MUNA’s Naomi McPherson Cast As Janis Ian In Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975

The first episode of Saturday Night Live aired in October 1975. Its host was George Carlin, and its musical guests were Billy Preson and Janis Ian, the singer-songwriter who had a hit at the time with “At Seventeen.” (Lizzy Caplan’s character in Mean Girls is named after her.) That first SNL season has been heavily mythologized over the years, and it’s the subject of Jason Reitman’s forthcoming film SNL 1975. In the movie, Jon Batiste, who’s also doing the score, will play Billy P...

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