National Comedy Center Preserves ‘Saturday Night Live’ Early Writing Materials (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAbigail Lee As “Saturday Night Live” celebrates 50 years of being on air, the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY will preserve a collection of the show’s creative papers from the first five years of its history.
Original “SNL” cast member Laraine Newman and original writer Alan Zweibel will guest curate the collection of the original writers’ room documents.
The script for the first “SNL” episode, which was hosted by George Carlin, will go into the collection along with drafts for Weekend Update segments among other features and sketches.
Early versions of the John Belushi samurai sketches, and the Gilda Radner character known as Roseanne Roseannadanna are also included. “These papers are a rare encapsulation of the creative chaos and revolutionary spirit of ‘SNL’s formative years, when so many classic sketches and memorable characters were first brought to life.
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