‘Live from New York!’: A look at ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘SNL’
October 18, 202449m 0s
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Show Notes
Saturday Night Live started its 50th season in September.
This hour, a look at the institution SNL has become over five decades on television.
Plus: Jason Reitman’s new movie, Saturday Night, which tells (a version of) the story of SNL’s inception in 1975.
GUESTS:
- Dave Itzkoff: A journalist and writer and the author of four books; his most recent is Robin
- Maureen Lee Lenker: A senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and the author of the novel It Happened One Fight
- Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, writer, and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcast
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