# REMINDER: Christopher Walken SNL is on tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601 "2004-05-23T01:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/1 "2004-05-23T01:59:23Z")
Christopher Walken is great and I will be incredibly upset if they don’t play the Blue Oyster Cult skit with the cowbell!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/2 "2004-05-23T02:08:05Z")
Ahh, thanks. I hope they do the one where he is psychic. ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/3 "2004-05-23T02:22:04Z")
by the way, it is the best of SNL with Walken, not just an episode that he hosts. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/4 "2004-05-23T02:30:33Z")
The Blue Oyster Cult sketch was in the promos, so it’ll be there! And that’s good, because I’ve got a fever … ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/5 "2004-05-23T02:30:58Z")
Is this the first “best of” episode for a host, rather than a star? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/6 "2004-05-23T02:35:01Z")
I just love it that Dopers can sense that this is the sort of information that _must_ be shared. Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![chefIL11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/7 "2004-05-23T02:43:30Z")
anything that involves walken MUST be shared!!! come on… i mean, i promise at least a couple people cracked a smile when they heard he was on… i did. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/8 "2004-05-23T03:05:35Z")
Gee, I suppose they _might_ show the cowbell sketch. **Friedo** I know they had a best of Steve Martin show. (There may have been other “best of” shows as well). ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/9 "2004-05-23T03:50:37Z")
**Johnnyt27** Thanks for that reminder. I’m here on the East Coast and I just saw that legendary sketch. Just one problem - I thought it could have used a little more cowbell - but maybe that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/10 "2004-05-23T04:15:27Z")
Off to **Cafe Society**. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/11 "2004-05-23T04:31:46Z")
They showed the Blue Oyster sketch, but I’ve seen better “The Continental” sketches. The psychic one remains funny and it was interesting to see a very young Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, and a little sad to see Phil Hartman. I’m hoping for “Pranksters” before the show is over. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/12 "2004-05-23T05:05:11Z")
Oh man, that was fantastic. I somehow missed the “Colonel Angus” skit when it first aired (I think I missed that entire episode) and I snarfed Pepsi up my nose over it. The pain was worth it. Is there a better SNL host than Walken? I don’t think even Tom Hanks or Steve Martin reaches the heights of a good Walken ep. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/13 "2004-05-23T05:32:15Z")
I am so looking forward to this. It’s on in an hour. Best SNL hosts: 1. Christopher Walken 2. Tom Hanks 3. Steve Martin 4. Alec Baldwin ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/14 "2004-05-23T05:37:46Z")
Aww! No “Centaur Interview!” That’s my favorite. Somehow, I had never seen the Pranksters thing. That was great. One thing I’ve been wondering about–when did Walken become known as a comic actor? IIRC, he was seen as a more “serious” actor earlier in his career. I wasn’t that familiar with him when Wayne’s World 2 came out, but I can remember being somewhat surprised at how funny he was. Now, of course, I think he’s probably the funniest guy in Hollywood. Somebody said that he could read a shopping list and it would be hilarious. So true. I’d love to hear him read a shopping list. Can you imagine? “Milk. Eggs. Cereal. Lettuce. Band-Aids…” I’m cracking myself up just thinking about it. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/15 "2004-05-23T11:23:41Z")
He was doing comedy in Annie Hall, and that was, what '76? ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/16 "2004-05-23T14:48:31Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > He was doing comedy in Annie Hall, and that was, what '76? '77. Annie Hall beat Star Wars for Best Picture! Walken stole the show in his short scenes in True Romance ('93) and Pulp Fiction ('94). I think those Tarantino roles helped expose him to a new, wider, younger audience. His dancing in the Fatboy Slim video “Weapon Of Choice” helped a lot too. But he’s always been great in everything he’s ever done. I was really hoping he’d be cast as Willy Wonka in Tim Burton’s remake, since Walken is creepy AND he’s an old-school song-and-dance man, but they cast Johnny Depp instead (who is also great). ---
**Author:** ![helieo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@helieo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/helieo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/17 "2004-05-23T17:10:41Z")
I would have loved to have seen Kevin Spacey doing his impersonation of Walken auditioning for Star Wars. Best part for me was the cowbell. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/18 "2004-05-23T18:13:56Z")
Hadn’t seen the Census skit before. very funny. Where are you headed, Colonel Angus? Down south I got a fevah… and the only prescription is more cowbell! ---
**Author:** ![peculiar\_hailstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@peculiar\_hailstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peculiar_hailstone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/19 "2004-05-24T05:08:01Z")
my fave Walken skit is an old one from sometime in the eighties. He plays Rainbowhead, a takeoff on Rainbowman, the guy with the John 3:16 shirt at sports events, and he’s interviewed on a talkshow by Jan Hooks and Nora Dunn. Damn hilarious. He’s so deadpan and serious, and they’re so stupid. I miss it, although, this year’s cast was one of the funniest ever. I’ll miss Jimmy Fallon. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601/20 "2004-05-24T15:10:35Z")
two Walken SNL classics for me- “Stalk Talk” and “It’s Pat” where he comes back to work from a psychiatric leave only to be driven insane by the enigma of Pat. The psychic skit is a homage to his role in Stephen King’s The Dead Zone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-christopher-walken-snl-is-on-tonight/246601.md?page=2)