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Everything You NEED To Know About Saturday Night Live
Season 23 (1997-1998)
Hosts Jon Schneider and James Stephens (Saturday Night Network) explore season-by-season the cast members, sketches, characters, and backstage stories that have made Saturday Night Live a television institution.
Saturday Night Live (nbc.com/saturday-night-live) premiered October 11, 1975 and broadcasts live from NBC’s famed Studio 8H in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. SNL is broadcast on NBC and streams live on Peacock (11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT). All seasons of Saturday Night Live are now available on Peacock. Saturday Night Live is a production of Broadway Video in association with SNL Studios. Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer.
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Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live:
Executive Producers: Jon Schneider & James Stephens
Producers: Matthew Ammon, Cameron Bristow, Ellis Mitchell
Announcer: Alex Quintero
Post Production: JPS Productions
“News Theme Logo” composed by Alexander Rufire; “Broadcast News Opener” by Motionsparrow are used under license from Envato Elements Pty Ltd.
About Saturday Night Network:
The Saturday Night Network (SNN) is a podcast network that releases to thousands of SNL fans each week featuring biweekly coverage of Saturday Night Live from a team of over 25 diverse podcasters, journalists and superfans. The SNN’s rotating panels includes commentary from writers at Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, The A/V Club, and New York Magazine, in addition to industry experts who have worked with comedy troupes such The Second City, SNL archivists & record-keepers, and professional hosts.
Programming on the Saturday Night Network includes analysis of modern-day episodes, interviews with SNL cast, crew, and alumni, and promotion and red-carpet interviews for festivals like Just for Laughs & Blues Brothers Con.
The Saturday Night Network broadcasts via all major podcast listening platforms including Apple Podcasts & Spotify, as well as on video via the Saturday Night Network YouTube channel.
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For business inquires please contact: hello@saturdaynightnetwork.com
The purpose of this video is to offer analysis, commentary, and critique, with the commentators offering a unique and educated perspective as established historians and experts in the area of sketch comedy, music, and popular culture. The video is presented under fair use (in the United States under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976, providing allowance for purposes such as commentary, criticism, research, education, and news reporting) provisions of copyright law.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:14 - Sylvester Stallone / Jamiroquai
4:54 - Matthew Perry / Oasis
6:15 - Brendan Fraser / Bjork
6:58 - Chris Farley / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9:34 - Jon Lovitz / Jane's Addiction
10:46 - Claire Danes / Mariah Carey
12:32 - Rudy Giuliani / Sarah McLachlan
13:50 - Nathan Lane / Metallica
14:46 - Helen Hunt / Hanson
16:49 - Firing Norm Macdonald
20:25 - Samuel L. Jackson / Ben Folds Five
22:29 - Sarah Michelle Gellar / Portishead
24:05 - John Goodman / Paula Cole
25:45 - Roma Downey / Missy "Missdemeanor" Elliott
26:37 - Garth Brooks
29:17 - Scott Wolf / Natalie Imbruglia
30:25 - Julianne Moore / Backstreet Boys
33:13 - Steve Buscemi / Third Eye Blind
34:52 - Greg Kinnear / All Saints
36:33 - Matthew Broderick / Natalie Merchant
37:54 - David Duchovny / Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
40:39 - SNL Remembers Phil Hartman
41:12 - SNL Season 23 Summary
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Everything You NEED To Know About Saturday Night Live
Season 23 (1997-1998)
Hosts Jon Schneider and James Stephens (Saturday Night Network) explore season-by-season the cast members, sketches, characters, and backstage stories that have made Saturday Night Live a television institution.
Saturday Night Live (nbc.com/saturday-night-live) premiered October 11, 1975 and broadcasts live from NBC’s famed Studio 8H in New York City’s Rockefeller Center. SNL is broadcast on NBC and streams live on Peacock (11:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. PT). All seasons of Saturday Night Live are now available on Peacock. Saturday Night Live is a production of Broadway Video in association with SNL Studios. Lorne Michaels is the creator and executive producer.
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Everything You NEED To Know: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPf7li4FMypv_OAINCTRY6JfJyWWl9u6t
Saturday Night Network: youtube.com/@thesnlnetwork
Follow Saturday Night Network:
Instagram: instagram.com/thesnlnetwork
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Patreon: patreon.com/thesnlnetwork
Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live:
Executive Producers: Jon Schneider & James Stephens
Producers: Matthew Ammon, Cameron Bristow, Ellis Mitchell
Announcer: Alex Quintero
Post Production: JPS Productions
“News Theme Logo” composed by Alexander Rufire; “Broadcast News Opener” by Motionsparrow are used under license from Envato Elements Pty Ltd.
About Saturday Night Network:
The Saturday Night Network (SNN) is a podcast network that releases to thousands of SNL fans each week featuring biweekly coverage of Saturday Night Live from a team of over 25 diverse podcasters, journalists and superfans. The SNN’s rotating panels includes commentary from writers at Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, The A/V Club, and New York Magazine, in addition to industry experts who have worked with comedy troupes such The Second City, SNL archivists & record-keepers, and professional hosts.
Programming on the Saturday Night Network includes analysis of modern-day episodes, interviews with SNL cast, crew, and alumni, and promotion and red-carpet interviews for festivals like Just for Laughs & Blues Brothers Con.
The Saturday Night Network broadcasts via all major podcast listening platforms including Apple Podcasts & Spotify, as well as on video via the Saturday Night Network YouTube channel.
saturdaynightnetwork.com
For business inquires please contact: hello@saturdaynightnetwork.com
The purpose of this video is to offer analysis, commentary, and critique, with the commentators offering a unique and educated perspective as established historians and experts in the area of sketch comedy, music, and popular culture. The video is presented under fair use (in the United States under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976, providing allowance for purposes such as commentary, criticism, research, education, and news reporting) provisions of copyright law.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:14 - Sylvester Stallone / Jamiroquai
4:54 - Matthew Perry / Oasis
6:15 - Brendan Fraser / Bjork
6:58 - Chris Farley / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
9:34 - Jon Lovitz / Jane's Addiction
10:46 - Claire Danes / Mariah Carey
12:32 - Rudy Giuliani / Sarah McLachlan
13:50 - Nathan Lane / Metallica
14:46 - Helen Hunt / Hanson
16:49 - Firing Norm Macdonald
20:25 - Samuel L. Jackson / Ben Folds Five
22:29 - Sarah Michelle Gellar / Portishead
24:05 - John Goodman / Paula Cole
25:45 - Roma Downey / Missy "Missdemeanor" Elliott
26:37 - Garth Brooks
29:17 - Scott Wolf / Natalie Imbruglia
30:25 - Julianne Moore / Backstreet Boys
33:13 - Steve Buscemi / Third Eye Blind
34:52 - Greg Kinnear / All Saints
36:33 - Matthew Broderick / Natalie Merchant
37:54 - David Duchovny / Puff Daddy ft. Jimmy Page
40:39 - SNL Remembers Phil Hartman
41:12 - SNL Season 23 Summary
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