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Dan Aykroyd was the only original SNL cast member who read the script
Scenario
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
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 of Lorne Michaels: "The show doesn't go on because it's ready, it goes on because it's 11:30.".
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Ixoo ‘Chickenweed’ ChawzWritten by Don Cento and Martin GarnerPerformed by Don Cento and Martin Garner. One hour and thirty minutes before going live on the air, Lorne Micheals is still trying to get his show and comedians in order. While he believes in it, others doubt it or do not even know what it is.
This movie has more drama than comedy
The set is in chaos, actors are rebelling, and when it all seems like it is about to fall apart, they manage to get it together and start a show that changed late-night television forever.There is more to the story of what led Lorne Micheals and his group of comedians to start Saturday Night; this movie shares what it was like when they got on the air for the first time on October 11, 1974. The movie makes it seem that the first episode was chaotic. Still, somehow, everything came together perfectly to make television history.
The movie is short, but some parts feel slow
Fans of SNL or any of the original cast might enjoy this movie more than the average viewer. This movie is worth a stream for the average person if they want to learn some of the show's history.