SNL page 7

 SNL page 7 by ric gustafson\

There were many highlights from Season 1 of SNL. A sketch called ' Candygram' was popular. The character in this sketch was the Land Shark. The character of the Land Shark in 1975 came from the popularity of the movie Jaws. Gilda Radner came up with a character named Emily Litella. Radner based this character on a nanny she had growing up. John Belushi came up with a character which was a Japanese samurai. Belushi loved the films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. Gilda Radner also did an imitation of Barbara Walters. The character was called BABA Wawa. John Belushi did an imitation of Marlon Brando from the Godfather.

Dan Aykroyd perfected a character who was a fast talking television pitchman. And then there was a sketch called The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise. Elliot Gould played an NBC executive who comes on the board the Enterprise and tells John Belushi playing Captain Kirk and Chevy Chase playing Mr Spock that the show had been canceled due to poor Nielsen ratings.

research help: ' The SNL Companion' by Stephen Tropiano and Steven Ginsberg.

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