George Carlin
publication date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Comedy
clue: This counterculture comedian's best-known bit involved the seven dirty words you couldn't say on television, so he certainly didn't say them when he hosted the very first episode of what became Saturday Night Live.
difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Richard Slominsky, Erik Bates, and Stan Iwanchuk
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