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** Yes, 1980s-1990s kids' show lovers. The Kenan Thompson who is on ''SNL'' is the same Kenan Thompson who was on Nickelodeon's ''[[All That]]'' and ''[[Kenan and Kel]]''.
** New featured player Kate McKinnon, much like Erica Ash on ''[[Mad TV]]'', used to be a cast member on Logo's ''The Big Gay Sketch Show''.
* [[Missing Episode]]: In its 37 years, there have been times where the show was put on hiatus due to the Writers' Guild of America going on strike (specifically in 1981, 1985, 1988, and 2007-08). Because of this, a lot of planned episodes were never written — or were written but never performed. One particularly sad example is a planned 1988 episode that was supposed to be hosted by Gilda Radner from the original "Not Ready for Primetime Players" cast. Sadly, because of the strike and Radner's death from ovarian cancer, this episode has never been made and never will be.
** One 'missing episode' that was actually produced was Chevy Chase/Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, which aired in April 1981. Originally intended to start the revised second half of season 6 (after Jean Doumanian was replaced by Dick Ebersol, and a number of her cast members were fired), a writer's strike cut the season short. This episode has gone unseen in its original form since 1981 - its lone Comedy Central airing was heavily re-edited, and contained material from other season 6 episodes in place of a few original sketches.
** For reasons unknown, the season 27 episode hosted by Alec Baldwin with musical guest P.O.D. only aired once. Some of the sketches from that episode were seen, however, on the ''SNL'' clip show episode, "The Best of Alec Baldwin."
* [[What Could Have Been]]: There are a handful of celebrities who have hosted ''SNL'' who originally auditioned to be cast members on the show, but never made it.
** Jim Carrey: Auditioned for Season 6 (1980-81) headed by Jean Doumanian, but lost out to Charles Rocket and eventually found fame on ''[[In Living Color]]''.
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