Comments | coneycat: Some of you have probably been wondering why I haven't posted this video before...

coneycat

Some of you have probably been wondering why I haven't posted this video before...

Sep 23, 2010 08:38

I'm not a huge fan of Saturday Night Live and am certainly not a historian of the show, so until a couple of weeks ago I had never heard the story of the first time Michael Palin hosted ( Read more... )

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bogwitch64 September 23 2010, 13:44:09 UTC

Ah, the old SNL set. I was a wee bairn back then, and technically not permitted to watch SNL, but my parents were fond of going out on Saturday nights, so what they didn't know...

coneycat September 23 2010, 13:45:43 UTC

I can't get over how tiny it is! It looks like they found an old building and decided to put on a show. :D

bogwitch64 September 23 2010, 13:47:17 UTC

Back then, it could well have been the case!

meganbnl September 23 2010, 14:27:00 UTC

That was one of my favorite SNLs ever.
Miles Cowperthwaite! Drool buckets! Classic!

coneycat September 23 2010, 14:30:51 UTC

I understand it was a bit of a retread of a Python sketch, but the one where Palin is trying to escape from a bag to join the scene from The Seagull? Hilarious.

(Why yes, I ran to the public library to find the crucial episode after seeing this clip!)