Saturday Night Live: Season 8
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  • Starring: Mary Gross, Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
  • Summary: "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

    Saturday Night Live is a sketch comedy show that has run since the fall of 1975. Many now-famous actors and actresses such as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Paul Shaffer, Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo    , Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short, Damon Wayans, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Conan O'Brien, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, David Spade, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, Norm MacDonald, Molly Shannon, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey got their start from Saturday Night Live. SNL is still unique amongst other sketch shows because of the fact that it has always been live.

    Also known as:

    "NBC's Saturday Night" from October 11, 1975 to July 31, 1976.
    "Saturday Night" from September 18, 1976 to March 19, 1977.
    "Saturday Night Live" since March 26, 1977.

    "Good night and have a pleasant tommorow!"    … Expand
  • Genre(s): Comedy

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    After coming off of two very rough years, SNL finally hit the ground running. Eddie Murphy finally hit his stride and performers like Mary Gross and Joe Piscopo helped carry the show back to greatness. New castmember Julia Louis-Dreyfus entered and brought a completely different and intriguing style to comedy. For the next three seasons the show would be a hit once again.… Expand

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