Inside SNL: Al Franken Reveals How Saturday Night time Stay Is Crafted Each Week

As Sat­ur­day Night time Stay cel­e­brates its fiftieth anniver­sary, Al Franken takes you inside the mak­ing of an SNL episode. He ought to know a factor or two concerning the sub­ject. A part of the orig­i­nal SNL writ­ing group, Franken spent 15 years writ­ing and per­kind­ing for the present. (Any­one remem­ber Stu­artwork Smal­l­ey giv­ing a moti­va­tion­al pep speak to Michael Jor­dan?) On his pod­solid, Franken walks you thru what a typ­i­cal week on Sat­ur­day Night time Stay appears like. The week begins with the kick­off meet­ing on Mon­day, then strikes mid-week to the writ­ing and selec­tion of sketch­es, and ends with costume rehearsals, the stay present, and after-par­ty on Sat­ur­day. Above, Franken additionally talks concerning the function of the host and which of them excelled, and which of them flopped. For those who would get pleasure from know­ing how the SNL sausage will get made, the 60-minute con­ver­sa­tion is nicely price your whereas.

Relat­ed Con­tent 

Lorne Michaels Intro­duces Sat­ur­day Night time Stay and Its Bril­liant First Forged for the Very First Time (1975)

Gil­da Rad­ner Does a Com­ic Imper­son­ation of Pat­ti Smith: Watch the Clas­sic SNL Skit, “Rock In opposition to Yeast” (1979)

Each­factor You Have to Know About Sat­ur­day Night time Stay: A Deep Dive into Each Sea­son of the Icon­ic Com­e­dy Present

When Was the Pin­na­cle of Sat­ur­day Night time Stay? A YouTu­ber Watch­es One Episode from Every Sea­son & Studies Again

Clas­sic Punk Rock Sketch­es from Sat­ur­day Night time Stay, Cour­tesy of Fred Armisen