solitairerose.com | by Cory!!(noreply@blogger.com) | Tue, Jan 13
Tue, Jan 13
The first episode of Saturday Night Live was not Saturday Night Live. At the time, ABC had a variety show called Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, so the show was called “NBC's Saturday Night”. There are great books that cover the buildup to the first show, but since this blog is both a re...
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