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saturday night live 25th anniversary
in the fall of 1975 nbc teamed up with an upstart writer and producer and a cast of promising unknowns recruited from improvisational comedy clubs and launched a brave experiment in late night television . the show that resulted was called saturday night live and over the next quarter century it broke all the rules and became an institution in american broadcasting . in 2000 snl s past and present cast members along with a number of friends admirers and musical guests assembled to pay tribute to the shows rich history and saturday night live 25th anniversary preserves the shows celebratory anniversary special . guests include dan aykroyd dana carvey billy crystal al franken tom hanks steve martin eddie murphy adam sandler jerry seinfeld kevin spacey christopher walken and many more . al green eurythmics beastie boys and elvis costello contribute musical performances . mark deming all movie guide . br br ccmedia coverage including the today showaccess hollywood and tim russert interview with lorne michaels . br br ccmedia coverage including the today showaccess hollywood and tim russert interview with lorne michaels .