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Topic: Billy Crystal

Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks onstage during the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California. (Getty/Kevin Winter)

Let's never have an Oscars host again

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Columbia Pictures)

Sally's fake orgasm was a group effort

Tamar Jeffers McDonald
(HBO)

Crystal and Maher on guns and DeVos

Taylor Link
(AP)

"SNL"'s insane first show

Doug Hill, Jeff Weingrad
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Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)

Salon Staff
Gary Kroeger (AP/NBC/Salon)

My three mixed years on "SNL"

Kera Bolonik
Gary Kroeger and Jim Belushi at 30 Rock, with their cast photo from the 1984-85 season of "SNL" (GaryHasIssues.com)

My amazing "SNL 40" backstage

Gary Kroeger
Billy Crystal (Reuters/David Mcnew)

What Billy really meant

Erin Keane
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Martin Short as Jackie Rogers Jr., Ed Grimley, Nathan Thurm

Martin Short's "SNL" secrets

David Daley

Prachi Gupta
Robin Williams and Billy Crystal (screenshot/"Today")

Sarah Gray
(Vince Bucci/invision/ap)

A perfect Emmys tribute

Prachi Gupta
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Ellen DeGeneres (ABC)

The perfect Oscar host

Daniel D'Addario

Audible Billy Crystal

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Billy Crystal on "Soap" (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-70292p1.html'>R. Gino Santa Maria</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

How gays on TV changed America

Andrew O'Hehir
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally"

Would Sally fake that orgasm?

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Willa Paskin
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