“Let us begin,” says the bespectacled man to the heavy-set guy sitting opposite. “Now repeat after me. I would like...” “I voood like,” says chubby in a thick European accent. “...to feed...” “To feeeeed” “...your fingertips to the wolverines.” There’s a puzzled smattering of laughter from the studio audience. The critter-oriented vocal coaching continues for a minute or so until speccy clutches his heart and collapses. Chubby imitates this action too. A technician wanders onto stage. It’s Chevy Chase. Noticing the camera, he stares into it and yells, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” It’s 11:30pm on October 11th 1975 and with this one weak sketch, a legend is born.
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