tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post4754302153546272914..comments2024-02-25T12:47:03.941-06:00Comments on Johnny LaRue's Crane Shot: Fingertips To The WolverinesMarty McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084642122976337263noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8707040.post-2656953415361610542007-12-16T09:50:00.000-06:002007-12-16T09:50:00.000-06:00I, too, recently picked up the first season of SNL...I, too, recently picked up the first season of <I>SNL</I> and was fascinated by watching the show search for its own form. I was also fascinated by the number of times technical mistakes would creep into the show, even late in the season when the crew should have been more used to doing a live broadcast.<BR/><BR/>I'll agree that the Muppets weren't very good, but I thhink that's because the writing staff (usually Zweibel or Franken and Davis got stuck with writing the bits according to Tom Shale's <I>Live From New York</I> book.)<BR/>didn't really have an idea of what to do with them. I think they're a little better once they were removed from their own world and started interacting backstage with the cast and hosts in their last couple of appearances. In fact, I'm willing to bet that that was a partial inspiration for <I>The Muppet Show</I> which Henson and company went onto after they left <I>SNL</I>.<BR/><BR/>Also, the girl dancer in the Lockers- Tony Basil, whom I'm willing to bet was the chief choreographer of the piece. She'll show up a few more times in the early years of <I>SNL</I>.Rich Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883386588727303782noreply@blogger.com