15. NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME PLAYERS
A.k.a. the name given to creator Lorne Michaels' cast — including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and Chevy Chase — during Saturday Night Live's 1975 debut season. Originally conceived as support for guest hosts, the crack improv group became the reason to watch — and launched a TV institution. How best to explain SNL's initial anarchic brilliance? Watch the Land Shark (''Candygram''). Or Belushi's Samurai. Or the Killer Bees. Or...

Get This! SNL, season 1