Tonight at 9p on NBC we get to see the Backstage of Saturday Night Live and learn so many secrets about the show’s 35 year history. We will get to hear about all aspects of the show from the monologues, to skits, to the Weekend Updates, to the musical performances, to the endings and everything in between from the past and current cast members. Cast members tell us how they became part of the show, their favorite characters and never before told stories about experiences they had on the show. Lots of names from the past are included oin this two hour specials like Steve Martin, Victoria Jackson, Joe Piscopo, Chris Rock, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Collin Quinn and so on. Besides hearing their versions of the stories, we all learn why Eddie Murphy killed Buckwheat, some famous bits that worked and didn’t work and why for both. It is an amazing look at 35 years of television in 2 hours because let’s be real we all at some point were a fan of the show and now we will learn something about it we never knew. Like how Lorne Michaels reacted to Sinead O’Connor ripping up the picture of the Pope on live television. So make sure to watch SNL Backstage tonight on NBC at 9p, I promise you will find it as interesting as I did.
