A FITTING TRIBUTE
I was a teenager when a new show hit televisions screens on late Saturday night. Today's teens have no idea what it was like back then when there was barely anything except old movies being run at that time or reruns of old TV shows. For that matter weeknight TV held little more than Johnny Carson on the Tonight show and a few lame imitators. And around 1 A.M. TV shut down leaving behind nothing but a test pattern. But times have changed. And one thing that changed for the better was that show on Saturdays. Who knew what would happen after the words "Live from New York, its Saturday Night!" were spoken? And who knew that an unknown actor/comedian on the show named John Belushi would become an American icon?
I was stunned one day when talking to someone who just turned 20 that they had no idea who John Belushi was, had never seen ANIMAL HOUSE and who didn't know much past the current line up as to who was on SNL (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE). When I got word this DVD was coming out...
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