a backstage history of Saturday night live Hill, Doug 1950- creator Weingrad, Jeff text nyu New York Beech Tree Books c1986 1986 monographic eng

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510 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Saturday 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." by Doug Hill & Jeff Weingrad. Includes index. Comedias de televisión Comedias de televisión Historia Estados Unidos PN 1992.77 H645s 1986 791.45 0688050999 9780688050993 850820 20230410130552.0 eng