George Carlin Held a Grudge Against Billy Crystal for Decades After Working With Him on 'SNL'

George Carlin Held a Grudge Against Billy Crystal for Decades After Working With Him on 'SNL'

George Carlin and Billy Crystal were supposed to share the stage with each other for the first time in 1975, when Carlin hosted the debut episode of Saturday Night Live. Crystal was scheduled to perform during the inaugural broadcast, but his piece ran a little long and was cut. “It was one of the hardest nights in my young career,” Crystal told Hoda Kotb in 2024. “The thing about it was George Carlin was the host, and on my script, the page say…