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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

Episode Number: 58000    Season Num: 30    First Aired: Sunday February 20, 2005    Prod Code: n/a
Cast members, writers, production members, family members, hosts, and guests all talk about the first five seasons of SNL. Everything from Chevy Chase leaving SNL after the first season to the creation of the Blues Brothers is recalled in this two-hour TV documentary.

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Writer: Kenneth Bowser
Star: Chevy Chase (Himself),  Dan Aykroyd (Himself),  Garrett Morris (Himself),  Paul Shaffer (Himself),  John Belushi (Himself (archive footage)),  Michael O'Donoghue (Himself (archive footage)),  Bill Murray (Himself (archive footage)),  Jane Curtin (Herself (archive footage)),  Dan Aykroyd (Himself),  Laraine Newman (Herself),  Al Franken (Himself),  Alan Zweibel (Himself),  Tom Schiller (Himself),  Harry Shearer (Himself (archive footage))
Recurring Role: Don Pardo (Announcer),  Penny Marshall (Herself),  Steve Martin (Himself),  James Downey (Himself),  Tom Davis (Himself),  Lorne Michaels (Himself),  Lily Tomlin (Herself),  Eric Idle (Himself),  Elliott Gould (Himself),  Buck Henry (Himself)
Guest Star: Rosie Shuster (Herself)

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Clips from the disasterous "Live from Mardi Gras" special from 1977 are shown, the first time ever since it was repeated six months after the chaos. (edit)
Jane Curtin and Bill Murray only appear in clips from old episodes. Murray couldn't be interviewed because he was busy working on the film Broken Flowers and Curtin declined to be interviewed because she doesn't like to "look back." 1979-80 cast member Harry Shearer was interviewed, but none of his comments made the final cut. (edit)
This was a two-hour primetime special that aired from 9pm ET-11pm ET on a Sunday night on NBC. The accompanying DVD was released six months later. (edit)
Presented in HDTV (clips from the show not in 16:9 HDTV). (edit)

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For the first time i finally saw it.
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