October 11th, 1975: Host: George Carlin, Musical Guests: Billy Preston and Janis Ian
The journey of a thousand episodes begins today.
The first episode of Saturday Night Live has the bifurcated quality of being at once fascinatingly off-brand and a glorious illustration of everything that made the show special in its original incarnation.
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