Last week they had a special and all kinds of celebrations and interviews about the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live.
In honor of this anniversary, below are a half a dozen SNL links and a video link to George Carlin remembering hosting the first show and a link to a video of one of my all-time favorite sketches.
And below that are the MBIP Coming Attractions for next week!
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Sunday Links
The Best, Worst and Funniest Moments From SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special - This is a great recap of the special with photos and videos in addition to the story.
Most Embarrassing Cast Moments, Celebs Who Didn’t Make It And Other 25 Little-Known “SNL” Secrets - Here’s 27 little-known facts and stories about SNL over the last 50 years!
History of Saturday Night Live - This is a great breakdown of the different generations of the shows and it also has a list of the awards they’ve won through the years.
40 Things You Might Not Have Known About Saturday Night Live - Some interesting facts including that the first cast made $750 a week and that Will Ferrell ended up being paid the most with a contract that gave him $350,000 for one year of being a cast member.
The 50 Best SNL Cast Members of All Time - I think Bill Murray should’ve been ranked higher and who the fuck is Beck Bennett?
Weird Facts About Saturday Night Live - I forgot how horrific season number 11 was!
George Carlin on hosting the first episode of “Saturday Night Live” - George Carlin reflects on hosting the very first Saturday Night Live and wonders why he’s never been invited back to one of the anniversary shows.
Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute - SNL - This is probably my favorite sketch ever on Saturday Night Live. “Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute.” Ha ha ha!
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MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: I went to Peoria’s newest Mexican restaurant, Jalisco Bar & Grill in Peoria Heights and had a delicious dinner and you can see photos and that post tomorrow.
Tuesday: We’re up to week number six on our MBIP rib eating tour and this week we sampled ribs and Mac and Cheese at Slow Hand BBQ.
Wednesday: It’s hard to believe, but we’re doing our twelfth month of our twelve month fried chicken tour this week. Tune in to see where we went for our final fried chicken dinner and stay tuned for the finale of this series next month in March!
Thursday: We’ll have the weekly MBIP Thursday Blog Buffet on this day and hopefully I’ll have a better update about my forthcoming book this week!
Friday: I’ll have a nice snack post for this Friday’s Snack Attack post, stay tuned for that!
Saturday: We’ll have a look back at something from Peoria’s past next Saturday for another Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past post!
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Sunday Comic
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: Good Vibrations By The Beach Boys, The Beatles First Appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and Groundhog Day.