SNL Original Cast (1975) ⭐ THEN & NOW 2022

[@DYR]

WHO WAS YOUR FAVORITE? 🤔

[@measl]

*I was 23, and dating a girl who looked JUST like Larraine Newman (and she **_hated_** the comparison). SNL was put up with no fanfare, no warning: it just appeared one night and was an instant hit. It didn't last though, by 1980 it long since stopped being funny, and everyone I knew had long stopped bothering.*

[@carminelasco5049]

Without a doubt, Gilda Radner. So poised and talented with so much life until her death in 1989.

[@tammerahanes1792]

Rosana rosana dana. Awesome So Sad she died so Young very well missed.

[@kimjones846]

All of them!!

[@carolperczak9938]

Chevy Chase was NEVER funny. Just annoying.

[@tammerahanes1792]

I Loved The Original Cast of SNL. Ruled. So Many Great People Came Thru There. Thanks For Doing This!!!

[@tyeeggleston6159]

SNL had to be my fav. show growing up in the 70;s. I always looked forward to watching SNL and the Don Kirshners Rock concert.....Great Times......

[@scwaty180]

Sure there have been several stars that were great over the years on SNL but the original cast can never be beat

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

Agreed

[@eb0526]

Ditto☺️

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

As a kid n '70's Belushi was my hero, & I was devastated by his death, but knew the punk band FEAR was his fave band when he died & fought w/ director of "Neighbors" 2 get them on soundtrack (can c their legendary performance & banning on SNL here on YT!). In mid 2000's b4 KZbin & many knew this fact, I caught FEAR at a club & knew what the last song always was so I hid out in the bathroom next 2 the stage & when they walked off stage I walked out & back stage w/ their enterouge! I went up 2 singer Lee Ving & gave him a big hug & kiss expecting 2 get stomped, but instead he was the coolest mofo u could meet, & I asked him about Belushi & he proceeded 2 talk about some of their times together! Was a dream come true, & the closest I'll ever get 2 the Master! RIP, Belushi, THE GOAT!!!!🙏 🤘😎❤

[@donnamartin4465]

That dance skit with Gilda and Steve was the best! ❤️

[@watchman1178]

The first cast was HANDS DOWN the best. I personally include the great Bill Murray in that group, even though he came on board in the second season. I was 100% Team Bill over Team Chevy, and I still am.

[@cheaplaughkennedy2318]

Great times and great laughs and they weren’t lacking arrogance.

[@sharene411]

And who can forget..."Candy Gram". 💕

[@harperstacey9604]

The cheeseburger skit was really funny. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@ladyrose7793]

I was only 11 years old and watched the first episode of Saturday Night Live as we called it. And it was because George Carlin was the host, he was a favorite comedian of mine. A cousin had me listen to his albums and he was funny, to me. Then I continue to watch it every Saturday night. RIP those that passed on

[@Blacksheepishot]

Never shall forget the night I watched SNL for the very first time, season #1 1975 this show was hosted by Richard Pryor who was in two funny skits that night. The Exorcist with Newman and The Interview with Chase.

[@janettemasiello5560]

Back when it was funny !

[@lwv6966]

Julia Child parody STILL kills me! :)

[@robinlowney9171]

Lol

[@maryallison0509]

I remember the first episode of Saturday Night Live. In 1975 I was 8. My big brother was 15 and he got permission to invite a few friends over to watch, and I begged to be allowed to sit with him and his friends to watch. He had talked NON STOP about how excited he was about the debut of the show. We took a pass at attending church that first Sunday morning to be able to watch that first ever episode. I won't lie most of the jokes went over my head. But I would laugh along with them. Then after they all left he and I sat up and he explained what he could. We stayed up until 2 in the morning. We quoted lines all week until the following Saturday Night. I remember he told me not to repeat Sir Douche Bag. Otherwise my SNL days would be done until I was in junior high. Lol I couldn't say douche it came out dootch. But that worked until Mom figured out what I meant by Sir Dootch Bag.

[@gregjo5141]

Great story and memories ❤️

[@eb0526]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful memories☺️

[@dukecraig2402]

That was not in the first episode, I don't even think that sketch was in the first season. And the first season and a half it wasn't called Saturday Night Live, it was called, and announced by Don Pardo as, "NBC's Saturday Night". For the first season and a half they couldn't call it SNL because of the ABC show called Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell, which Bill Murray was actually a writer on, he wasn't an original cast member like people think, he actually joined the show once it became SNL, I believe on the very first episode that used that title as a matter of fact, after the Howard Cosell show went off the air halfway through the second season and Lorne Micheal hired him, also at the same time Lorne Micheal got the rights to the name SNL which he'd wanted all along but couldn't get because of Cosell's show on ABC. Believe it or not Billy Crystal was an original cast member who under the advice of his agent walked off the set 15 minutes before the fist show aired over an unresolved dispute with Lorne Micheal, Crystal would of course return in the 1980's as a regular cast member. Also most people don't know that part of the original cast was Jim Henson's Muppets and that the first episode was the world's introduction to to them, it was the first time anyone had ever seen Muppets although the one's on the show weren't the same characters like Kermit and Miss Piggy that had their own show several years later, and while creative they weren't really a good fit on the show, Belushi hated them and called them the Mucking Fuppet's. I own the first two seasons on DVD, the very first episode ever was hosted by George Carlin and the first musical guest was Billy Preston performing Nothing From Nothing and man did he knock it out of the park, if you ask me it's the greatest performance ever on the show and he set a benchmark everyone else has been chasing after ever since, don't look for it on KZbin, Lorne Micheal obviously won't give permission to play it although he should, far as I'm concerned his performance that night is a national treasure and everyone should be allowed to see it, it alone is worth buying the first season for. Read the book Live From New York if you want to learn just about everything there is to know about SNL, things like Billy Crystal being an original cast member that walked 15 minutes before the first show aired causing them to scramble and change everything for that first episode, and Milton Berle exposing himself behind the scenes to one of the original cast ladies, apparently he was really proud of that thing and would show it to anyone. Everything in the book is firsthand from all the original surviving cast members, the interviews in it go all the way through the different generations of casts and up to about 10 years ago or so, it's a fantastic read especially the accounts from everyone from the first 5 seasons.

[@maryallison0509]

@@dukecraig2402 Sorry I mixed up when I watched that sketch. It was a innocent mistake. That was one of my few memories I have left of my big brother. You didn’t need to be a jerk.

[@scottburton9701]

The original cast of "SNL" excelled at what they did!

[@PorkChopJones]

Thanks, for this memory, I remember SNL with it's over the top no holds barred humor. We always had to turn down the volume on the TV when our parents was sleeping. Because if the volume level didn't wake them up, us laughing so hard or stomachs hurt did! After the original cast left I rarely watch the show except for when Eddie Murphy was onboard. This show always did have some of the best writers in the business and a knack for finding very talented people to fill any voids left open. The original cast of SNL will always be the best and will never be outdone!

[@jons.6216]

Downright eerie when you rewatch the old segment where John Belushi is in the cemetery as "the last living SNL member" and talking about all of his former castmates!!

[@christinamango4021]

SNL original cast my favorite this cast the absolute best

[@rh1507]

The original cast was fantastic of course. I though was only one year old when SNL began. My main memories of SNL is from later on in the 80's and 90's. Life has changed a lot since I was a one year old. So many forgotten memories and experiences and some I would never wish to have again have I had since 1975.

[@njones223]

When SNL was funny 👍🏻

[@robinlowney9171]

👍👍👍🚬🍺

[@donnametcalfe5291]

I liked this cast the best of any. They were so good together!!!!

[@peterjaro6804]

' Baeeseball has been good to meee...' as an answer to every question. I STILL laugh just thinking about it...

[@kathleenbarrow3373]

My favorite Prime Time Players was Gilda Radnor & Chevy Chase! Honestly I loved them all though! It was years later, you'd have my very favorite Cast Member! I just loved Phil Hartman! He could do anything! He did so many Impersonations Spot On! I loved every skit he was in. A True Talent!

[@OpinionEinstein]

Never missed any of the cast members so much as John P, was the hardest loss that shocked me most when died because he was so great at doing any kind of acting be comedy or serious characters. My favorite SNL skit was the Sameri Warrier.

[@sharene411]

All of the originals were my fav.!

[@Superbokka]

Best character was Nick Winters. Can't watch Stars Wars without thinking of Bill Murray singing Star Wars, Nothing but Star Wars lol.

[@wasabiginger6993]

Wonderful, thank you! Am a Boomer and remember this show being so outrageous we could not stop laughing … it was as shocking as hilarious and so ahead of it’s time! Guess my fav will always be Radner in that night club pickup dance scene … but they are ALL fantastic skits!

[@davidbuzzin426]

👍🇺🇲❤ORIGINAL CAST ( '75 -'80 )....ABSOLUTELY THE BEST !!!!!!!

[@californiadreamer8686]

I would have to say, that Gilda Radner’s, character Roseanne Roseannadanna was my most favorite. I really liked the original cast the best, after them SNL really started to take a nosedive. Can’t wait for more on SNL from the 70’s.

[@RickMahoney2013]

They were the best, watched every week wit weed and drinks.

[@robinlowney9171]

Yep, I was there. Ahahaha 😂 🚬 🍺 💊

[@danielnewton5867]

My favourite cast members are Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Norm McDonnald, in fact… the list is endless!!!

[@cindyhalvorsen1276]

The Blues Brothers will always be my favorite movie

[@Bigbadwhitecracker]

Lorraine and Garrett never got the credit nor the careers they deserved. So underrated. Chevy Chase is about as charming and lovely as Jerry Lewis.

[@johnkennedy1756]

The Pepsi Syndrome was one of the funniest skits I remember.

[@jackiegreiner8303]

I don't remember a specific "funniest" skit from the original cast, but I do remember that every skit, for 90 minutes was funny, every Saturday night. I was in high school and it was all we talked about on Monday. Even though there were issues, apparently, you couldn't tell watching them, and my parents and brothers and sisters made it a family event every week. (Preceded by Monty Python.) You didn't go out on Saturday night!

[@gogoyubari366]

Original cast is the best!

[@HeatherValentineMsFoodie]

For me…By far Schweddy Balls!! The original cast was priceless!!! Tina Faye and many others are also pretty damn epic. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@FatElmoCanoo]

None better than the original cast.

[@lesbw356]

The new SNL can’t even hold a candle to older SNL comedians. Time to retire the show…..

[@alanvallazza9781]

Each season has something good. I was born during season four. March 1978.

[@RickMahoney2013]

Chevy Chase was hated by all off the set but none would ever come out and say it publicly

[@peaceworld5393]

The best ever !

[@jeffking4176]

Garrett Morris was also in a fun “B” horror movie called “THE STUFF “. He was great in it. 📻🙂

[@muffassa6739]

I don't have a favorite but loved Gilda Radnor and Bill Murray that's just two of many great cast members

[@ludicrous7044]

It’s true!! You can’t go home again!!🤧😞🤣

[@paulasmith7803]

Gilda Radner was a STAR! That died so tragically. She was a wonderful comic and actress.

[@pmcclaren1]

1975 and then downhill ever since. Lisa Loopner, 'here come some party noogies.' & Coneheads, Cheeburger and all the rest. Only one did not like was the arrogant Chevy Chase; when Bill Murray took over then that was the TOP CREW! The moment I knew the 'line had been crossed' was when Akroyd as fridge repair man pulled pencil out of butt crack; I said 'OMGosh , I can't believe he did it

[@pmcclaren1]

ADDENDUM: The BEES are what got my attention first!

[@bintheredonethat]

Original cast can't be matched, we would even watch it at parties. Nothing was sacred. Heard it describe once to the effect as, a bunch of crazy people breaking into the NBC studies in the middle of night and inviting a bunch of their friends. SNL comedy died a long time ago.

[@keiththomas3141]

SNL was best when they first were aired. I was in college then. Can you imagine what it was like to be in college when the movie Animal House first came out?

[@samuelmedina9984]

Stan On martin was 1 of the best characters that Garrett morris played

[@charlescolemansr-pq3ig]

SNL was a great show

[@garyjackson5518]

John as Joe crocker

[@alvarogarcia3840]

I remember I was 15yrs old in 1975! I loved "Roseanne Rosanada" & "Emily Letela"(the older lady hard of hearing) "Violins against the elder" they would correct it's "VIOLENCE AGAINST......" and she would say: "NEVER MIND"! Both Characters by the late great GILDA RADNER! I also when to the Theater to see "HANKY PANKY" with GENE WILDER I think that's were they met. Let me tell that movie was exciting in a "PINK CESSNA AIRPLANE" that look like they were about to crash! Those scenes! It was like a chase! I think that is the one DIRECTED BY SIDNEY POITIER! I LIKED IT! But I think the critics did not. But what do they know. They say you should go by "word of mouth" because critics are "wanna be Actors" that never made it. I liked also when they did the movie "Spoofs" like from "JAWS" a shark knocking on the door. They would open the door AND GET THEIR HEAD BIT OFF!!! THAT WAS SO FUNNY! I enjoyed GILDA RADNER CHARACTERS THE MOST! I forgot her Private School Girl with the glasses & the nasal drip & how Bill Murray would would give her bops on her head & the dialogue was funny too! I stopped watched it years ago! Always like an Album "THE DEBUT IS ALWAYS THE BEST" Then I heard about all the deaths & drug usage and really stopped watching. And when I did (in my opinion) they were never as funny as "The Original Cast".😁❤👍

[@freedomforever6718]

Everyone should read Gilda Radner's very poignant autobiography "It's Always Something".

[@rogervaldillez4879]

I'ma check it out Free

[@dawndubsky4641]

The Killer Bees! Soooo original and Belushi was his best. I really cracked up every time Chevy did his pratfall mocking Pres Ford (yet stayed non-political). In the beginning every single skit and guest host was funny! How come this show cannot manage to be funny anymore? Why hasn't it been canceled?

[@Myndset88]

Studio 8H is Studio 88.

[@gogoyubari366]

Jane Curtin is so pretty and so was Gilda Radner!

[@carolb9524]

what about Animal House???? i mean they played this movie at my college orientation and we didn't even have frats or sororities!!! classic Belushi film

[@stacychappell8197]

The past 18 years have been absolutely horrible!! Can't imagine it getting any better!!

[@ronniebrown2517]

in 1977 i was a part time student at u of t austin driving a shuttle bus part time for income...went to a party where every one gathered around a tv set to watch snl....first i thought watching tv at a party was weird but the snl crew only made the party better....i think that was were i fist saw the bees...my favorite was belushi and my least favorite was chevy i am a movie star chase....

[@WebcastGuy]

"Well, the popular TV personality known as Professor Backwards was slain in Atlanta yesterday by three masked gunmen. According to reports, neighbors ignored the Professor's cries of 'Pleh, pleh!'"

[@tamifonville1239]

I used this show

[@bradgrauer9148]

How long did you work on that Robby Benson Voice

[@Cboyparson]

Since the original cast left I have not watched it and what I did look at I was very disappointed in.

[@gogoyubari366]

Lorraine Newman is so pretty!

[@lashid4ucraftsncreativity]

Why wasn't it mentioned that Garrett Morris was on MARTIN?

[@wm6848]

Bill

[@GrimmGhost]

Chevy Chase made his career on SNL for his pratfalls in the character of then president G. Ford. How is SNL today? Have there been any attempts at the same physical humor for portraying the guy in the studio across the street from the White House today? Seems the memes of Joe doing his own pratfalls are funnier than anything from SNL in ages.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

I really liked Newman.

[@dennismason3740]

"Pwah-tee-ayy" is how you pronounce Sidney's name. I think it's a French thing.

[@mikedrown2721]

I was 29 in 1975

[@4UStevePerry]

What happened to Animal House?

[@VistaThaiGuy]

Samurai Christmas!!!😎🤠🤡

[@davelambert3732]

"Colon Blow" would sell out today... especially if it was made 100% organic

[@johnsimca7093]

Baba wawa

[@bobbgraziano2430]

How about Joe Piscopo???

[@MoonDoggieAngel13]

There's no such thing as a bad cast year to me!

[@johnharris237]

Some better than others, but still watch it, hard to believe it's been on fifty years

[@johnharris237]

Almost

[@CRAZE1247]

Change the narrator

[@johnossendorf9979]

I'v hardly watched SNL since Eddie Murphy left.

[@bradlcnm]

Superhero party

[@laudarevsonhunt]

"I'll bet you really clean house on the other ants."

[@LouisHansell]

Uncle Buck

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

Not 50 yet

[@brianmcmanus4690]

Hmm...interesting.

[@mexicanspec]

Did I miss Bill Murray?

[@scottiehall8695]

I don't think Bill Murray was one of the original players.

[@mexicanspec]

@@scottiehall8695 He did join in 1977 in the second season. Maybe that is why.

[@mexicanspec]

@@scottiehall8695 Bill Murray is in the thumbnail, I just noticed.

[@johnharris237]

Che burger che burger

[@Cessnagirly]

This was when SNL was funny...no more...

[@yankeewolf098]

Cheeseburger cheeseburger

[@randyflynn6402]

I have to say that Chevy Chase was always my favorite on SNL. I stopped watching when he left the show.

[@salinagrrrl69]

I KICK myself that I cannot remember. I could Goooogle but... I had a relitive who was a bit player in a WW1 episode of I think "The Outer Limits" with Dan. I'm just gonna let be that. Hey! What's MrBill doing today?

[@johnsmith-wk2tb]

Did Bill Murray forget his teeth?

[@stevebrowning4293]

Back when they were able to be funny.

[@Ofthe7thSon]

Problem with SNL now is it’s far too woke. The last few years of ‘stars and openeers’ have sucked the comedy out of it.

[@patrickancona1193]

That garbage is still on? Why?

[@onlythewise1]

entertainment nothing to do with helping you to get smarter

[@rufust.firefly4890]

After the 1st generation of players, I was pretty much done with the show. I did find Lovitz as the liar amusing. Also I liked the movie Tommy Boy, even though it was pretty stupid.

[@ghw7192]

Back when SNL was actually funny. I stopped watching it decades ago.

[@LMB925]

Jane curtain is very underrated. Gilda was a legend as well. Both are my two favorites of the original cast. I feel the men were divas and attention hogs. I think the talent of the women were overshadowed by that. That said, I loved Bill, Chevy and Dan. I never understood John Belushi’s appeal. He was flat and not funny to me. Just not my type of humor. He seemed unpleasant. I think his death added to his appeal to many people.

[@ironmikehallowween]

Unfortunately, SNL hasn’t been funny for decades. It was very good though, once upon a time.

[@rickkaylor8554]

The original cast was the best. I stopped watching SNL years ago when it became less funny and more political. The show should just be cancelled at this point.

[@jayceew.rabbit9358]

My favorite will always be the blues brothers, and I couldn't stand Chevy Chase, he was and is to full of himself. He has nothing on Belushi, or Murray, they were way better than he will ever be!

[@philbrown1474]

This show hasn’t been funny for 40 years. In Living Color, SCTV, Mad TV were all far ahead of SNL. Throw in Alec Baldwin and your show has truly gone to shit.