Saturday Night Special
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Saturday Night Special was a 1996 60 minute American Fox Television weekly Saturday night comedy-variety show which starred Kathy Griffin and Jennifer Coolidge.
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[edit] Description
This show was a competitor to Saturday Night Live with a similar format of comedy skits and musicians. It debuted on April 1, 1996 but only lasted until May 18, 1996.
TV and movie actress Yasmine Bleeth appeared in Episode 5, on May 11, 1996 along with Laura Leighton, the Smothers Brothers, and musical group Radiohead.
[edit] Cast
- Jennifer Coolidge .... Herself/Various Characters
- Kathy Griffin .... Herself/Various Characters
- Laura Kightlinger .... Herself/Various Characters
- Bob Rubin
- Warren Hutcherson
- Heath Hyche
- Carl LaBove (as C.D. LaBove)
[edit] Guest Celebrities
- Yasmine Bleeth
- Sharon Stone
- Scott Wolf
- Melissa Etheridge
- Bush
- Ben Stiller
- Salt-N-Pepa
- Max Perlich
- Alice in Chains
- D'Angelo
- James Woods
- John Goodman
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Lynn Whitfield
- Coolio
- Garbage
- Rosie Perez
- Tupac Shakur
- Ice-T
- Fugees
- The Verve Pipe
- Laura Leighton
- Smothers Brothers
- Radiohead
- Jenny McCarthy
- Patti Smith
- Vendela
[edit] Production credits
- Troy Miller and Keith Alcorn (Directors)
- Roseanne Barr (Executive Producer)
- Craig J. Nevius (Co-Producer)
- Troy Miller (Producer)
- Eric Beetner (Film Editor)
- Michele Spadaro (Set Decorator)
- Keith Alcorn and Nick Gibbons (Art Department)
- Paul Claerhout (Animator)
- Eric Mazer (Production Coordinator)
- Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld {Makeup Department Head}
- Taylor M. Uhler (Music Composer)
- Fox Network (Production Company)
