Ready for primetime-Sunday at 9 PM "The First 5 Years of SNL"

[underpants]

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/SNL_First_Five_Years/

THE very first skit on SNL
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75awolverines.phtml


Professor: Let us begin. Repeat after me.

< European Immigrant in tight-mouthed concentration, nods >

Professor: I would like.....

European Immigrant: < in thick accent > I would like....

Professor: ....to feed your fingertips....

European Immigrant: < in thick accent> ....to feed yur fingerteeps....

Professor: ...to the wolverines.

European Immigrant: < in thick accent > ....to de wolver-eenes.



Wow, that's terrific bass!

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

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1. Just to share: wolverine was one of O'Donoghue's favorite words

to use. It always struck him as such a funny, musical word.

[underpants]

2. I loved his "imitations"

I will now imitate _________ sticking a 12 inch knitting needle into His/Her eye


ARRRRRRRRRGAH!!!!!!

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5. dupe

;

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6. If you can believe it...there were some folks who never understood what he

was saying.

Duh people....Everyone sounds the same when their eyes are being pierced with needles.

[chelsea0011]

3. "Dead Honky" You knew something was about to happen

with that senseless wolverine skit. Nothing like it on TV.

[peekaloo]

4. Dangerous but Inept

Laraine Newman as Squeaky Fromme. HA!I hope they show more of the obscure funnies from those years.

Only the cool :smoke: kids in school talked about SNL on Monday way back then.

Damnit, the second half is up against 'Boston Legal'.