re: Has any movie star ever had the run of John Travolta from 1977-1980?

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Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Chris Farley, and Adam Sandler all did.

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SNL wasn't a sitcom. It was a show that broke the television mold in many ways and one of those was an insulated producer who gave his performers a giant leash to showcase all of their talents to the world. Embracing the stepping stone model and the audition concept has always been one of the things that made SNL special. I would put that in a different category.

I'll give you Hanks but that happened after Travolta made the leap. And he kind of had to sputter through some offbeat comedies before he really hit it big.