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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSince DU is in a time warp - here's a flashback to 1980
It was December, 1980; Ronald Reagan had just been elected President, Saturday Nite Live was soon to have its worst year of its history, and ABC struck back with a late-night comedy ensemble group of its own "Fridays." With a talented group that included Michael Richards and Larry David, this evenings' show opened with a 16 minute blockbuster sketch.
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Since DU is in a time warp - here's a flashback to 1980 (Original Post)
csziggy
Oct 2014
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Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)1. Best time warp ever...
Archae
(46,327 posts)2. Didn't Saturday Night Live do a satire of "Back To The Future" with Ron Reagan Jr?
Where he turns his Dad from a liberal to a conservative?
csziggy
(34,136 posts)3. If so, that was long after I stopped watching SNL
But it sounds like something Ron Reagan Jr. would have enjoyed doing!
Here you go - no video, but a synopsis:
President's Son Hosts "Saturday Night Live''
AP , Associated Press
Feb. 9, 1986 12:26 AM ET
NEW YORK (AP) _ Ron Reagan Jr. hosted ''Saturday Night Live,'' opening the NBC comedy show by dancing in his briefs playing a broom like a rock 'n' roll guitar in a takeoff from the movie ''Risky Business.''
The opening skit had the son of President Reagan romping through the White House in his underwear and shirttails, just after his parents - Randy Quaid as the president and Terry Sweeney in drag as Nancy Reagan - call him from Camp David.
<SNIP>
In a later skit that spoofed the hit film, ''Back to the Future,'' Ron Reagan traveled back in time to the set of ''Hellcats of the Navy,'' where his parents met. There he convinced his father to give up his liberal Democratic political philosophy in order to win Nancy's heart.
The younger Reagan, a former ballet dancer, was allowed to approve everything in the skit beforehand.
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1986/President-s-Son-Hosts-Saturday-Night-Live-/id-67ee7a7784dc5e08778ef28683660f8d