The early days of Saturday Night Live were a swirling cocktail of groundbreaking comedy, questionable decisions, and, apparently, actual cocktails. But one host from the show’s second season stands out as the drunkest in SNL history. Broderick Crawford, an Oscar-winning actor with a legendary reputation for drinking, turned his hosting gig into a marathon of mischief that left Lorne Michaels and the crew scrambling—sometimes literally chasing him down.
