SNL is Back

Tomorrow is Saturday, and that means the new season of Saturday Night Live is coming on!

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If you don't know what Saturday Night Live is, or SNL for short, it's a sketch comedy show, with a famous celebrity, joining the cast of hilarious comedic actors, as the host of the episode, and they do funny sketches together, and a famous musician comes on as the musical guest. They also do a mid way sketch called Weekend Update were someone acts like a news anchor and recaps funny or unusual things that happened in the media over the week and tells jokes about them, and sometimes characters come on like they're being interviewed, like Drunk Uncle, Stefon, Opera Man, and Snooki. 

  

Bobby Mohnyhan as Snooki
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SNL started on October 11, 1975 with the first ever host being George Carlin, and musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian

George Carlin hosting in 1975
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And had a cast of greats like Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, and Jon Belushi. The show always opens with the phrase "Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!" and then goes to a monologue by the celeb host. It's also had some great comedians make their start as a cast member on SNL. Greats including, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Will Ferrell, and Tracy Morgan plus many more. It is also one of the longest running shows of all time. The show is always fun to watch, and it's my favorite show.

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The show's 39th season starts tomorrow, Saturday, September 28th, with former SNL cast member Tina Fey hosting with musical guest Arcade Fire.

Tina Fey (middle) with Arcade Fire (around her)
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This season SNL greats, and some of my favorite cast members, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, and Fred Armisen are leaving the show after some great years with them. Another SNL great, Seth Meyers is also set to leave mid season for his new job as the host of the Late Night show. 1-year cast member Tim Robinson is also leaving.

With this, 1-year cast members Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, 4-year cast members Taran Killam, Vanessa Bayer, Jay Pharaoh, 5-year cast member Nasim Pedrad, 6-year cast member Bobby Moyinahan, 10-year cast member Kenan Thompson, and 12-year cast member Seth Meyers are staying as the cast members this year with new members, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Noel Wells, John Milhiser, Mike O'Brien, and Brooks Wheelan joining the cast this year as featured players.

I'm super excited for this season and I hope to enjoy it.

SNL Season 38 cast. From left to right:  cast members Tim Robinson, Jay Pharaoh, Aidy Bryant, Fred Armisen, (down) Kate McKinnon, (up) Vanessa Bayer, (down) Seth Meyers, (down) Taran Killam, Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Nasim Pedrad, Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis, and Cecily Strong.
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