Finally figured out how to do the paid subscription! I haven't seen this complete episode in a very long time. I watched the abridged version on Peacock a couple years ago, but I remember first seeing the complete episode on Canadian television while on vacation in the 1000 Islands back in 1991. Before that, I had only seen the cut down version packaged for Nick at Nite. I was only a few months old for the original broadcast, so my memory of that is a little fuzzy! I do remember some very strong bits that made the NaN package, including the cold open with Mike O'Donoghue and John Belushi and Carlin's classic Baseball/Football monologue. It definitely had a very different vibe than later episodes. It seems that Lorne had the format figured out by the third episode and it has changed astonishly little since then.
Finally figured out how to do the paid subscription! I haven't seen this complete episode in a very long time. I watched the abridged version on Peacock a couple years ago, but I remember first seeing the complete episode on Canadian television while on vacation in the 1000 Islands back in 1991. Before that, I had only seen the cut down version packaged for Nick at Nite. I was only a few months old for the original broadcast, so my memory of that is a little fuzzy! I do remember some very strong bits that made the NaN package, including the cold open with Mike O'Donoghue and John Belushi and Carlin's classic Baseball/Football monologue. It definitely had a very different vibe than later episodes. It seems that Lorne had the format figured out by the third episode and it has changed astonishly little since then.