Saturday Night LivewasntSaturday Night Live,both literally and spiritually, when it premiered on Oct. 11, 1975.
The sketch is not clearly parodying anything.
It can barely be said to beaboutanything.
From left: George Coe, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, and Michael O’Donoghue as Killer Bees in the first episode of ‘Saturday Night.‘Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images
(The sum later increased to $3,200, plus hotel accommodations.)
The dawn ofSaturday Night,though, felt like a revolution.
