>Yeah, if I remember correctly, that skit was done in 1981, a few months after Hinkley shot Reagan. I think they were (in part) doing a parody on all the media coverage of what happened with Reagan.
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>Those were the great days of SNL - the original cast, and then the period when they had Piscopo and Eddie Murphy. They've had flashes of good periods (when they had Dennis Miller, Dana Carvey, etc.), but I'll take the old episodes any day.

They still have funny episodes but nothing compared to the original crew like you said.