Saturday night live, Hollywood comedy, and American culture
Subtitle: from Chevy Chase to Tina Fey
By: Jim Whalley.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780230103580
Subjects: Saturday night live (Television program)
Description: This book addresses how Saturday Night Live's confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "I'm Chevy Chase and you, you're merely a statistic":; title: Self-reference and stardom on Saturday night live; title: "I'll write you a note saying you're too well to attend":; title: National lampoon's Animal house takes Saturday night live to Hollywood; title: "But the kids love us": the development of Bill Murray's star persona from Saturday night live to Ghostbusters; title: "I don't even like myself": the revision and retreat of Saturday night live stars after Ghostbusters; title: "Age is a tough one for me": selling Saturday night live in the 1980s; title: "I still know how to party": Mike Myers, Adam Sandler and generational change on Saturday night live; title: A colourful, emotional, working class hero : the development of Adam Sandler's fictional and extra-fictional personas.