In October 1975 Muhammad Ali was finishing his trilogy of battles in the ring with Joe Frazier winning by TKO in the 14th round in the ‘Thrilla In Manila’…
The Boston Red Sox were making World Series history in Game 6 with Carlton Fisk’s “Good Will Hunting” game winning Home Run only to come back the very next day and lose Game 7 to Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine”…
Queen released a little ditty called “Bohemian Rhapsody”….and even Dr. No the first of what is now 25 or 26 James Bond movies was making its UK TV debut…
In Iowa a little known sort a former peanut farmer and one term Georgia Governor James Earl “Jimmy” Carter was pulling away in the suddenly important Iowa Caucus….and deep in the heart of Long Island’s Suffolk Co. the former actor and retired 2 term 33rd Governor of California, Ronald Regan, was saying he wasn’t actively seeking the 1976 Republican nomination for President, then gave that signature Reagan wink and smile…
Several miles away in the heart of Manhattan at the famed 30 Rock in studio 8H…seven young actor/performers and one visionary creator lit the lamp on the first of 920 (and counting) shows when writer/performer Michael O’ Donoghue attempted to teach a 26 year old actor named John Belushi how to speak English in what would be called NBC’s Saturday Night….later changed to “Saturday Night Live…
Within that cast was a 32 year old native New Yorker named Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase who when the lights went down on the first season 9 months later was poised to become Americas next big thing…Saturday Nights would never be the same again….and neither would comedy as we know it.
So it’s time to sit back and relax Mom and Dad won’t be back for at least an hour and Welcome To The Latch Key Kids Presents “Ready For Prime Time Players Part II: Goodnight And Have A Pleasant Tomorrow”