Editing Weekend Update (section)

====Chevy Chase (1975–1976)====
''Weekend Update'' was created by original anchor [[Chevy Chase]] and ''SNL'' writers [[Herb Sargent]] and [[Al Franken]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/arts/television/07sargent.html|title=Herb Sargent, TV Writer, Is Dead at 81|date=May 7, 2005|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref> The sketch appeared on the first ''SNL'' broadcast on October 11, 1975 as the weekly "Update" to NBC News' monthly news magazine "[[Weekend (1974 TV program)|''Weekend'']]", hence "''Weekend Update''". Chase popularized several [[catchphrase]]s during the segment, such as his "I'm Chevy Chase... and you're not" greeting; and his repeated announcement that "[[Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead]]". ''Weekend Update'' segments frequently opened with Chase having an intimate conversation with someone on the phone, unaware he was "on the air." Chase ended ''Weekend Update'' with what became its signature catchphrase: "That's the news...good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow."

In addition, [[Garrett Morris]] parodied the practice of a picture insert of a person delivering the news in sign language for the hearing impaired. Chase would announce, "...and now, I shall repeat the top news story, assisted by the President of the Society for The Hard of Hearing." Chase would then repeat the story while Morris simply cupped his mouth and yelled the headline.