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00:00Saturday Night, the highly anticipated new film from director Jason Reitman,
00:03chronicles the frenzied production of the very first episode of Saturday Night Live.
00:07Studio 8H was complete and utter chaos on the night of October 11,
00:111975. There were fistfights, near-fatal accidents, contract disputes, at least one incident of
00:16indecent exposure, and on top of everything else, producer Lorne Michaels seemed to have no idea
00:20what his show was supposed to be. At least that's how it happened in the movie, which wasn't exactly
00:24100% true to life, it seems. The New York Times recently spoke with several people who participated
00:29in that first episode, including four of the original not-ready-for-prime-time players,
00:33Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Lorraine Newman, and Chevy Chase. Interestingly enough,
00:38Chase's account of that night pretty much completely undercuts the entire premise of
00:42the movie. According to Chase, the show that night wasn't quite as hectic as legend would
00:46have us believe. It was not pandemonium at all, Chase claimed. We were all prepared,
00:50at least I was, and Lorne was prepared for how it would go. There was no way we were
00:54going to do a show without running it over a few times.