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The second season of ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between September 18, 1976, and May 21, 1977. The season included a Live from Mardi Gras Special. This season of what began as ''NBC's Saturday Night'' saw the departure of Chevy Chase after the October 30th episode hosted by Buck Henry. Jane Curtin took over as Weekend Update anchor following Chase's departure. On the January 15, 1977 episode, Bill Murray joined the Not Ready for Prime-Time Players, filling the void left by Chase's departure. Jim Downey joined the writing staff. This season was the last to feature The Muppets. Steve Martin, Eric Idle, and Buck Henry each hosted two episodes. ==History== Following the cancellation of ABC's ''Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell'', NBC changed the name of the show from ''NBC's Saturday Night'' to its current title, ''Saturday Night Live'' in the episode hosted by Jack Burns in 1977. The shows on October 16, October 23, and October 30 1976 were live from NBC's studio complex in Brooklyn, NY. NBC News used Studio 8-H for Presidential election coverage. This season was the last to feature The Muppets in The Land of Gorch, who had appeared in segments that were unpopular with fans and the SNL writers. Jim Henson was reportedly displeased with the amount of creative control he had over the scripts. Jerry Juhl called Henson "very frustrated" with his input into the scripts, and stated that the ''SNL'' writers "didn't have any real handle" on Henson's concept. "Jim would come in with ideas, and sit with them, and give them wonderful ideas, and they wouldn’t know how to fly with them," Juhl recalled. In a 1977 interview with ''Playboy'', head writer/performer Michael O'Donoghue referred to the Muppets as "fucking Muppets…little hairy facecloths" that were made from the refuse after they cleaned up after Woodstock. He also refused to write for them, saying "I don’t write for felt". O'Donoghue also had a lynched Big Bird hanging in the writer's office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three Muppet Conflicts & How They Were Resolved )〕 Jim Downey joined the writing staff in what would be a long career on the show. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saturday Night Live (season 2)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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