In 1975, at the age of 38, Garrett Morris signed on to a brand new show called Saturday Night Live. No one knew how it would do, and little did anyone expect that 50 years later, it would still be airing at the same timeslot on NBC. But it is.
Because it has reached that milestone, NBC asked the surviving original Not Ready For Primetime Players to come back and celebrate. And Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Lorraine Newman, Jane Curtain, and Morris said yes!
The 88-year-old, who is still acting, did a little introduction of a sad but famous short that aired in 1978. In that intro, the actor shared something he didn’t expect would happen after all of these decades. He told the audience, “And way back then, when I joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. I had no idea y’all that I would be required to do so many reunion shows. But here I am, OK!”
See you at the 60th! Unless you can come up with a good excuse like Dan Aykroyd.
Now, let’s talk about the Tom Schiller film Don’t Look Back in Anger, which starred the late comedic genius John Belushi. In it, the comedian goes and visits the graves of his castmates and says that everyone thought he would be the first one to go, but he is the only one who is still alive. Sadly, four years later, he would be the first one to go. Seven years later, he was joined by the hilarious Gilda Radner. But the rest of them are still here, celebrating the show that made them household names for 50 years and counting.
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