On this day in history, Saturday Night Live made its glorious debut. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman all were in this first episode. Most of them have gone on to do much bigger things after using the show as a spring board.
The show was and still is a hit. Its produced numerous comedic actors, memorable characters, and movies based off the sketches from the show. There are memorable sketches nearly all of can quote, whether we admit to it or not.
Popular actors and musicians to politicians host it and star in sketches. Its had popular musicians perform on it.
Its impacted the way sketch comedy is thought of. Its made its way onto almost all TV sets in America, with its comedic spin on current events and sketches that were just plain funny. Its given Hollywood some of its greatest comedic actors and some great ideas for movies.
The thing I love most about it is the satire. They poke fun at nearly every public figure, and some how get away with it every time with little to no repercussions, because let's face, most of the time they are pretty accurate even if they are a little over the top.
Saturday Night Live has become somewhat of a pop culture mecca and a spring board for comedic actors, making it very important that this show came to be.
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