Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture

1. Introduction
Jim Whalley

2. “I’m Chevy Chase and You, You’re Merely a Statistic”: Self-reference and Stardom on Saturday Night Live
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3. “I’ll Write You a Note Saying You’re Too Well to Attend”: National Lampoon’s Animal House Takes Saturday Night Live to Hollywood
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4. “But the Kids Love Us”: The Development of Bill Murray’s Star Persona from Saturday Night Live to Ghostbuster
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5. “I Don’t Even Like Myself”: The Revision and Retreat of Saturday Night Live Stars after Ghostbusters
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6. “Age Is a Tough One for Me”: Selling Saturday Night Live in the 1980s
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7. “I Still Know How to Party”: Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, and Generational Change on Saturday Night Live
Jim Whalley

8. “A Colorful, Emotional, Working Class Hero”? The Development of Adam Sandler’s Fictional and Extra-fictional Personas
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9. Conclusion
Jim Whalley

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film History, Regional and Cultural Studies, Film and Television Studies, Media Research, American Culture