The Early Years of SNL: S04E01 The Rolling Stones (10/7/78)
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Saturday Night Live is BACK w/ The Rolling Stones pulling double duty on the season four premiere. An episode that may have been more concerned with the spectacle than the content, we basically get a “best of” collection of characters and sketches with nothing really new or exceptional in terms of comedy. The Stones don’t do much to help the cause as their first appearance performing on American television in almost a decade may not have lived up to the hype. As for hosting…all we...
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