Saturday Night Live
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Score:
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12 votes
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Ron Nessen/Toni Basil, Patti SmithEpisode Number: 17 Season Num: 1 First Aired: Saturday April 17, 1976 Prod Code: 117 |
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Laraine Newman Role: Herself |
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Don Pardo Role: Announcer Don Pardo is a legendary radio and television announcer. Since the 1950s, Pardo has been an in-house announcer for the NBC television network. He, Milton Berle, and Bob Hope are the only three people to have been offered lifetime contracts by the network. His best known announcing work is for the... Read More |
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Jane Curtin Role: Herself It all started when 27 year old Jane Curtin auditioned for a comedy variety show. That show was the thing that would first expose her to fame, "Saturday Night Live" (1975). The same year, she married Patrick Lynch. They had one daughter, Tess Lynch. Jane managed to have Tess inbetween her new... Read More |
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Michael O'Donoghue Role: Himself Michael O'Donoghue was probably one of the darkest minds comedy has ever known. A product of Harvard, he wrote for The National Lampoon during its early glory days from 1970 to 1974. Amongst his works was the classic article "Tarzan of the Cows." Along with girlfriend and fellow Lampooner Anne... Read More |
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George Coe Role: Himself |
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Dan Aykroyd Role: Himself |
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Chevy Chase Role: Himself Born on October 8, 1943, in New York City, Cornelius Crane Chase became known as "Chevy" when his grandmother nicknamed him after Chevy Chase, the wealthy Maryland community. The 6'4" future writer and actor was valedictorian of his high school class before attending Bard College, where he earned... Read More |
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Gilda Radner Role: Herself “America’s Sweetheart,” that’s how one publication described Gilda Radner at the peak of her career on the comedy series, Saturday Night Live , a title few performers, comic or otherwise, have so aptly been worthy of. Gilda, an American comedienne and actress, born in 1946 in Detroit,... Read More |
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John Belushi Role: Himself When John Belushi joined the Chicago-based Second City improv troupe in 1971, he was twenty-one years old and had no experience in a touring company, but yet, audiences immediately singled him out for future stardom. In hot pursuit of a career in the entertainment field, John performed comedy... Read More |
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Garrett Morris Role: Himself Another of Julliard's illustrious alumni, Garret Morris' first significant professional job was as performer and arranger with the Harry Belafonte singers. Morris went on to appear in such Broadway productions as Porgy and Bess, Hallelujah Baby, and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He also... Read More |
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Billy Crystal Role: Himself Since he was nine years old, he wanted to be a professional baseball player, and played all throughout high school. He attended Marshall University in West Virginia on a baseball scholarship, but the program was abolished the following year. He then transferred to Nassau Community College in Long... Read More |
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Tom Schiller Role: Various Tom Schiller was one of the original writers on "Saturday Night Live," and later became one of the show's first "featured players" (you're not a regular, but you appear in sketches anyway). When Lorne Michaels left, Schiller directed and wrote a feature film called "Nothing Lasts Forever: with... Read More |
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Tom Davis Role: Himself |
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Alan Zweibel Role: Judge / Cook Alan Zweibel's childhood dream was to live the life of comedy writer Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show . He got that dream when he achieved success on the staff of the original Saturday Night Live . Upon graduating from the University of Buffalo, Zweibel returned to his native New York... Read More |
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Al Franken Role: Himself Al Franken was born on May 21, 1951. Originally from New York City, his family moved to a small, southern Minnesota town, Albert Lea, where his father opened a quilting factory. Despite his father's best efforts, the venture eventually failed. At the age of 6, Franken moved to suburbs outside... Read More |
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Neil Levy Role: NBC Page |
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Gerald Ford Role: Himself Gerald Ford (July 14 1913- December 26 2006) was the 38th President of the United States. He is the only ever person to become both President and Vice-President of the United States with out being elected. He succeeded Richard Nixon in 1974, after the "Watergate" scandal and served until 1977,... Read More |
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Jerry Rubin Role: Himself |
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Patti Smith Role: Herself |
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Ron Nessen Role: Himself |
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Episode Vital Stats
Season Number: 1
Episode Reviews: 1
Score: 7.9 Good 12 votes
good: 4 (33.3%)
fair: 3 (25%)
perfect: 2 (16.7%)
great: 2 (16.7%)
Other: 1 (8.3%)
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