Bill Murray, who hosted the episode, appeared as "arts and leisure correspondent", discussing the upcoming Oscars. Jonathan Lear, talked about DNA in the science segment. NewsLine consisted of three segments scattered throughout the show: Mark King, as Dr. The twelfth episode of the season, broadcast March 7, 1981, featured a one-time name change to Saturday Night NewsLine.
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Murphy sat in front of the Update backdrop, sans the maps and screen.
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The tenth episode, February 14, 1981, was notable for having three news segments with two names- the regular Update with Rocket and Matthius, plus two segments entitled Newsbreak with Eddie Murphy. Rocket anchored five episodes solo before being teamed with Gail Matthius for another six, with the transition taking place over Christmas break. Season 6 (1980-81) įollowing the departure of the entire cast at the end of season 5, new producer Jean Doumanian built a new cast, and installed Charles Rocket as anchor. John Belushi would also frequently appear as himself, in some sort of newsroom-style capacity (giving editorials or appearing as the "weather man").īill Murray now with Jane for Seasons 4 and 5. The first Weekend Update "guest" appeared during this time, an editorial by Emily Litella (portrayed by Gilda Radner). He would also end the segment with the line "That's the news, goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow." Chase would sometimes repeat the top story at the end of the segment, while Morris simply cupped his mouth and shouted the headline loudly.
In addition, the practice of a picture insert of a person simultaneously giving the news read in sign language for the hearing impaired-common in the days before closed captioning-was parodied by Garrett Morris. When Weekend Update begins, Chase was consistently on the phone presumably talking to his lover, and would talk until realizing he was "on air." Chase popularized several catch phrases during the segment, such as his "I'm Chevy Chase and you're not" greeting and his repeated announcement that " Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead". SNL Archives is pretty awesome too.Weekend Update was created by original anchor Chevy Chase and SNL writer Herb Sargent, and appeared on the first SNL broadcast on October 11, 1975.
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