Movie: Saturday Night. Details the moments leading up to the first episode of the now 50 year and still running sketch comedy show SNL. Before there was the phrase water cooler talk, this was the show us kids at school in 1975 asked our friends first thing Monday morning if they had seen. It was new, edgy and hysterically funny. The movie about it isn't those things, but it is insightful. The cinematography makes you feel like you were there, experiencing the nerves, worries and uncertainty that the show would ever air, much less be one that would end up so iconic and long-lasting. I didn't recognize any of the actors. They did a good job, especially with the voices. I wish the three girls had more air time. (Kudos to Curtain and Newman for bringing Radner's photograph to the 50th anniversary show on Saturday.) Recommended to any SNL fan. While there have been so many great comedians on that show, the originals stole our hearts and stay there forever.
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