For the younger generation out there, here’s proof that at one point in time, Saturday Night Live was not only thriving, but actually had real comedians appear on it that were you know — funny.
In Season 17, Episode 1, the show knocked one out of the park with a skit called “The First Black Harlem Globetrotter”. The episode aired on September 28, 1991 and featured none other than Michael Jordan as the great Sweet River Baines and the late Phil Hartman as Abe Saperstein.
Take a few minutes and relive one of the funnier sketches involving the most iconic athlete of his era, maybe ever.
Long before there was Jackie Robinson, there was Sweet River Baines…
