More Carlin ...

Man, it was a gas last night, NBC and Saturday Night Live replaying the very first show, from back in October 1975, in which the recently departed George Carlin was the programs first host.

Numerous references (nervously) made about it being "live" ... Not one, not two, but four musical features (two artists - Billy Preston and Janis Ian - with two sets each) ... A short 'Weekend Update' (and "Generalissimo Franco is still dead" hadn't hit yet) ... The Not Ready For Prime Time Players ... And, of course, the, now legendary, debut of Andy Kaufman, and the hilarious "Mighty Mouse" routine ...

I can remember, very well, those first two years of SNL ... Wherever you were, whatever you were doing on a Saturday night, you made your plans to be at, or near, a televison by 11:30PM ...

But we digress ...

Nick Zaino, otherwise known as The Optimistic Curmudgeon, has, in his last two posts, provided encores of interviews he conducted with George Carlin;

OC Archive: George Carlin 2002

George Carlin: Complete Comedian

Check'em out ... Good stuff!