Looking back at 50 years of "Saturday Night Live"
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On Saturday night, October 11, 1975, television viewers tuned in for a comedy variety show that looked nothing like they were used to. "It's a sketch, a very unusual sketch, kind of in a minor key, [with] John Belushi as a kind of rumpled guy with a grocery sack," said writer Susan Morrison. "He's supposed to be an immigrant trying to learn English."
Instructor (Michael O'Donoghue): "I would like…"Belushi: "I would like…"Instructor: "…to feed your fingertips…"Belushi: "…to feed your fingertips…"Instructor: "…to the wolverines."Belushi: "…to the wolverines."
When the instructor succumbs to a heart attack and falls to the floor, Belushi mimics him. "It's about death," Morrison laughed. "And that was something that variety shows did not traffic in in 1975!"
