The Coneheads: SNL’s Weirdest Genius (1977) 👽📺 January 15, 1977 — Saturday Night Live introduced The Coneheads, a family of aliens from Remulak created by Dan Aykroyd. On-screen: Beldar (Aykroyd), Prymaat (Jane Curtin), and Connie (Laraine Newman). The concept came from a mix of influences Aykroyd talked about over the years: • the elongated heads of Easter Island’s Moai statues • a practical TV observation — early screens left unused space above actors’ heads, so he built characters that lite