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Original ‘SNL’ Castmember Jane Curtin Initially Thought Viewers Watching the Show “Must Be Really Stupid”
Ahead of the sketch comedy show's premiere on Oct. 11, 1975, Curtin recalled feeling "a lot of angst."
Ahead of the NBC sketch comedy series’ season 50 premiere on Saturday, the actress-comedian spoke with The New York Times and looked back at SNL ‘s first broadcast on Oct. 11, 1975, noting that the whole night felt like a blur. Curtin, one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, starred alongside Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Michael O’Donoghue and George Coe in the first season. Curtin is also being portrayed by Kim Matula in Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night, which dramatizes the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of the sketch comedy show.
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