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mac56

(17,569 posts)
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 07:41 PM Mar 2017

SNL circa 1977

"'You see, it all started on August 20th, 1977, when NASA put up a recording of the sounds of Earth on Voyager I. A two-hour long tape included natural sounds of animals, a French poem by Gaugliere, a passage from the Koran in Arabic, messages from President Carter, United Nations Secretary Kurt Waldheim, music -- everything from classical to Chuck Berry.

They've sent us a message that actually proves they received it. It may be just four simple words, but it is the FIRST positive proof that other intelligent beings inhabit the universe.

The four words that came to us from outer space are: [ he holds up the magazine] --- Send More Chuck Berry."

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SNL circa 1977 (Original Post) mac56 Mar 2017 OP
Awww! Very cool! K&R! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2017 #1
I was 22 SCVDem Mar 2017 #2
My son was a week shy of xxqqqzme Mar 2017 #3
 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
2. I was 22
Sat Mar 18, 2017, 10:13 PM
Mar 2017

And this is Saturday Night Live!

Jane...., Landshark....., Good Bass...

This is a part of our lives.

Thank you Chuck Berry. You were a bigger part of all of us than we know.

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