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What if Israel and Georgia switched places? SNL’s 1975 premiere proposed peace through land swap

JL;DR SUMMARY In its first episode in 1975, Saturday Night Live featured a comedic short film by Albert Brooks envisioning a land swap between Israel and the state of Georgia, aired as a parody of media coverage of geopolitical issues. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastSaturday Night LiveAlbert BrooksSatireGeorgiaMedia CritiqueLorne MichaelsGeopolitical Parody1975 Television

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Israel
"Fifty years before President Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. should take over Gaza, Saturday Night Live in its very first episode on Oct. 11, 1975 introduced a land swap solution to Middle East peace: The state of Israel and the state of Georgia could switch places."
Georgia, United States
"Fifty years before President Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. should take over Gaza, Saturday Night Live in its very first episode on Oct. 11, 1975 introduced a land swap solution to Middle East peace: The state of Israel and the state of Georgia could switch places."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"I hope that New Orleans will be easier to deal with than Cairo, and the representative from Georgia adds, I know that my entire state is looking forward to heat without humidity."
Cairo, Egypt
"I hope that New Orleans will be easier to deal with than Cairo, and the representative from Georgia adds, I know that my entire state is looking forward to heat without humidity."

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