Stay from New York, it’s Sunday evening.
“Saturday Night Live” is having a fiftieth anniversary particular airing on a uncommon Sunday evening (Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. on NBC and Peacock).
Referred to as “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” the three-hour reside telecast from Studio 8H will have a good time the sketch comedy’s present’s half-centennial on the air. It should embody appearances from previous solid members reminiscent of Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Jane Curtin and extra.
Longtime “SNL” manufacturing designer Keith Raywood, who has been with “SNL” for 40 seasons since 1985, informed The Submit about his surprising greatest process for the particular.
“We [will] have about 450 people in the studio, which is essentially about 200 people more than we would normally have.”
This quantity is for the viewers, since will probably be filled with the particular company’ family and friends.
“Imagine all the people who have been on the show – those cast members and hosts. It’s a lot of people [there to see them]. And, those seats don’t normally exist,” he stated.
To make issues extra sophisticated, he defined that he couldn’t simply add chairs to the ground.
“The show is done on the floor. There are a few seats in front of the home base on the floor, but mostly the floor is left relatively empty for us to do all the sketches,” stated Raywood.
So once they added “about 200 additional seats,” he stated, they needed to intention larger.
“We built down from the balcony. We continued the seating all the way down to the floor…like bleachers.”
Raywood and his fellow “SNL” manufacturing designers — Joe Detullio and Akira “Leo” Yoshimura — cut up the duties between “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” and “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,” streaming reside from Radio Metropolis Music Corridor on Peacock Friday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m.
“I’ve been focused almost entirely on the Radio City show. And Joe and Leo have been focused more on the studio show, because it made sense to split up a little bit that way. I’m doing a little bit on that show, mostly some set decoration … I’m rehearsing right now here at Radio City. They’re currently rehearsing over in 8H across the street.”
He quipped: “I can’t be in both places at the same time.”
He teased that “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” will contain, “lots of new and older cast members doing lots of sketches.”
Raywood stated he couldn’t reveal the contents of the sketches, or what throwback characters would possibly seem on the present once more — reminiscent of Adam Sandler’s Opera Man — however he stated, “There will be music on Sunday as well, but not as much [as in ‘SNL50: The Homecoming Concert,’] like maybe three or four musical acts.”
“We’re doing sketches and musical numbers, and there will be packages which show the history of the show,” he informed The Submit. “It’s a celebration of 50 years of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ particularly the comedy. Whereas the Friday show is more a celebration of the music.”
