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General francisco franco spain.
General francisco franco snl za
Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead
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"Generalissimo[a]Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 1975 during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night (now called Saturday Night Live, or SNL) and which mocked the weeks-long media reports of the impending death of Francisco Franco.
It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon.
Origin
The death (on November 20, 1975) of strongman (caudillo in Spanish) and dictator General Francisco Franco Bahamonde during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night originated the phrase.
Franco's allegedly imminent death had been a headline story on NBC News for weeks. On slow news days, United States network television newscasters sometimes noted that Franco was still alive.
Following his demise, Chevy Chase, host of NBC's Saturday Night's comedic news segment W