Watchdog

Here is a classic link sent by my boss, who was barely out of diapers when it aired originally in 1975.

It's the famous one-on-one showdown between Connie Hawkins and Paul Simon, with Marv Albert on play-by-play. I hadn't seen it since it first aired, on the second episode ever of "Saturday Night Live." (Yes, I watched the first episode, too, hosted by George Carlin. I'm old. I know.)

I once shook Hawkins' hand before interviewing him in the late 1980s. I've shaken larger hands - Shaquille O'Neal, Luther Wright - but never one with longer fingers. So THAT'S how he did all that cool palming of the basketball!

I've never been in the SNL audience, but I did get to hang out in Studio 8H last week for an NBC function.

Most of the seats are from the old Yankee Stadium. I once had a Yankee Stadium seat but I gave it away as a wedding present in 1986.

How did the NFL games turn out today?