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Monty Python comedian described the experience as "tele-embarrassment on a monumental scale.”

Eddie Murphy helped kill off one of the show's most popular characters in March 1983.

in "Don't Look Back in Anger," star reflects on all his departed co-workers.

Football great's sports career was winding down as movie and TV options piled up in 1978.

"George Bush had run its course, 'Wayne’s World,' Church Lady had all been done — basically I thought I’d done as much as I could do."

Bill Murray and Gilda Radner starred as two of the show's earliest recurring characters.

One of the weirdest and most format-breaking sketches in show's history was based on a real event.

"Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger … "

Comedian's final appearance came via a real commercial aired during "Weekend Update."

Gilda Radner's parody was not initially liked by the TV journalist.