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‘Saturday Night’: Celebrating Lorne Michaels, King of Chaos

This is the origin story of the mighty Saturday Night Live (now clocking 50 seasons, 971 episodes). The miniscule medley can’t do it justice, but tries.
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‘Saturday Night’: Celebrating Lorne Michaels, King of Chaos
(L–R) Dick Ebersol (Cooper Hoffman), Garrett Morris (Lamorne Morris), Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith), Gilda Radner (Ella Hunt), Loraine Newman (Emily Fairn), Jane Curtin (Kim Matula), and Dan Akroyd (Dylan O’Brien) in "Saturday Night." Sony Pictures Releasing
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R | 1h 49m | Comedy, History | Oct. 11, 2024

“Saturday Night” reveals how NBC’s then paradigmatic, now long-running mainstay sketch-comedy show—Saturday Night Live—all began.

Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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