As longtime viewers of the sketch comedy show may remember — long before its landmark 50th season — Chase, 81, was a breakthrough cast member of SNL' s first season. In 1975, Chase was the first host of Weekend Update, which helped him earn two Primetime Emmy awards in 1976.

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Live” is having a 50th anniversary, and things are happening. Jason Reitman’s backstage dramedy “Saturday Night,” released last year, is

I think live music on TV is important.” He’s not wrong! And Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music proves it.

Try telling the story of American comedy without mentioning Saturday Night Live, and see how far you get. For half a century, the sketch show has been a cultural fixture, with countless cast members ascended to stardom. A pity, then, that the big-screen account of the truth behind it has ended up being Saturday Night .

Oregon-related jokes have popped up on "Saturday Night Live" over the years, though they probably won't get much attention as the show marks its 50th anniversary.

"In 1982 Kroeger, along with his fellow Practical Theatre Company performers Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Paul Barrosse, joined the cast of Saturday Night Live during Lorne Michaels's hiatus from the show, under the direction of Dick Ebersol."

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When they appeared on the iconic sketch show in April 1996, they caused chaos both on-air and backstage, according to the former band's guitarist, Tom Morello, who appears in the new documentary Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music.