SNL season 1, episode 1

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Airs 2/14/2015. George Carlin hosts. Might seem tame and lame now, but there was nothing like it ever before.

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Dan Aykroyd and Laraine Newman were only 23 years old.

[Thunder Good-Oil]

George Carlin was high on cocaine when he hosted this one.

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The host for the episode is George Carlin, and the musical guests are Billy Preston and Janis Ian. The skits for this episode are as follows: an ESL teacher gives increasingly bizarre sentences to his student, who repeats his every word; until the teacher suffers a fatal heart attack, and the student dutifully acts out an identical "death". New Dad Insurance offers bereaved families a new father to take the place of their deceased one. A distraught rape victim in a courtroom describes the attacker's words in writing, which then confuses an inattentive jurist. Andy Kaufman sings along with a Mighty Mouse record. A reporter interviews the victim of a shark bite who, despite his claims to the contrary, obviously still has all his limbs. Two men, claiming to be a married couple, discuss the benefits of a new vitamin product called Jamitol. A mock ad for pain-reliever Triopenin plays up the product's child-proof caps. Albert Brooks presents a documentary titled "The Impossible Truth," in which he presents several shocking news stories. In the maternity ward of a hospital for bees, father bees anxiously wait to find out if their children will be drones or workers. The Academy of Better Careers offers people an exciting new life answering telephones. Valri Bromfield presents a monologue as a volleyball coach giving some very personal advice to her players before a game. In a mock commercial parodying Lark cigarettes, a truck rolls through town asking people to show their guns. A home security system installer breaks into a couple's home and scares them to death to demonstrate how much they need an alarm installed. Finally, another mock commercial presents 3-bladed razors as an absolute household necessity. During the show, George Carlin performs monologues on blue food, religion, baseball vs. football, and other observations. During the Weekend Update, Chevy Chase reports about President Ford blowing his nose and Emperor Hirohito visiting Disneyland. Billy Preston performs "Nothing from Nothing" and "Fancy Lady," while Janis Ian performs "At Seventeen" and "In the Winter".

[wolfgang]

Feb 6, 2015 9:20:59 GMT -5 Thunder Good-Oil said:

Andy Kaufman sings along with a Mighty Mouse record.

Big fan of that skit.

[Rudedog]

Feb 6, 2015 11:12:27 GMT -5 wolfgang said:

Feb 6, 2015 9:20:59 GMT -5 Thunder Good-Oil said:

Andy Kaufman sings along with a Mighty Mouse record.

Big fan of that skit.

Me too!

[Thunder Good-Oil]

I think IMDB got it wrong. Wasn't he actually lip synching rather than singing along with it?

[wolfgang]

Feb 6, 2015 15:08:17 GMT -5 Thunder Good-Oil said:

I think IMDB got it wrong. Wasn't he actually lip synching rather than singing along with it?

Technically, that would be correct.

[Thunder Good-Oil]

NBC... 11:30

An hour and a half from now.

[Redneck Dave]

40 year anniversary is pretty funny