IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE PROGRAM ON SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU
MISSED OUT ON A GOOD ONE. I HAVE WATCHED SNL EVER SINCE
THE BEGINNING, AND I THOUGHT THEY DID A WONDERFUL
JOB OF NOT ONLY TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE MOST
MEMORABLE SCENES AND PERSONALITIES, BUT ALSO
GAVE US SOME REAL INSIGHT INTO THE BACKSTAGE ANTICS.
I MUST ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT I LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS
SHOW WITH A MEASURE OF TREPIDATION. I WASN'T SO SURE
I WANTED TO SET UP THE VCR AND TAPE IT, FOR FEAR THEY
WOULD PRESENT SOME OF THE LESS ILLUSTRIOUS MUSICAL
GUESTS. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT NO MATTER
HOW CLEVER AND AMUSING THE SKITS ARE, BY AND LARGE,
THE MUSICAL GUESTS SUCKED. MY OPINION, THE ONLY ONE
I AM QUALIFIED TO GIVE. I GRANT YOU, THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME STELLAR EXCEPTIONS. BOB DYLAN, THE ROLLING STONES,
BRITANY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGULARIA,AND PERHAPS A
HANDFUL IN BETWEEN. LIKE I SAY, NOT MANY.
BUT THE BACKSTAGE STORY CAUGHT ME COMPLETELY OFF
GUARD, BECAUSE FROM THE WAY THE PROGRAM PRESENTED
ITSELF, I HAD ALREADY IMAGINED IT TO BE THAT WAY
BEHIND THE SCENES. TRUTHFULLY, WHAT STARTLED ME
WAS HOW ACCURATE MY IMAGINATION WAS TO THE REAL
THING.
LOVE AFFAIRS. SMOKE FILLED ROOMS,(AND NOT WITH CIGAR
SMOKE EITHER) SITAR MUSIC, INCENSE...
LISTEN. IF YOU LIKE SNL, AND YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE
AN ENCORE SHOWING, BY ALL MEANS, DO IT.
IT WAS QUITE A SHOW.
OUI?
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