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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a TV show where funny people come together and do comedy sketches, bits, and jokes. It comes on every Saturday night on television. The show has been on for a really long time, almost 50 years!

Each episode usually has a special guest host, who is a famous person like a musician, actor or politician. The host will join in on the funny skits and jokes with the cast of comedians.

The show is famous for its "Weekend Update" segment, where two of the funny people pretend to be news anchors and joke about things that happened during the week.

Some of the most famous comedians of all time got their start on Saturday Night Live, like Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, and Tina Fey.
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