Christopher Guest joined the cast of "SNL" for its 10th season along with other "high-priced free agents" Billy Crystal, Martin Short and Harry Shearer. Dıck Ebersol's last year as producer.
Chevy Chase created Weekend Update, along with legendary comedy writer Herb Sargent. At this point, it's one of the longest-recurring sketches in television history or, really, the history of sketches at all.
Michael Che is the first African-American head writer in "SNL's" history and the first African-American Update anchor in history, and he is now in his fifth year as the co-anchor. Initially Che wrote for the show, then became a "Daily Show" correspondent for just nine episodes, before being hired back at "SNL" to host Update.
He took over "Late Night" in 2014, where after about six months he changed his show so his monologue was basically a Weeknight Update performed at his desk. Meyers is a great joke writer, but the most memorable part of his hosting tenure might have been his special relationship with Bill Hader's Stefon.
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Bill Hader's famed club-promoting SNL character, Stefon, is based on one specific movie character according to co-creator and SNL alum John Mulaney.
Bill HaderBill Hader talked about how his 'SNL' character Stefon would deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and plans for future seasons of 'Barry' on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers.
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His ancestry includes Danish, English, German, and Irish, and he discovered in a 2016 episode of Finding Your Roots that he is a descendant of royal figures such as Charlemagne, Charles Martel and King Edward I. Hader attended Patrick Henry Elementary School, Edison Junior High, and Cascia Hall Preparatory School.
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Hader was a regular cast member on the sketch comedy programme from 2005 until his departure in 2013. One of the most recognisable recurring characters Hader played during his tenure was that of nervous nightlife reviewer, Stefon.
May 18, 2013During Stefon's final regular appearance on May 18, 2013, Stefon and Meyers get "married," originally trying to "marry" Anderson Cooper at a pre-recorded part of Weekend Update, with Amy Poehler and other famous Weekend Update characters and impressions (including Kate McKinnon's Ann Romney, Bobby Moynihan's Drunk ...
Bill Hader, for example, might be nominated for an Emmy for his work on the long-running sketch show, but the idea of doing stand-up comedy is something so challenging for him. As he tells NPR's Fresh Air, “I don't know how people do that. I need a character. I need people out there with me.”
Charles Rocket. Charles Rocket was the only Weekend Update host who was an actual news anchor before landing on Update, hosting local broadcasts in Pueblo, Colorado and Nashville.
Gail Matthius. Gail Matthius was the co-anchor of a whopping six episodes of Weekend Update in Season 6, the historical low point of "SNL.". She paired with Charles Rocket, and while the segments weren't great, Matthius comes in ahead of Rocket because she didn't almost get the show thrown off the air.
As talented as he was, Aykroyd wasn't a perfect fit as the primary anchor, mainly because his greatest skill was disappearing into characters.
While the format remains the same, the show has been through 23 different anchors in its 43 seasons, with styles ranging from straightforward parody newscasts (Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd) to a stream-of-consciousness stand-up act behind the desk (Dennis Miller) to a more freewheeling, giggly showcase for recurring characters (Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey).
Among the Not Ready For Prime Time Players, Curtin was the most grounded — she was married, and preferred going to the opera with her husband to drinking until dawn at Belushi and Aykroyd's bar — and the Weekend Update desk was the perfect piece of real estate for the cast's resident grownup.
Seth Meyers. The longest-running occupant of the Update chair, Seth Meyers hosted for seven-and-a-half years. He worked on the show for nearly 14 years, first as cast member, then writing supervisor, before becoming head writer and an Update anchor in 2006.