I-SNL ibhiyozele i-40 yayothusuku enazimanya ngalo
Ngobusuku bokugqibela yayisisikhumbuzo sama-40 sobusuku bangoMgqibelo. NgoMgqibelo ebusuku (ishunqulelwe njenge-SNL) ngumdlalo waseMelika wobusuku bobusuku obubonisa umdlalo weqonga kunye nemiboniso eyahlukeneyo eyenziwe nguLorne Michaels kwaye yaphuhliswa nguDick Ebersol. Umboniso wokuqala kwi-NBC ngo-Okthobha 11, 1975, phantsi kwesihloko sokuqala se-NBC ngoMgqibelo ebusuku. Imizobo yemidlalo ehlekisayo, ethi inkcubeko kunye nepolitiki yanamhlanje, yenziwa liqela elikhulu lokungafani kwamalungu amatsha kunye namalungu amatsha. Isiqendu ngasinye sisingathwa lundwendwe oludumileyo (oluhlala luhambisa i-monologue yokuvula kwaye lwenza kwimizobo kunye nabalingisi) kunye nemidlalo yeendwendwe zomculo. Isiqendu siqala ngokuqala ngesikripthi esivulekileyo esibandayo esiphela ngomntu owaphula isimilo aze athi, 'Phila eNew York, kungoMgqibelo ebusuku!,'
Kulo mzobo ungezantsi, uNorm McDonald uchaza uBurt Reynolds kwaye uqhubeka nokubhekisa ku-Andre the Giant kwi-Celebrity Jeopardy.
Kwakukho nemontage ebonisa iimbaleki kumdlalo, onokuthi ujonge apha ngezantsi. Iliwa, uJohn Cena, u-Triple H, uMntu kunye noHulk Hogan babonisiwe kwividiyo.
Iliwa lokuqala labamba i-SNL ngo-2000, ebonisa ukubonakala kukaMick Foley, iBig Show, iTriple H kunye noVince McMahon, onokuthi ujonge apha ngezantsi:
kutheni abafana bemka xa bekuthanda
UHulk Hogan kunye noMnu T babamba umboniso ngaphambi kweWrestleMania I ngo-1985, onokuyijonga ngezantsi:
Iliwa lenze ukubonakala okumbalwa kumdlalo kule minyaka iliqela idlulileyo njenge 'The Rock Obama':
