Hi there folks, hopefully someone reading this has better google-fu, or a better knowledge of archival sites, than I do.
I’m looking for, ideally, a video, or perhaps an audio clip, covered by fair use (of course) and legit for posting on the SDMB. The specific bit of a skit I’m looking for is from one of Walken’s SNL appearances, I think. From memory, the bit goes something like:
Questioner: If you had wings or a tail which would you pick?
Walken: That’s the dumbest question I’ve ever heard. Of course I’d pick a tail. Because if I had a tail I could still fly in an airplane. Having a tail lets people know how you’re feeling. Hey! That’s Chris! Look at his tail! He’s upset!
Anybody know of any video/audio clips, that’re short enough to be covered by fair use, on the 'net?
Thanks in advance.
I saw the video. It was a story Jay Mohr told of Walken while doing his Christopher Walken impersonation. I can’t remember which show it was though.
I don’t think it was SNL, but a stand-up routine from a comedian relating an experience working on a movie with Walken.
I can’t find it on Youtube either, but remember it ending with the guy thinking up some alternative to having a tail. When he asked Walken about it during lunch, Walken immediately gives his reason why a tail is still better, and the comedian finishes the story with “and that’s when I realized, he’d been thinking about it ALL MORNING LONG!”
It’s amazing how strong a persona Walken has developed, so that now even the most mundane thing said by him or about him gets a huge reaction.
Hrm, thanks. I was almost sure, though, that it was Walken on SNL. Could it have been Mohr aping a Walken skit on SNL, some time later?
So you’d go with Saint’s view, then? I wonder where I could dig the clip up, if not on youbube…
Ah, you guys rock!
You gave me the help to google this, and I found it!!!
Here it is.
Mods, you can close this puppy now. Thanks again guys.
Definitely Jay Mohr impersonating Walken. He was describing what it was like being on SNL when Walken hosted. I’ve heard that performance several times, and it’s great.