I watched the show myself, altho I missed the 1st few minutes. Picking a favorite anything from the 1st 5 years is like picking a favorite noodle out of a spaghetti dinner...I remember those years fondly, wherever you were, whatever you were doing, at 10:30 CST Saturday night, someone would turn on the TV & everyone gathered around to see what outrageously funny things they would do this week. I think that was the charm in those early days, that the show looked & felt like it was being produced by kids like ourselves, & they were doing it after the grownups had left, & they would just push the envelope a little further every show.
Standouts from those first years had to be Ackroyd doing the speed-rap "Ronco Bass-o-matic", Chevy Chase as the "Land Shark"...I could go on & on, but I won't...
But I was watching the night that Buck Henry returned to do yet another "Samuri" bit with Belushi, & actually sustained severe cut to the forehead when John hit him with the sword...after the commercial break, he MCed the "Presidential debate" with a huge bandage on his head, then Chevy came on as President Ford, also with a bandaid (which was kind of appropos for Ford anyway), by the end of the show, everyone was sporting bandaids on their heads...hey, it's live TV, shit happens...
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