Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase (replaced by "Billy" Murray when Chase's ego expanded, causing him to float high above Manhattan and drift westward, eventually landing him in Hollywood), Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner. A bunch of Second City and National Lampoon alumni assembled by Lorne Michaels for a TV show called NBC's Saturday Night (it was their second choice for a name).