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More on Fline Swu and SNL

3 May

Thanks to Ken for commenting on my Fline Swu post and clearing up the mystery about the mispronunciation of Swine Flu on SNL in 1976: ” SNL veteran Jane Curtain was doing the SNL news satire, and she briefly bobbled the “Swine Flu Shot” story, saying ‘F-Swine Flu’… or Fline Swu! A good and funny [...]

Vintage SNL skit on Swine Flu

30 Apr

   In trying to find the original skit about “fline swu” on SNL in 1975-76 I did find an episode with Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, and Dan Aykroyd that uses swine flu in the plot. It aired on May 15, 1976 at the end of the first season of Saturday Night Live. Thanks to the [...]