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Preceeded by [[SNL: Season 4]] |
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Revision as of 15:48, 18 August 2007
Saturday Night Live had it's 5th season during the 1979 - 1980 season line-up on NBC. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd left the show at the end of season 4 and they left a great hole in the fifth season. Even though the cast still had its feet, and was still funny, everybody realised, the original magic of Saturday Night Live was over. So by the end of the season, the original cast, and executive producer, Lorne Michaels were ready to leave. Saturday Night Live was ready to end, but NBC wasn't ready for it just yet. They wanted a season 6 with a brand new cast and brand new laughs. No body knew if Saturday Night Live was going to make it. The 5th season started on October 13, 1979 and ended on May 24, 1980.
Cast
Reperatory Cast Members
Featured Cast Members
- Peter Aykroyd (First episode: November 17, 1979)
- Tom Davis
- Jim Downey
- Brian Doyle-Murray
- Al Franken
- Don Novello
- Tom Schiller (First Episode: December 15, 1979)
- Paul Shaffer
- Alan Zweibel (First Episode: December 15, 1979)
Episodes
- Preceeded by SNL: Season 4
- Followed by SNL: Season 6