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Saturday Night Forever

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Television history was made on October 11, 1975, when Chevy Chase welcomed America to the first episode of a new late-night comedy and variety show. Featuring cutting-edge humor, an absurdist sensibility, and a scrappy cast of young, talented performers, Saturday Night Live would go on to become one of the brightest stars in the pop-culture firmament, launching such comedy legends as John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Eddie Murphy, Phil Hartman, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey. Timed to coincide with the show's Season 50 in fall 2024, Saturday Night Forever is the ultimate fan's bible and a loving tribute to a TV institution. Covering everything from the show's creation by Lorne Michaels to the celebration of its golden anniversary, it gives an in-depth look at SNL's comedic highlights and nadirs, its memorable hosts and musical guests, and its many controversies, along with the characters, sketches, catchphrases, commercial parodies, and film shorts that have made it the epicenter of American comedy for five decades. Packed with photographs and rich with encyclopedic detail, this is the one-stop resource for all things SNL.
Stephen Tropiano is a professor of screen studies at Ithaca College in Los Angeles, where he teaches courses in film and television history, theory and criticism. He is the author of several books, including Saturday Night Live FAQ, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on Television, and TV Finales FAQ. His latest book is America on Television: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality on Television (Wiley, 2023). Steven Ginsberg is the Pendleton Professional Chair at Ithaca College in Los Angeles, where he teaches courses in film and television writing. He wrote the coming-of-age feature film, Family Prayers, starring Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Patti Lupone, and Paul Reiser. He writes a weekly blog, Notes from a Chair, which covers pop culture, politics, and social issues, and hosts its monthly sister podcast, Pod from a Chair.
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