For Wolverine Fans

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The animal (not the TV show or University of Michigan athletic teams)

Posted just because my wife's mention of the word got me thinking of this memory from 1975 (which the link says was the first SNL sketch in which John Belushi appeared):

Wolverine (http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/first-snl-skit-p1.php)

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On further checking, it would have had to be Belushi's first appearance, since it was the opening sketch in the very first SNL ever.

[cj's dad]

Why is that funny ????