Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture: From Chevy Chase to Tina Fey

Introduction 'I'm Chevy Chase and you, you're merely a statistic': Self-reference and Stardom on Saturday Night Live 'I'll write you a note saying you're too well to attend': National Lampoon's Animal House Takes Saturday Night Live to Hollywood 'But the Kids Love Us': The Development of Bill Murray's Star Persona from Saturday Night Live to Ghostbusters 'I Don't Even Like Myself': The Revision and Retreat of Saturday Night Live Stars after Ghostbusters 'Age is a Tough One for Me': Selling Saturday Night Live in the 1980s 'I Still Know How to Party': Mike Myers, Adam Sandler and Generational Change on Saturday Night Live 'A Colorful, Emotional, Working Class Hero'? The Development of Adam Sandler's Fictional and Extra-fictional Personas Conclusion