[Minstrel of the Dusk]

Hi folks. This is my first post to the board. I went to see GL perform just recently at Massey Hall in Toronto. (The Saturday night show.) Fantastic.

Last fall sometime, during NBC's 1:00 a.m. (ET) 'Classic Saturday Night Live' repeat slot, they aired the episode with the Lightfoot performances (1976/05/22). At the time I taped one Lightfoot song ('Summertime Dream'), but accidentally taped over it later. Aggh. Does anyone on here have it on tape?? I'd like to arrange a copy.

Lightfoot.ca's TV appearances page describes the appearance like this:

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - NBC - 1976

Performed Summertime Dream and Spanish Moss, backed by his full band. At the end of Spanish Moss, Lightfoot and the guys pretend to launch into Sundown, but the host comes out and says he was only scheduled to play two songs, but Gord said things went so well, he thought he'd do one more. Buck Henry then summons John Belushi in full samurai garb, who promptly cuts all of the strings on Lightfoot's guitar with a pair of shears.

I watched the whole repeat, and I only remember seeing 'Summertime Dream,' not the other song or the comedy schtick. But I know that in that slot they usually play the whole 90 min. show, so I must have just missed the other segment.

This appearance was discussed on this board here and here.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[ June 02, 2005, 08:42: Message edited by: Minstrel of the Dusk ]