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SNL@50: The Eras: 1981-1984: The Eddie Murphy Era
Saturday Night Live bounced back on the talent and popularity of one man–Eddie Murphy.
Articles by Bill Gatevackes
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We Found It On Streaming: A CHRISTMAS IN VERMONT (2018)
When is a Hallmark movie not a Hallmark movie? When it is A CHRISTMAS IN VERMONT.
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Spawn of SNL: SCTV
SCTV might have been a spawn of SNL, but it is a force in its own right that has well earned its place in comedy history.
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SNL@50: The Write Stuff
While the on-air talent gets most of the attention, many graduates of the Saturday Night Live writer’s room went on to shape the face of comedy as we know it.
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We Found It On Streaming: UNFROSTED (2024)
Jerry Seinfeld’s tribute to toaster pastries, UNFROSTED, is not as wacky as it pretends to be, and results in a missed opportunity.
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SNL@50: The Eras: 1980-1981: The Doumanian Era
Season six of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is widely recognized as the worst. A number of things conspired to insure that happened.
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SNL@50: The Eras: 1979-1980: The End Of The Beginning
This first Lorne Michael era went out with a bang, but not on the screen. The backstage theatrics outshone the ones on the show.
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We Found It On Streaming: TUNNEL VISION (1976)
This film came out during the early days of Saturday Night Live and features a number of cast members from the show. But that doesn’t mean you have to see it.
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We Found It On Streaming: HUBIE HALLOWEEN (2020)
HUBIE HALLOWEEN is a typical Adam Sandler movie: a cast full of his friends and family, scatological humor and cameos galore. But is it good? Well…
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SNL@50: The Eras: 1976-1979: Addition By Subtraction
For most shows, losing your biggest and most popular star would be fatal. For SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, it only made it better.