guest co-author day.

I am honored and proud to have a guest co-author for today’s Sunnyside post:

MY DAD!

With all this talk about fathers, I thought it was only appropriate to let my own father try his hand at blogging. (Well, more like offering his humor and using my speed-demon hands.)

When I asked my Dad what good news he wanted to blog about today, he said, "Well, it has rained three days in a row and we needed it, so that's good."

It's the thought that counts.

Instead, we decided to focus on one of my Dad's favorite things! (Other than golf, my Bonus Mom, the Cleveland Indians and my baking skills.) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

My Dad became an SNL fan in 1965, when the show was actually known as The Saturday Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and he really became hooked in 1975 when the show began to morph into what we know as SNL today. The '75 headliners included stars like Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin and Gilda Radner. All of which are my Dad's favorite Saturday Night Live stars.

"There were so many funny skits," my Dad told me. "They were all good! You know The Coneheads came from there, The Blues Brothers. And I watched it every night, I never missed it."

Don't ask my Dad to choose a favorite episode or skit, though.

"The 'cheeburger, cheeburger' one or the skits with Bill Murray," he said. "I don't know, they were all so good!"

However, after much deliberation, he did choose a few that he would like to share. Check out the videos below for some old school SNL clips!

The Bass-o-Matic: A parody based off of Ron Popeil, an American inventor who was known for his inventions like the “Chop-o-Matic” and the “Dial-o-Matic”. Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy have both starred in these skits.

The Samurai Delicatessen: Starring John Belushi. Which was soon followed by Samurai Divorce Court, Samurai Hotel and Samurai Night Fever.

Roseanne Roseannadanna: It's unbelieveable, but the segment "Weekend Update" has been around long before Tina, Seth and Amy (although, they are fantastic!). This character was created by Gilda Radner and surely it's her finest.

Some of my Dad's other favorites? Chris Farley's "Intervention" skit, "Mrs. Loopner" with Jane Curtin and most recently, Kenan Thompson's Oscar Rogers skit "Fix It!".

For more information on SNL's history or to look up skits from over the years, click here!

I'd like to thank my Dad for taking the time to help me with this post, even though I think he's still not sure what a "blog" really is. He is the most hilarious person I know! (Although I am somewhat biased!) Thanks, Dad!