![]() 9 - and nobody remembers Coe’s time on “SNL,” anyway - we figured it was OK to cheat a little.)ĩ: Dead former cast members: John Belushi (drug overdose), Gilda Radner (cancer), Danitra Vance (cancer), Michael O’Donoghue (cerebral hemorrhage), Chris Farley (drug overdose), Phil Hartman (killed by his wife), Charles Rocket (suicide), Jan Hooks (cancer) and Tom Davis (cancer).ġ0: “SNL’s” ranking on TV Guide’s 2002 list of the 50 Greatest TV Show of All Time.ġ1: Times the word “cowbell” is mentioned in the legendary “more cowbell” Blue Oyster Cult “Behind the Music” sketch with Christopher Walken during the 1999-2000 season (also, unofficially, the amount of times Jimmy Fallon almost loses it during the scene).ġ2: “SNL” appearances by Dave Grohl, most by any guest musician. (Full disclosure: There’s actually a ninth - brief first-season cast member George Coe was nominated for directing and co-producing a live-action short film in 1968. (twice) and Randy Quaid were nominated for acting roles, Michael McKean for best original song and Kristen Wiig for best original screenplay. Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Joan Cusack (twice), Robert Downey Jr. There was also a Super Bowl champion coach (John Madden), plus a three-time Super Bowl loser (Fran Tarkenton).ħ: Women who have hosted “Weekend Update” (out of 24 total anchors) - any one of whom would be preferable to Colin Jost and Michael Che, the current co-anchors.Ĩ: “SNL” cast members who have been nominated for Oscars. It’s tied for the fifth-shortest tenure in the show’s history but don’t worry - I hear things worked out OK for him after leaving.ĥ: “Friends” stars who have hosted “SNL,” all but Matt LeBlanc (whose character of Joey was actually played by “Friends” cast member Matthew Perry in a 1997 sketch, while Colin Quinn effeminately played Perry’s character of Chandler.)Ħ: Super Bowl champion players who have hosted the show: Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Deion Sanders, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning. (Of the three, only Bill and Brian overlapped on the show.)Ĥ: Episodes that recently hired cast member Ben Stiller appeared in during the second half of Season 14 (1989) before he quit the show over creative differences. ![]() Ace and his sidekick Gary were voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell, respectively.ģ: Sets of siblings that have been cast members: John and Jim Belushi, Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray, Dan and Peter Aykroyd. presidents to open the show with “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.” Gerald Ford did it during the first season on April 17, 1976, when his press secretary, Ron Nessen, hosted.Ģ: Future comic superstars named Steve who appeared in the recurring animated superhero spoof “The Ambiguously Gay Duo” on “SNL” in the ‘90s. ![]() on NBC (which will feature more than 50 past cast members, hosts, musical guests and other celebrities, including Eddie Murphy making his first appearance on the show in 30 years and, for some reason, Sarah Palin), we decided to take a by-the-numbers approach to the show’s legacy - one piece of trivia corresponding with every year it’s been on the air:ġ: The number of sitting U.S. This week, in the midst of VH1 Classic’s 19-day “SNL” marathon leading up to the show’s three-hour, 40th anniversary special this Sunday at 8 p.m. For every memorable sketch, there are two or three that fall flat for every moment of brilliant comic timing, there are multiple flubbed lines or technical miscues (especially, it seems, lately).īut no matter how inconsistent or even cringe-inducing a particular season or episode might be, the “Saturday Night Live” juggernaut rolls on, with no end date on the horizon.īack in September, as “SNL” began its 40th season, we talked about the reasons for the show’s unprecedented staying power with Bucks County author Jim Miller, whose recently revised book “Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live as Told by Its Stars, Writers, and Guests,” co-written with Tom Shales, is a must-read for anybody interested in the stories behind “SNL’s” success.
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