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.
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.
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
MOVIE & TV MOVES FOR PAST & PRESENT SNL PLAYERS AS OF 9/01X01 - 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 SEASON 26 (scheduled for 2000/2001)
09/29/01 Reese Witherspoon - Alicia Keys 10/06/01 Seann William Scott - Sum 41 10/13/01 Drew Barrymore - Macy Gray 11/03/01 John Goodman - Ja Rule 11/10/01 Gwyneth Paltrow - Ryan Adams 11/17/01 Billy Bob Thornton - Creed 12/01/01 Derek Jeter - Bubba Sparxxx/Shakira 12/08/01 Hugh Jackman - Mick Jagger 12/15/01 Ellen Degeneres - No Doubt 01/12/02 Josh Hartnett - Pink 01/19/02 Jack Black - The Strokes 02/02/02 Britney Spears 03/02/02 Jonny Moseley - Outkast 03/09/02 Jon Stewart - India.Arie 03/16/02 Ian McKellen - Kylie Minogue 04/06/02 Cameron Diaz - Jimmy Eat World 04/20/02 Alec Baldwin - P.O.D. 05/11/02 Kirsten Dunst - Eminem 05/18/02 Winona Ryder - Moby (last of season, Will Ferrell is leaving show) "Season 27" (2001/2002)
EMMY BEFRIENDS SNL
* Last year, 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.
The Coneheads
The ConeheadsConeheads (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, All You Need is Cash
Mr. Bean
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Year 1 titles, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
If you like Saturday Night Live, you might also like Monty Python's Flying Circus!!!!!!!!! Monty Python Page
The best book we've seen for looking up movie titles and descriptions is the Movie / Video Guide by Leonard Maltin
Harlan Ellison writes books too (just thought I'd mention it).
Saturday Night Live official website (if it's still there)
It is and time for the penguin on top of your tv to explode.
Note: if there are any mistakes on this page, there may be a screw loose in the webmaster
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