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A break between sets of a Tennis match. Charles Schulz's opponent is John Newcombe (professional tennis player from Australia, left).
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A break between sets of a Tennis match. Charles Schulz's opponent is John Newcombe (professional tennis player from Australia, left).
Second Glance
John Newcombe for the Canon AE-1, 1970′s.
Friday Flashback: Stevie Wonder Sells Cameras on “SNL” in 1983
If you’ve never seen Stevie Wonder’s Kannon camera commercial, take heart: Wonder hasn’t seen it either.
But the musician and activist knew it’d be hilarious, so Wonder donned some tennis whites, took some shots of tennis player John Newcombe with his Kannon camera and practiced his forehand and backhand with predictably unsuccessful and uproarious results.
“So simple, anyone can use it,” Wonder, spoofing the old Canon advert, says of the camera.
This was “Saturday Night Live,” May 7, 1983, and a sketch that would never make it to air in 2023. But some jokes - even seemingly inappropriate ones - are valuable.
As a laser-shooting, money-grubbing Jew who controls this media empire, Sound Bitesstein understands the importance of laughing at oneself so others doing so is less hurtful.
Wonder gets it, too.
Friday Flashback is an occasional series in which Sound Bites looks back at memorable musical moments on television.
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