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Topic: SNL & Steve Martin: 'Send More Chuck Berry'
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Jay Gallentine
Member Posts: 287
From: Shorewood, MN, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-04-2007 08:24 PM
   
A year after Voyager 1 & 2 launched in 1977 - accompanied by their fabled Golden Records - SNL did a newscaster skit with Steve Martin.He said something to the effect of, the first interstellar communication has been received from aliens, and their request is to send more Chuck Berry. This of course is a nod to the inclusion of 'Johnny B. Goode' on the Voyager Record. I'd sure like to see this clip. I've poked around on YouTube and such, but can't find a video of it, or a transcript anywhere. Does anyone happen to have this, or happen to know exactly what Steve Martin said? |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-13-2007 12:26 PM
If you can narrow down the date, you might find something here.Using their search function didn't pull up anything for me, but there were at least two other Voyager jokes in the transcripts. |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-13-2007 04:38 PM
Jay, from Wikipedia: In the Saturday Night Live broadcast of April 22, 1978, Steve Martin appeared as a psychic in a mock news show entitled "Next Week in Review." His psychic character revealed that next week, Earth will receive the first official message from extraterrestrials (responding to the Voyager Golden Records). The message: "Send more Chuck Berry." I couldn't find a clip or transcript either, but it was the last skit of that particular show. I'm assuming it will be included in the SNL Season 3 box set when it is released probably in Dec '08 as Season 1 was released Dec '06 and Season 2 is due out in Dec '07. Don't buy the edited hour long single show because the skit was not included. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-13-2007 09:05 PM
Ah, then it is this show - and there is a transcription header at the end for it, but, sadly, no transcription of that particular segment... |
Jay Gallentine
Member Posts: 287
From: Shorewood, MN, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-14-2007 09:35 PM
Thanks much for the comments. Yes, it seems like I'll have to wait for the DVD to come out! |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-07-2008 09:36 PM
Just to confirm, this episode *is* included in the SNL Season 3 box set that's now out. I watched it the other day, and it's there, towards the end of the episode, in a segment called something like "News From Next Week" with three clairvoyant types. |
Jay Gallentine
Member Posts: 287
From: Shorewood, MN, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 08-07-2008 10:01 PM
Thank you very much, Jodie! |
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