Derek Thompson

And the agreement was that be in bed at 8.30, and then at 12.30, midnight, we will wake you up. And by 12.30, Weekend Update is over for SNL, and then their music guest does two songs. And so... I would go downstairs, turn on the TV, watch the two songs from SNL, whoever the music guest was, and then Soul Train comes on at one in the morning. And then I'm in bed at 2 a.m.

And the agreement was that be in bed at 8.30, and then at 12.30, midnight, we will wake you up. And by 12.30, Weekend Update is over for SNL, and then their music guest does two songs. And so... I would go downstairs, turn on the TV, watch the two songs from SNL, whoever the music guest was, and then Soul Train comes on at one in the morning. And then I'm in bed at 2 a.m.

And the agreement was that be in bed at 8.30, and then at 12.30, midnight, we will wake you up. And by 12.30, Weekend Update is over for SNL, and then their music guest does two songs. And so... I would go downstairs, turn on the TV, watch the two songs from SNL, whoever the music guest was, and then Soul Train comes on at one in the morning. And then I'm in bed at 2 a.m.

and up for church at 7.30 in the morning. That's pretty much like my life from like five until... maybe 11. Then Soul Train started coming on like in the afternoon. But I never stopped watching SNL. So, you know, I was there from the very, very beginning. It was nothing like it.

and up for church at 7.30 in the morning. That's pretty much like my life from like five until... maybe 11. Then Soul Train started coming on like in the afternoon. But I never stopped watching SNL. So, you know, I was there from the very, very beginning. It was nothing like it.

and up for church at 7.30 in the morning. That's pretty much like my life from like five until... maybe 11. Then Soul Train started coming on like in the afternoon. But I never stopped watching SNL. So, you know, I was there from the very, very beginning. It was nothing like it.

I know that's the cliche that you're going to hear a lot about this 50th anniversary, but there was truly nothing like it on television.

I know that's the cliche that you're going to hear a lot about this 50th anniversary, but there was truly nothing like it on television.

I know that's the cliche that you're going to hear a lot about this 50th anniversary, but there was truly nothing like it on television.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Hey, no one can.

Hey, no one can.

Hey, no one can.

What?

What?

What?

It's the most iconic, nondescript. theme song. And that was my first realization back when I would pretty much any Saturday that The Roots aren't touring and they're taping, I'm in the audience watching. And that to me is one of the most humorous things ever. Like, wow, you know it when you hear it. You know that's SNL. But No one can, it's a feeling.

It's the most iconic, nondescript. theme song. And that was my first realization back when I would pretty much any Saturday that The Roots aren't touring and they're taping, I'm in the audience watching. And that to me is one of the most humorous things ever. Like, wow, you know it when you hear it. You know that's SNL. But No one can, it's a feeling.