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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 435241" data-attributes="member: 57984">I&#039;m old enough to remember Season 1 of SNL -- in fact, I&#039;m a charter viewer, having watched the very first episode with George Carlin in October 1975 -- and I&#039;ve been with it through thick and, too often, very thin. (Except for the early-&#039;80s, when producer Lorne Michaels was gone for five years, and the tone was just ... too &#039;80s (even Eddie Murphy couldn&#039;t keep me reeled in to the show).At the time, it seemed self-evident somehow that Chevy Chase would become the first star to emerge from SNL, because ... well... he just seemed the most like &quot;a star&quot; (you&#039;d have to have been there). And when he left shortly into Season 2, it was a bit of a shock.But I didn&#039;t miss him for long. (Decades later, Taran Killam was a bigger loss, because Taran could actually do stuff). The only thing Chevy Chase brought to the show was a constant smugness. That was his skill.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 435241, member: 57984"] I'm old enough to remember Season 1 of SNL -- in fact, I'm a charter viewer, having watched the very first episode with George Carlin in October 1975 -- and I've been with it through thick and, too often, very thin. (Except for the early-'80s, when producer Lorne Michaels was gone for five years, and the tone was just ... too '80s (even Eddie Murphy couldn't keep me reeled in to the show). At the time, it seemed self-evident somehow that Chevy Chase would become the first star to emerge from SNL, because ... well... he just [I][B]seemed [/B][/I]the most like "a star" (you'd have to have been there). And when he left shortly into Season 2, it was a bit of a shock. But I didn't miss him for long. (Decades later, Taran Killam was a bigger loss, because Taran could actually do stuff). The only thing Chevy Chase brought to the show was a constant smugness. That was his skill. [/QUOTE]

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