Saturday Night Live FAQ: References
Doug Krause
Last-modified: 1997/02/11
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Saturday Night Live FAQ: References
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This is a list of written references for Saturday Night Live. It
is intended as a pointer for those who want to learn more about the
show.
Written works included:
Saturday night: a backstage history of Saturday night live (1986)
SNL! The world of saturday night live
Rolling Stone Visits Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live The First Twenty Years (1994)
Saturday Night Live
Backstage at Saturday Night Live! An Unauthorized Portrait
Wired: the short life and fast times of John Belushi
Gilda: An Intimate Portrait
Playboy Magazine Interviews
Rolling Stone Magazine Articles
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Subject: Saturday night: a backstage history of Saturday night live (1986)
by Doug Hill and Jeff Weingrad
I highly recommend this book. It gives a detailed, in-depth
analysis of the show from its beginning to 1984 or so. Most
of the information comes from interviews and the authors view-
ing old episodes on videotape.
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Subject: SNL! The world of saturday night live
by Hal Schuster
I don't not recommend this book on the whole. It has some
interesting information and pictures, but it is poorly written
and has many errors (including at least three different spellings
of Aykroyd). Another glaring error is in the biography section.
The page devoted to John Belushi has a picture of his brother,
Jim. If you can check this book out from a library, go ahead and
get it. But be sure to take all the information in it with a
shaker of salt.
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Subject: Rolling Stone Visits Saturday Night Live
Frank Serpas III writes:
I found an SNL-related book in the UT library entitled "Rolling Stone
Visits Saturday Night Live." It's made up of articles that originally
appeared in the magazine. It has some behind-the-scenes stuff and
interviews with the original cast members, Michael O'Donoghue, and Lorne
Michaels.
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Subject: Saturday Night Live The First Twenty Years (1994)
Edited by Michael Cader
Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN 0-395-70895-8
(Will review later. -ed)
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Subject: Saturday Night Live
by Anne Beatts and John Head
Avon Books (1977)
ISBN 0-380-01801-2
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Subject: Backstage at Saturday Night Live! An Unauthorized Portrait
by Michael McKenzie
Scholastic Book Services (1980)
ISBN 0-590-30919-6
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Subject: Wired (1984)
By Bob Woodward
Simon and Schuster
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Subject: Gilda: An Intimate Portrait
by David Saltman
Contemporary Books (1992)
ISBN 0-8092-4102-1
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Subject: Playboy Magazine Interviews
May 1977: Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin,
Al Franken, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Laraine
Newman, Michael O'Donoghue, Gilda Radner, Rosie Schuster, and
Alan Zweibel
Jan 1980: Steve Martin
Mar 1988: Billy Crystal
Jun 1988: Chevy Chase
Mar 1992: Lorne Michaels
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Subject: Rolling Stone Magazine Articles
Issue #271, 10 Aug 78
Cover Photo: John Belushi
Issue #277, 02 Nov 78
Cover Photo: Gilda Radner
Article: The Blues Brothers
Issue #285, 22 Feb 79
Cover Photo: The Blues Brothers
Issue #296, 26 Jul 79
Cover Name: Mr. Mike
Issue #305, 29 Nov 79
Cover Name: Father Guido Sarducci
Issue #307, 27 Dec 79
Cover Name: Lorne Michaels
Issue #323, 07 Aug 80
Cover Name: The Blues Brothers
Issue #326, 18 Sep 80
Cover Name: Michael O'Donoghue
Issue #341, 16 Apr 81
Cover Name: Chevy Chase
Issue #350, 20 Aug 81
Cover Photo: Bill Murray
Issue #361, 21 Jan 82
Cover Photo: John Belushi
Issue #368, 29 Apr 82
Cover Photo: John Belushi
Issue #369, 13 May 82
Cover Name: John Belushi
Issue #406, 13 Oct 83
Cover Photo: Chevy Chase
Issue #428, 16 Aug 84
Cover Photo: Bill Murray
Issue #431, 27 Sep 84
Cover Photo: John Belushi
Issue #556, 13 Jul 89
Cover Name: Gilda Radner
Issue #572, 22 Feb 90
Article: Jon Lovitz
Issue #562, 05 Oct 1989
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Subject: Thanks
Frank Serpas III <ser...@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>
Keith Privett <72704...@compuserve.com>
Ralph Morse <Ralph...@msn.com>
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