New York’s upcoming movie about the 90 minutes between the dress rehearsal and live airing of the first episode of Saturday Night Live is Saturday Night, and the trailer dropped today. It has everything: Don Pardo’s voice, Chevy Chase falling, Dan Aykroyd’s mustache, a cue card that reads “bees,” Lorne Michaels saying, “It doesn’t matter that we’re ready — it matters that it’s 11:30,” smoking, blood, Michael O’Donoghue, characters seemingly possessing an awareness of the mythology and legacy of the show that would come to be, John Belushi creating a hostile work environment, Gilda Radner crossing her eyes, Rosie Shuster with a Rachel Sennott face, George Carlin with a Matthew Rhys face saying “fuck you,” the Green Goblin, J. Jonah Jameson, and Nicholas Braun and Nicholas Braun. Directed and co-written by Jason Reitman — the son of the director who would go on to give many Saturday Night Live cast members their big film break — Saturday Night hits theaters on October 11, the same date as SNL premiered 49 years ago. Yeah, 49. It’s the 50th season, but it started 49 years ago. Numbers, you know? Also, to avoid confusion, October 11, 2024, is a Friday.
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