Saturday Night shows SNL creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) cutting Crystal moments before the premiere went to air on Oct. 11, 1975 after previously asking the comic to cut his act down to ...

On March 17, 1984, Billy Crystal gave Saturday Night Live viewers their first taste of his debonair character, Fernando.. At the time, Crystal wasn’t yet a cast member, but was instead the ...

Yes, Billy Crystal was cut for time on the first episode of SNL because he couldn’t shorten his piece. However, the actor was cut early in the evening, around 8:00 pm, which was three and a half ...

To prep their Saturday Night Live biopic Saturday Night, writer/director Jason Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan went straight to the source.. The filmmaking duo interviewed every living cast and ...

From his early days on SNL to his nine-time stint as the host of the Academy Awards, Billy Crystal has been making us laugh for nearly five decades.. The dad of two, who turns 77 on March 14, 2025 ...

Jim Belushi and Billy Crystal on 'SNL'. Alan Singer/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank You can't run down Billy Crystal' s epic resume without mentioning his stint on SNL and yet, he too was on the show for ...

Bill Murray, Ben Stiller and 30 More ‘Saturday Night Live’ Castmembers Who Became Movie and TV Stars. From Eddie Murphy to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph and Jimmy Fallon, take ...

- Saturday Night Live. Billy Crystal’s portrayal of Fernando Lamas as an over-the-top talk show host produced one of the best Saturday Night Live catchphrases, which just so happens to be one of ...

Billy Crystal joins TODAY to talk about his new psychological thriller called “Before” in which he plays a child psychiatrist grappling with the loss of his wife when he meets a troubled boy ...

Saturday Night shows SNL creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) cutting Crystal moments before the premiere went to air on Oct. 11, 1975 after previously asking the comic to cut his act down to ...

"[He was] the last person we expected to want to hold onto a memory of that night," director Jason Reitman tells EW.