Kenan Thompson note The first cast member to be born after SNL's 1975 premiere, as well as the longest-tenured cast member, having been with the show since 2003.Anthony Michael Hall note the youngest cast member to date at 17 years old when he was cast.Al Franken note making SNL the only late-night entertainment show to produce a United States Senator.By design the show's regular cast is continually shifting, with veterans departing for solo careers and young performers being recruited regularly. During its early years, SNL reveled in a feeling of being just shy of completely out of control, and pushed the boundaries of television far beyond what anyone had ever seen before. Rotating celebrity hosts and musical guests added to the 'fingers on the pulse of pop culture' vibe the show strived for. Often shortened to SNL for ease of reference, the show was specifically designed by its creator and executive producer, Lorne Michaels (who was once a writer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In), as a showcase for young and edgy talent as a direct reaction to the older comedians who then dominated prime time but were fundamentally clueless about the tastes, styles, and preoccupations of younger Americans circa 1975.

According to Wikipedia, it was initially created at the request of the network's then-president and CEO Herbert Schlosser as a scheduling replacement for reruns of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (which had previously aired in the slot before being retracted at the request of Johnny Carson himself, who wanted the repeat episodes to be saved for weekdays and aired whenever he was ill or chose to take a vacation in lieu of having to hire a guest host). Saturday Night Live is a ground-breaking NBC Sketch Comedy Variety Show, broadcast live from New York City in what had been, until its premiere in 1975, TV's 'graveyard shift' slot. Live from New York, describe Saturday Night Live here!

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