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Remembering the night Jesse Jackson read 'Green Eggs and Ham' on 'Saturday Night Live'

NPR | By Elizabeth Blair
Published February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM PST

We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.

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Elizabeth Blair is a Peabody Award-winning senior producer/reporter on the Arts Desk of NPR News.
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