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During the live broadcast, John Belushi entered the frame 39 seconds later
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On October 11, 1975 at 11:30 p.m., a wild group of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes 90 minutes before Saturday Night Live (1975) first aired. Matt Wood plays John Belushi on Saturday night, check out the rest of the cast and their real-life counterparts. Dan Aykroyd was the only original SNL cast member to read the script.
Door: All night?
He actually came right in… Lorne Michaels: Look, my name is Lorne Michaels, I’m a producer on Saturday nights. Lorne Michaels: [sarcastically] Yeah, all night. The film 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”.
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Ixoo ‘Chickenweed’ Chawz Written by Don Sento and Martin Garner Starring Don Sento and Martin Garner. An hour and thirty minutes before going live, Lorne Michaels is still trying to get his show and comedians together. While he believes in it, others doubt it or don’t even know what it is. Chaos reigns on the set, the cast riots, and when everything seems to be falling apart, they manage to pull it together and launch a show that changed late-night television forever.
This movie has more drama than comedy
The story of what led Lorne Micheals and his band of comedians to start Saturday night; this film is about what it was like when they first hit the air on October 11, 1974. The film gives the impression that the first episode was chaotic. Nevertheless, everything came together perfectly to make television history. The movie is short but some parts are slow.
Fans of SNL or any of the original cast members might enjoy this movie more than the average viewer
This movie is worth a watch for the average person if they want to know something about the history of the series.