Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Sep 25, 1999

2h 41m

★ 6.8

25 years of laughs

Overview

A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

Broadway Video

NBC

NBC Productions

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special Trailers

Cast

Self

Bill Murray

Self

Chevy Chase

Self (archive footage)

Chris Farley

Self

Dana Carvey

Self

Mike Myers

Self (archive footage)

Gilda Radner

Self

Dan Aykroyd

Self

Alec Baldwin

Self

Candice Bergen

Self

David Bowie

Self

Garth Brooks

Self

Billy Crystal

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