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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.

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It was one of the first catchphrases from the series to enter the general lexicon.

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 Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead - Wikiwand JEQI