SNL this Saturday will air premier episode from '75 hosted by George Carlin

[book_worm]

As a tribute to George Carlin, Saturday Night Live will air it's first episode from 1975 with its first host, Carlin. So along with Carlin we will have the fun of seeing the original "Not Ready for Prime Time" players including John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner and Jane Curtain.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Is that the one where they demanded he wear a suit?

[CatWoman]

18. on today's Democracy Now, Amy said that George got into real

trouble with NBC brass because of his jokes about God and religion :)

[greyl]

47. He's wearing a jacket and vest over a t-shirt. :) nt

[islandmkl]

2. be interesting to see the old gang....

it isn't nostaglia saying that nothing SNL has accomplished matches its early years...

[book_worm]

4. I agree, it was cutting edge then

[htuttle]

20. Hmmmm....did you say 'cutting'?

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

3. Yay!

Saturday Night Live from when it was funny!

[Mind_your_head]

46. SNL from when we all knew how to/could laugh eom

[alfredo]

49. They still have their moments.

[Mind_your_head]

51. They (SNL) may have their moments....

but WE sure don't. "We're" not in a laughing mood.

[alfredo]

52. You got to laugh, tears dehydrate you.

[Mind_your_head]

60. True. Thanks for the reminder. eom

[alfredo]

62. Nobody wants to be a dried up husk.

[AngryOldDem]

55. No kidding.

I am already making a point to watch.

[ThatsMyBarack]

5. What time?

[book_worm]

7. it's regular time slot, I believe.

[CatWoman]

19. check out the SNL main page

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/

[Greyskye]

6. Finally a reason to watch SNL again.

I swear they lost the funny gene sometime in the past 30 years.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Cool, thanks for the heads up, book_worm.

:thumbsup:

[Mojambo]

9. Great idea. I'll be watching for certain. n/t

[TommyO]

10. That was nearly 33 years ago

I was just a wee lad of 10 years old, and I remember those early years. Yes, my parents let us stay up late on Saturday night to watch the show.

This is one for the TiVo!

[Individualist]

11. Terrific!

Would you mind posting a reminder of this Saturday. I've gotten a bit on the senile side and wouldn't want to miss it because I've forgotten about it. :)

[book_worm]

13. Sure.

[supernova]

12. Thanks!

I'll set my Tivo. I've never seen the first one. And I haven't watched SNL in years.

[XOKCowboy]

14. My local NBC station in Tulsa didn't show the first year..

Some station exec decided that it didn't fit their profile or something. Public pressure got it on the second year though.

[Faygo Kid]

15. Special treat: Musical guests Billy Preston and Janis Ian. Cue up the Beta, honey.

Actually, that predated Beta!

And Carlin was in his late 30s. Geesh.

I saw it then; guess I will watch it now (you bet!)

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. This could bite NBC on the ass

Imagine the millions of 20- and 30-somethings going, "Wow, this show used to be funny!"

[Gabi Hayes]

17. thanks! I wonder if they did the same thing when Richard Pryor died.

that was one of the strongest episodes ever, which included by FAR the best opening monologue ever, in which Pryor describes doing acid.

can't find video, but here's the transcript. It helps to have seen it, but....

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75gmono.phtml

[lonestarnot]

23. He was here just a few minutes ago too!

[Gabi Hayes]

28. hey! got any more of that stuff?

[lonestarnot]

30. George on his own obit @ link

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=8481008&ch=4226713&src=news

sorry I don't know how to get rid of the commercial.

[Gabi Hayes]

31. thanks!

did you see the thread on the two hour ''coast to coast'' interview tonight?

there was a link. don't know if it's on the radio, aa well

[lonestarnot]

33. Sat night live this week too. Also do you remember Mother Fucker?

I shared it with Swag. Here you go. read the whole thread it's short. You will find Mother Fucker there. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2443587

[Gabi Hayes]

37. har....my first thought was the same as the poster who mentioned of

Sister Mary Elephant

''Class...class.....CLAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!"

saw them live

[lonestarnot]

42. I remember her well!

:applause:

[burythehatchet]

21. That is very cool. I can't imagine getting through the show with dry eyes.

[Old and In the Way]

22. I saw the National Lampoon Radio Show at the New Palladium in NYC

a few weeks before Saturday Night Live started....pretty much the entire cast. Good times.

[blm]

32. Michael O'Donoghue is still the single greatest influence in my life.

I miss him every day.

[Old and In the Way]

34. Really? He was a great writer....

I didn't know he passed.

[blm]

58. 1994. Worst day of my life.

He was considered the integrity of SNL, not just its head writer. Belushi wouldn't have even joined the show but for the chance to work with MO'D.

[progdonkey]

24. cool! I used to have that on tape and it was awesome...

SNL had a whole series of "Best of" on VHS from the first cast, which is how this 26-year-old growing up overseas was able to be properly introduced to SNL (and George Carlin) at age 10. Thanks to those tapes, I've always felt a little out of step with people my age, because while they were laughing about Will Ferrell doing a parody of Harry Carey (I love Will Ferrell, but that was just stupid), I would think, "Ugh, these guys have never heard Garret Morris sing, 'I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see! Then I'm gonna find me a white woman who's wearin' a navy-blue sweataaahhh!!!'" You'd never see something like that nowadays--don't even think about the "N*gger/Dead Honky" sketch between Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor!

If I'm not mistaken, one of the ad parodies on that episode was for the Gilette three-blade razor (I guess the dual-blade razor had just come out). "The three-blade razor: because you'll believe anything." I remember it because it was so funny (and sad) that we have come to have the Gilette Fusion Extreme or whatever it is which has five blades! (Four front, one back).

[silverojo]

27. Yeah, a lot of that humor would never make it to TV nowadays

"I'm gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see...!"

[skooooo]

36. Never see Chapelle Show??

Pretty wild stuff there in comparison even.

[progdonkey]

38. Yeah, though that's cable...

I don't think Chapelle's Show would ever be shown on network television. Maybe late-night programming by random local stations, but NBC Universal (if it owned Chapelle's Show) wouldn't play any of it on their regular schedule.

[Gabi Hayes]

39. it is in Chicago

heavily censored for language, but they've shown some of his most 'offensive' bits

including the Real World takeoff

[skooooo]

45. The Real World takeoff.....

LOL

That is one of my favorite skits of his. When "Chad" brings his dad into the house, and his dad starts "looking" at one of the girls "like that."

We used to nut up on that all the time.

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

25. Woohoo!

Both for Carlin AND the original Not Ready for Prime Time" players!

[pokerfan]

26. Sweet

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75a.phtml

Carlin wanted to wear a t-shirt, but the network wanted him to wear a suit. As a compromise, Carlin wore a vest and jacket over his t-shirt, and hosted the show while reportedly stoned out of his mind.

Note: Carlin only appears on stage to perform stand-up or introduce the evening's musical guests.

[lpbk2713]

29. I haven't watched SNL in years but I will watch this one.

Thanks Lorne.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[skooooo]

35. Does anyone remember how Chevy Chase...

...used to lean back behind Jane Curtain during Weekend Update and move his mouth like he was mocking her? He did it to other people of course. I'd love to find a clip of that, it used to crack me up!!!!

[pamela]

40. Yeah, I remember...

I used to do that to my former boss in staff meetings. I'd sit in the back of the room and make Chevy Chase faces while some of the more pretentious staff members were talking. My boss would see me and start laughing and everyone would wonder why she was laughing but when they looked at me I'd be all sweet and innocent. Good times.

[skooooo]

44. Are there any clips of that..

...on the internet? or on DVD? I haven't seen it for years and years.

[pamela]

50. I looked on youtube. No luck.

There is a "Best of SNL-Chevy Chase" video but I think it may only be out on VHS. Amazon doesn't have it but there are some used copies available through Amazon.

[Hardrada]

61. I have the SNL complete 1975-1976 and 1976-1977 seasons

on DVD. Check your local CD/DVD store. 1977-78 just came out. I play these at get-togethers here and people are amazed at the great old sketches. And one friend got pissed at Andy Kaufman (he still doesn't "get" him.)

[Dinger]

41. DVR Ready, Thanks For The Heads Up! (nt)

[Canuckistanian]

43. I probably watched that show as a baby

OK, OK, I was 15 years old.

And I was going to be damned if I were to miss that show.

Carlin was HUGE back then, right up there with Pink Floyd and bell-bottom Levi's.

[colinmom71]

48. Yeah, our TiVo just got cleared out for the HBO specials....

re-airing tomorrow and Thursday nights, as well as for the SNL special Saturday night! We'll be praying to Joe Pesci for you, Mr. Carlin... ;)

[liberalla]

53. THANK YOU !!!!!! for that news!

That'll be so much fun!
I'm so excited! Yeah!

[Kablooie]

54. Saturday Night Live hosted by the dead.

Ha ha ha.

Oh get over it. George Carlin wouldn't have minded the joke.

[Blue_Tires]

56. the original '75-'79 crew is still the best

[drbtg1]

57. NBC could show both of the episodes Mr. Carlin hosted.

Contrary to what Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller claimed in their SNL history book, Mr. Carlin did host a second time during the strike-shortened 1984-85 season (the year dominated by Billy Crystal and Martin Short).

After all, does NBC really have to show another episode of Poker After Dark like they do every other night?

[dysfunctional press]

59. HBO is replaying all 11 george carlin specials over the next two nights

dating back to 1977.

http://www.hbo.com/events/george-carlin/tribute.html?ntrack_para1=feat_main_image

[peekaloo]

63. Wolverines!

hilarious opening!

a lot of Carlin and a lot of music on this one.

[Sequoia]

64. Oh joy !!! Thanks. I will certainly tape it if I can't see it.

Hooray!!!! The original cast.