VH1 Classic To Run A 19 Day Marathon To Celebrate 40 Years Of ‘SNL’

Starting January 28th you'll be able to watch almost every episode ever of the iconic late night comedy show Saturday Night Live.

VH1 Classic says they'll start with the most recent season (39) and work backwards through February 15th when they'll end the marathon with the first ever episode which originally aired October 11th 1975. However, they won't be showing the episodes in chronological reverse order. Instead they'll do mini-marathons like all 6 of the times Justin Timberlake hosted, or an eight-hour celebration of some of the biggest pop artists in the world, including Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Pink, Britney Spears and Usher.

Personally, I'm looking forward to thirteen straight episodes featuring legendary sketch “Wayne’s World,” starring Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) direct from the basement studio in Aurora, Illinois.

And it gets even better! Each Saturday of the 19-day marathon, VH1 Classic will take a break from 10 pm to 1 am to show a film starring an SNL alum:

Saturday, January 31 at 10 PM “Macgruber” (Will Forte, Kristen Wiig);

11:30 PM “Black Sheep” (Chris Farley, David Spade)

Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 PM – “Trading Places” (Eddie Murphy)

Saturday, Feb. 14 at 10 PM – “The Blues Brothers” (John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd)