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Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches Introduced 1979–80
The following is a list of recurring '' Saturday Night Live'' characters and sketches introduced between October 13, 1979, and May 24, 1980, the fifth season of ''SNL''. Tom Clay A Harry Shearer sketch. Debuted October 20, 1979. The Bel-Airabs The Bel-Airabs was a sketch from the 1979–1980 season. It was a spoof of '' The Beverly Hillbillies'', instead featuring paranoid Arabs. Only two sketches appeared, on December 8, 1979 (host: Howard Hesseman) and February 9, 1980 (host: Chevy Chase). As all of the cast members left the show at the end of that season, it was not continued. It appears to have been an offshoot of Gilda Radner's "Granny" character, which had appeared in a sketch called "The Shah's Final Days" during the previous season. Cast *Abdul Asad - Don Novello *Fatima Asad - Laraine Newman *Mudhad Asad - Bill Murray *Granny - Gilda Radner Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian, and one of the seven original cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live
''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves as the program's showrunner. The show premiere was hosted by George Carlin on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title ''NBC's Saturday Night''. The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Curtin
Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom ''Kate & Allie'' portraying the role of Allison "Allie" Lowell. Curtin later starred in the hit series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996–2001), playing the role of Dr. Mary Albright. Curtin has also appeared in many movie roles, including Charlene in '' The Librarian'' series of movies (2004–2008). She reprised one of her ''Saturday Night Live'' characters, Prymaat (Clorhone) Conehead, in the 1993 film ''Coneheads''. She is sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Deadpan". ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' once called her a "refreshing drop of acid". She was included on a 1986 list of the "Top Prime Time Actors and Actresses of All Time". Early life Jane Therese Curtin was born in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In American Television
This is a list of American television-related events of 1979. Events Programs * ABC **'' American Bandstand'' (1952–1989) **''The Edge of Night'' (1956–1984) **'' General Hospital'' (1963–present) **'' One Life to Live'' (1968–2012) **'' All My Children'' (1970–2011) **''Monday Night Football'' (1970–present) **'' Schoolhouse Rock!'' (1973–1996) **''Happy Days'' (1974–1984) **''Barney Miller'' (1975–1982) **'' Good Morning America'' (1975–present) **'' Ryan's Hope'' (1975–1989) **''Tom and Jerry'' (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982) **''Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975–1979) **'' Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1981) **''Family Feud'' (1976–1985, 1988–1995, 1999–present) **'' Laverne & Shirley'' (1976–1983) **''What's Happening!!'' (1976–1979) **''Eight Is Enough'' (1977–1981) **''Fantasy Island'' (1977–1984) **''The Love Boat'' (1977–1986) **''Soap'' (1977–1981) **''Three's Company'' (1977–1984) **'' 20/20'' (1978–present) **''Mork & Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live In The 1970s
Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded in the Low German languages such as Middle Low German , ''saterdach'', Middle Dutch (Modern Dutch ) and Old English , ''Sæterndæġ'' or . Origins Between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, the Roman Empire gradually replaced the eight-day Roman nundinal cycle with the seven-day week. The astrological order of the days was explained by Vettius Valens and Dio Cassius (and Chaucer gave the same explanation in his ''Treatise on the Astrolabe''). According to these authors, it was a principle of astrology that the heavenly bodies presided, in succession, over the hours of the day. The association of the weekdays with the respective deities is thus indirect, the days are named f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches Introduced 1980–1981
Recurring means occurring repeatedly and can refer to several different things: Mathematics and finance * Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure * Repeating decimal, or recurring decimal, a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely * Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern Processes * Recursion, the process of repeating items in a self-similar way * Recurring dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period Television * Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role * Recurring status, condition whereby a soap opera actor may be used for extended period without being under contract Other uses * ''Recurring'' (album), a 1991 album by the British psychedelic-rock group, Spacemen 3 See also * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches (listed Chronologically)
__NOTOC__ The following is a list of recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches, organized by the season and date in which the sketch first appeared. For an alphabetical list, see Recurring ''Saturday Night Live'' characters and sketches (listed alphabetically). 1975–1976 1976–1977 * Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales (Michael O'Donoghue) – October 30, 1976 * Consumer Probe (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Candice Bergen) – December 11, 1976 * Coneheads (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman) – January 15, 1977 * E. Buzz Miller and Christie Christina (Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman) – January 22, 1977 * Rhonda Weiss (Gilda Radner) – January 29, 1977 * Leonard Pinth-Garnell (Dan Aykroyd) – March 12, 1977 * Colleen Fernman (Gilda Radner) – April 9, 1977 * Nick The Lounge Singer (Bill Murray) – April 16, 1977 * Debbie Doody (Gilda Radner) – April 16, 1977 * Shower Mike with Richard Herkiman (Bill Murray) May 21, 1977 1977–1978 * The Festrunk Brothers (W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recurring Saturday Night Live Characters And Sketches Introduced 1978–1979
Recurring means occurring repeatedly and can refer to several different things: Mathematics and finance *Recurring expense, an ongoing (continual) expenditure *Repeating decimal, or recurring decimal, a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely *Curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP), a software design pattern Processes *Recursion, the process of repeating items in a self-similar way *Recurring dream, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period Television *Recurring character, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role *Recurring status Recurring status is a class of actors that perform on U.S. soap operas. Recurring status performers consistently act in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and receive a certain sum for each episode in which they appear. This is ..., condition whereby a soap opera actor may be us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Murray
William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan delivery. He rose to fame on ''The National Lampoon Radio Hour'' (1973–1974) before becoming a national presence on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1977 to 1980, where he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. He starred in comedy films including '' Meatballs'' (1979), ''Caddyshack'' (1980), ''Stripes'' (1981), ''Tootsie'' (1982), ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Scrooged'' (1988), ''What About Bob?'' (1991), '' Groundhog Day'' (1993), '' Kingpin'' (1996), ''The Man Who Knew Too Little'' (1997), '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000), and ''Osmosis Jones'' (2001). His only directorial credit is ''Quick Change'' (1990), which he co-directed with Howard Franklin. Murray's performance in Sofia Coppola's '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) earned him a Golden Globe and a British Academy Film Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He has frequentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Live (season 5)
The fifth season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 13, 1979, and May 24, 1980. Cast Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi left the show at the end of season 4, leaving a void in the cast that most fans thought would be the beginning of the end of the late-night sketch comedy show. To keep the show going, Lorne Michaels upgraded many of the show's writers to featured cast member status: Peter Aykroyd (Dan's brother), Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray (Bill's brother), Don Novello (also credited as Father Guido Sarducci), Tom Schiller and Alan Zweibel. Band leader Paul Shaffer also joined the cast, becoming the first person from the ''SNL'' band to become a cast member. Harry Shearer joined the show as a featured cast member and was promoted to repertory status during the season. This season was the first to have two members of the same family as cast members (Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray). This w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laraine Newman
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was part of the original cast of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''. She took an interest at improv in high school. After graduating, she studied mime with Marcel Marceau for a year in Paris. She then moved to Los Angeles and became a founding member of comedy improvisational group The Groundlings. She was first hired by Lorne Michaels for a Lily Tomlin TV special in 1974. The next year Newman became one of the original cast members of ''Saturday Night Live'', working there from 1975 to 1980 and creating characters like Connie Conehead, proto-Valley girl Sherry, and Christie Christina. In 2017, she and the rest of the original cast members of ''SNL'' were among the honorees of Television Academy's Hall of Fame. She has appeared in movies like ''Stardust Memories'', ''Problem Child 2'', ''Coneheads'', and ''The Flintstones''. She is also a voice actor with appearances in both TV shows and movies, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Novello
Donald Andrew Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, film director and producer. He is best known for his work on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1978 to 1980, and again from 1985 to 1986, often as the character Father Guido Sarducci. He appeared as Sarducci in many subsequent television shows, including '' Married... with Children'', ''Blossom'', ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'', ''Unhappily Ever After'', ''Square Pegs'', and ''The Colbert Report'', and in the 1980 documentary film ''Gilda Live''. He is also the voice of Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini in the franchise of '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. Early life Novello was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, the son of Eleanor Eileen (née Finnerty), a nurse, and Augustine Joseph Novello, a physician. He is of Italian and Irish descent. The family moved to Lorain, Ohio, when Don was a young boy. In 1961, he graduated from Lorain High School. He subsequently enrolled at the University of Dayton and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
