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SNL began its 2001/2002 season in a quite unusual way: “Saturday Night Live,” NBC’s Emmy Award-winning late-night comedy showcase, begins its 27th season on September 29, 2001 (11:30 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. ET/PT) for another year of laughs, surprises and great performances. Note: as of mid-October, the Saturday Night Live page at NBC.com still had not been updated beyond that line. No guest hosts are listed for this season at all on the official website.
On September 11th, 2001, 18 days prior to "Saturday Night Live"'s 27th season premiere, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City. It seemed that life as America knew it had come to a halt, but President George W. Bush and New York Mayor Rudolph Guiliani (two politicians lampooned regularly on "SNL") declared that the city would overcome the tragedy. As proof, the Mayor himself appeared on the season premiere to pay tribute to the men, women and children whose lives were lost in the attack, and to encourage "SNL" to let the show go on. Chris Parnell and Jerry Minor had been let go from the late-night comedy institution, but four new players - Dean Edwards, Seth Meyers, Amy Pohler and Jeff Richards - were added to the cast.
The first episode started with the Mayor of New York, flanked by New York Police and Fire Fighters, whom he called the real heroes. Then he threw out the ceremonial first joke: He said it was time for things to get back to normal. Lorne asked if they can be funny. The Mayor said, "Why start now?" Lorne did a Jack Benny take for the camera and the show kicked off. More on the tribute/opening
The October 6 episode started with This message from President Bush (Will Ferrell) to Osama Bin Ladin
Drew Barrymore almost cancelled for 10/13/01, but told USA Today that she finally told herself she was a coward if she didn't get on a plane and go to New York.
It takes a number of people to keep a show like SNL (Saturday Night Live) on the air since 1975. People like Lorne Michaels, Gerald Ford, Bill Murray, Richard Nixon, Dan Aykroyd, Ronald Reagan, Chevy Chase, Jimmy Carter, John Belushi, Bill Clinton, Gilda Radner, Nancy Reagan, Martin Short, Al Gore, Tim Meadows (aka The Ladies Man), Jesse Jackson, Chris Kattan, George Bush, Will Ferrell, Janet Reno, Mike Myers (not to be confused with that guy in the Halloween movies).
David Spade "You'll beg for a shower"
There have been a number of movie spin-offs too: The Coneheads
Wayne's World
Stuart Saves His Family
Mom and Dad Save The World
A Night At The Roxbury
Austin Powers Austin Powers 3, also starring Mike Myers, will be a blaxploitation spoof, teamed with a black female 1970s-style cop
SEASON 26 (2000/2001)
X01 - 10/07/00 Rob Lowe - Eminem (the kids should be in bed anyway)
X02 - 10/14/00 Kate Hudson - Radiohead
X03 - 10/21/00 Dana Carvey - The Wallflowers
X04 - 11/04/00 Charlize Theron - Paul Simon
X05 - 11/11/00 Calista Flockhart - Ricky Martin
X06 - 11/18/00 Tom Green - David Gray
X07 - 12/09/00 Val Kilmer - U2
X08 - 12/16/00 Lucy Liu - Jay-Z
X09 - 01/13/01 Charlie Sheen - Nelly Furtado
X10 - 01/20/01 Mena Suvari - Lenny Kravitz
X11 - 02/10/01 Jennifer Lopez
X12 - 02/17/01 Sean Hayes - Shaggy
X13 - 02/24/01 Katie Holmes - Dave Matthews Band
X14 - 03/10/01 Conan O'Brien - Don Henley
X15 - 03/17/01 Julia Stiles - Aerosmith
X16 - 04/07/01 Alec Baldwin - Coldplay
X17 - 04/14/01 Rene Zellweger - Eve
X18 - 04/28/01 The Best Of Molly Shannon
X19 - 05/05/01 Pierce Brosnan - Destiny's Child
X20 - 05/12/01 Lara Flynn Boyle - Bon Jovi
X21 - 05/19/01 Christopher Walken - Weezer
526 Matt Damon/Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 10/5/2002
527 Sarah Michelle Gellar/Faith Hill 10/12/2002
528 John McCain/The White Stripes 10/19/2002
529 Eric McCormack/Jay-Z 11/2/2002
530 Nia Vardalos/Eve 11/9/2002
532 Brittany Murphy/Nelly 11/16/2002
532 Robert DeNiro/Norah Jones 12/7/2002
533 Al Gore/Phish 12/14/2002
534 Jeff Gordon/Avril Lavigne 1/11/2003
535 Ray Liotta/The Donnas 1/18/2003
536 Matthew McConaughey/The Dixie Chicks 2/8/2003
537 Jennifer Garner/Beck 2/15/2003
538 Christopher Walken/Foo Fighters 2/22/2003
539 Queen Latifah/Ms. Dynamite 3/8/2003
540 Salma Hayak/Christina Aguilera 3/15/2003
541 Bernie Mac/Good Charlotte 4/5/2003
542 Ray Romano/Zwan 4/12/2003
543 Ashton Kutcher/50 Cent 5/3/2003
544 Adrian Brody/Sean Paul & Wayne Wonder 5/10/2003
545 Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce Knowles 5/17/2003
"Season 29" (2003/2004)
546 Jack Black/John Mayer 10/4/2003
547 Justin Timberlake (1) 10/11/2003
548 Halle Berry/Britney Spears 10/18/2003
549 Kelly Ripa/Outkast 11/1/2003
550 Andy Roddick/Dave Matthews 11/8/2003
551 Alec Baldwin/Missy Elliott 11/15/2003
552 Al Sharpton/Pink 12/6/2003
553 Elijah Wood/Jet 12/13/2003
554 Jennifer Aniston/Black Eyed Peas 1/10/2004
555 Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey/G-Unit with 50 Cent 1/17/2004
556 Megan Mullally/Clay Aiken 2/7/2004
557 Drew Barrymore/Kelis 2/14/2004
558 Christina Aguilera/Maroon 5 2/21/2004
559 Colin Firth/Norah Jones 3/6/2004
560 Ben Affleck/N.E.R.D. 3/13/2004
561 Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals 4/3/2004
562 Janet Jackson 4/10/2004
563 Lindsay Lohan/Usher 5/1/2004
564 Snoop Dogg/Avril Lavigne 5/8/2004
565 Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen/J-Kwon 5/15/2004
"Season 30" (2004/2005)
566 Ben Affleck/Nelly 10/2/2004
567 Queen Latifah 10/9/2004
568 Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson 10/23/2004
569 Kate Winslet/Eminem 10/30/2004
570 Liam Neeson/Modest Mouse 11/13/2004
571 Luke Wilson/U2 11/20/2004
572 Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters 12/11/2004
573 Robert DeNiro/Destiny's Child 12/18/2004
574 Topher Grace/The Killers 1/15/2005
575 Paul Giamatti/Ludacris & Sum 41 1/22/2005
576 Paris Hilton/Keane 2/5/2005
577 Jason Bateman/Kelly Clarkson 2/12/2005
578 Hilary Swank/50 Cent 2/19/2005
579 David Spade/Jack Johnson 3/12/2005
580 Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani 3/19/2005
581 Cameron Diaz/Green Day 4/9/2005
582 Tom Brady/Beck 4/16/2005
583 Johnny Knoxville/System of a Down 5/7/2005
584 Will Ferrell/Queens of the Stone Age 5/14/2005
585 Lindsay Lohan/Coldplay 5/21/2005
"Season 31" (2005/2006)
586 Steve Carell/Kanye West 10/1/2005
587 Jon Heder/Ashlee Simpson 10/8/2005
588 Catherine Zeta-Jones/Franz Ferdinand 10/22/2005
589 Lance Armstrong/Sheryl Crow 10/29/2005
590 Jason Lee/Foo Fighters 11/12/2005
591 Eva Longoria/Korn 11/19/2005
592 Dane Cook/James Blunt 12/3/2005
593 Alec Baldwin/Shakira 12/10/2005
594 Jack Black/Neil Young 12/17/2005
595 Scarlett Johansson/Death Cab For Cutie 1/14/2006
596 Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes 1/21/2006
597 Steve Martin/Prince 2/4/2006
598 Natalie Portman/Fall Out Boy 3/4/2006
599 Matt Dillon/Arctic Monkeys 3/11/2006
600 Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige 4/8/2006
601 Lindsay Lohan/Pearl Jam 4/15/2006
602 Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers 5/6/2006
603 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon 5/13/2006
604 Kevin Spacey/Nelly Furtado 5/20/2006
"Season 32" (2006/2007)
605 Dane Cook/The Killers 9/30/2006
606 Jaime Pressly/Corinne Bailey Rae 10/7/2006
607 John C. Reilly/My Chemical Romance 10/21/2006
608 Hugh Laurie/Beck 10/28/2006
609 Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera 11/11/2006 (cameo by Martin Short, Steve Martin & Paul McCartney)
610 Ludacris 11/18/2006
611 Matthew Fox/Tenacious D 12/2/2006
613 Annette Bening/Gwen Stefani, Akon 12/9/2006
613 Justin Timberlake (2) 12/16/2006
614 Jake Gyllenhaal/The Shins 1/13/2007
615 Jeremy Piven/AFI 1/20/2007
616 Drew Barrymore/Lily Allen 2/3/2007
617 Forest Whitaker/Keith Urban 2/10/2007
618 Rainn Wilson/Arcade Fire 2/24/2007
619 Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Snow Patrol 3/17/2007
620 Peyton Manning/Carrie Underwood 3/24/2007
621 Shia LaBeouf/Avril Lavigne 4/14/2007
622 Scarlett Johansson/Björk 4/21/2007
623 Molly Shannon/Linkin Park 5/12/2007
624 Zach Braff/Maroon 5 5/19/2007
"Season 33" (2007/2008)
625 LeBron James/Kanye West 9/29/2007
626 Seth Rogen/Spoon 10/6/2007
627 Jon Bon Jovi/Foo Fighters (Bon Jovi performed 2 songs, Foo did 1) Jack Nicholson cameo 10/13/2007
628 Brian Williams/Feist 11/3/2007 (cameo by Barack Obama, the next Democratic U.S. President)
Attack of the Writers Strike!!!
Special (clip show) SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers 11/24/2007
XXX The Rock/Amy Winehouse (scheduled 11/10/07, cancelled due to writers' strike)
XXX Jonah Hill/Kid Rock (scheduled 11/17/07, cancelled due to writers' strike)
629. Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood (Steve Martin cameo as self) 2/23/2008
630. Ellen Page/Wilco (cameos by Hillary Clinton & Rudulph Rudolph Giuliani) 3/1/2008
631. Amy Adams/Vampire Weekend 3/8/2008
632. Jonah Hill/Mariah Carey (featuring T-Pain) 3/15/2008
633. Christopher Walken/Panic at the Disco (short: Laser Cats 3-D) 4/5/2008
634. Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley 4/12/2008
635. Shia Leboeuf 5/10/2008
636. Steve Carell 5/17/2008
MOVIE & TV MOVES FOR PAST & PRESENT SNL PLAYERS AS OF 9/2001
* Cheri Oteri: Set to star in a 13-episode series with CBS.
* Colin Quinn: Working on tentatively titled 'Irish Curse,' which he wrote during his days on MTV's 'Remote Control.'
* Will Ferrell: Joined the cast of Paramount Pictures Zoolander with Ben Stiller, now out in theaters.
* Ana Gasteyer: Working with Danny DeVito (co-star of Jim Carrey'sMan On The Moon) and others in MGM's 'What's the Worst That Can Happen.'
* Horatio Sanz: To star in a comedy he cowrote about a rotund tennis star. And he's in the movie Road Trip (2000).
* Harlan Ellison, former writer for Land Of The Giants, has nothing to do with SNL (just thought I'd mention it).
EMMY BEFRIENDS SNL
* Last year (2000), SNL won the prestigious Emmy for Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Special. This year's Emmy Awards the week of September 11 were postponed. They were rescheduled for the first Sunday in October (when war with Afghanistan started). Latest word is that they will be scheduled, for a third time, at an Army base rather than Hollywood or New York alone.
* An earlier ceremony awarded SNL for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Series ... and, yes, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series (and don't think Martha Stewart isn't just fuming about it).
SNL AUDITIONING POSSIBLE WEEKEND UPDATE ANCHORS
SNL has been auditioning several different people for the role of Weekend Update anchor. Those auditioning include both cast members and newcomers to SNL. We keep telling Dan Rather to stop getting in line because his contract is with CBS.
"A zebra does not change its spots." Al Gore, date unknown. "The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder." (in opening monologue as SNL host)
(1993)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of 1992 (1993)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Ghostbusters 2(1989)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
Ghostbusters (1984)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Saturday Night Live - Bad Boys of SNL (1998 compilation)
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Dan Aykroyd (compilation)
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Mike Myers (compilation)
Saturday Night Live - The Best of Politics (compilation)
The Man On The Moon 
The 3 Amigos 
The Kids In The Hall 
A Night At The Roxbury 
Stuart Saves His Family 
Wayne's World 2 
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Fine Art Of Separating People From Their Money 
The Return Of Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Rutles,