Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 1: Episode 10
75j: Buck Henry / Bill Withers, Toni Basil, The Blues Brothers
Evelyn Woodski Speed Reader School
Evelyn Woodski…..Laraine Newman
[ open on Evelyn Woodski sitting in a chair with a sheet of paper in her hand ]
Evelyn Woodski: [ reading ] “Heel… heh… hello. My… nom — name… is… Ev-il-lyn… Wood — Wood-ski.”
[ SUPER: “Wooski is a Russian name, honest” ]
Evelyn Woodski: “And I am the… flounder — founder… of the… Evelyn Woodski School of Speed… Ree — Ree-ah-ding — Ree — Ree-ay-ding — Reh — Redding? [ looks off-screen ] Redding? Redding!”
[ Woodski puts the sheet down and smiles at the camera ]
[ dissolve to title card ]
[ SUPER: “The Ev-il-lyn Wood-ski School of Speed Ree-ah-ding…? Redding?” ]
[ dissolve to audience shot, zoom in on woman with SUPER: “Has Met Martin Milner” ]
[ fade ]
