Saturday Night Live..

[Spawn67]

Wow! So this year marks the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live.
What is your favorite era of the show? How about memories of watching it back in the day?

[Toy Timelord]

Late Mike Myers/Early Adam Sandler era. Farley in top form.

I missed this weeks ep. Really wanted to see JK Simmons (though this is his first time hosting, he did star in a skit during Jerry Seinfeld's host stint....They spoofed the finale of Seinfeld...the gang went to Oswald Prison from HBO's "Oz".)

[thunderbolt]

classic Belushi/Akroyd/Chase era for me, followed by the Phil Hartman/Mike Myers/Farley era.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The original crew (watched in reruns), the Eddie Murphy/Piscipo years, and the Carvey/Hartman/Lovitz years, that morphed into the Mike Myers years.

Chris

[MIB41]

Nothing beats the Belushi/Akroyd/Chase/ and Murray years.

[Nostalgiabuff]

yeah, the original not ready for primetime case was really the best

[palitoy]

I find the Belushi era largely over romanticised. I really enjoyed the Hartman/Lovitz/Dunn era.

[Mikey]

There was a weird short era when the beginning credits had a fake NY skyline and the actors were like giants as they were introduced.

I remember Rich Hall lighting his cigarette with the Chrysler Building.

Did I dream that ?

[palitoy]

There was a weird short era when the beginning credits had a fake NY skyline and the actors were like giants as they were introduced.

I remember Rich Hall lighting his cigarette with the Chrysler Building.

Did I dream that ?

No that was a season of ringers brought in to boost the ratings.

[Bantha5]

Short, crystal, guest. I was the perfect age for that glorious single season, 14.

[4NDR01D]

The Farley/Sandler/Spade/Rock era was basically my late teens early twenties stay up late drinking beer on Saturday night years so I've got really fond memories of that time. I quit watching around the time they replaced Norm Macdonald on weekend update.

[Donkey Hoatie]

I've been watching fairly regularly since the early 80s, but I don't think I could pick a "favorite" era. There are some years when there's a lot of good chemistry between certain players, and when they're featured more, I really like it. I guess I'd probably have to go with the Eddie Murphy era, just because he was so electric in pretty much everything he did. But, I'll always have a great attachment to pretty much any Phil Hartman sketch. To this day, I don't think I've laughed any harder at an actor than his one sketch where he was Charlton Heston narrating the audio version Madonna's book in about 1993 or 1994. It was just one or 2 [unprintable] lines, but they were pure gold.

[Mikey]

I find the Belushi era largely over romanticised...............

I'm forced to agree

Most peeps remember just the BEST OF's and forget there was a lot of crappy filler to stretch out the hour and a half per show.

To quote Dan Aykroyd from Bad Theatre ---- Now that wasn't so good, was it

[megomania]

Anthony Michael Hall / Robert Downy Jr era

[megomania]

In all seriousness, nothing beats the original cast then into the early 80s.