Ominous Dialogue

Just watched a 1977 Saturday Night Live episode — the one hosted by the 80 year old grandmother, Miskel Spillman, who won their "Anyone Can Host" contest.  In the opening, two cast members were playing themselves backstage, discussing the show that was just starting…

JOHN BELUSHI

What if she forgets her lines?

LARAINE NEWMAN

Oh, don't worry, she won't. Let me tell you something. You should be as together when you're eighty as Mrs. Spillman is.

JOHN BELUSHI

Don't worry. I'll be dead by thirty.

Only missed it by three years.