NBC ran the original first episode of SNL (original titled simply, "NBC's Saturday Night"). Carlin hosted and they had him on delay as they were TERRIFIED he'd say one of "The 7 words...". He worked clean and did the fabulous "Baseball vs Football" bit. George Carlin was always funny, but he was 10 times funnier if you were watching him rather than just listening. His expressions really amped up the laugh factor.
Couple things about that first episode of SNL; the very first sketch, the cold opening, was the "Language Lesson" sketch where Belushi plays the random Eastern European repeating english phrases such as "I vould like...to feed your figerteeps...the de volverines!" Classic. Also, announcer Don Pardo (who is now 90 and has been there from day 1) blew the opening by refering to the cast as the "Not For Ready Prime-Time Players!"
Good stuff...til the f-ing Muppets show up.
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