“Any time a whole bunch of kids like something, they find a reason to ban it. If kids suddenly started stuffing napkins into their pockets and really liked doing that, they'd find a reason to forbid it.”

— Michael O'Donoghue

Mr. Mike's America: A Comic's Trek with SNL's First Head Writer (1983)

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