Saturday Night Live: 13 Wild Behind The Scenes Stories

Adrien Brody was waiting for the first chance to break out that Jamaican accent.

Saturday Night Live has been on the air for 47 years - that means this trailblazing sketch comedy show is ed middle aged. People born when SNL debuted go to bed too early to catch it live now. With an impressive run like that (and all the more impressive since every time a new episode airs, the internet is drowning in op-eds about how the show isn't great and hasn't been funny since whenever that writer was in high school), there is no shortage of behind-the-scenes drama between big names with even bigger personalities (and baggage).

It's not all negative though. Did you know that Nic Cage really getting into his bit with Andy Samberg, doing a Nic Cage impression, on the Weekend Update segment? Here are these and more stories about the SNL backstage. 

 

 

 

Nic Cage really came alive during the "Get In The Cage" segment.

IndieWire 

Eddie Murphy ate dog food on air.

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The writers were efficient evacuators.

New Yorker

Murray VS Chase was the fight we never knew we wanted to see.

Best Life Online

Sarah Silverman accidentally stabbed Al Franken in the head with a pen.

Cinema Blend / Upi 

Will Ferrell wore one outfit for a year.

YouTube 

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