Dennis Perkins
![45 Years Ago: Father Guido Sarducci Makes His ‘SNL’ Debut](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/05/attachment-GettyImages-141437820.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: Father Guido Sarducci Makes His ‘SNL’ Debut
Show's most recurring character made his first appearance In the final minutes of a Season 3 episode.
![45 Years Ago: Steve Martin’s ‘King Tut’ Becomes a Surprise Hit](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/04/attachment-Steve-Martin-SNL-King-Tut-YouTube-Image.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: Steve Martin’s ‘King Tut’ Becomes a Surprise Hit
It was a beaming, lightly satirical, but mostly silly put-on of a novelty song.
![45 Years Ago: The Blues Brothers Make Their ‘SNL’ Debut](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/04/attachment-NBC.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: The Blues Brothers Make Their ‘SNL’ Debut
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi fashioned characters two years earlier, but 1978 episode featured them in full glory.
![40 Years Ago: Buckwheat Is Shot, and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Is There](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/03/attachment-snl.jpg?w=980&q=75)
40 Years Ago: Buckwheat Is Shot, and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Is There
Eddie Murphy helped kill off one of the show's most popular characters in March 1983.
![45 Years Ago: John Belushi Dances on His ‘SNL’ Castmates’ Graves](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/03/attachment-BelushiDance.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: John Belushi Dances on His ‘SNL’ Castmates’ Graves
in "Don't Look Back in Anger," star reflects on all his departed co-workers.
![45 Years Ago: O.J. Simpson Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/02/attachment-Bettmann-Contributor.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: O.J. Simpson Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’
Football great's sports career was winding down as movie and TV options piled up in 1978.
![30 Years Ago: Dana Carvey Leaves ‘SNL’ as a Royal Tampon](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/01/attachment-snl.jpg?w=980&q=75)
30 Years Ago: Dana Carvey Leaves ‘SNL’ as a Royal Tampon
"George Bush had run its course, 'Wayne’s World,' Church Lady had all been done — basically I thought I’d done as much as I could do."
![30 Years Ago: Mick Jagger Spoofs Keith Richards and Himself on SNL](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/01/attachment-snl2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
30 Years Ago: Mick Jagger Spoofs Keith Richards and Himself on SNL
Rolling Stones singer struck comedy gold in 1993 episode.
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When Bill Murray’s Lounge Singer Added Lyrics to Star Wars Theme
“Oh, Star Wars / Nothing but Star Wars ... "
![45 Years Ago: The Nerds Make Suitably Graceless ‘SNL’ Debut](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2023/01/attachment-Alan-SingerNBCU-Photo-BankN.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: The Nerds Make Suitably Graceless ‘SNL’ Debut
Bill Murray and Gilda Radner starred as two of the show's earliest recurring characters.