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The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live sketches, organized alphabetically by title. The referenced date is the date when the sketch first appeared.

See also Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed chronologically).

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• E. Buzz Miller and Christie Christina (Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman) – January 22, 1977
• Ed Grimley (Martin Short) – October 6, 1984
• El Dorko (Gary Kroeger) – January 28, 1984
• The Elevator Fans (Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon) – January 19, 1991
• Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) – November 15, 1975
• The Essentials with Robert Osborne (Bill Hader) – November 20, 2010
• The Ex-Police (Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) – October 15, 1977

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• The Falconer (Will Forte) – November 9, 2002
• Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) – May 13, 1978
• The Ferey Muhtar Talk Show (Horatio Sanz) – March 16, 2002
• Fericito (Fred Armisen) – October 5, 2002
• Fernando's Hideaway (Billy Crystal) – November 3, 1984
• The Festrunk Brothers (Wild and Crazy Guys) (Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin) – September 24, 1977
• Frank & Papa (Tim Kazurinsky, Tony Rosato) – April 11, 1981
• Frank Gannon, P.I. P.I. (Kevin Nealon) – April 13, 1991
• The Franken and Davis Show (Al Franken, Tom Davis) – May 20, 1978
• The Further Adventures of Biff and Salena (Jon Lovitz, Joan Cusack) – February 22, 1986

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• I Married A Monkey (Tim Kazurinsky) – April 11, 1981
• I'm Chillin' (Chris Rock, Chris Farley) – January 12, 1991
• Instant Coffee with Bill Smith (Kevin Nealon) – October 18, 1986
• Iris De Flaminio (Jane Curtin) – April 5, 1980
• Irving Cohen (Martin Short) – November 10, 1984
• Issues with Jeffrey Kaufman (Jim Breuer) – October 18, 1997

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• Kaitlin & Rick (Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz) – May 1, 2004
• Karl's Video (David Spade) – October 9, 1993
• The Keisters (Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson) – December 13, 1986
• The Kelly Brothers (Fred Armisen, Will Forte) – February 8, 2003
• Kevin Franklin (Tim Meadows) – February 10, 1996
• Kickspit Underground Festival (Jason Sudeikis, Nasim Pedrad) – December 5, 2009
• The Killer Bees (John Belushi, Bill Murray, Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd and others) – October 11, 1975
• Kincaid (Ana Gasteyer) – September 28, 1996

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• Nadeen (Cheri Oteri) – November 13, 1999
• Nadine and Rowena (Denny Dillon, Gail Matthius) – December 13, 1980
• Nathan Thurm (Martin Short) – November 17, 1984
• The Nerds (Lisa Loopner) (Gilda Radner, featuring Bill Murray as Todd, and Jane Curtin as Mrs. Loopner) – January 28, 1978
• Nicholas Fehn (Fred Armisen) – October 13, 2007
• Nick The Lounge Singer (Bill Murray) – April 16, 1977
• Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy (Jimmy Fallon) – November 20, 1999
• Nicole, The Girl With No Gaydar (Rachel Dratch) – November 3, 2001
• Noony and Nuni Schoener, Art Dealers (Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Chris Parnell) – January 15, 2005

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• Olympia Cafe (Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger) (John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman, Bill Murray) – January 28, 1978
• Opera Man (Adam Sandler) – April 18, 1992
• Orgasm Guy (Rob Schneider) – December 12, 1992
• The Original Kings of Catchphrase Comedy – March 12, 2011
• Out Of Africa ("You put your weed in there!") (Rob Schneider) – September 25, 1993

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• Queen Shenequa (Ellen Cleghorne) – October 26, 1991
• The Quiet Storm (Tim Meadows) – October 19, 1996

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• Uncle Roy (Buck Henry) – November 11, 1978
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer (Phil Hartman) – November 23, 1991
• Uri (Sabra) (Tom Hanks) – December 8, 1990

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• Velvet Jones (Eddie Murphy) – October 17, 1981
• Veronica & Co. (Molly Shannon, Chris Parnell) – December 9, 2000
• Vic Salukin (Tony Rosato) – October 31, 1981
• Vickie & Debbie (Gail Matthius, Denny Dillon) – November 15, 1980
• Vincent Price's Holiday Special (Bill Hader) – November 19, 2005
• Vinnie Barber (Jon Lovitz) – January 18, 1986
• Visiting the Queen (Fred Armisen, Bill Hader) – November 20, 2010
• The Vogelchecks (Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg) – November 15, 2008
• Voice Recording Date (Rachel Dratch) – October 8, 2005

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• The X-Presidents (a cartoon by Robert Smigel) – January 11, 1997

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• Z105 with Joey Mack (Jimmy Fallon) – November 2, 2002
• Zagat's (Chris Farley, Adam Sandler) – February 25, 1995
• The Zimmermans (Chris Kattan, Cheri Oteri) – February 15, 1997
• Zoraida the NBC Page (Ellen Cleghorne) – September 28, 1991

Rialto

The Rialto is and has been for many centuries the financial and commercial centre of Venice. It is an area of the San Polo sestiere of Venice, Italy, also known for its markets and for the Rialto Bridge across the Grand Canal.

The area was settled by the ninth century, when a small area in the middle of the Realtine Islands either side of the Rio Businiacus was known as the Rivoaltus, the "high bank". Soon, the Businiacus became known as the Grand Canal, and the district became the Rialto, referring only to the area on the left bank.

The Rialto became an important district in 1097, when Venice's market moved there, and in the following century a boat bridge was set up across the Grand Canal providing access to it. This was soon replaced by the Rialto Bridge.

The Rialto Bridge

The market grew, both as a retail and as a wholesale market. Warehouses were built, including the famous Fondaco dei Tedeschi on the other side of the bridge. Meanwhile, shops selling luxury goods, banks and insurance agencies appeared and the city's tax offices were located in the area. The city's abattoir was also in the Rialto.

Most of the buildings in the Rialto were destroyed in a fire in 1514, the sole survivor being the church San Giacomo di Rialto, while the rest of the area was gradually rebuilt. The Fabriche Vechie dates from this period, while the Fabbriche Nuove is only slightly more recent, dating from 1553. The statue Il Gobbo di Rialto was also sculpted in the sixteenth century.

The area is still a busy retail quarter, with the daily Erberia greengrocery market, and the fish market on the Campo della Pescheria.

The Rialto is also mentioned in works of literature, notably in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice , where Shylock asks "What news on the Rialto?" at the opening of Act 1, Scene III, and Salanio in Act 3 Scene I poses the same question. In Sonnets from the Portuguese Sonnet 19, Elizabeth Barrett Browning writes that "The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise...".

Dionne Warwick performed here her first Live TV Concert in 1983 for America.

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• Satellite image from Google Maps (on the left bank of the Grand Canal, adjoining the bridge)

Coordinates: 45°26′19″N 12°20′05″E / 45.4385°N 12.3348°E / 45.4385; 12.3348