October 11, 1975…”NBC Saturday Night” Debuts, LIVE In Studio 8H
October 11, 1975…”NBC Saturday Night” Debuts, LIVE In Studio 8H
It would be 8 more months until the show became “Saturday Night Live”, after Howard Cosell’s ABC variety show (which had the same name) folded and give up the name, and the term “not ready for prime time players”.
The video below is a double bonus! First, it is one of the funniest every SNL sketches, from last year’s anniversary show, and second, with your mouse, you can get a 360 degree look at the studio as the sketch unfolds.
Congratulations to all our friends in 8H (some who have been there since the start), on the 41st birthday of one of television history’s most unique adventures! -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WyMSrAgPKc
Alex Trebek (Will Ferrell) tries his best to keep contestants Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond), Justin Bieber (Kate McKinnon), Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin), Bur…
I was there for the first two seasons.
fun view of one of my favorite sketches – thanks for posting
You’ll rue the day you crossed me, Trebek. – Sean Connery
Yours truly “in the bucket”, 2014