At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. Find out | dG1fcW1aS21YNTZCRVk
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00:00Get actors on their marks. They want you to fail just have to make it to air
00:06Okay, let's see if we get through one of these skits sketches baby, please
00:09Okay
00:25Okay, here we go again
00:27My name is Lorne Michaels. I'm the producer and creator of Saturday night
00:32We're excited because there's never been a television show like this
00:37Okay, what kind of show is it Warren do you even know what the show is did anyone ask Edison what a light bulb was
00:42before you harness electricity
00:44Who are you in the metaphor?
00:51How's the fuck do you pronounce this Roy these can't be the right size yeah, you're right they should be a little bit smaller
00:58I
01:09Gentlemen how long have you been standing there long enough?
01:13They want you to fail. They're betting on it. That's logical dick. That's why they're paying us all to be here
01:19NBC makes more money playing ruins of the tonight show
01:21I mean more than 90 minutes of live television by a group of 20 year olds who've never made anything
01:27Okay, so this is this is a bit look I don't get half the shit that they do
01:32We haven't locked the script your actors. I'm missing. Have you seen John Belushi your crew is in open rebellion
01:39Right your kids aren't ready for prime time
01:47What is this exciting we need to let the audience in oh you don't
01:57I
02:03Just have to make it to air
02:07The writers tied a belt around Big Bird's neck and hung him from my dressing room door. Hey, I heard about Big Bird
02:14So sorry not erotic asphyxiation who knew