50 Random Bits of ‘SNL’ Trivia From 50 Seasons of ‘SNL’

It’s always a tad perplexing when we hear a blanket statement like “SNL rocks” or “SNL sucks!” Now in its 50th season, the show has done a lot of rocking and sucking over the years. You have to be more specific! 

We wouldn’t know, because we’re still so young and hot, but the salty old higher-ups around the office will tell you that 50 years of anything will have some patches of loveliness and some patches of “holy hell, this is a complete nightmare that only death can save us from,” but even in its darkest moments, death never came for SNL. 

To commemorate its survival, here are 50 good, bad and hilarious things that went down between October 11, 1975 and whenever you happen to be reading this.

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