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Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of 'Saturday Night Live'
Chevy was just telling me that you actually spent some time in Ira up there on the place and up in Auburn about uh 1964 I was picking fruit up there and doing some construction work. That was before you got into the writing in those days after I was very successful. Now, this one, I was just, I was just trying to stay alive. Iii I got *** car and drove out for the summer. It was just *** summer thing to see what the country was like and, and uh got out there and they put me on second pickings and it was, it was rough. It was the big time, the second picking. I mean, I'm sure you needed that money to put gas in the actual car traveling in. Yeah. Anyway, Dan, it seems like the Saturday Night Live gang always seems to, uh, stay together some way, especially in your motion picture. You've had Bill Murray, you have Chevy and now you've got, you know, Eddie Murphy and you know, and John Belushi and he was right. I mean, you guys just, and I'm doing one with Steve Martin and Martin Short coming up. So you guys are, what? You're gonna stay together as *** team? Hey, are you guys, you know what I was thinking of? Are you guys gonna be Bob Hope and Bing Crosby again? Well, Donna Dixon's Dorothy Lamour, we sort of thought about it. Made this picture. I'm glad you, I'm glad you understood the reference there. Uh I think what we're trying to do is, is, you know, in that fun spirit that those movies, uh, were, we're trying to sort of replicate that in *** way and, uh, road pictures and bring it back, you know, and, uh, it doesn't hurt to have that element in there that they were *** lot of fun. I think when I talked to you before you said you really enjoyed live TV, more than movies. How about you? You, I feel that way if I were you, I'd go see Saturday night and not see this movie. No, I, I don't think anything they're so different but I don't think anything beats, uh, doing *** live television comes down. It's unbelievable. It's adrenaline. It's basically adrenaline. You talk to, uh, soldiers who've been in battle and they say there's nothing like that. It may be horrible and everything. It's, there's nothing like that. Adrenaline cops on the street in *** big city when they're, you know, chasing *** criminal that adrenaline live TV, you get on and the cameras go and you've got, you know, you're on that, we've been there. We, we, we felt that when we got together to do this picture, we, that stayed with us that experience. Hey, Chevy, didn't you, uh, injure yourself several times? Uh Doing these pratt falls used to do for Saturday night live. The time I really injured myself was when Danny was playing Carter and I was playing for, and we were doing *** debate and at the end of the debate, I had *** podium in front of me. I wanted to fall just straight forward and down with the podium without moving my body at all. Just, just this and the podium had not been padded on my side. And I, uh, was having, uh, I was, uh, bleeding later on in the bathroom and wondering what that, what that was. And, uh, I went to the hospital, I, I had done some injury but this is what we do for our craft in our industry. I mean, you know, we hurt ourselves.
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Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open the 50th season of 'Saturday Night Live'
"Saturday Night Live" began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.Related video above: Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd recall 'SNL' in 1985"We've got to stay focused," Rudolph-as-Harris said at a mock rally in the show's cold open. "If we win, together, we can end the drama-la and the trauma-la and go relax in our pajama-las."After bringing out running mate Tim Walz, played by comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan, she invited Samberg-as Emhoff to the stage and then, almost as an afterthought, Biden, played by the oldest of the group, the 69-year-old Carvey."A lot of people forget I'm president, including me," said Carvey, best known on the show for playing President George H.W. Bush in the late 1980s.Rudolph and Carvey jointly delivered the "Live from New York, it's Saturday night" that launched season 50 of the sketch comedy institution.Rudolph's return to play Harris — she won an Emmy for playing her previously — had been reported, but it was not certain when she would appear. The guest spots from Carvey, Samberg and Gaffigan were all surprises."Designing Women" star Jean Smart, fresh off winning her sixth Emmy for her lead role in "Hacks," was host, a role the 73-year-old has somehow never played in a four-decade career."I remember watching the first episode of 'SNL' and thinking, 'Someday I'm going to host that show," Smart said in her opening monologue. "And this is the first Saturday that fit my schedule."That first episode came on Oct. 11, 1975, with Lorne Michaels at the helm, just as he is now.George Carlin hosted, and the nation got its first dose of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players: Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris.There were two musical guests — Billy Preston and Janis Ian — playing two songs apiece, the norm in the early days.The country singer and rapper Jelly Roll had the music role to himself Saturday, singing his songs "Liar" and "Sober." Like Smart, he was a first-timer.Smart introduced Jelly Roll with her "Hacks" co-star Hannah Einbinder, the daughter of original cast member Newman.That debut show is documented and re-enacted in the newly released Jason Reitman film "Saturday Night," part of a wave of reflection and celebration the show is getting on the cusp of its 50th anniversary.Despite the showy guest stars on this Saturday night, regular cast members took on the bulk of the show, which quickly settled into its regular routine.James Austin Johnson was back playing Donald Trump at his own rally, saying he wanted Biden as an opponent instead of Harris."We miss Joe Biden, folks," Johnson's Trump said. "What we wouldn't give to have him stand next to me and be old."Colin Jost and Michael Che returned for another season of the mock-news "Weekend Update.""There were so many insane political stories this summer, and everyone kept asking, 'Are you are you so bummed you aren't on the air right now?" Jost said to open the segment. "And I was like, 'I have a feeling there's going to be more that happens when we get back.'"Rudolph, Carvey, Gaffigan and Samberg joined Smart, Jelly Roll and the cast on stage for the traditional sign-off.Upcoming episodes are scheduled to feature host Nate Bargatze with musical guest Coldplay, Ariana Grande with Stevie Nicks, Michael Keaton with Billie Eilish and John Mulaney with Chappell Roan.Those shows will lead up to a three-hour primetime special on Feb. 16 that will serve as the official 50th season celebration. It's sure to feature a wide range of the many stars the show has spawned, including Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Downey Jr., Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell.
NEW YORK —
"Saturday Night Live" began its 50th season with a parade of former co-stars, including Maya Rudolph as Vice President Kamala Harris, Andy Samberg as her husband Doug Emhoff and Dana Carvey as President Joe Biden.
Related video above: Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd recall 'SNL' in 1985
"We've got to stay focused," Rudolph-as-Harris said at a mock rally in the show's cold open. "If we win, together, we can end the drama-la and the trauma-la and go relax in our pajama-las."
After bringing out running mate Tim Walz, played by comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan, she invited Samberg-as Emhoff to the stage and then, almost as an afterthought, Biden, played by the oldest of the group, the 69-year-old Carvey.
"A lot of people forget I'm president, including me," said Carvey, best known on the show for playing President George H.W. Bush in the late 1980s.
Rudolph and Carvey jointly delivered the "Live from New York, it's Saturday night" that launched season 50 of the sketch comedy institution.
Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images
Maya Rudolph and Dana Carvey, acting as Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, during the SNL during the "Campaign" Cold Open on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.Rudolph's return to play Harris — she won an Emmy for playing her previously — had been reported, but it was not certain when she would appear. The guest spots from Carvey, Samberg and Gaffigan were all surprises.
"Designing Women" star Jean Smart, fresh off winning her sixth Emmy for her lead role in "Hacks," was host, a role the 73-year-old has somehow never played in a four-decade career.
"I remember watching the first episode of 'SNL' and thinking, 'Someday I'm going to host that show," Smart said in her opening monologue. "And this is the first Saturday that fit my schedule."
That first episode came on Oct. 11, 1975, with Lorne Michaels at the helm, just as he is now.
George Carlin hosted, and the nation got its first dose of the Not Ready for Prime Time Players: Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris.
There were two musical guests — Billy Preston and Janis Ian — playing two songs apiece, the norm in the early days.
The country singer and rapper Jelly Roll had the music role to himself Saturday, singing his songs "Liar" and "Sober." Like Smart, he was a first-timer.
Smart introduced Jelly Roll with her "Hacks" co-star Hannah Einbinder, the daughter of original cast member Newman.
Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images
Pictured: Musical guest Jelly Roll, host Jean Smart, Marcello Hernández, and surprise guest Maya Rudolph during Promos in Studio 8H on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.That debut show is documented and re-enacted in the newly released Jason Reitman film "Saturday Night," part of a wave of reflection and celebration the show is getting on the cusp of its 50th anniversary.
Despite the showy guest stars on this Saturday night, regular cast members took on the bulk of the show, which quickly settled into its regular routine.
James Austin Johnson was back playing Donald Trump at his own rally, saying he wanted Biden as an opponent instead of Harris.
"We miss Joe Biden, folks," Johnson's Trump said. "What we wouldn't give to have him stand next to me and be old."
Colin Jost and Michael Che returned for another season of the mock-news "Weekend Update."
"There were so many insane political stories this summer, and everyone kept asking, 'Are you are you so bummed you aren't on the air right now?" Jost said to open the segment. "And I was like, 'I have a feeling there's going to be more that happens when we get back.'"
Rudolph, Carvey, Gaffigan and Samberg joined Smart, Jelly Roll and the cast on stage for the traditional sign-off.
Upcoming episodes are scheduled to feature host Nate Bargatze with musical guest Coldplay, Ariana Grande with Stevie Nicks, Michael Keaton with Billie Eilish and John Mulaney with Chappell Roan.
Those shows will lead up to a three-hour primetime special on Feb. 16 that will serve as the official 50th season celebration. It's sure to feature a wide range of the many stars the show has spawned, including Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Downey Jr., Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell.
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