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    Who were the two hosts on the very first 'Saturday Night Live'?

    Question #115529. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Jun 25 10 7:29 PM)


    looney_tunes

    'When the first show aired on October 11, 1975 with George Carlin as its host, it was called NBC's Saturday Night because ABC featured a program at the same time titled Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. After ABC cancelled the Cosell program in 1976, the NBC program changed its name to Saturday Night Live on March 26, 1977 (and subsequently picked up Bill Murray from Cosell's show in 1977, as well). The lead-in announcement for the first show introduced the cast as the "The not for ready, prime time players" instead of their actual name as "The Not Ready For Prime Time Players."

    The show was intended to have just six episodes. The original concept was for a comedy-variety show featuring young comedians, live musical performances, short films by Albert Brooks, and segments by Jim Henson featuring atypically adult and abstract characters from the Muppets world. Rather than have one permanent host, Michaels elected to have a different guest host each week (Albert Brooks was originally booked to be a permanent host, and claims it was his idea to have a different host each week). The first episode featured two musical guests (Billy Preston and Janis Ian).'

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saturday_Night_Live_%281975%E2%80%931980%29

    Jun 25 10, 7:40 PM


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