It's Saturday Night!
Christopher MansonConversations with SNL greats - past, present and yet to be discovered... among other things. My shameless attempt to capitalize on the 50th anniversary and Jason Reitman's upcoming movie.
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#SNL50 Sketch of the Day - "Good Cop, Bad Cop" (January 19, 1985)
This was the Super Bowl eve episode from Season 10, with Dick Ebersol’s cast of ringers (Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Martin Short, et al.) plus holdovers Jim Belushi, Mary Gross, Gary Kroeger and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Nobody knows what...
#SNL50 Sketch of the Day - Ornery Is the Word for Buck Henry
Buck Henry in one of Edie Baskin’s exquisite “bumper” photos.
As far as Saturday Night Live’s first ten years are concerned, Season Three (1977-78) will always be my favorite. By then, Bill Murray had fully integrated himself into the cast...
Book Review - Susan Morrison's LORNE
Susan Morrison’s Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, out this month, is one of the best Saturday Night Live books, if not the best. And I’ve read quite a few of them, from early efforts like Anne Beatts and John Head’s Saturday...
YESTERDAY… ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO FAR AWAY
Gary Kroeger (center) with a couple unfamiliar faces. Probably from late-90’s SNL, which I didn’t watch as often.
This article was originally posted Feb. 17, 2025, at garyhasissues.com. Used with permission. Thanks, Gary!
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#SNL50 Sketch of the Day - Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025
In his excellent memoir Black Is the New White, the late great Paul Mooney claims to have written “Word Association,” the groundbreaking 1975 (NBC’s) Saturday Night (Live) sketch starring his frequent collaborator Richard Pryor. Chevy Chase...
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