“Saturday Night Live,” premiered Oct. 11, 1975, with an original cast that included John Belushi, Chevy Chase and Gilda Radner. It’s become appointment television over the years as the show ...

John Belushi and Joe (Photo by NBC Television/Getty Images) Those memorable early characters and skits on SNL were an endless well. Think "The Coneheads" and Dan Aykroyd and frequent host Steve ...

From the "All-Drug Olympics" to John Belushi winning the decathlon on a diet of chocolate donuts (and cigarettes) to Kerri Strug appearing with her “brother” Kippy Strug, "SNL" has had the ...

Belushi and Aykroyd’s iconic sunglasses-wearing duo didn’t initially make the cut for “SNL” when they first pitched the idea to Michaels, but when a show was three minutes short they were ...