But one building block of that episode has survived for nearly 50 years: the commercial parody that follows the host’s monologue. Back in October of 1975, George Carlin’s routine about the differences ...

At a hardcore show last year, I met a guy who plays in Seal’s touring band, and I made him tell me a bunch of Seal stories. I walked away from that conversation like “damn, Seal sounds cool as hell.” ...