• Latest
  • 47 films
  • Features
  • Five Facts
  • Hollywood Tales
  • Making of
  • Movie News
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Contact
  • Latest
  • 47 films
  • Features
  • Five Facts
  • Hollywood Tales
  • Making of
  • Movie News
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Contact
  • Latest
  • 47 films
  • Features
  • Five Facts
  • Hollywood Tales
  • Making of
  • Movie News
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Contact
  • Latest
  • 47 films
  • Features
  • Five Facts
  • Hollywood Tales
  • Making of
  • Movie News
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Contact
David Niven, Trevor Howard, Gregory Peck, Roger Moore (v.l.n.r.)
Movie News

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IS ACTUALLY 46

Chad Sternberger Feb 18, 2015

NEW YORK – Following the much celebrated 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, it was revealed today that SNL like many in show business was lying about its age.

Although the official biography states that the popular Saturday evening sketch show from New York was first broadcast on October 11, 1975, the Studio Exec can EXCLUSIVELY reveal that the show had in fact been running six years prior to its official broadcast date. TV critic Harold Palstien spoke to Studio Exec:

Of course everyone remembers the 1975 show with John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. What they don’t remember is that originally the show was produced with a different cast and Lorne Michaels was desperately trying to garner favor with an older demographic. In 1969 Saturday Night Live debuted with Trevor Howard, Gregory Peck, David Niven and Roger Moore. They were all fine comedians in their own way, but they just didn’t gel. Later Peck would make the hilarious Omen, but it was obvious he wasn’t read for the sketch show format and didn’t really understand it. Howard was drinking very hard at the time and it was affecting his performance. And David Niven had decided rashly to improvize and refused to learn any of the material.

The New York Times reviewing the show called it ‘By far the worse thing to happen to my eyes, since I was stabbed in one of them by a sharp pencil in 1954. And that at least had the positive side effect that it didn’t have to submit to the indignity of SNL.’ However, others believed that the vintage show was ‘much better than when Dana Carver or Eddie Murphy were in it’, as Mike Myers wrote

Saturday Night Live continues.

(Visited 183 times, 1 visits today)

Related

Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd dana carver David Niven Eddie Murphy Gregory Peck john belushi lorne michaels Mike Myers Roger Moore Saturday Night Live snl snl40 Steve Martin trevor howard
THE ORSON WELLES DIARIES VITHE ORSON WELLES DIARIES VIFeb 18, 2015
RANDY QUAID AND RUPERT MURDOCH TO MARRYFeb 20, 2015RANDY QUAID AND RUPERT MURDOCH TO MARRY

Related PostsBest

Green LightMovie News

MILEY CYRUS: LOL TRILOGY CONFIRMED

Chad Sternberger Nov 29, 2012
Movie News

DUMB AND DUMBER 5 ANNOUNCED

Chad Sternberger Jun 13, 2014

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

10 Top Posts This Week
  • TOM HANKS PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARRESTTOM HANKS PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST
  • NEW PHOTO OF CHARLIE SHEEN CAUSES CONCERNNEW PHOTO OF CHARLIE SHEEN CAUSES CONCERN
  • CHINA 3D PRINT AN ARMY OF GUTTENBERGSCHINA 3D PRINT AN ARMY OF GUTTENBERGS
  • FIRST LOOK AT SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT REMAKEFIRST LOOK AT SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT REMAKE
  • STEVE MARTIN CONFIRMS CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 3STEVE MARTIN CONFIRMS CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 3
  • SHARON STONE'S VAGINA IS REMASTERED BY THE BFISHARON STONE’S VAGINA IS REMASTERED BY THE BFI
  • HomepageHomepage
  • HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 3 CONFIRMEDHUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 3 CONFIRMED
  • JUPITER ASCENDING 2 'WILL HAVE SMALLER BUDGET'JUPITER ASCENDING 2 ‘WILL HAVE SMALLER BUDGET’
  • JAMES WOODS WELCOMES JOE BIDEN VICTORYJAMES WOODS WELCOMES JOE BIDEN VICTORY
Categories
Tweets by @studioexec1
Friends of the Exec: Jooble
Friends of the Exec
live for films
Friends of the Exec: Agony Booth.
Recent Comments
  • SHAWN RENNERT on PAUL RUDD: ‘I WORSHIP SATAN’
  • Camila F on HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 3 CONFIRMED
  • John Cheetham on SEAN PENN TO STAR IN AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET MOVIE
  • John Cheetham on SEAN PENN TO STAR IN AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET MOVIE
  • UrbanYeti on TOM HANKS PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST
9 Times Table & Other Tales
9 TIMES TABLE

BUY NOW

Friends of the Exec: Agony Booth
  • Latest
  • 47 films
  • Features
  • Five Facts
  • Hollywood Tales
  • Making of
  • Movie News
  • Reviews
  • About
  • Contact

ÂĐ Copyright TheStudioExec. All Rights Reserved.

Designed By Nerospark