Stars Banned From 'Saturday Night Live'

3. Frank Zappa

While hosting the show in 1978, Frank adapted a cooler-than-this attitude, telling the audience that he was reading from cue cards, lazily reciting his lines and acting disinterested throughout the show. Writer Don Novello called the show “one of the worst ever.”

4. Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello and the Attractions were playing “Less Than Zero” during the show in December of 1977 in their second performance o the night.

“Stop! I’m sorry ladies and gentlemen, there’s no reason to do this song here,” he suddenly announced before they performed “Radio Radio” instead. The switch-up had to do with a battle he was having with his record label, not anyone at SNL. While it got him banned, he wasn’t disinvited forever: he returned in 1989 and parodied the stunt by interrupting the Beastie Boys‘ performance.