George Carlin: First-ever monologue on ‘Saturday Night Live’
SNL Debut Show…The Opening Minutes With George Carlin
In case you missed the encore performance of the debut show on NBC last night, here is opening and Carlin’s monologue. I have been told that the original closing credits on this debut show listed all of the Not Ready For Prime Time Players as “Bud”.
It seems the sketch comedy didn’t get ramped up until the Candice Bergen episode, which I believe is the fourth. Lorne has said he considers that one to be the first episode of the show in what became its standard format. Even in the Richard Pryor episode, Don Pardo only announced them as a group.
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George Carlin: First-ever monologue on ‘Saturday Night Live’ | Saturday Night Live – Yahoo Screen
Happy birthday, George Carlin. The late comedian would have turned 77 on May 12. To honor him, we take a look back at his historic ‘SNL’ monolgue — the show’s first ever. “Talk about a live show! It’s nice to see you, welcome, and thanks for joining us — live.” That’s how the comedy icon started t…
It bothered me that Carlin was not mentioned in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment – problem is while they were showing official cast and crew who had passed, they also included Andy Kaufman and listed him as a guest performer.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/snl40-in-memoriam/2847169?onid=148621#vc148621=2
I watched it last night, and couldn’t believe they were using a camera with burn in, looked like it was from being aimed at the studio lights, in the upper left corner. Really annoying visually in the court segment. I guess it was an RCA TK-44?
The real BOSS MAN!
I watched last night and was surprised by how fast it moved. Having Carlin host was a smart move for the first time out because they could (and did heavily) rely on him to fill with his own material.