My Review of SNL's First Episode

So last week I watched the George Carlin "tribute episode" of Saturday Night Live (the 1st ever broadcast, which Carlin guest-hosted - he does a bunch of lousy stand-up, including his crappy Mars-Venus routine on baseball vs. football, but doesn't appear in any of the skits)... it was interesting as a historical document, perhaps, but as comedy (or social/political commentary) it was truly execrable. The Albert Brooks short movie (precursor to Robert Smigel?) was fair, and the "Show us your guns" skit was passably humorous. The rest was shit.

So anytime you hear someone lamenting about the sad state of SNL, just tell them to go back and watch the 1st episode for a dose of perspective.