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Samurai Futaba would probably not have become a recurring character if not for Buck Henry's insistence that there be a second sketch featuring him when he first hosted on January 17, 1976. It is perhaps due to these origins that it became standard practice on SNL to feature a Samurai sketch every time Henry hosted, until the time Belushi left the cast. Except for "Samurai BMOC", each time Henry would play the same character, Mr. Dantley. | Samurai Futaba would probably not have become a recurring character if not for Buck Henry's insistence that there be a second sketch featuring him when he first hosted on January 17, 1976. It is perhaps due to these origins that it became standard practice on SNL to feature a Samurai sketch every time Henry hosted, until the time Belushi left the cast. Except for "Samurai BMOC", each time Henry would play the same character, Mr. Dantley. | ||
In [[Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 74 | Marvel Team-Up #74]] (cover dated October, 1978), Belushi (in character as Samurai Futaba) teamed up with Spider-Man to duel the Marvel Comics supervillain [[Silver Samurai]] In the story, the Silver Samurai sought to recover a ring containing a teleportation device that had inadvertently come into Belushi's possession. The Samurai also appears briefly in [[The Sandman #54]]. | In [[Marvel Team-Up Vol 1 74 | Marvel Team-Up #74]] (cover dated October, 1978), Belushi (in character as Samurai Futaba) teamed up with Spider-Man to duel the Marvel Comics supervillain [[Keniuchio Harada (Earth-616) | Silver Samurai]] In the story, the Silver Samurai sought to recover a ring containing a teleportation device that had inadvertently come into Belushi's possession. The Samurai also appears briefly in [[The Sandman #54]]. | ||
[[File: Samurai_futaba.jpeg|thumb|frameless|right|300px|Samurai Futaba]] | [[File: Samurai_futaba.jpeg|thumb|frameless|right|300px|Samurai Futaba]] |