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Crystal also confirmed that he helped supply theSaturday Nightfilmmakers with an essential piece ofSNLhistory.
“I actually had the script,” he said.
They never saved the script.'
Billy Crystal in 2024.Joe Buglewicz/Getty
I said, ‘I have it.’
Im the one who wasnt on the show and I had the script."
Well the page in the script says ‘monologue to come,’ and its a blank page.
Billy Crystal in 1979.Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty
So it never came!
I gave them the script."
Reitman and his writing partner Gil Kenan previously toldEntertainment Weeklyabout how Crystal’s script helped aid the production.
Kenan recalled Crystal’s revelation with fondness.
“It happened so dramatically we didn’t know he had it,” the screenwriter said.
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Reitman said that Crystal jokingly reminded them of his failure to appear in the episode.
“And he allowed us to scan it.
Gil immediately scanned the whole thing into his iPhone.
before Michaels responded, “No, I need two minutes.
All you get is two minutes” essentially the exact conversation that plays out inSaturday Night.
He ultimately made hisSNLdebut in episode 17 of the first season in April 1976.
Watch the full conversation between Crystal and Kotb above.
