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John Belushi: John Belushi plays a samurai warrior, who speaks only (mock) Japanese, and wields a katana. He is seen in various occupations ranging from a hotel desk clerk to a tailor. Mel's Char Palace December 20, 1975 Dan Aykroyd: A steakhouse commercial parody featuring Dan Aykroyd. At Mel's, customers are given a chainsaw and are invited ...
“The Killer Bees: Home Invasion”: This sketch with Elliott Gould evolves into a parody of Mexican westerns at the time. The bees even demand, "Give us your pollen." The bees even demand, "Give ...
Director and co-writer Jason Reitman interviewed countless past and present SNL staffers and researched written accounts of the sketch show's opening night, but to squeeze it all into a feature ...
John Belushi performed "I'm a King Bee" on the January 17, 1976 broadcast of Saturday Night Live, with Belushi and the show's house band dressed in bee costumes and bandleader Howard Shore dressed as a beekeeper. Guest host Buck Henry introduced them as "Howard Shore and his All-Bee Band." At the end, Belushi repeated four of the song's last ...
The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. [5] The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumna Laraine Newman.
John Belushi, in a bumble bee costume, skates at the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink for a skit on Saturday Night Live. Yes, this story was reportedly (mostly) true as Belushi didn't sign his contract ...
Lorne Michaels appears in the opening sketch, with Shelley Duvall and John Belushi in Bee costumes. The opening montage is only shown on a backstage TV, as the camera follows Shelley Duvall, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner onto the stage to sing as the "Video Vixens."
The Not Ready for Primetime Players are headed to the big screen!SNL 1975, an upcoming film from writer-director Jason Reitman, tells the story of Oct. 11, 1975, the night that Saturday Night Live ...