Biography of general francisco franco snl

Catchphrase from Saturday Night Live

"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in 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.

In the fall of , the declining health of Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain for 36 years, dominated the US news cycle.

Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teoula Franco y Bahamonde was born on December 4, , in Ferrol, Spain.

"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" is a catchphrase that originated in during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night.

History #biography Today's Daily Dose short biography film covers the life of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.

Four decades back, Spain was ruled by a dictator named Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Origin

The death (on November 20, ) of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco during the first season of NBC's Saturday Night originated the phrase. Franco's presumed imminent death had been a headline story on NBC News and other news organizations for several weeks.

On slow news days, United States network television newscasters sometimes noted that Franco was still alive.

Following Franco's death, Chevy Chase, host of NBC's Saturday Night's comedic news segment Weekend Update, announced Franco's death and read a statement from former presiden