# SNL - 6/28 - Rebroadcasting of 1st Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486 "2008-06-27T19:18:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/1 "2008-06-27T19:18:54Z")
Obviously being done as a George Carlin tribute, and that’s fine by me. Four Carlin stand-up routines throughout the show, as well as Andy Kaufman’s “Mighty Mouse” cameo, Billy Preston and Janis Ian singing, and no Bill Murray. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/2 "2008-06-27T19:23:35Z")
But Michael O’Donoghue makes an appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/3 "2008-06-27T19:39:09Z")
Does anyone remember Carlin’s second appearance (Season 10, musical guest Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jim Belushi era)? No recollection. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/4 "2008-06-27T20:15:42Z")
Hey, thanks for the heads-up! Especially interested in seeing Janis Ian, since we just saw her in concert a week ago! We don’t even try to watch anymore and would’ve missed it. Is it at regular SNL time or are they showing it during prime time? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/5 "2008-06-27T20:44:42Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] We don’t even try to watch anymore and would’ve missed it. Is it at regular SNL time or are they showing it during prime time? [/QUOTE] Yeah, I haven’t watched in years, so I’d have missed it as well. It’s on in its usual slot, 11:30pm on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/6 "2008-06-28T03:41:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Does anyone remember Carlin’s second appearance (Season 10, musical guest Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Jim Belushi era)? No recollection. All I remember from it is that after Don Pardo introduced Carlin they played the tape of his entrance on the first show ten years earlier. He commented on how much younger he looked (or rather how much older he _now_ looks!) Rest of the show was pretty unmemorable… ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/7 "2008-06-28T04:58:13Z")
I’ll try to catch that. Besides Carlin, all now dead: Michael O’Donoghue, Andy Kaufman, Billy Preston, John Belushi, Gilda Radner. ---
**Author:** ![Greta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@Greta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greta)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/8 "2008-06-28T07:09:53Z")
The very first show? With the ‘feed you to the wolverines’ opening? yay! ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/9 "2008-06-28T12:22:37Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] Besides Carlin, all now dead: Michael O’Donoghue, Andy Kaufman, Billy Preston, John Belushi, Gilda Radner. [/QUOTE] Still alive: DON PARDO! ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/10 "2008-06-28T15:43:12Z")
“I would like…to feed your fingert_ee_ps…to the wolver_ee_nes. We are out of badgers” ---
**Author:** ![Greta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@Greta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greta)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/11 "2008-06-28T17:35:43Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Still alive: DON PARDO! [/QUOTE] Yeah, when he passes, snl will truly be over. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/12 "2008-06-28T20:25:40Z")
[QUOTE=Greta] Yeah, when he passes, snl will truly be over. [/QUOTE] - plots the death of Don Pardo \* ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/13 "2008-06-29T03:52:53Z")
I’m watching this now…and my initial thought is that George Carlin is the spitting image of Russell Crowe. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/14 "2008-06-29T04:23:51Z")
George Carlin is exactly as unfunny as I remember him. (I will never understand the appeal of that guy.) It’s a shame the muppets aren’t on SNL anymore. I’m pretty sure Jim Henson must have been on acid during that sketch. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/15 "2008-06-29T04:33:36Z")
Well since someone already mentioned the people who have since passed away there’s also Jim Henson and (well at least he was mentioned) Gerald Ford. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/16 "2008-06-29T04:45:28Z")
Scred and Lily Tomlin sing “I Got You Babe.” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb68zu_dTmU) ---
**Author:** ![Greta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@Greta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greta)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/17 "2008-06-29T05:01:22Z")
It feels weird watching it. I feel so old. It truly was innovative and good when it started. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/18 "2008-06-29T05:06:52Z")
[QUOTE=Greta] It feels weird watching it. I feel so old. It truly was innovative and good when it started. [/QUOTE] I thought the “Triple Track” razor (or whatever they called it) was prophetic. The Gillette on my sink has, uh, five blades. “Because you’ll believe anything.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/19 "2008-06-29T05:32:36Z")
Wow…did video look bad back then. We’re not talking about home video, but top-of-the-line network video. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486/20 "2008-06-29T13:34:42Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] I thought the “Triple Track” razor (or whatever they called it) was prophetic. The Gillette on my sink has, uh, five blades. “Because you’ll believe anything.” :smack: [/QUOTE] I agree. I love the illustration of how not the first blade pulls out the hair, the second one stops it from smacking you, and the third doest he cutting. I remember laughing at the idea of a fourth blade, and we’re at 5 now. Is there a six-blader coming? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-6-28-rebroadcasting-of-1st-show/454486.md?page=2)