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The Real Reason SNL Stopped Making Movies

Saturday Night Live has been a cultural staple for over 40 years. Building memorable characters that audiences would want to see week after week. The characters on SNL became so popular that Lorne Michaels finally started creating feature films around them. Movies like Waynes World, The Blues Brothers, and Coneheads proved that SNL Characters could translate from small to big screen. But over the coming years the popularity started to fade, and eventually lead to the death of seeing our favorite Saturday Night Live characters on the big screen.

English
  • Originally Aired May 16, 2022
  • Runtime 9 minutes
  • Production Code tojbKBnU5X4
  • Network YouTube
  • Created May 17, 2022 by
    shriek
  • Modified May 17, 2022 by
    shriek