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Five Reasons You Need to Watch 50 Years of SNL Music
It’s the rare documentary about the late-night TV phenomenon that shows you things you may never have seen.
The 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live has recently been celebrated with a Peacock docuseries about its history, a Jason Reitman movie about its origin, and magazine cover shoots highlighting the endless parade of stars who got their start in Studio 8H. The two-hour-plus documentary serves as a thoroughly spectacular salute to the pop stars and songs that gave the NBC late-night show its reputation as a launching pad for musicians, as well as budding comedians. There’s a tiny bit of that in the seven-minute montage at the top of Ladies & Gentlemen, but mostly, it’s an auditory and visual roller-coaster ride through major SNL musical moments, crafted with the kind of infectious, surprising flow that only a DJ as seasoned as Questlove could give.
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