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Saturday night live FAQ : everything left to know about television's longest-running comedy / Stephen Tropiano.

by Tropiano, Stephen, author.

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Milwaukee, WI : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2013.

Saturday night live (Television program)

9781557839510 (pbk.)

xv, 476 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Machine generated contents note: 1. "A Major Show in Television That People Will Talk About": The Birth of an American Institution -- 2. "A Show That I Would Watch": Lorne Michaels and SNL's Creative Team -- 3. "No Television Experience Required": The Not Ready for Prime Time Players -- 4. "Live from New York -- NBC's Saturday Night": October 11, 1975, 11:30 p.m. (EDT) -- 5. Breaking New Ground: SNL's Television Comedy Roots -- 6. One Samurai, Three Coneheads, and a Pair of Douchebags: SNL in the 1970s (1975 -- 1980), Seasons 1 -- 5 -- 7. Season 6 -- The Worst Season (So Far): The 1980s, Part 1 (1980 -- 81) -- 8. Starting Over (and Over): The 1980s, Part II (1981 -- 1985), Seasons 7 -- 10 -- 9. Getting into Character: The 1980s, Part III (1985 -- 1990), Seasons 11 -- 15 -- 10. Saturday Night Alive (and Dead): The 1990s, Part I (1990 -- 1995), Seasons 16 -- 20

11. Resuscitating SNL: The 1990s, Part II (1995 -- 2000), Seasons 21 -- 25 -- 12. Hail to the Impressionists: SNL Goes to Washington (2000 -- 2013), Seasons 26 -- 38 -- 13. Laughing Matters: Memorable Characters, Sketches, and Moments (2000 -- 2013), Seasons 26 -- 38 -- 14. Regular and Featured Players: An SNL Cast Directory (1980 -- 2013), Seasons 6 -- 38 -- 15. "No Comedy Experience Required": Hosting SNL -- 16. Keeping Live Music Alive: SNL's Musical Guests -- 17. An Unexpected Surprise: SNL's Late-Night Cameos -- 18. "A Nonexistent Problem with an Inadequate Solution": SNL's Commercial Parodies -- 19. "And Here's a Short Film By...": SNL's Original Shorts -- 20. Weekend Update. "Our Top Story Tonight..." -- 21. "Yeah, That's the Ticket!": SML's Catchphrases -- 22. "Well, Isn't That Special?": SNL's Objectionable, Offensive, and Controversial Moments -- 23. From the Small Screen to the Big Screen: SNL Goes to Hollywood.

"A major show in television that people will talk about": the birth of an American institution -- "A show that I would watch": Lorne Michaels and SNL's creative team -- "No television experience required": the Not Ready for Prime Time Players -- "Live from New York, NBC's Saturday Night": October 11, 1975, 11:30 p.m. (EDT) -- Breaking new ground: SNL's television comedy roots -- One samaurai, three coneheads, and a pair of douchebags: SNL in the 1970s (1975-1980), seasons 1-5 -- Season 6, the worst season (so far): the 1980, part I (1980-81) -- Starting over (and over): the 1980s, part II (1981-1985), seasons 7-10 -- Getting into character: the 1980s, part III (1985-1990), seasons 11-15 -- Saturday Night alive (and dead): the 1990s, part I (1990-1995), seasons 16-20 -- Resuscitating SNL: the 1990s, part II (1995-2000), seasons 21-25 -- Hail to the impressionists: SNL goes to Washington (2000-2013), seasons 26-38 -- Laughing matters: memorable characters, sketches, and moments (2000-2013), seasons 26-38 -- Regular and featured players: an SNL cast directory (1980-2013), seasons 6-38 -- "No comedy experience required": hosting SNL -- Keeping live music alive: SNL's musical guests -- An unexpected surprise: SNL's late-night cameos -- "A nonexistent problem with an inadequate solution": SNL's commercial parodies -- "And here's a short film by . . .": SNL's original shorts -- Weekend Update: "Our top story tonight . . ." -- "Yeah, that's the ticket!": SNL's catchphrases -- Well, isn't that special?": SNL's objectionable, offensive, and controversial moments -- From the small screen to the big screen: SNL goes to Hollywood -- Appendixes : A. Episode guide ; B. Saturday Night Live specials ; C. Awards.

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