About
"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
Saturday Night Live is a sketch comedy show that has
run since the fall of 1975. Many now-famous actors and actresses
such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill
Murray, Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo,
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short, Damon Wayans, Joan Cusack,
Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Conan
O'Brien, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, David Spade, Chris Farley, Adam
Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald, Molly Shannon,
Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey got their start from Saturday Night
Live. SNL is still unique amongst other sketch shows
because of the fact that it has always been live.