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March Goes In Like a Lion

Here's the 1976 John Belushi Weatherman Skit on March going in like a lion. I don't usually post republish significant portions of other people's artistic work, but I can't find this on any authorized site, and it's too good to be lost to antiquity. I got it from this site.

Chevy Chase: Last week we made the comment that March comes in like a lion
and goes out like a lamb. Now here to reply is our chief meteorologist, John
Belushi, with a seasonal report.
John Belushi: Thank you Chevy. Well, another
winter is almost over and March true to form has come in like a lion, and
hopefully will go out like a lamb. At least that’s how March works here in the
United States.
But did you know that March behaves differently in other
countries? In Norway, for example, March comes in like a polar bear and goes out
like a walrus. Or, take the case of Honduras where March comes in like a lamb
and goes out like a salt marsh harvest mouse.
Let’s compare this to the
Maldive Islands where March comes in like a wildebeest and goes out like an ant.
A tiny, little ant about this big.
[holds thumb and index fingers a small
distance apart]
Unlike the Malay Peninsula where March comes in like a
worm-eating fernbird and goes out like a worm-eating fernbird. In fact, their
whole year is like a worm-eating fernbird.
Or consider the Republic of South
Africa where March comes in like a lion and goes out like a different lion. Like
one has a mane, and one doesn’t have a mane. Or in certain parts of South
America where March swims in like a sea otter, and then it slithers out like a
giant anaconda.
There you can buy land real cheap, you know. And there’s a
country where March hops in like a kangaroo, and stays a kangaroo for a while,
and then it becomes a slightly smaller kangaroo. Then, then, then for a couple
of days it’s sort of a cross between a, a frilled lizard and a common house
cat.
[Chevy Chase tries to interrupt him]
Wait wait wait wait. Then it
changes back into a smaller kangaroo, and then it goes out like a, like a wild
dingo. Now, now, and it’s not Australia! Now, now, you’d think it would be
Australia, but it’s not!
[Chevy Chase tries to interrupt him]
Now look,
pal! I know a country where March comes in like an emu and goes out like a
tapir. And they don’t even know what it means! All right? Now listen, there are
nine different countries, where March comes in like a frog, and goes out like a
golden retriever. But that- that’s not the weird part! No, no, the weird part
is, is the frog. The frog- The weird part is-
[has seizure and falls off
chair]