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Old and In the Way

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7. SNL was special in those days...really, nothing else compared.

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 02:29 AM

Dec 2011

Hard to explain it to a 20 something, even watching the original reruns...you'd have to have lived in the society at the time to appreciate how "out there" it really was.

In '75, I was done in NYC with some friends and stayed down on the Lower West side for a couple of weeks. We scored tickets to the National Lampoon Radio Show at the New Palladium. Basically, it was a shakedown cruise for the entire cast of SNL who were debuting on NBC that fall....after the show, I remember thinking "no way is this ever going on the tube, but if it does, this is going to be TV worth watching". Man, was it ever....

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is it me or is he a totally wasted azzclown in this interview,,,,, IamK Dec 2011 #1

welcome David riverwalker Dec 2011 #2

Thanks riverwalker. bathroommonkey76 Dec 2011 #3

Thanks for posting this and welcome aboard! Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #4

Thanks for the welcome. bathroommonkey76 Dec 2011 #5

SNL was special in those days...really, nothing else compared. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #7

That is an awesome video! Cooley Hurd Dec 2011 #6

Wow a '70s Franken on drugs reverts to babbling about politics. mucifer Dec 2011 #8