The 2,000,000th post game

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3:
Keanu Reeves/John Constantine

Ian McShane/Prof. Bruttenholm

Halle Berry/Storm, Cat Woman

Laurence Fishburne/Perry White, Black Goliath, Silver Surfer

Robin Lord Taylor/The Penguin

Lance Reddick/Atlas, R’as Al Ghul, The Falcon

Hiroyuki Sanada/Lord Shingen

TODAY IS

19 bottles of beer on the wall,
19 bottles of beer.
Take one Down, pass it around,
18 bottles of beer on the wall.

Hey!

Is everything okay?

Yay!

Then I just may...

...go down to Costa Del Ray.

Fo’ shay!

AND

SNL’S EXISTENCE IS PARTLY DUE TO JOHNNY CARSON’S DESIRE FOR MORE VACATION DAYS.

In 1974, Johnny Carson requested that NBC stop airing The Tonight Show reruns on the weekend. He wanted to save those reruns for the extra vacation days he was planning to take during weekdays. NBC wanted to fill those weekend slots, so they hired Lorne Michaels to develop a show.

GILDA RADNER WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL CAST MEMBER ON SNL.

Radner was the first cast member Lorne Michaels hired.

SNL PREMIERED AS NBC’S SATURDAY NIGHT.

The show was originally called NBC’s Saturday Night because there was already a show titled Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell on ABC. When Cosell's show ended in 1976, Michaels changed his show’s title to Saturday Night Live.

ANNOUNCER DON PARDO MADE A MISTAKE DURING SNL’S PREMIERE EPISODE.

The show’s longtime announcer was supposed to say “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players.” Instead, he mixed up a few words, calling them the “Not for Ready Prime-Time Players.” Fortunately, it didn't stick.

CHEVY CHASE WAS HIRED AS A WRITER ON SNL.

Though he became one of the show’s breakout stars, Chevy Chase was originally hired as a writer—a job that came with a one-year contract. Which is how Chase got around having to sign a performer contract, and also why he was able to leave the show just a few episodes into the second season.