I remember the first time I ever watched a Saturday Night Live episode. I snuck downstairs one night when I was but a child (mind you, we are traversing back in time to the '80s here - no Delorean needed). While everyone slept upstairs, I tried my best to use my ninja-like skills to be extremely quiet so no one could hear my twilight Saturday excursion.
I turned on the television really low so no one could hear me up and about and I began watching the funniest things I EVER saw on television: "Buckwheat has been shot. I repeat, Buckwheat has been shot."
It was truly wonderful... no... life changing.
"I Nub Noo. I Nub Noo." BAM BAM - nooooooooooooooo
This was... funny as hell.
"I'm Gumby DAMMIT!"
I had never seen anything like it. It was... it was ADULT BASED HUMOR. And to a kid... this was the shit.
"I am BLACK and you are WHITE"
"You're as blind as a bat and I have SIGHT"
I became addicted from there on... sneaking downstairs at night to watch this craziness.
As the years went by, we purchased an amazing item, a true gift from the Godz. A Video Cassette Recorder (VCR to those of you who are confused). I began taping EVERY episode back in Highschool (around 1990) and continued to tape as many as I could for quite a many years. I still have them all downstairs, stuffed in the closet in an old dusty VCR Tape Storage Bin (yes, they actually made those).
Every once in awhile, I will take them out and watch some of them again.
"I think I'm gonna hurl"
"Touch my monkey. Touch him.... LOVE HIM!!!"
"Well, isn't THAT special"
Phil Hartman - I miss you man. If God has a sense of humor, I'm sure you're keeping him in stitches now (moment of seriousness - comedic genius - unfortunately his wife was cracked out on cocaine and anti-depressants and shot him to death while he was sleeping. Truly one of the saddest days for comedy.)
