"", a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015. Stewart started as a stand-up comedian but branched into television as host of ""Short Attention Span Theater"" for Comedy Central. He went on to host ""The Jon Stewart Show"" and then ""You Wrote It, You Watch It"", both on MTV. Stewart has also had several film roles as an actor but did few"
"1974 and the series was dropped from the schedule after June 1974. Actor William Shatner (of """" fame) hosted this series. Producer Henry Comor was able to use material from archives of most Hollywood studios except those of MGM. The debut episode was originally scheduled to feature Jack Lemmon, but was complicated due to a dispute between United Artists and Global. The studio withdrew approval for ""Flick Flack""'s use of clips from ""The Apartment"" and ""Some Like It Hot"", movies which illustrated some of Lemmon's career. The first broadcast episode on 7 January 1974 instead featured the topic of animal"
"Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having performed the duty on seventeen different occasions since 1990; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who had hosted fifteen times since 1976. Occasionally, in an effort to boost ratings and/or to maintain the show's budget, former SNL cast members also host. Each episode also features a musical guest, a solo act or a band, who perform two to three musical numbers. Occasionally, the musical guest has also simultaneously served as the host, and may also appear in comedy sketches. As of May 19, 2012, Dave Grohl is the"
"would be uttered live on ""SNL"", Rocket's line, unknown to him, would be the final straw that caused him and everyone else (save Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo) to be dismissed. The next show would be Doumanian's last episode. ""This woman was a trainwreck,"" said then NBC President and CEO Fred Silverman in the Shales book. ""The shows were just not watchable."" ""SNL"" was given one more chance when Dick Ebersol, one of the original developers of ""SNL"" in 1974 and the man responsible for hiring Lorne Michaels as show-runner in 1975, was hired to replace Doumanian. In his first"
"Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1979–1980 The following is a list of recurring ""Saturday Night Live"" characters and sketches introduced between October 13, 1979, and May 24, 1980, the fifth season of ""SNL"". A Harry Shearer sketch. Debuted October 20, 1979. The Bel-Airabs was a sketch from . It was a spoof of ""The Beverly Hillbillies"", instead featuring paranoid Arabs. Only two sketches appeared, on December 8, 1979 (host: Howard Hesseman) and February 9, 1980 (host: Chevy Chase). As all of the cast members left the show at the end of that season, it was not continued."
"September 1978 to May 1979. John Gorman became a regular performer from November onwards. STV and Granada dropped the series in 1978 in favour of showing other programmes but began carrying the series again in 1979. HTV continued to opt in and out of the programme during ""Ten on Saturday"". Bob Carolgees made his debut in early 1979, having been told to go on the programme by Irish comic Frank Carson. Carolgees appeared again two weeks later, and Chris was so pleased with his contribution that he decided to make a regular fixture out of Bob. Lenny Henry made sporadic"