VH1 8-Track Flash Back - George Harrison on SNL (1995)

Excerpt from VH1's 8-Track Flash Back, circa 1995. Here we remember George Harrison's visit to Saturday Night Live, to pick up Lorne Michael's ironically humorous $3,000 check. Note VH1's addition of a "six weeks later..." caption to tie the two clips together. And yes, that's George's "Dream Away" song at the beginning, definitely check that out sometime, it's gorgeous. :)

[Orin]

I have most of these 8-Track Flashback episodes. I recorded them on VHS when they were first airing around 95-97and copied them to dvd, which I still have. It was one of the best shows VH-1 ever did.

[kensellar]

I've always known about the Lorne Michael offer- I saw it when it first aired and I howled! I didn't know George showed up on a subsequent show to accept the whole cheque! Wonderful stuff, and I Iove how George was willing to play along. He was initially reluctant to play any Beatles songs or even talk about the Beatles after the breakup, so by this time I guess he had softened his stance and didn't mind being talked about as an ex-Beatle, or perhaps he was gleefully poking fun at the legend that the Beatles had already created even less than a decade after it ended. And yeah, this is when SNL was actually good.

[sushicourier]

I still to this day quote George all the time, "It's pretty chinzty." With a British accent, of course.

[justiceforjamespaulmccartney]

James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what!

[TRACTSJESUS]

Que el que no naciere de nuevo no puede ver el reino de Dios, Juan 3-3, BBN - Un oasis en el desierto

[ADAMSIXTIES]

John and Paul would have come, but the offer of $750 each was too chintzy.