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co-head writers, making Che the first African American head writer. Jost was previously the head writer for 3 years from 2012 to 2015. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 43) The forty-third season of the NBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live" premiered on September 30, 2017 during the 2017–2018 television season with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Jay-Z, and concluded on May 19, 2018 with host Tina Fey and musical guest Nicki Minaj. Like the final four episodes of season 42, season 43 was broadcast live in all four time zones within the contiguous United States, with the exception of
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Baldwin would play the role of Donald Trump, replacing Darrell Hammond, who continues as the show's announcer. During the last episode of Weekend Update Summer Edition (on August 24, 2017), it was confirmed that SNL had been renewed for season 43, and would debut on September 30, 2017, with host Ryan Gosling, and musical guest Jay-Z. As was the case in the previous two seasons, this season had a cast of 16, with four African-Americans (Thompson, Jones [the only African-American female cast member of this season], Che, Redd) and one Hispanic (Villaseñor). As usual, the cast in listed in two
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is the second most-watched "SNL" episode ever. A month later, the show drew its highest ratings in over 14 years when the real Sarah Palin appeared. "SNL" had 17 million viewers during its first half-hour. Before the start of the season, the cast remained mostly unchanged except for the addition of Bobby Moynihan. Moynihan (like Casey Wilson in the previous season) came to "SNL" as a performer with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater; in season 33, Moynihan and Wilson were among the group of Upright Citizens Brigade performers "SNL" auditioned mid-season while the show was looking for a new cast
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Showmax video-on-demand streaming service launched the first season of its "SNL" adaptation, "SNL Polska" on December 2, 2017. The show received mixed-to-negative reviews. SNL program items are available from the NBC website and YouTube in the U.S., but are blocked to many overseas (non-U.S.) viewers. Some local television and cable companies outside the U.S. broadcast the show as well, either in live broadcast or as a VOD recording, due to its worldwide reputation. This reputation grew significantly during the 42nd season, when Alec Baldwin's impression of the United States president Donald Trump became worldwide famous and viral. The episode scheduled
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2018 when the Elite League Capitals did. Net Minders Defense Forwards Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) The Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) were an ice hockey team based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Formed in 1998, they were the 'B' team for the Elite League Capitals with whom they shared their name. The Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) played in the Scottish National League which is considered a third tier league in the United Kingdom equivalent to the equivalent to the NIHL. Certain players also ice for or have iced for their Elite League counterparts. The Captain for the 2017-18 season was Joel Gautschi. His assistants were the
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sides from the 2017–18 season and one team relegated from the 2017–18 Slovenian Second League (Veržej). Zarica Kranj withdrew and were replaced by Žiri one week before the start of the season. Two-legged play-off between group winners for promotion to Slovenian Second League. 2018–19 Slovenian Third League The 2018–19 Slovenian Third League is the 27th edition of the Slovenian Third League. The season began on 18 August 2018 and is scheduled to end on 25 May 2019. The Slovenian Third League (3. SNL) is divided into four regional groups with a total of 38 participating clubs. Three groups (i.e. North,
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"2 Broke Girls", "How I Met Your Mother", "Happy Endings", and "Inside Amy Schumer". From 2015 to 2017, she co-starred on the Bravo series "Odd Mom Out". Elliott joined the cast of "SNL" midway through the 2008–2009 season (Season 34), in November 2008, following the departure of Amy Poehler. She is the third generation of her family to have been featured on "SNL" (the second to be hired as a cast member, and her tenure on the show was longer than both her father and grandfather). Her father, Chris Elliott, was an "SNL" cast member during the 1994–1995 season (Season
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included celebrity impressions of, among others, Rachael Ray, Elizabeth Dole, Elizabeth Taylor, Katy Perry, and Jennifer Aniston, as well as original characters such as Dusty Velvet, "the paralyzed stripper"; and Toni Ward, co-host of "The Cougar Den". After spending two seasons on "SNL", Wilson was let go from the show before the start of the 2009–2010 season. When asked how she felt about her "SNL" departure in an October 2009 interview, Wilson said: "My mindset is good. I did it for a year and a half. I don't think it will ultimately define my career. And it wasn't the best
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as Linda Tripp; Christopher Walken, whose sketch "The Continental" had been a staple in six of the seven episodes hosted by Walken; and Alec Baldwin (who later surpassed Steve Martin as the most frequent "SNL" host). A live special commemorating the fifteen seasons of "SNL" was aired September 24, 1989, before the start of the season. Mike Myers was upgraded to repertory status mid-season and was the final season for Nora Dunn and Jon Lovitz. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 15) The fifteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on
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joining full-time for season 37. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 36) The thirty-sixth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 2010, and May 21, 2011. This season also debuted a new animated feature voiced by former "SNL" cast members, called "Greetings from American America", created by former "SNL" head writer Fred Wolf. Long-time announcer Don Pardo announced that he would pre-record his parts from his home in Arizona rather than performing live in New York City. Prior to the start of the season, many cast changes
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Saturday Night Live (season 36) The thirty-sixth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 25, 2010, and May 21, 2011. This season also debuted a new animated feature voiced by former "SNL" cast members, called "Greetings from American America", created by former "SNL" head writer Fred Wolf. Long-time announcer Don Pardo announced that he would pre-record his parts from his home in Arizona rather than performing live in New York City. Prior to the start of the season, many cast changes occurred. Will Forte, who had been
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"SNL" would more closely resemble its current format. Andy Kaufman made several appearances that were popular with the audience over the season, while "The Muppets' Land of Gorch" bits were regarded as a poor fit with the rest of the show. The "Land Of Gorch" sketches were essentially cancelled after episode 10, although the associated Muppet characters still made sporadic appearances after that. After one final appearance at the start of season two, the Muppet characters were permanently dropped from "SNL". During the season, Michaels appeared on-camera twice, on April 24 and May 22, to make an offer to The
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ethnically diverse (specifically, not hiring any black female cast members at the start of the new season and only having five of them in the near-40 years the show has been on the air). Zamata was the first black female cast member on "SNL" since mixed race Maya Rudolph departed midway through the show's 33rd season in 2007. Zamata debuted on "SNL" as a featured player in the January 18, 2014 episode hosted by Drake, in which she impersonated Rihanna. She was promoted to repertory player in the first episode of Season 41. Some of her recurring characters include Janelle,
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Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) The Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) were an ice hockey team based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Formed in 1998, they were the 'B' team for the Elite League Capitals with whom they shared their name. The Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) played in the Scottish National League which is considered a third tier league in the United Kingdom equivalent to the equivalent to the NIHL. Certain players also ice for or have iced for their Elite League counterparts. The Captain for the 2017-18 season was Joel Gautschi. His assistants were the two veterans, Ross Hay and Gary Hughes. The team folded in
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One short was aired during the 2012–2013 season. It was during an episode hosted by Adam Levine featuring a live cameo by Andy Samberg. Two shorts aired during the 2013–14 season, in the episode hosted by Andy Samberg. One short was aired during the 2014–15 season. One short was aired during the 2015–16 season. One short was aired during the 2017-18 season. These shorts were filmed and shown to the studio audience during the weekly SNL dress rehearsal, but were not included in the live show and have yet to appear on air. Produced by The Lonely Island, and/or labeled
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SNL at that time. In the next season (2009–10) he lost his place in the starting eleven to Ranilović and played a total of 11 matches in the first league. During this period he was also injured for couple of months. He was the first choice goalkeeper in Maribor at the start of 2010–11 season and his performances has been impressive. However, he suffered another injury halfway through the first part of the season and was again sidelined. At the beginning of the second part of the season Pridigar was unfortunate again, when he was on goal during his first
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former cast member when Charles Rocket (a cast member during the notoriously lackluster sixth season) committed suicide in 2005. Rocket's suicide is the first (and, so far, only death) of an "SNL" cast member who never worked under Lorne Michaels and the first (and, so far, only) death of a Weekend Update anchor. This season was the first to broadcast in high-definition (HD), after 30 years of broadcasting in analog. A 30th anniversary special for the show was planned, but scrapped due to budget cuts. Before the start of the season, featured player Rob Riggle was let go from the
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Hammond made guest appearances in the first three episodes, despite no longer being an "SNL" cast member. Former cast member Amy Poehler also returned as a special guest to co-anchor the first two episodes of the season. Although six were announced, the spring 2010 episodes were scrapped. NBC announced two "SNL" specials to be broadcast on 8 p.m. Thursday beginning September 20, 2012. This time around, the show was listed as "SNL Primetime Election Special" in some TV listings, but the actual on-air program retained its original title. On March 14, 2017, NBC announced a three-episode run of the series
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Got Horny 2 U." At that time, they also headed the political debate sketches during election season, like the Democratic debate sketch in October 2015. Schneider and Kelly also co-penned sketches like "The Beygency" and "Bar Talk." In August 2016, "SNL" promoted Schneider and Kelly to co-head writers of the 42nd season of the show. Schneider became the show's first female head writer since 2008. Schneider and Kelly left SNL at the end of season 42. In March 2017, Comedy Central commissioned Schneider and Kelly to write a pilot episode about two siblings struggling with the sudden fame of their
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was kept intact even after ABC's "SNL" was canceled and "NBC's Saturday Night" adopted the "SNL" name for itself. The phrase is typically spoken by a host, cast member(s), and/or musical guest, and has been used in every season except one (the 1981-1982 season, the first full season with Dick Ebersol as producer). It was first said live on air by Chevy Chase, on "SNL"s first show on October 11, 1975. For all but two of the first season's 24 episodes, Chase delivered the phrase after a pratfall of some kind. Even when the show is not aired on a
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a start doing stand-up while working a day job at an art magazine. When that magazine folded in 2013, Ekperigin found a position working as a writer's assistant for "Broad City". She was promoted to staff writer in the show's second season and served as a writer on season 3 as well. In 2015, Ekperigin was a nominee, with the "Broad City" writing staff, for the . Splitsider praised her work as "savvy, smart, funny and politically active" and Essence named her to its list of "8 Black Comediennes Who are 'Ready' for SNL." In May 2016, Comedy Central announced
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for SNL's 42nd season. Kelly was the first openly gay head writer of SNL. Both Kelly and Schneider left "SNL" after the completion of the 42nd season. Kelly is also a writer and consulting producer on Comedy Central's "Broad City", which earned him a nomination for the . He was a self described fan of the "Broad City" web series and joined the show as a writer and consulting producer when it was picked up as a series on Comedy Central. Along with "SNL" co-headwriter Schneider, Kelly is the creator and executive producer (along with Lorne Michaels) of "The Other
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Slovenian Third League The Slovenian Third League (), commonly known as the 3. SNL, is the third tier of the Slovenian football system. The league consists of four regional groups (Centre, East, North and West). They are operated by the Intercommunal Football Associations. Between the 1992–93 and 1997–98 seasons, Slovenian Third League was divided into two regional groups (East and West), with both group winners directly promoting to the Slovenian Second League (except in the 1994–95 season, when the 1. SNL and 2. SNL got reorganized). In the 1998–99 season, the league was expanded to four regional groups (Centre, East,
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history of "Weekend Update". During his first two seasons Che primarily hosted "Weekend Update", while rarely appearing in any sketches. During his third season, Che was promoted to the main cast and Jay Pharoah left the show. This left Che and Kenan Thompson as the only male African-American cast members until Che's fourth season, when "SNL" hired Chris Redd, bringing the number of African-American male cast members to three. In 2014, Che appeared in the movie "Top Five", appearing as one of Chris Rock's character's friends. In December 2017, Che was named co-head writer of "Saturday Night Live". On September
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played their home matches in Dravograd and Nova Gorica since their stadium, ŠRC Katarina, did not met PrvaLiga criteria. A two-legged play-off between Triglav Kranj, the ninth-placed team in the PrvaLiga and Drava Ptuj, the second-placed team in the 2. SNL, was played in June 2018. The winner, Triglav Kranj, secured a place in the 2018–19 PrvaLiga season. 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga The 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the Prva liga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th edition of the PrvaLiga "()" since its establishment in 1991. The season began on 15 July 2017 and ended on 27
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Tina Fey became the first female "SNL" head writer and successfully made the transition to starring on the show, as well as writing and starring in feature films, ultimately creating and starring in her own show "30 Rock", which was partly based on her "SNL" experiences. In 2005, Fey was paid $1.5 million per season for her dual role as head writer and performer. Don Pardo served as the announcer for the series when it began, and continued in the role for all but season seven between 1981 and 1982, when Michaels had left and Mel Brandt and Bill Hanrahan
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while other sketches were original material written directly for the Quebec series. On May 13, 2014, "SNL Quebec" was renewed for another eight episodes to be broadcast monthly over the 2014–15 season ending with a "Best of" compilation. Télé-Québec announced in May 2015 that the series would not be renewed due to funding cutbacks, and Télévision de Radio-Canada subsequently signed the show's production team and cast to produce a new series, "Le nouveau show", for that network. The French channel M6 launched the pilot episode of its "SNL" adaptation, "Le Saturday Night Live", in January 2017. The Polish division of
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Night with David Letterman" when they met. They have two daughters: Abby and Bridey. Abby was a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 2008 until 2012, making her the first "SNL" cast member to be the child of a past cast member. His father Bob Elliott, of the popular comedy duo Bob & Ray, co-starred on an "SNL" Christmas episode in the 1978–1979 (fourth) season, making for three generations of Elliotts on "SNL". Chris Elliott Christopher Nash Elliott (born May 31, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for his comedic sketches on "Late
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she was discovered by "Saturday Night Live". Watkins said the appeal of sketch work is that she can write her own material. In November 2008, Watkins joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), along with Abby Elliott. Watkins said (at that time) that she was the oldest woman they ever hired. Watkins has since been surpassed by Leslie Jones, who was 47 when she joined SNL. Watkins made her first major appearance on the show as Arianna Huffington on the November 22nd Weekend Update. Watkins remained on "SNL" as a featured player throughout the rest of the 2008-2009 season,
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on the Christmas episode of the 1985–86 season hosted by Garr as Sarducci's alter ego, Pope Maurice). Sarducci also hosted two "SNL" episodes during the 1983-84 season (when Dick Ebersol was executive producer) and cameoed during two 1990s episodes, most notably on a "Weekend Update" segment where he reports on Pope John Paul II's missing wallet. Father Guido Sarducci has 31 appearances on "SNL", the most of any of the recurring characters. In 1981 Novello made newspaper headlines when he visited Vatican City wearing the Father Guido Sarducci costume to do a photo shoot for "Time" magazine. After taking pictures
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later acting as though nothing had happened. That event inspired a second-season episode of "Seinfeld" entitled "The Revenge". David met his future "Seinfeld" stars during that early stage of his career: he worked with Michael Richards (Kramer) on "Fridays" and with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Elaine) on "SNL". He can be heard heckling Michael McKean when McKean hosted "SNL" in 1984, and he can be seen in the sketch "The Run, Throw, and Catch Like a Girl Olympics" when Howard Cosell hosted the season finale in 1985. In 1989 David teamed up with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to create a pilot for NBC
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Jost was "SNL"'s writing supervisor. He was co-head writer from 2012 to 2015 and regained that status in late 2017. He often collaborates with fellow "SNL" co-head writer Rob Klein. During the summer hiatus following the 2012-13 season, executive producer Lorne Michaels asked Jost if he could do the "Weekend Update" feature, as co-anchor Seth Meyers would soon be leaving to host "Late Night With Seth Meyers". Jost accepted and replaced Meyers on the March 1, 2014, episode. Jost names Norm Macdonald as a primary influence for his "Update" anchor work, as Macdonald's tone was the one Jost grew up
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had 19 against the Phillies. Hall of Famers Mike Schmidt and George Brett, rivals when the Phillies beat the Royals to win their first championship 33 years earlier, threw out the first pitches (along with "SNL"'s Joe Piscopo). Wade Davis, acquired from Tampa Bay Rays along with James Shields, made his first start since 2011. He made 54 relief appearances for the Rays in 2012 after 58 starts from 2010-11. The Royals didn't commit an error in their first seven games (64 2/3 innings) for the first time in team history. As of April 10, the Royals had won four
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to be confused with his competitor at H&R Block, he gives reasons why he should do your taxes. He'll take the time . . because he has the time . . because he's doing time. Debuted January 31, 1976. Mr. Bill is the clay figurine star of a parody of children's shows. Mr. Bill got its start when Walter Williams sent "SNL" a Super-8 reel featuring the character in response to the show's request for home movies during the first season. Mr. Bill's first appearance occurred on the February 28, 1976 episode. Williams became a full-time writer for the show
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would be uttered live on "SNL", Rocket's line, unknown to him, would be the final straw that caused him and everyone else (save Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo) to be dismissed. The next show would be Doumanian's last episode. "This woman was a trainwreck," said then NBC President and CEO Fred Silverman in the Shales book. "The shows were just not watchable." "SNL" was given one more chance when Dick Ebersol, one of the original developers of "SNL" in 1974 and the man responsible for hiring Lorne Michaels as show-runner in 1975, was hired to replace Doumanian. In his first
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financial reasons. The Football Association of Slovenia then invited Aluminij to take their spot and the side from Kidričevo accepted. Aluminij had previously played in the PrvaLiga during the 2012–13 season. The two-legged play-off between Aluminij, the ninth-placed team in PrvaLiga and Ankaran Hrvatini, the third-placed team in the 2. SNL, should have been played in June 2017. However, on 1 June 2017, the Football Association of Slovenia announced that FC Koper did not obtain a competition licence for PrvaLiga. Therefore, the play-offs were not held and both Aluminij and Ankaran Hrvatini secured a place in the 2017–18 PrvaLiga season.
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well as the first "SNL" cast member to have gotten his start on a children's show. This was the final season for both Jeff Richards (who quit mid-season over creative differences) and Jimmy Fallon (who decided to leave the show after the final episode). Future cast member Jason Sudeikis is hired as a writer this season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Saturday Night Live (season 29) The twenty-ninth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 4, 2003, and May 15, 2004. This season also marked the debut of a brand new
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Saturday Night Live (season 15) The fifteenth season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 1989, and May 19, 1990. Very few changes were made before and during the season. This is the first season to show StereoSurround where available captioning during the opening montage. This season saw the first hosting gigs of three celebrities who would go on to be frequent SNL hosts: John Goodman, who auditioned to be a cast member on "SNL" during the 1980–81 season and frequently appeared on SNL in the mid-1990s
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Saturday Night Live (season 32) The thirty-second season of "Saturday Night Live", an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 30, 2006, and May 19, 2007. As in the previous season, The Lonely Island created another popular SNL Digital Short that aired around Christmas time; this time, it was the risqué, R&B video spoof "Dick in a Box" (featuring host Justin Timberlake). The short won a Creative Arts Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics. Before the start of the season, the show suffered massive budget cuts. Finesse Mitchell, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz
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them gone, the show added two new cast members. "SNL" head writer Tina Fey and Second City comedian Jerry Minor joined the cast as featured players at the start of the season. Fey had been a writer on the show since 1997 and began as the show's head writer in 1999. Rachel Dratch and Maya Rudolph remained featured players. Minor was let go following this season. This would be Molly Shannon's final season on the show. Leaving mid-season, Shannon surpassed Victoria Jackson as the show's longest-serving female cast member. Maya Rudolph surpassed Shannon's record six years later. Chris Parnell was
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the 1985–1986 season. Her impressions included Ann Landers, Imelda Marcos, Liza Minnelli, Tyne Daly, Joan Baez, Martina Navratilova, and Cokie Roberts. Dunn made headlines in 1990 when she, along with original musical guest Sinéad O'Connor, boycotted an episode which was hosted by comedian Andrew Dice Clay because they found his misogynistic humor offensive. SNL alumnus Jon Lovitz discussed Dunn's boycott of the show in detail during an episode of "The ABC’s of SNL" with director Kevin Smith. "It's the last show of the season. Nora...she caused a lot of trouble. [She] was very hard to get along with, and they
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Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, and includes government-owned facilities in Albuquerque, New Mexico (SNL/NM); Livermore, California (SNL/CA); Tonopah, Nevada; and Kauai, Hawaii. SNL/NM is headquarters and the largest laboratory, employing more than 6,600 employees, while SNL/CA is a smaller laboratory, with about 850 employees. Tonopah and Kauai are occupied on a "campaign" basis, as test schedules dictate. Sandia led a project that studied how to decontaminate a subway system in the event of a biological weapons attack (such as anthrax). As of September 2017, the process to decontaminate subways in such an event is
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together at "SNL". From 2009 to 2014, Higgins served as announcer on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon". When Jimmy Fallon was selected by NBC to succeed Jay Leno, Higgins was brought on as announcer for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Since 2013, Higgins voiced Mr. Awesome in the Hulu original series "The Awesomes". He voiced the character "the Edible Blargmonger" in the 2014 animated special "". In 2017, he won an Emmy for his work on SNL. In July 2015, while Jimmy Fallon was recovering from surgery after suffering a serious injury to his finger, Higgins was hospitalized for
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2017 Arena Football League season The 2017 Arena Football League season was the 30th season in the history of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to the start of the season, the league contracted to five teams. The 14-game regular season began on April 7, 2017, when the two new teams, the Baltimore Brigade and the Washington Valor, faced off in the Verizon Center, and ended on August 5, 2017, when the Tampa Bay Storm lost against the Philadelphia Soul. ArenaBowl XXX was held on August 26, 2017, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, as the Soul repeated as
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In a 2002 interview with "Salon", when asked if she would change anything about the "SNL" appearance, O'Connor replied, "Hell, no!" On 24 April 2010, MSNBC aired the live version during an interview with O'Connor on "The Rachel Maddow Show". When Catholic-raised Madonna appeared later that season on "SNL", after singing "Bad Girl", she held up a photo of Joey Buttafuoco and, saying "fight the real enemy", tore it up. Madonna also roundly attacked O'Connor in the press for the incident, telling the "Irish Times": "I think there is a better way to present her ideas rather than ripping up
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season: Short joined "Saturday Night Live" for the 1984–85 season. He helped revive the show with his many characters for season ten (the last one produced by Dick Ebersol). "Short's appearance on "SNL" helped to revive the show's fanbase, which had flagged after the departure of Eddie Murphy, and in turn, would launch his successful career in films and television." His "SNL" characters included numerous holdovers from his "SCTV" days. He also did impressions of such celebrities as Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn. In addition to his work on "SCTV" and "SNL", Short has starred in several television specials and
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"Who Needs Josh When You Have a Girl Group?" of the musical comedy-drama series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" featured cast members Rachel Bloom, Gabrielle Ruiz, and Vella Lovell performing an original song titled "Friendtopia", a parody of the Spice Girls’ songs and "girl power" philosophy. Rapper Aminé's 2017 single "Spice Girl" is a reference to the group, and the song's music video includes an appearance by Mel B. In the late 1990s, Spice Girls parodies appeared in various American sketch comedy shows including "Saturday Night Live" (SNL), "Mad TV" and "All That". A January 1998 episode of SNL featured cast members, including
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the show only aired live in the Eastern and Central time zones, and was tape-delayed in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. Prior to the start of the season, Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah, and Jon Rudnitsky were let go from the cast. Killam, despite having signed a seven-year contract that would have taken him to the end of season 42, was dropped from the cast due in part to issues concerning his work directing the film "Killing Gunther", which would have limited his time on the show. The show added three new featured players: "SNL" staff writer Mikey Day, Chicago
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never hosted "SNL". Al Franken wouldn't return to "SNL" until four years later, as a featured cast member. Other episodes cancelled due to the strike were scheduled to air on April 25, 1981 (with host Dan Aykroyd, former cast member), May 9, 1981 (with host Steve Martin, an "SNL" favorite) and May 23, 1981 (with another frequent "SNL" host, Buck Henry). By fall 1981, Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy were the only performers from Doumanian's cast to appear on "SNL" for season seven. Murphy became a break-out star under Ebersol, and his soaring popularity helped restore the show's ratings. He
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Live", host Mick Jagger was in a "graduation" skit where the band Arcade Fire and the "SNL" cast performed "She's a Rainbow" as a tribute to departing cast member Kristen Wiig. In the sketch, Wiig is a student who was held back and is finally graduating after seven years to leave "SNL" to become a nun. Although Jagger does not sing "She's a Rainbow", he returns at the end of the skit, along with a number of "SNL" alumni, to join in the song "Ruby Tuesday". In the first episode of "Legion" the song is used during a sequence. The
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Strong, Vanessa Bayer, Noël Wells, Nasim Pedrad and Aidy Bryant as well as "SNL" writers Steve Higgins, Emily Spivey, Paula Pell, Tim Robinson, Alex Baze and John Lutz. Lorne Michaels serves as executive producer, as he does with many other "SNL"-associated shows. Meyers created the show and Meyers, Killam, Thompson, and Hader all have starring roles while Moynihan, Dratch, Rudolph, Forte, Poehler, McKinnon, Strong and Quinn each have either recurring roles or play various small parts. Of these cast members and writers, Colin Quinn is the only one whose time at "SNL" did not overlap with Meyers. Ike Barinholtz, Bobby
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the "SNL" incident, although she does not like talking about it, as well having to answer some unusual questions during international interviews, such as "have you ever held a live fish?" and "do you like sneezing?" She also does a live show over the Internet for AOL Music Live (December 6, 2004), and receives Billboard's award for best new female artist at the end of the episode, which she considers a positive conclusion to the year. The sixth episode of the season included Simpson celebrating Christmas with her friends and band, doing some concerts, her ongoing relationship with Cabrera (with
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Special) " "An SNL Valentine (TV Special) (clips) " "SNL's NFL Saturday (TV Movie) (clips)" 2014 "Saturday Night Live: Christmas Special (TV Special) (clips) " "Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (TV Special) (clips) " "Romeo and Juliet " "SNL Sports Spectacular (TV Movie) " "Saturday Night Live: Best of This Season (TV Special)" 2013 "Saturday Night Live: Christmas (TV Special) " "Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (TV Special) " "Saturday Night Live: Halloween (TV Special)" 2011 "SNL Christmas (TV Special) (archive footage) 2000-2011" "Survivor (TV Series) (8 episodes)" 2010 "The Women of SNL (TV Movie) (lead director) " "Saturday Night Live
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season 31, on November 12, 2005. She survived an "SNL" budget cut, becoming a full member of the repertory cast at the beginning of season 32 in 2006 and until 2012. Wiig was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Saturday Night Live" (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). In December 2009, she headlined in the Christmas special "SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas", which featured new sketches with her character Gilly and highlights of older "SNL" clips. Wiig was featured in "Entertainment Weekly"'s list of 15 Great Performances for her
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attached to the project. He was also attracted to the film's action comedy tone, seeing comparisons with "SNL" alumnus Eddie Murphy's first big film, "48 Hrs." (1982). He split his time in the fall of 2003 between shooting the film in Los Angeles and returning to New York City for "SNL". Due to these conflicts (and his contract ending), his sixth season at "SNL" was his final, with Fallon signing off at the conclusion of the show's twenty-ninth season in May 2004. With big expectations from the studio, "Taxi" premiered in the fall of 2004 and was a flop with
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parodied as being the only African American cast member on "Saturday Night Live" (despite "SNL" also having Tim Meadows at the time). In an "SNL" episode honoring Mother's Day, Rock's mother states that she is disappointed in him for not trying out for "In Living Color", to which Rock states he is happy with his job on "SNL". Other recurring guest stars in the fifth season include Nick Bakay (for "The Dirty Dozens" sketches) and Peter Marshall (for several editions of "East Hollywood Squares"). Rapper Biz Markie also appeared in various roles as a guest star in the fifth season,
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decided only after penalties. Therefore, the undefeated run of the team lasted a total of 33 matches in 326 days. With the 2–1 away victory over Primorje, on 21 May 2011, Maribor secured its ninth Slovenian league title. Four days later the team played the Slovenian cup final at Stožice stadium and lost to Domžale, 4–3. Marcos Tavares was crowned as the best goalscorer of the 2010–11 season, with 16 goals. For his performances during the course of the same season he was voted as most valuable player by the 1. SNL players and the media. At the start of
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the director of football at the club. After a poor start into the season the new director of football brought couple of players to the club with international experience, among which was also Slovenia national football team midfielder Dare Vršič. During the second phase of the Slovenian championship the team started to show their potential and eventually finished their second 1. SNL season on fourth place, securing a place in the Europa League qualifications. With the 3–0 home victory against Široki Brijeg on 7 July 2011, Olimpija achieved its historic first victory in UEFA competitions. Dalibor Radujko was the scorer
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speculated for the first time that Velikonja could join 1.SNL Maribor, however, the deal was eventually not carried out and Velikonja stayed in Gorica for the start of the 2010–11 season. He then prepared himself for the new season, putting his injury behind him, as by the end of 2010 he had played a total of 18 league matches for Gorica with an average of over 89 minutes per round, scoring five goals in the process. On 17 January 2011, during the winter transfer window, Velikonja was signed by Maribor in a deal that included an undisclosed transfer fee and
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cold open sketch which ends with one or more cast members breaking character and proclaiming "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", segueing into the opening credits that start immediately after. In February 2013, NBC began airing shortened hour-long repeats on Saturday evenings at 10:00 PM. Eastern Time during the regular season; the episodes scheduled were sometimes rebroadcasts of the previous week's episode if it was a first-run broadcast. Since the 2014–15 season, the show's 40th anniversary, the prime time rebroadcasts have been a selection of episodes from throughout the show's run under the title "SNL Vintage". NBC and Broadway
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World", Michaels decided it was a good idea to jump onto the popularity of the film and make more movies based on "SNL" characters. However, none would prove to be as successful as "Wayne's World", critically or commercially. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Long-term cast member Victoria Jackson left the show after six seasons. Newer cast members Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon were both fired to make room in the cast. Unlike the past two seasons Lorne Michaels did not hire any new cast members. Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status. Ellen Cleghorne, Tim Meadows,
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the drawings around. Initial "Saturday Night Live" sketches featuring Mr. Bill were self-contained episodes with no direct continuity, with the earliest installments featuring higher pitched character voices. After Walter Williams joined "SNL"'s writing staff in 1978, Mr. Bill formally moved to New York at the start of the season. Later sketches saw Mr. Bill become aware of Mr. Hands and Sluggo's mistreatment, with the 1979–80 season harboring an extended story arc where Mr. Bill lost his home, sought psychiatric help, attempted to get Mr Hands and Sluggo arrested, and was ultimately thrown into prison. Though Williams left "Saturday Night Live"
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for a year but did not graduate. Instead, she performed stand-up comedy in Greenwich Village. After beginning her stand-up comedy in 1992, Silverman was part of the 1993–94 season of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") for 18 weeks as a writer and featured player. She was fired after one season where only one of the sketches she wrote survived to dress rehearsal and none aired, although she did appear on the show as a cast member in skits, usually in smaller supporting roles. Bob Odenkirk, a former "SNL" writer, explained, "I could see how it wouldn't work at "SNL" because she's
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a conflict between several players, coaching staff, club leadership and sponsors, which eventually led to a player-led boycott in the final round of the 2008–09 season, against Triglav. Due to this event, the club began their first season in Slovenian top-flight (2009–10) with a two-point minus. In addition to that, several notable players, e.g. Miran Pavlin and Amir Karić, and staff, e.g. Danilo Popivoda, left the club. For their first ever 1. SNL campaign, several players were signed to replace the recent departures, along with a new coach, Branko Oblak. The club had a poor start, as the team, mainly
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Pete Davidson, the first "SNL" cast member to have been born in the 1990s, and former "SNL" writer Michael Che as a "Weekend Update" co-anchor, replacing Cecily Strong, who remains in the cast. Che left "SNL" at the end of the previous season to become a correspondent on "The Daily Show". After making appearances on "Weekend Update" and in several sketches, writer Leslie Jones was promoted to the cast on October 20, 2014 as a featured player. Coinciding with the show's fortieth anniversary, the show introduced a new logo, which is still in use today: it shows the text SATURDAY
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Josip Iličić Josip Iličić (; born 29 January 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays for Italian club Atalanta and the Slovenia national team as an attacking midfielder. Born in Prijedor, Iličić started his career playing in the youth teams of Triglav Kranj and later Britof from Kranj. At the age of 19, he moved to SC Bonifika, where he played for a season in Slovenian second division, 2. SNL. It was there when his talent was spotted by Interblock, where he stayed for two seasons playing in Slovenian top league, 1. SNL. At the end of the 2009–10
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cast, to shape the early years of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Newman states when asked about her favorite "Saturday Night Live character": " ...my favorite character that I created at "Saturday Night Live", which, I think, only pleased me and no one else, was Lina Wertmuller." She sang in the "Chevy's Girls" sketch in episode 2 of season 2 alongside Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin. Newman's post-SNL film career has been in both leading and supporting roles, as well as a voice artist on television and features. Prior to leaving SNL Newman already took other roles. 1978 she appeared in
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and numerous cameos. After the first 2000 presidential debate, Gore's campaign staff made him watch Hammond's impression so he could understand why he had left a negative impression with viewers. Hammond also impersonated "SNL" announcer Don Pardo, filling in for Pardo on occasions when the announcer was unavailable. After the end of the 34th season, Hammond retired from the show after a record-breaking 14 years as a repertory player. Hammond was the last "SNL" cast member from the 1990s to leave the show. After leaving the show, he has made multiple cameo appearances. In 2014 Hammond took over the announcer
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writer on "SNL" from 1999 until 2006. Various other cast members of "SNL" have appeared on "30 Rock", including: Rachel Dratch, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Chris Parnell and Molly Shannon. Fey and Tracy Morgan have both been part of the main cast of "SNL". Alec Baldwin, who plays Jack, has also hosted "SNL" seventeen times as of the end of the variety show's 42nd season, the highest amount of episodes of any host of the series. "Star Wars" is frequently referenced in "30 Rock", beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he
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a part of. This meant that three teams from 3. SNL North were relegated at the end of the season and replaced by the winners of the fourth tier competitions held separately in MNZ Celje, MNZ Maribor and MNZ Ptuj. The number of relegated teams from 3. SNL Centre and 3. SNL East was two, while only the bottom team was relegated from 3. SNL West as MNZ Koper and MNZ Nova Gorica managed a combined fourth tier competition. The number of relegated teams was also determined by the location of teams which relegated from the second division. Two-legged play-off
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and MNZ Ptuj. The number of relegated teams from 3. SNL Centre and 3. SNL East was two, while only the bottom team was relegated from the 3. SNL West as MNZ Koper and MNZ Nova Gorica managed a combined fourth tier competition. Zarica Kranj and Drava Ptuj were promoted to the 2015–16 Slovenian Second League. 2014–15 Slovenian Third League The season began on 23 August 2014 and ended on 7 June 2015. For the 2014–15, the Slovenian Third League, 3. SNL, was divided into four regional groups with a total of 52 participating clubs. Three groups (i.e. North, Center,
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Mahal to accompany them on the song “Monkey Man”. From April 2017 to August 2017, Toots and the Maytals are part of the "Exposition Jamaica Jamaica !" at the Philharmonie de Paris in France for their importance in the development of reggae music. On Season 41 Episode 4 of Saturday Night Live hosted by Donald Trump, actors Kenan Thompson and Jay Pharoah played Toots and The Maytals in a sketch with Trump as he introduced musical guest Sia. Toots and The Maytals were the musical guest on the first episode of SNL that Trump hosted on April 3, 2004. Toots
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and were awarded the Murrayfield Ice Rink contract in the April of that year. The Racers applied for entry in to the EIHL for the 2018–2019 season but were ultimately denied entry and the Capitals, now with no home venue, ceased operations at the end of the 2017–2018 EIHL season. In June 2018 the Racers were accepted in to the Scottish National League to represent Edinburgh for the 2018–2019 SNL season, while representing the city in the NIHL North Cup, playing their home games at the Murrayfield Ice Rink. "Updated 23 August 2018" Murrayfield Racers (2018) The Murrayfield Racers are
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David S. Pumpkins David Simon Pumpkins is a fictional character played by American actor Tom Hanks. He first appeared in the October 22, 2016 episode of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") in a sketch by "SNL" writers Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell. Fans responded positively to the character and his catchphrase, "Any questions?" Pumpkins has appeared in two episodes of "SNL" as well as an animated Halloween special that aired on October 28, 2017. The character was created by Bobby Moynihan, Mikey Day, and Streeter Seidell. Moynihan said they wanted to make a Halloween-themed version of the viral video
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per household, with carriage fees increasing over the length of the contract. In March 2016, TWC attempted to break the stalemate by reducing the fee for the upcoming season by about 30 percent: about $3.50 per household, according to an estimate by the analyst firm SNL Kagan. A follow-up offer extended the period to six years, with fees comparable to DirecTV's own Seattle-based regional sports channel, Root Sports Northwest, estimated at $3.84 per household. Both pre-season offers were rejected before opening day. In September 2016, after acquiring TWC, Charter indicated it would price the 2017 season above $4.50. “[The previous]
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camera, in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza—at Murphy's request, after he grew tired of constant demands from fans to "Do Buckwheat! Do Buckwheat!" In "Rolling Stone"s February 2015 appraisal of all 141 SNL cast members to date, Murphy was ranked second (behind John Belushi). "It is customary (and accurate) to say that Eddie Murphy is the only reason SNL survived the five-year wilderness without Lorne Michaels," they noted. In 1982, Murphy made his big screen debut in the film "48 Hrs." with Nick Nolte. "48 Hrs." proved to be a hit when it was released in the Christmas season of
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2017 Serena Williams tennis season The 2017 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2017 ASB Classic. Williams entered the season as the number two ranked player. On January 28, 2017, Williams set a record for the most slams in the open era when she claimed her 23rd slam at the 2017 Australian Open. On April 19, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would not participate in any further tournaments for the rest of the year. Williams' 2017 singles tournament schedule is as follows: "Ordered by percentage of
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Chris Callis, John E. Barrett, Raymond Kursar, Andy Lackow, and David C.K. McClelland. Comedy stars John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle Murray, Harold Ramis, and Richard Belzer first gained national attention for their performances in the National Lampoon's stage show and radio show. The first three subsequently went on to become part of "Saturday Night Live"'s original wave of Not Ready for Primetime Players, Bill Murray replaced Chase when Chase left "SNL" after the first season, and Brian Doyle Murray later appeared as an "SNL" regular. Harold Ramis went on to be a prolific director and
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wins" 2017 Serena Williams tennis season The 2017 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2017 ASB Classic. Williams entered the season as the number two ranked player. On January 28, 2017, Williams set a record for the most slams in the open era when she claimed her 23rd slam at the 2017 Australian Open. On April 19, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would not participate in any further tournaments for the rest of the year. Williams' 2017 singles tournament schedule is as follows: "Ordered by percentage
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Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1991–1992 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") characters and sketches introduced between September 28, 1991, and May 16, 1992, the seventeenth season of "SNL". A Tim Meadows and Chris Rock sketch. Debuted September 28, 1991. An Ellen Cleghorne sketch. Debuted September 28, 1991. A Chris Farley sketch. Debuted October 5, 1991. Queen Shenequa, played by Ellen Cleghorne, was an Afrocentric social critic who dressed in African garb, observed Kwanzaa, and made commentaries on race. She had a somewhat disdainful persona, such as when she observed about Michael
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as writer for the show ran from 1976 to 1980, culminating in a brief stint as a featured cast member. By the 1979-1980 season, Lorne Michaels had lost both Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi to feature film careers, causing him to look to writers like Downey, Tom Schiller, Dan Aykroyd's brother Peter, Al Franken, Alan Zweibel, and Tom Davis to fill spots as cast members (along with SNL bandleader Paul Shaffer and newcomer Harry Shearer). When Michaels left the show in 1980, so did Downey, along with practically everyone else. After leaving "SNL", Downey became head writer of "Late Night
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including the Pumpkins sketch, garnered him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017. In October 2017, Madame Tussauds Orlando adapted their existing wax figure of Tom Hanks to appear as David Pumpkins. David S. Pumpkins David Simon Pumpkins is a fictional character played by American actor Tom Hanks. He first appeared in the October 22, 2016 episode of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") in a sketch by "SNL" writers Mikey Day, Bobby Moynihan, and Streeter Seidell. Fans responded positively to the character and his catchphrase, "Any questions?" Pumpkins has appeared in
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the day of the inauguration of the new OL stadium, he served Lacazette who opened the scoring against Troyes. On the 35th day, he scored an important free-kick against Toulouse which allowed OL to return to the game before winning 3-2 at the end of the game. During the first part of the 2016-2017 season, although not injured, he does not start any game and plays only 35 minutes in Ligue 1 and 12 minutes in the Champions League. On 28 January 2017, he joined Serie A side AS Roma on loan until the end of the 2016-17 season with
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to start using a DH full-time), there is debate within MLB to unify the rules of the two leagues, with either the American League returning to its pre-1973 rules and having the pitcher hit, like the National League, or the National League adopting the DH. In January 2016, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that consideration was given to the National League adopting the DH for the 2017 season when a new collective bargaining agreement would take effect. However, he later backtracked on this statement to say that he does not see unification coming any time soon. Accordingly, the DH rule
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in light of the move of three of the troupe's four members to New York City to star on "Saturday Night Live". That same year Bennett completed work on the independent film "Balls Out" and appeared in season 4 of "Arrested Development." Bennett voices Launchpad McQuack in the 2017 "DuckTales" reboot. Saturday Night Live Bennett debuted as a featured player on "Saturday Night Live" on September 28, 2013. He was promoted to repertory status for "Saturday Night Live's" 41st season in 2015. His celebrity impressions on "SNL" include Ashley Parker Angel, Javier Bardem, Bill Belichick, Wolf Blitzer, Jeb Bush, Drew
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Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, and Drew Michael. After tweeting a controversial joke about Barron Trump, writer Katie Rich was suspended indefinitely. In January 2017, writer Kent Sublette was elevated to head writer bringing the head writing team to four. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The forty-second season of "SNL" had a larger-than-usual ratings bump, partially due to sketches surrounding the 2016 presidential election and later the presidency of Donald Trump. According to "Forbes" writer Madeline Berg, the program "had its best season in 24 years, with an average of 11.3 million viewers in live-plus-seven-day ratings, which marks an increase of 26% from [the previous
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a way that the fan did something motivational to his/her friends in a real-life scenario. The finale of Season 1 aired on June 9, 2016. Cena hosted the ESPN ESPY Awards on July 13, 2016, in Los Angeles. On December 10, 2016, Cena was the guest host of "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL") on NBC. On January 24, 2017, Nickelodeon announced that Cena would host the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony on March 11. On January 11, 2018, it was announced that he would be hosting the awards ceremony again on March 24, 2018, becoming the third host behind Whitney
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SGB Championship 2017 The Speedway Great Britain Championship 2017 was the second division of British speedway. It was the first time that it was known as the SGB Championship after changing its name from the Premier League. The season ran between March and October 2017 and 10 teams participated. The Sheffield Tigers were the champions defeating the Ipswich Witches in the Grand Final. British TV broadcasting rights changed hands before the start of the 2017 SGB Championship season, when Sky withdrew from their negotiated contract with the BSPA. BT then obtained the broadcasting rights for the 2017 season to be
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Simonsen won the World Bowling Tour (WBT) Men's Finals in Las Vegas, NV, cashing $20,000. The finals included the top three points earners from 2015 and 2016 WBT events. While presented by the PBA, this event does not award a PBA title. Simonsen captured his third PBA title on May 29, 2017 at the PBA Xtra Frame Wilmington Open. As one of the top eight money leaders from the start of the 2015 season through the 2017 USBC Masters, Simonsen was invited to participate in the inaugural Main Event PBA Tour Finals in May, 2017. He placed eighth in the
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renovation project at Wrigley Field. Changes to the stadium for the 2017 season included: Source Source Source Source Source Sunday, April 2, 2017 at St. Louis Cardinals "(Contains all players who played in a game for the Cubs during the 2017 season.)" On October 4, 2017, the Cubs announced that Kyle Hendricks would start Game 1 of the Division Series while Jon Lester would start Game 2. Joe Maddon also announced that José Quintana would start Game 3 and Jake Arrieta Game 4 (if necessary). On October 5, Nationals manager Dusty Baker announced that Stephen Strasburg would start Game 1
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Michaels at the time. The first show of the 1986-1987 season opened with Madonna, host of the previous season opener, telling the audience that the entire 1985-1986 season had been a "horrible, horrible dream", just as "Dallas" had done a few weeks earlier. NBC gave "SNL" only thirteen shows to turn it around, but the show rebounded almost immediately. With the new cast, SNL gained renewed popularity. The 1987–1988 season, was cut short by a writers' strike. Gilda Radner had been penciled in to host the season finale that spring, but by 1989, her cancer had returned. She died in
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season. In October 2017, Munster announced the signing of Beirne on a two-year contract, which began at the start of the 2018–19 season. Beirne was named the "Guinness Players' Player of the Season" when the 2017–18 Pro14 awards were announced in August 2018. He made his Munster debut on 7 September 2018, coming on as a replacement for Dave O'Callaghan in the provinces 2018–19 Pro14 fixture against Glasgow Warriors. Beirne made his first start for Munster on 14 September 2018, doing so in their 49–13 win against Ospreys in Irish Independent Park. He scored his first try for Munster in
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Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2016–2017 The following is a list of recurring "Saturday Night Live" characters and sketches introduced during the forty-second season of "SNL", which began on October 1, 2016. A news show reports on an calamity and interrogates survivors, but the reporters can't help focusing on the peculiarity of one survivor, played by Mikey Day, rather than the incident itself Kate McKinnon plays an elderly actress who talks about how hard her life was during the Golden Era of Hollywood. A series of short vignettes with Melania Trump (Cecily Strong) contemplating about things that
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"Saturday Night Live" – including Cabrini Green Jackson (described below) and Flotilla Williams (who performs a version of Romeo and Juliet's balcony scene from her fire escape). Vance was the first African American woman to become an "SNL" repertory player in 1985 (not to be confused with Yvonne Hudson from season six, who first appeared as a recurring extra for season four (1978–1979) and season five (1979–1980) and was hired as a feature player during Jean Doumanian's notoriously shaky 1981 season), the only "SNL" cast member to have a learning disability (Vance was dyslexic and, according to Al Franken in
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was announced on April 7, 2017 that Wichita State would be leaving the conference to join the American Athletic Conference starting with the 2017–18 season. On May 9, 2017, the Conference announced it had extended an invitation to Valparaiso University, and on May 25, the MVC announced that Valparaiso would officially join the following July 1. Note: In the case of spring sports, the year of joining is the calendar year before the start of competition. This list does not include current full member Valparaiso. As noted above, the Crusaders played women's soccer in the MVC from 1996 to 1998
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goalkeeper for Dallas until the 2016 season, when he would start a career-high 28 MLS matches. He would contribute to the team winning two major trophies, the Supporters' Shield and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Seitz joined Houston Dynamo on December 15, 2017 when he became a free agent. He would start the first 5 games of the 2018 season before losing his starting spot to Joe Willis. He would start 3 games in the 2018 Open Cup, 2 of them clean sheets. The Dynamo would go on to win the Open Cup for the first time in club
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and Mr. Tyzik the Headcrusher, an embittered Eastern European who pretended to crush the heads of passers-by between his thumb and forefinger. Afterwards McKinney joined the cast of another Lorne Michaels sketch comedy show, "Saturday Night Live" in the middle of the 1994-1995 season (season 20) as a repertory player. McKinney survived the cast overhaul that occurred at the end of season 20 and stayed on "SNL" until the end of the 1996–1997 (season 22). During his time on "SNL", McKinney had six recurring characters (some of note include Ian Daglers from "Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly", Melanie, a Catholic schoolgirl,
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the album, the group premiered a new song, "3-Way (The Golden Rule)", featuring Timberlake and Lady Gaga, on the season finale of "SNL". Timberlake and Gaga were guests for the show, and the song re-approaches territory explored in "Dick in a Box" and "Motherlover". Much like their past work, it was recorded and shot in the week preceding the broadcast. At the end of the 2011–2012 season of "SNL", Samberg's last season on the cast, a sequel to "Lazy Sunday" was released, also with Chris Parnell. Taccone and Samberg left at the end of the program's 2011–12 season. By this
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Ana Gasteyer went on maternity leave at the end of the season. After her daughter was born, she decided not to return to the show. Amy Poehler was upgraded to contract status quickly after being hired this season. Featured player Jeff Richards became the first former "Mad TV" cast member to join "SNL". The 2001–02 season was the last to feature Will Ferrell as a cast member. After seven seasons, Ferrell left the show after recently becoming the highest paid cast member in "SNL"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s history. The last segment of the season finale featured an homage to Ferrell by the rest
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2016, episode of "SNL" alongside Mikey Day and Alex Moffat. Her debut was an impression of Sarah Silverman in the "Family Feud: Celebrity Edition" sketch. Villaseñor is the first Latina cast member in "SNL" history. She was promoted to the cast of repertory players in season 44. Villaseñor grew up in Whittier, CA and attended Ramona Convent Secondary School in Alhambra, CA. At fifteen, Villaseñor started stand up at the Laugh Factory Comedy Camp in Hollywood, CA. After Villaseñor became a cast member of "SNL", she deleted tweets she had previously written that some viewed as racist. Villaseñor wrote tweets
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Rock", and the "MTV Video Music Awards". He was again nominated by the Guild for "30 Rock" and "SNL" in 2010 and 2011, and received an Award for the Betty White/Jay-Z episode (2010) of SNL in 2011. Considering its longevity and influence, this was the first time "Saturday Night Live" had received a design award of any kind in its then 36 seasons on NBC. In 2012 and 2013, Raywood again won the ADG as part of the SNL team, respectively, for a 2011 episode with Justin Timberlake / Lady Gaga, and the 2012 Season Finale with host and musical
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