Thanks, I had forgotten that one. Man, that was great!
When you mentioned Jimmy Stewart, I remembered a couple more:
The lost ending to “It’s a Wonderful Life”, which consisted of about 5 minutes of everyone beating the crap out of Mr. Potter.
Dana Carvey on Weekend Update as Jimmy Stewart, talking about Ted Turner colorizing his old movies. “They get on the computer, and do this ‘doompy-doomp’, and all of a sudden, it’s in color. Why, if anyone tried to do that with one of my movies, I-I’d kick his ass!” (Or something like that.)
Oh, yeah, and my favorite spoof commercial: “Thanks - Oops! I Crapped My Pants.”
A couple that haven’t been mentioned. Not necessarily the funniest, but the most ironic and poignant with respect to what I laughingly call the real world.
Shortly after twin-bladed razors, they did a parody commercial of a three-bladed razor, “Because you’re so stupid, you’ll buy anything!”
Or the one with Steve Martin, Gilda Radner, and Bill Murray. It’s a typical cave-person setting. Bill Murray is the Strong Caveman, Steve Martin is the Smart Caveman, and Gilda Radner is the Cavewoman. Steve Martin goes on and on about things, none of which is really particularly important, and attracts the attention of Gilda Radner, who says, “You make me wet!” Later, when Steve Martin is sleeping, Bill Murray gets a rock and bashes in his skull. Then he says, “I was strong. Now I am smart.”
It gets me because one three-minute sketch encapsulates the entirety of human history and interaction.
Hey, Tippy Turtle walking down the street,
Tell us what you’re gonna dooooo!
‘First I’m gonna bother ev’rybody I meet,
Then I’ll prob’ly go home and get drunk.’
He also took the chip from a musical birthday card (remember when those were new?) and hid it in someone’s desk so that it drove them crazy.
Another vote for the Schwetty balls skit (and, surprisingly, most skits with alec baldwin). It is so juvenile but everyone I’ve watched it with was left rolling.
Maybe my age is showing, but anything Rachel Dratch is in is usually pretty good. The musical ‘Elian!’ about Elian Gonzalez, with Christopher Walken as Fidel Castro, springs to mind- especially when she (as he) rides the mechanical dolphin.
Schlitz Gay beer. Chris Farley and Adam Sandler are housesitting. They go out back to the pool and it is disgusting and dirty until they open the beer and it’s suddenly a resort with numerous hot guys in speedos everywhere. My favorite part is where they are videotaping the guys and I think there’s like a triple zoom on someone’s crotch, and it cute back to Sandler/Farley and they look overjoyed.
I liked the Stand-up and Win! sketch with Jerry Sienfeld just because the very idea of such a show existing was so ludicrious.
“For $200…what’s the deal with airline peanuts?”
“I know! Who were the ad wizards who came up with that one!” buzz “No, I’m sorry, that’s incorrect.”
Also, for some reason I really liked the fake interview with Jeff Daniels about Dumb and Dumber. They’re talking about the movie, and then they show a clip. It’s the scene where Daniel’s character had just accidentally taken a bunch of laxative and is having trouble in the bathroom, with all kinds of contorted grimaces and flatulent sounds. Of course, Jeff Daniels is a little confused and embarassed about that particular clip, but they keep talking. Then the announcer talks about other movies Daniels has been in, and they say they have a clip of one. They proceed to show the same embarassing scene from D&D. Daniels is a little irritated, and when he mentions that it’s just the previous clip the interviewer changes the subject. They talk about one of Daniels’s upcoming movies that’s due out soon, and say they have a clip, and of course they just show the first one again. Then the interviewer says they have a clip of a movie Daniels is writing, but Daniels says that’s impossible, the script isn’t even finished, and of course they play that same clip.
I love that they actually revived the Delicious Dish after Molly Shannon left JUST for the sequel (with hot dogs instead of balls) when Baldwin hosted again.
“There’s nothing like the look on a child’s face when they get hold of their own Schweddy weiner.”
Y’know, after reading this entire thread I have to admit that my favorite SNL moment came during this past season. It was when Kelly Ripa was the guest and they did one of those fake commercials in which Ripa is hawking a shampoo “made with real crack cocaine.” At first she looks totally perky as always, then she gets progressively wilder as she talks more and more about the crack in the shampoo:
“This shampoo helps me with my busy schedule; I’ve got so many errands to do and GOD I JUST FEEL LIKE DANCING! Sometimes people come up to me and say, ‘Kelly, how do you keep your hair looking so great?’ and I say Who the f#$ are you get out of my limo!*” (This last screamed at full force, of course.)
Yeah, she seems to have a great sense of humor about herself. Although between this sketch, her cameo on Ben Affleck’s latest episode, and her voicing herself in her Family Guy appearance (where she’s revealed to be a carnivorous alien in disguise), I have to wonder about her…
One that sticks in the head is the Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Tournament, in which skiers would go down the course and be “accidentally” shot by Ms. Longet.
This was depicted by showing clips of skiers wiping out with weapons fire superimposed over the soundtrack. Comedy gold.
Okay, I couldn’t pick one, because I’m an overachiever. With poor reading skills. Who’s stubborn about writing long posts and then realizing she was wrong. so you get FIVE for the price of ONE . . . or five.
Two from when Garth Brooks (unthinkable, I know) hosted in '98. Old French Whore! “I want a new partner, sir. She smells like whiskey and feet.” And Brooks as Coco:
Who’s More Grizzled? “I don’t much care for you . . . I don’t much cotton to these computers today.” Garth Brooks and Robert Duvall
The one where George Bush and GW Bush (Carvey and Farrell) are out hunting and Bush Sr. is trying to explain what it means to be president. GW is all distracted because “We gotta get out after that deer. I wanna kill it!” Finally, he just shoots the critter and when he runs off to retrieve the kill, Bush Sr. points his rifle at his back, has a second thought and says, “Nah… can’t even think about it. First of all, it’s against the law. Babs wouldn’t like it… Well… it’s probably just four years… Hey, wait for me, son! I’m right behind ya!” Weehaw. I love that skit.
“Everybody said ‘Socrates what is truth?’ ‘Socrates what is beauty?’ nobody ever said ‘Socrates, hemlock is poison’”
Andy Kaufman’s Mighty Mouse.
Does anyone remember one where Jim Belushi was a prosecutor and his entire case rested on him pointing at the accused and shouting “WITCH!!!”? I just remember that one part but it was so unexpected and so well done it still makes me laugh.
The one SNL skit that had me laughing most was Lucy Lawless in gypsy attire a la Stevie Nicks and singing about her new Mexican food restaurant in Arizona all to the tune of “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac. Seeing her talk about refried beans and trying to look serious about selling authentic Mexican food had me rolling on the floor. Too funny!
In a similar (but less subtle) vein as “Schweaty Balls” is the “Nude Beach” sketch from 1988. I’ve never seen it since the original broadcast. Could it be that no one else has the balls (or perhaps a big enough penis) to show it again?
First, just about anything Gilda Radner did, especially Roseanne Roseannadanna, Lisa Loopner (w/Bill Murray, of course).
Landshark- such a classic early SNL skit.
The Greek Diner (actually Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, so I’ve heard)–“Cheesburgie … no Coke, Pepsi!”
Mr. Bill! -loved- Mr. Bill, had a t-shirt with his pic on it.
Billy Crystal as Fernando Lamas – “You look mah-velous!”
Jon Lovitz as the liar - “yes … yes… that’s the ticket! My wife, Morgan Fairchild …”
One sketch, though, had me laughing so hard I was nearly choking — it was the infamous “escape from prison” of Leona Helmsley, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Tammy Faye Bakker. I can’t even recall most of it now, but at the time, it was so very funny!
There are -so- many more that I am forgetting, most of them, I’ll admit, from the earlier years. I haven’t really like SNL much in the past few years, but still watch occasionally.
That wasn’t only just a funny concept, but really good commentary on these ads. It’s hard for us straight guys to see how stupid they are (being hypnotized by the T&A, as we often get), but putting that spin on it really brought the point home. Classic!
