50 Random ‘Saturday Night Live’ Trivia Tidbits Ahead of ‘SNL’ 50

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50 Random ‘Saturday Night Live’ Trivia Tidbits Ahead of ‘SNL’ 50

For a $16 yearly fee, Saturday Night Live can finally apply for membership in AARP. Congratulations, the promise Lorne Michaels made to the world in 1974 is now fulfilled! 

Actually, Lorne, while we have you, Cracked will pay you, Lorne Michaels, $3,000 to send AARP a membership application for the show. And we’ll pay cash. What kind of sap would offer payment for a stunt like this by check? 

Think about it — and the rest of you, please enjoy this rich set of facts about the show that’s about to get custom insurance coverage for boats and personal watercraft from The Hartford.

And has hosted only once: Nov 16, 1996

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IRON MAN HIMSELF, AKA RDJ, WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CAST MEMBER. Не joined in 1985 - he had two recurring characters, and did a bunch of celeb impressions. That was pretty much it since, in the next season, he got fired by Lorne Michaels along with a bunch of his castmates.

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This is not the only depressing foreign version of 'Cowbell' you'll see here

SNL around the world Saturday Night Live Spain lifted material from the American SNL and aired on Thursdays. It's no surprise it was canceled after a few episodes. CRACKED.COM

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Nobody wore a neck brace like Joan Cusack

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM FROM 1985 TO 1986, JOAN CUSACK WAS A CAST MEMBER ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. She did celeb impressions including Queen Elizabeth, Jane Fonda, and Brooke Shields - but, like most of the castmates she'd worked with, she didn't get asked to come back in 1986.

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See our article titled ''School Of Rock': The Character That Scans Totally Different Today'

BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Sarah Silverman's role could have gone to VFEY CRACKEDG The 30 Rock star auditioned for Patty Di Marco, the part that went to Silverman. Tina of course was/is wonderful, says casting director llene Starger, but her schedule on Saturday Night Live was complex and conflicted in part with our filming schedule.

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Knowing these guys now, they both had it coming

CRACKED CHEVY CHASE FIST FOUGHT BILL MURRAY Chevy Chase left Saturday Night Live just six episodes into his second season and Bill Murray was added to replace him. When Chase came back to host, tensions were high and the two actually got into a fist fight in John Belushi's dressing room just minutes before the taping actually began. Laraine Newman said, I think they both knew the one thing that they could say to one another that would hurt the most, and that's what I think incited it. It was very sad and painful and awful. The insults that sent

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Where haven't they tried SNL?

SNL around the world YUJI NATSUNA TAKASHI AYABE YOSHIMURA Saturday Night Live Japan was only 45 minutes long (good!) and aired once a month (bad!). It's not too big of a surprise that it ended after six months in 2011. YU NAOMI SAWABE WATANABE CRACKED.COM

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Wresting and 'SNL' are kinda the same thing at this point?

Andy Samberg Не became a fan of SNL at 8. Не was trying to watch wrestling without his parents finding out, and instead discovered (and got hooked on) what they were watching. CRACKED.COM

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'Christmas Vacation' Chevy Chase season is nearly upon us again

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Chevy Chase TO 1743 1722 m1727 CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left after just one season -not for a One of the first film career, but for breakout a girl: I was a superstars of a young fellow who hit new series. was infatuated with the wrong person.

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Sorry, there's no other possible way to do the show

50 Random ‘Saturday Night Live’ Trivia Tidbits Ahead of ‘SNL’ 50
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3k Lorne, and we'll throw in reminding the world Spike Feresten co-wrote The Pop Tarts movie

Elaine's terrible dancing was inspired by Lorne Michaels. CRACKEDG COM Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten was a receptionist at Saturday Night Live when he witnessed Lorne at an after-party dancing as if he'd never seen another human being dance before.

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If only there was a representation of what this was like

CRACKED WHILE HOSTING THE FIRST-EVER SNL EPISODE NBC COLOR OF UNIVER NEW XEX On October 11, 1975, the first episode of Saturday Night Live was broadcast, with George Carlin as the guest host. Не was in another world on cocaine during the show.

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If Horatio Sanz couldn't save it...

SNL around the world SATRDAI NIGHT MÉXICO Kickstarted in 2013, Saturday Night Live México was consulted on by American SNL alum Horatio Sanz. It was officially canceled in 2017. CRACKED.COM

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And now Grohl's a literal Heartbreaker

Tom Petty almost stopped Foo Fighters from forming. GRACKED COM Months after Kurt Cobain's death, Grohl filled in on drums for the late rock icon Tom Petty during a performance on Saturday Night Live. Petty offered Grohl a full time spot, but he declined in favor of starting Foo Fighters.

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Q: Who was the British Lorne?

SNL around the world From 1985 to 1988, the U.K. had Saturday Night Live on Channel 4. The show had such cast members as Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, among others. ISR CRACKED.COM

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This was long before Gilbert Gottfried's career voicing animated animals

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM BETWEEN 1980 AND 1981, GILBERT GOTTFRIED WAS AN SNL REGULAR. I was there right after the original cast left, and so back then it was like 'How dare they continue Saturday Night Live without the original cast of people? he said.

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Zach somehow recovered

Zach Galifianakis had a two-week trial run as a writer on Saturday Night Live Tina Fey comforted him after one of his sketches bombed during a table read. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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'Greg, those are MY hotdogs' -Freshman Conan

GREG DANIELS WAS CONAN'S COLLEGE ROOMMATE 1988 DANIELS AND O'BRIEN BOTH WROTE FOR THE HARVARD LAMPOON, 'NOT NECESSARILY THE NEWS,' 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' AND 'THE SIMPSONS.' THEN GREG BROKE OFF ON HIS OWN AND CREATED A COUPLE LITTLE SHOWS CALLED PARKS AND RECREATION' AND 'THE OFFICE.'

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C'mon - George Lucas would never, ever rip someone off

Saturday Night Live put Princess Leia in a gold bikini 5 years before Return of the Jedi In the 1978 episode hosted by Carrie Fisher, Fisher plays her iconic character who drops by a 1950s beach. CRACKED.COM

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Nice job, SNL, you killed Robin

The death of Robin was inspired by Saturday Night Live. Batman: A Death in the Family famously let readers decide Jason Todd's fate - a move DC lifted from an SNL sketch, where Eddie Murphy asked viewers to vote on whether a lobster would be boiled or spared. CRACKED.COM

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Lets not confuse 'looked pained' with 'probably stoned'

MICHAEL PHELPS SEPTEMBER 13, 2008 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CRACKED.COM Critics say he looked pained to be there. His Michael Phelps Diet sketch featuring a cameo from Subway's Jared Fogle hasn't aged well.

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When you know, you know (we guess)

CRACKED MIKE MYERS WAS HIRED FOR SNL SIGHT UNSEEN Lorne Michaels hired Mike Myers for Saturday Night Live without ever seeing him before. A producer had seen Myers do his famous Wayne Campbell character in a sketch at The Second City in Chicago and recommended him. WAYBE

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Huh, quitting is so atypical of the French

SNL around the world In France, Le Saturday Night Live lasted only a single episode. They got to air their version of the More Cowbell sketch, though. CRACKED.COM

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Dumb then, dumb now

MANGO The Saturday Night Live character (arguably) now reeks of using homophobia for laughs. CRACKED.COM

More cowbell in 'The Jungle Book'

2016's The Jungle Book took something from Saturday Night Live into the jungle. While Louie (played by Christopher Walken) sleeps, Mowgli goes through

Grohl's not far off from looking like this now

CRACKED.COM Bill Hader's most memorable moment on Saturday Night Live was playing in a punk band with Dave Grohl. and In a sketch about aging rock stars, Hader played bass while the Foo Fighters lead singer played drums. The comedian said he remained on a high for about two months after that night.

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Gilda Radner, forever #1

GILDA RADNER was the very first hire for Saturday Night Live. The actress was the first to be cast in SNL in 1975. She stayed for five years. GRACKED GOM

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Johnny chose wisely

CRACKED Madisor JOHNNY KNOXVILLE TURNED DOWN SNL. Knoxville decided not to take a job on Saturday Night Live and instead focus on his own show, Jackass. Just think of what might have been.

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