"Saturday Night Live" is, as the name implies, mostly live show, which means it is important that things go according to the live sketch plan. That means there is no greater improvisation, not to miss your sign and not by accidently blinking the camera. So, it makes sense that the show has a rule that the actors should wear underwear at any time, unless they certainly do a pre -shown sketch for A. a very revealing style of men's jeans.

Even when a character in their sketch wears underwear, throwing members often wear their real underwear under it. Such was the case in a recent sketch (look below) with Heidi Gardner, where her face wore the old weather, but you can see another bra underneath it goes unnoticed by other characters. The rationale for this caution becomes clear at the end of the sketch, where the props of the world that is stuck on Heidi's head falls before being assumed. When the Globe props falls and reveals its head, it's just a fun minor accident; If the city's props falls and there is no other outfit under it, the show gets a fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qr5Gy_5MO4

But the real reason for the underwear rule "SNL" had less with accidental live exposure and more connection to The rated member of the cast Johnon Bellushi Walking commandos during the wardrobe behind the scenes changes. Former SNL designer Frani Lee, who has been working on the show since the early days, explained in A. 2021 Interview Why she once Put a sign in studio halls 8h reading"All team members have to wear lingerie on Sunday. This means you!"

The basis was that crew members often have to go through rapid changes in suits between sketches. Belon Bellushi obviously didn't wear underwear often during the show, so the wardrobe team had to look at it in naked, and it makes them unpleasant. Diplomatic Friani chose to set a story to tell All Actors wear underwear, although the sign was really just a giant subject towards Belushi.

Although Lee made sure that the teams were wearing underwear during her time on the show, there have been many opportunities since the rule when the rule was not necessarily broken, but it was certainly a little bent. Will Ferrell once made a sketch where his face dressed in a back decorated with the American flag, and underneath he had no backup underwear, leaving very little to the audience's imagination. Episode host San William Scott, who starred alongside Ferrell in this sketch, once joking recalled at the scene"I had a little look at Will's penis and testicles playing Peekaboo how you doing ... I'll wake up in a cold sweat, and I will have retrospective of Ferrell Oretsk."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mlsu46h8ia

Another thing we have learned over the years is that the underwear rule may not refer to music guests. This may explain why musician Casey Muzgravs managed to sing a song in nakedWith just a few boots and her guitar to keep the censorship happy. "She was naked", a publicist of Musgraves Confirmed for the variety Soon after. "Precautions were taken and this was the first time the show happened."

Of course, for the most part it seems that the SNL cast remained faithful to the rule, even in the previously shown sketches. My personal favorite is probably "Naked and scared"Sketch with Leslie Onesons and Peter Dinklage, who hosted 2016. The sketch uses the blur effect to look like both naked, but in her first scene, Leslie immediately adjusts her underwear and kills the whole illusion. But hey, at least Onesons wears underwear, just as Frani Lee once insisted. The sketch itself can joke about how pervert it is, but Onesons in real life was at least one step above Belushi.