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Not enough superlatives to offer for Ms. Curtin's particular brand of genius. Super smart, and always adding a touch of class to everything she does. Truly a Legend.

I always loved Jane Curtin. She's very talented!

Jane, I salute you! You may have played the straight parts, but you got the laughs and made the skits work.

SNL today is just a commercial machine producing little that is humorous and insightful, unlike the first decade.

"Jane you ignorant slut".... One of the best lines ever! That said...I love Jane Curtin....wonderful comedienne.

Whenever i see or think about Jane,, I immediately hear the legendary Dan Aykroyd line in my head,, "Jane you ignorant slut",, it was shocking but at the time it was also absolutely hilarious!! ❤️🤪❤️..If you know,, you know.

Thank you for this, she has been criticality underated for years. Never listened to or understood.

Beautiful woman then and still beautiful now.

SNL today sucks. It can't hold a candle to the original SNL.

We used to set our alarms, gather w/friends & watch SNL on Saturday nights. It was an epic part of our 20-somethings lives!!

IMHO, Bill Murray’s (and even Curtain’s) entertainment chops far exceeds Chase’s! I vividly recall Belushi’s cemetery scene as an old man claiming that he had outlived the rest of the SNL cast because he was a dancer made me wish that he would. As a good friend of mine states, “Addiction is giving up everything else for one thing; whereas recovery is giving up one thing for everything else!” May some find enough strength and wisdom in this saw to break the cycle of addiction.

I was a teenager in the 70s watching SNL itwas a great show, one of those shows people would quote and talk about the next week.

SNL DURING THE SEVENTIES IS TOTALLY UNTOUCHABLE !!!!!

I loved Jane Curtin in everything she did.

Hats off to Lorne Michaels and Jane Curtain for helping create one of the most enduring shows in TV history. Both utilized their tremendous talents to produce an entetainment legacy that has stood unrivaled for a half century. As to Curtain asking Michaels to confront Belushi's addiction; You cannot help an addict unless they want help. Also this would have been challenging for Michaels to address Belushi's drug use beacuse so many of the cast and guests were on drugs at the time, that you would have had to literally fire half the cast and writers plus bar a large percentage of the guests in order to earnestly deal with the issue. From personal experience I can tell you that all addicts are selfish and destructive, and if you cannot establish and maintain a very firm boundary early on , the addict will ultimately manipulate you and inflict great harm on your life. In the end, you will be both angry with the addict as well as yourself for being so foolish. Hats off again to Jane Curtain for steering clear of Belushi and the destructive trappings of fame. Her body of work is a testimony to both her talent and wise personal choices.

thanks for a 8 !/2 minute video that tells us absolutely nothing of substance.

A great video; I would have liked to hear more of how she and Gilda got along, I hear they were friends!

SNL IN THE 70s. HIGH POINT OF ALL TELEVISION SHOWS DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. TODAY IT'S A LAME EXCUSE FOR ITS ONCE DOMINANCE AND GREAT COMEDY. ❤

When I came to Canada, someone recommended that show to me. That was late in the 90’s. Never found it funny until I went back to the early years. It’s only a shadow of its former self.

Laraine Newman was underrated, she was in some hilarious sketches. Yet she isn't remembered as well as the other "originals".

I appreciate that Jane tried to do something for John, sad he didn’t make it.

Lets not forget Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd who attempted to help his friend, Buleshi (sp)?, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, & many others who were cutting edge with some great scenes & comedy, Chris Farley, also had addicton. Loved it when Chris Farley as a motivational speaker with David Spade receiving the lecture, classic Chris!!!😂😂

Those early years on the show was wonderful.

SNL today compared to the 1970’s is like a medieval remnant of what was once a great civilization. Impressive only in how long it has sustained its ability to be pretty much unwatchable.

I came of age in the 70s and SNL was a part of it, I have fond memories of the 70s and of the show and original cast members, for me the behind scene madnesses wasn’t something I thought about back then, but all the cast members to this day are important to me, and I find it all interesting, and will always remember and in joy their careers and life’s, it’s sad to know that everything we believe was just a part of growing up and having fun was real peoples life’s and relationships and unhappiness behind the show. Bubble burst. Love the show.

I miss the old saturday live cast Gilda Radner was the best, she died way too young😪

Chev Chase left the cast of SNL in 1976, not 1978 as the video said. Also, showing clips of later years of SNL when you're talking about the original cast of SNL is stupid.

No clips of Kate and Allie ? Jane Curtain won the EMMY award for outstanding lead actress in both 1984 and not 1985, a pretty impressive accomplishment .

I did know that Chevy Chase was difficult to work with, I didn't know he has a feud with Bill Murray. It's so sad about Belushi, as he did some great work on SNL, especially with Dan Ackroyd and the Blues Brothers. I did have a crush on Laraine Newman.

She is the best, just love her 👍👍

Those were the good old days on SNL

That was a very special time. They didn't always get it right, but when they did, it gave a generation something to celebrate. There wasn't anything before or since that gave people a reason to get together for that special show of the week, and view it together. I'm sorry that Jane didn't understand how wonderful she was for the show. She and Dan provided the wry, understated humor that many of us appreciated most about the show.

As someone who absolutely loved Chevy Chase in absolutely everything, it always hurts to know just how much of a dick he is in real life.

Not surprised Jane is saying such things. She showed she had a jealous edge on show. That said, I enjoyed most of her work that I have seen.

"A lack of awareness of cultural appropriation." 😂😂😂 Now THAT'S some real comedy there!

I adore this person... grown up, smart, and dignified.

The revelations from Jane Curtin about her time on SNL are both fascinating and sobering.

Such a shame SNL went where they have. Once such a great show

I went to a Catholic hospital nursing school in thoses days and we actually had a Housemother to let us in after midnight, because the two nuns who lived on freshman floor almost caught a bunch of us sneaking in drunk. But once SNL came on, we always made curfew so that we could watch SNL with our (surprisingly) very cool Housemother!

*Thank you, Mrs. Loopner!*

Few have made an impact quite like Jane Curtin? I love her to death, but hey, I think there are many other SNLers who made a greater impact.

I was a teen when SNL started, and I can say "I saw the first episode of the first show, on its first night airing". I ADORED Gilda Radner, she was my absolute favorite. I miss her very much too. I like everybody on the show really, except Belushi. He just wasn't funny to me at all.....although he did have some good characters, and played them well.........he was just not funny. Even not having instant access to hot gossip back then...........the stories about what went on behind the scenes were immediately spread across the land. Most of what went on behind the scenes was from the instant success of literally becoming overnight TV stars and world wide adored comedians. Success has a way of turning people into some pretty awful people. But, after season 5......it stopped being SNL, and was just "there". Nothing and nobody will EVER compare to the originals. Not then, not today, and not anywhere in the future.

What about her relationships with Gilda Radner and Laraine Newman?

I HAD A BIG CRUSH ON JANE CURTIN ❤❤❤

You can't get so close that the destructive people can take you down with them.

I have met both Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, and given a choice I would not occupy a room with either gentleman or engage them in conversation. In my experience, comedians are almost always broken people. These two top comics are pathologically obnoxious, and that they would come to blows with each other does not surprise me. Sometimes it's better to let someone else be the big noise in another room. I stay out of Hollywood, when I can...

Loved Jane Curtain's character, and Roseanne Rosannadana. So funny when Dan Ackroid's character said, "Jane, you stupid slut". I would roll off the couch with laughter.

Bill Murray is known to like fighting. Hard to think of SNL without Jane, Bill or Chevy. They all brought their own skills.

Love You Jane❤

I always thought that Jane was the prettiest of the original cast members. That made the famous line, “Jane, you ignorant slut” more funny.

I hear that Chevy Chase was the most hated person on SNL and just in life. When they toasted Chevy Chase some years ago not many people showed up and I was surprised by that because I always love him and all the cast from the 70’s. Saturday night was the best time to watch SNL and get high.

I remember when snl started in the 70s.

I haven’t watched SNL since 1984!

Remember back when SNL was really good? You'd have to be really old to remember that!

Nice and informative narrative. Love Jane Curtain and all the original cast members. Video would be better with the inclusion of some the clips' dialogue.

Showtime produced a Belushi documentary. It’s streaming now. There’s a collection of clips that prove John was the best of a great group.

Those cast fights were likely fueled by booze and cocaine.

SNL was like herding cats.

Garett Morris was demeaned by the others for not being a trained actor. He was talented, with a magnificent operatic singing voice.

I have read a lot of articles about Chevy Chase's "Jekyll & Hyde" persona. He is funny in the movies, but is usually a bastard in real life apparently... Quite a few celebrities have the same problem... Maybe money can't buy happiness after all.

You completely ignored the Oprah interview where she talked about how threatened Belushi was by women with comedic talent. He was a bully and fought against every skit proposed by one of the women. And let’s not forget about his time at the playboy mansion where he engaged in weird sexual acts. He was a monster

She was great on SNL and third rock😅

It was routine for us to be huddled in someone living room every Saturday night. As I now watch it again, I realize we were stoned, and it's really not that funny overall but has some really great moments .

1979 at Second City in Chicago I was there with what would later become my wife. And outcomes John Baluchi. And you could tell he was high. He was bouncing all over the stage, asking people what he should do a skit on, and it finally ended up with something about a garden hose, it was fun to see him but it just broke my heart what happened to him?

Tell you what... I would have rather heard her speak for herself than to have some voice-over speak for her. This is NOT a video of Jane Curtin confirming anything.

I can’t believe that Jane doesn’t find the old show funny! It was often hilarious, including her bits, though it was uneven. But that’s live TV for you.

Jane is awesome. Period.

This would have been so much better had we heard from Curtain’s various interviews.

I like how we never got to hear her speak and were only told by your.

A behind-the-scenes fight between Bill Murray & former cast member Chevy Chase, and Jane Curtain was there to witness it… Oh yeah? So what? We’ve all known about it since it went down in February of 1978!

I thought Jane Curtain was boring on SNL, but on 3rd Rock From the Sun she was hillarious!!!

yup. Belushi started it, for pure entertainment 😂

Wait wait I don't understand why is this so funny when the guy was singing with his underwear 🤣🤣🤣

still ike snl, but that original crew was something else!!! they were brewed out of the 60's, and places like the hasty pudding at harvard, and 2nd city......national lampoon was a huge influence...theres nothing like that today- it was a particular humor of the time.

Where would Murray have been if Chase didn’t leave?

So, watched the entire video and didn't learn anything new. No new details on anything was revealed. Do you even know any details?

Would've been nice to have heard from Jane herself.

I remember asking this as a kid, Why do people think SNL is funny? A little funny now and then? Sure, but that could be said of nearly every show; for the most part, it just seemed to me dumb, to the point of tedious. Then comes along Jane Curtin to say I was not the only one. It took 50 years, but it was worth the wait.

True.

The Murray/Chase fight was common knowledge. You can see during the "goodnights" (while the credits role) how pissed off Bill Murray is after that episode.

Not sure how accurate you are on the Murray/Chase relationship getting better on the set of Caddyshack. I recall a pretty big fight where Chase claimed Murray almost ran him down with that huge landscaping thing they drove with all the blades. Anyway, Jane Curtain was definitely an unsung Not Ready for Prime Time Player. I loved her work on SNL.

What did she expect Lorne to do? And once he tried to do anything he wanted to be on the hook for that? Dan was the right person to get involved ... she should laud him instead of criticizing Lorne.

Belushi was an addict? I’m shocked!

She should have been a serious actress. She had the chops for the big screen.

Why are so many clips post-Curtin SNL?

This would be much better if you skipped the narrative except for some short introductions to excerpts/clips that you are talking about.

Nothing new here other than someone agreeing that 90% of the show sucked.

Wow, this is 100% misinformation. She was the most replaceable, and as you can see, a bitter Karen that is all about women issues that are not real.

Original SNL was far superior to the garbage of today.

Somewhere along the way, breaking character became the only way the show can be funny anymore.

never knew belushi, but could tell he was always coked out, he always had the look, 'i'm here, but not really.' agree with curtin, the show has always been shit, a hit and miss skit show, mostly miss, proof a weekly live show with a host really isn't great material, but they were young hipsters and "dangerous". most of us who watched were stoned, laughs were rare, it was just something we watched as friends.

The best of SNL was in the 70's. Most of it wouldn't be funny now. It was the times and our ages.

The constraints of woke ideals today have made SNL boring. Glad to have been around for the "glory years" of the show.

Chevy Chase left SNL in 1976 not 1978

Garrett Morris

There’s a KZfaq clip somewhere in which Chase, Murray, Ted Knight, and Dangerfirod are interviewed as a Caddyshack promo. Chase needles Murray to an uncomfortable degree.

tl;dw: she didn't get along with John Belushi because he was an addict.

Who the hell wants to hear you narrate 100% of this video??

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