Executive-producer Morgan Neville, the Academy and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker behind documentaries Piece by Piece and 20 Feet From Stardom, helmed SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. Packed with behind-the-scenes footage, the series also features interviews with some the franchise's most famous figures, including former cast members and writers like Amy Poehler, Dana Carvey, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Larry David, Tina Fey and John Mulaney, as well as the show's legendary creator, Lorne Michaels.
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SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
She's now a rising star in comedy films like Bridesmaids and Anchorman: The Legend Continues, but we'll never forget her SNL characters the Target Lady, Dooneese, and Penelope. It's no wonder Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels called her one of the show's best-ever performers.NBC
2. Current cast members recommend new cast members
NBC casts the net wide when hiring new players for Saturday Night Live, and that includes getting recommendations from existing cast members, crew and celebrity friends of the show. Per the doc, Andy Samberg was hired because Jimmy Fallon recommended him; Amy Poehler revealed that "Tina [Fey] got me the job"; and Maya Rudolph was a referral from Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow.
3. One comedian auditioned completely naked
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"In addition to writing the sketches, you also give notes to the performer and the hosts are sometimes Oscar Award-winning actors," said current writer Ben Marshall. "It could be a weird dynamic, having some 25-year-old kid being like 'Dude, you're not doing it right." Tina Fey, though, offered up a charming anecdote about having to tell host Sylvester Stallone to enunciate better in sketches: "It's a great trial by fire. Mr. Stallone was very nice about it, clearly not the first time in his life."
5. Tina Fey wants the show to be more competitive
But that doesn't mean Fey didn't thrive on the competition. "I don't know if it's the same anymore. And if it's not, maybe it should get that way again," she cheekily added. "I think it's good!"
6. There's a "doomed" corner of Studio 8H called "Shitcan Alley"
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8. Lorne Michaels took a five-year hiatus from the show
Season 11 shook up Saturday Night Live in many ways, with Lorne Michaels bringing in new, younger talent like Robert Downey, Jr., Michael C. Hall, Joan Cusack and Damon Wayans as featured players. And the latter talent certainly did some shaking up of his own, when he got fired after just eleven episodes for going rogue during a live sketch, playing a cop character as way more flamboyant and effeminate than he did during dress rehearsal.
10. Francis Ford Coppola directed an episode of the show
Yes, that Francis Ford Coppola. In one of the "big swings" that Lorne Michaels and co. took in the wacky eleventh season, The Godfather great was invited to take full creative control of an episode. "I'm a huge fan, huge. But I wasn't expecting him to really direct," said George Wendt, the guest host of that ep. "It was daunting." Coppola kicked off the episode by announcing to the audience: "This show tonight is going to be my ode to live television." That hilariously meant eerie Philip Glass music, second "takes" of jokes and "live" ammo to give "a sense of danger."
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