Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night is the intimate history of the original Saturday Night Live, from its beginnings as an outlaw program produced by an unruly band of renegades from the comedy underground to a TV institution that made stars of John Belushi, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, Garrett Morris, Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy. This is the book that revealed to the world what really happened behind the scenes during the first ten years of this groundbreaking program, from the battles SNL fought with NBC to the battles fought within the show itself. It's all here: The love affairs, betrayals, rivalries, drug problems, overnight successes, and bitter failures, mixed with the creation of some of the most outrageous and original comedy ever. "It reads like a thriller," said the Associated Press, "and may be the best book ever written about television." Available for the first time in ebook format, this edition features nearly fifty photographs of cast, crew and sketches. |
Contents
The Girls | |
Billy | |
The B Team Show Notes Two | |
Prime Time | |
Black Friday | |
Greatest Hits Show Notes Three | |
The Beatles of Comedy | |
The White Party | |
Nola | |
The Childrens Television Workshop | |
On the | |
The Show That Was Always a | |
Television of the Subconscious | |
Teamwork Show Notes One | |
When Do We Tape? | |
You Cant Give Noogies to the Virgin Mary | |
With a Little Help from My Friends | |
The White House | |
Welcome to Show Business | |
Im Chevy Chase and Youre | |
PART | |
The Bully Boys | |
Battle of the Bands | |
You Gotta Serve Somebody | |
A Wobbling Kind of Machine Show Notes Four | |
Freddie | |
Off the | |
PART THREE | |
The Look of the Eighties | |
The Ayatollah Doumanian | |
Get Rid of Her | |
Eddie | |
Bunker Time | |
Celebration | |
Afterlife | |
Other editions - View all
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live Doug Hill,Jeff Weingrad No preview available - 2014 |
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live Doug Hill,Jeff Weingrad No preview available - 2015 |
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