Classic SNL Review: December 6, 1980: Ellen Burstyn / Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes (S06E03)
/Sketches include “Going Co-op”, “The Ed McMahon School of Laughing”, “What’s It All About”, “The Rocket Report”, “Video Date”, “Our Front Door”, “Pepe Gonzales”, “Planned Parenthood”, “Lesson”, “The Toni Tenille Show”, “Fish Heads”, “Blame The Kids” and “Lonely Old Lady”. Aretha Franklin performs “United Together” and “Can’t Turn You Loose”. Keith Sykes performs “B.I.G.T.I.M.E.”
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There’s a podcast called The Loudest Girl In The World, hosted by Lauren Ober. The show concerns Ober’s autism diagnosis at 42, as well as her experience dealing with this information and opening up to others about it. When I listened to it last summer, I related pretty heavily to what she was talking about. I’ve also started to make peace with how my own brain works in the last few years. It’s been a rough road, though.