...And You're Not

Recently Vol. 1, Disc 1 of Saturday Night Live came in the mail for my entertainment. Wish I had time to watch it all the way through at once, but in any case I've been watching the first episode at length. It's a bit rough, as you might expect, but you can also see why the show caught on after it was polished a little. For instance, this this is the first joke ever told on Weekend Update, Chevy Chase hosting:

"Our top story tonight: dedication ceremonies for the new Teamsters Union Headquarters building took place today in Detroit, where Union President Fitzsimmons was reported to have said that former President Jimmy Hoffa will always be a cornerstone in the organization."

Nice delivery by Chase, though of course it helps to remember that Jimmy Hoffa's whereabouts was a constant source of speculation in the summer of '75. The same sort of long, dragged out news coverage would make the "Francisco Franco is still dead" joke funny a little later that year.