# All-Time Favorite SNL Skit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497 "2004-03-15T20:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/1 "2004-03-15T20:19:38Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244975), I started thinking about some of my favorite SNL moments. Of course, I was born the same year the show premiered, but my parents let me stay up late, and Comedy Central has done their best to spread the genius of the 70’s and 80’s casts to those who may not have been alive yet to see it. So what are your favorites? My as-yet-incomplete list includes … –Land Shark. To this day, when my mother knocks on a door, she immediately says “Caaaaandygram.” –“Teenager from Outer Space” with Carrie Fisher singing in full Princess Leia regalia. –Lord and Lady Douchebag still makes me giggle every time. –Bill Murray belting out the _Star Wars_ theme as Nick the Lounge Singer. –Garrett Morris’ “I’m gonna get me a shotgun” song. –Gilda Radner as Judy, running from the wicked Queen of Germany. –“Our top story tonight: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.” –And, of course, no SNL greatest hits list would be complete without “Jane, you ignorant slut.” My brother used to call me that before either of us even knew what it meant. 🙂 I don’t want to take all the good ones, so I’ll stop right there. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/2 "2004-03-15T20:20:59Z")
“Welcome to Celebrity Jeopardy. . .” ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/3 "2004-03-15T20:28:38Z")
Call me juvenille if you must, but the Swayze/Farley Chippendale’s dance off just about kills me everytime I see it. Also, “I’m not that strong a swimmer”. 'Nuff said ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/4 "2004-03-15T20:36:38Z")
> [@jk1245](#): > > “I’m not that strong a swimmer”. 'Nuff said That just made me shoot coffee out my nose. I had completely forgotten that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/5 "2004-03-15T20:42:38Z")
“The Job Interview” with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor. Nothing exemplifies SNL’s early balsiness better than that. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/6 "2004-03-15T20:47:31Z")
My favorites are some of the commerical parodies : Happy Fun Ball NCI Petchow Brand Rat Poison Old Glory Robot Insurance Bathroom Monkey ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/7 "2004-03-15T20:48:43Z")
My favorite is Chris Farley performing as a motivational speaker. These really had me laughing so hard I could hardly stand it. _“My name is Matt Foley, I’m 35 years old, I’m thrice divorced, and I live in a van DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!”_ I also love the one from several years ago about all the dangerous toys (Bag O’ Glass, etc.) There was also one with the late Phil hartman in it, where he is at some university interviewing a professor about various elements. He messes with every element on display. He tries to swipe the gold sample, he knocks a cubic foot block of the heaviest element (don’t remember what it is) off its pedestal and it falls through several floors below them. When he lifts the cover off of a radioactive element several alarms go off. I’d love to see this one again. The parodied commercials and Jack Handy’s “Deep Thoughts” are also funny. ---
**Author:** ![Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diet_dis-Pepsi-a)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/8 "2004-03-15T20:56:52Z")
Best commercial parody: Nerf crotch bat. ---
**Author:** ![Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diet_dis-Pepsi-a)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/9 "2004-03-15T21:05:40Z")
Here is a link to some of the [videos](http://www.rhettvv.com/comedy/snlvideos.asp) including the crotch bat. ---
**Author:** ![heater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/858c86/32.png) [@heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heater)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/10 "2004-03-15T21:09:52Z")
“Sorry Babs, but your uvula’s on the fritz” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/11 "2004-03-15T21:10:56Z")
Two words for you: Colon Blow ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/12 "2004-03-15T21:13:24Z")
Hey, what about Phil Hartman’s hilarious “Robot Repair”? A program, not about repairing robots, but one in which a robot repairs things. They keep changing the title to more accurately reflect this, with worse results; Let’s Repair Robots and This Old Robot. Hartman was great in this well written, great concept. But then he almost always was. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/13 "2004-03-15T21:24:01Z")
_Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood_ Ya know, I just finish cleaning up the spit-take I did from “Lord and Lady Douchebag”, and seconds later “The Job Interview” causes another one…sheesh…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/14 "2004-03-15T21:25:52Z")
I really liked the recent “Colonel Angus” skit. I remember laughing out loud at that one and thinking, “Now that’s some good work!” Then, I got an even bigger laugh the next day when I read about “the controversy”. Then I frowned. It’s a shame that entertainers can’t just entertain like they used to. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/15 "2004-03-15T21:33:18Z")
Favorite skit: one with Dana Carvey and John Larroquette. Carvey plays an angel, Larroquette plays a guy who just died. He gets to ask the angel anything he wants, and the questions he goes through are great. “Dogs or cats?” “Dogs.” “Beatles or Stones?” “Beatles.” “What’s the most disgusting thing I ever ate without realizing it?” “You don’t want to know.” Favorite commercial parody: The change bank. People ask them how they make money. The secret? Volume. ---
**Author:** ![Erik\_the\_Viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Erik\_the\_Viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erik_the_Viking)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/16 "2004-03-15T21:34:40Z")
Should I get in the hot tub? Will it make me sweat? Should I get in the hot tub? Will it make me wet? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/17 "2004-03-15T21:39:57Z")
I could never pick an all-time “best” skit, but these come to mind as especially memorable. “That’s True, You’re Absolutely Correct.” La Vida Gilda Jewess Jeans the Java Junkie Buckwheat is dead (brought to you by "Timex: Life goes on, and Timex is there-- because Buckwheat would have wanted it that way.) “Kill my landlord, kill my landlord - C-I-L-L - kill!” the Frank Sinatra round table, with Sinead (cue-ball) O’Conner, Billy Idol (played by Sting), Tupac Shakur, and Steve & Edie. Eddie Murphy: “White Like Me.” Zsa Zsa Gabor, Leona Helmsley, Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker go on the run Toonces the Driving Cat and of course, Mr. Bill: Ohhhhhh, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/18 "2004-03-15T21:49:07Z")
Not the funniest skit I’ve ever seen, but Blue Oyster Cult is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/19 "2004-03-15T21:50:27Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > I also love the one from several years ago about all the dangerous toys (Bag O’ Glass, etc.) There was also one with the late Phil hartman in it, where he is at some university interviewing a professor about various elements. He messes with every element on display. He tries to swipe the gold sample, he knocks a cubic foot block of the heaviest element (don’t remember what it is) off its pedestal and it falls through several floors below them. When he lifts the cover off of a radioactive element several alarms go off. I’d love to see this one again. That’s Phil Hartman doing Peter Graves. Here’s the transcript of the skit: > **[Discover - SNL Transcripts Tonight](https://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86mdiscover.phtml)** > > Discover > [@](#): > > Dr. Charles Claproth: Peter, elements are the substances which cannot be separated into two or more substances. > Peter Graves: Like, say, a pencil? My recent favorite was the Saddam & Osama TV Funhouse cartoon ([http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02sfunhouse.phtml](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02sfunhouse.phtml)). My all time favorite is probably the one where they got Joe Montana to say the line “I’m going upstairs to masturbate!” ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497/20 "2004-03-15T21:51:48Z")
Their recent “Blue Oyster Cult- Behind the Music” parody takes it for me. “I got a _fevuh._ And the only _prescription_… is more COWBELL.” 😃 If they ever put together a “Best Of” Christopher Walken SNL collection, my life will be complete. The guy is comic plutonium. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-snl-skit/234497.md?page=2)