# SNL: Episodes that never get rerun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222 "2008-02-19T06:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/61 "2008-02-21T00:38:49Z")
They did a cold open along those lines with Candace Bergen, I think. Could that be it? That one was staged, though. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/62 "2008-02-21T03:29:33Z")
Speaking of O.J. Simpson, I’d like to re-watch the episode he hosted, just out of morbid fascination. I remember a sketch with Simpson played himself, hosting a bunch of friends at his house to watch football. They’re joshing Simpson about some player who’s about to break his yardage record. Simpson is jovial and smiling, saying that “records are made to be broken; I hope he does do it.” Then Simpson sneaks away and his charming demeanor switches off like a light. He takes out a voodoo doll of the player, and jabs it with pins, with a cold, ruthless look on his face. Funny, lighthearted stuff, and a remarkable turn by Simpson, who could almost convince you that he’s, well, like a sociopath or something. What an actor! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/63 "2008-02-21T17:27:18Z")
[QUOTE=fuffle] Is this the one where Gilda Radner knocks on the guest’s dressing room door and tries to get her to come out? And Gilda asks the door something like, “What is it, honey? What’s wrong? Is it cramps?” If so, then I remember seeing this episode, though I only remember that part with any clarity. What year was it aired? Maybe I saw it the first time. Maybe I was young and dumb, but I didn’t know it was for real. I thought it was sort of an experimental surrealist sketch, where the joke was there weren’t any jokes. [/QUOTE] The Louise Lasser monologue looks bizarre to most modern-day viewers because it’s a reference to the “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” show, a series that not many people have seen since the 1970s. There is an episode of “MH2” in which the titular TV-obsessed heroine (played by Lasser, natch) gets to appear on TV, makes a complete fool of herself and has a nervous breakdown. Lasser’s opening monologue on SNL was a parody of that episode. The fact that there was a camera set up backstage (and Chevy was suited up as the landshark to do his bit) should clue people in that this was staged. OTOH, I can’t remember where I read it, but the Lasser episode wasn’t reran for a long while. It was actually out of sympathy for Lasser, who just prior to appearing on SNL was famously arrested for possession of cocaine. Lasser does appear to be stoned out of her mind in the few sketches she did appear in. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/64 "2008-02-21T19:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=Satchmo] I remember the Desi Arnez episode. He read “The Jabberwocky” from Lewis Carroll. It was hilarious! [/QUOTE] “Galoomphing?” ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/65 "2008-02-21T19:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Matthew Broderick was the guest host, and there was sketch set at a nudist camp. [/QUOTE] I remember seeing this sketch as an “Extra Feature” on an SNL DVD. On the DVD, it was identified as a sketch that was done only in the pre-show run-through … but never made it into the live show. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/66 "2008-02-21T19:40:50Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] I remember seeing this sketch as an “Extra Feature” on an SNL DVD. On the DVD, it was identified as a sketch that was done only in the pre-show run-through … but never made it into the live show. [/QUOTE] That’s strange because I’ve seen it and I’ve never watched any SNL DVDs. Has it been shown as a rerun? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/67 "2008-02-21T20:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] That’s strange because I’ve seen it and I’ve never watched any SNL DVDs. Has it been shown as a rerun? [/QUOTE] I know NBC reran the episode at least once. In fact, it was when it was rerun the first time that SNL caught some flack for the sketch. Oddly enough, scarcely anybody said anything about it the first time the show was aired. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/68 "2008-02-21T20:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] That’s strange because I’ve seen it and I’ve never watched any SNL DVDs. Has it been shown as a rerun? [/QUOTE] I know I’ve seen it as a rerun. I’d heard about the sketch (but not seen it) right after it originally aired. Sometime later, I saw it on TV. It was either a rerun or during one of their anniversary specials. I know I never saw it on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/69 "2008-02-21T23:36:39Z")
Jay Mohr’s sketches as a bartender are not aired by agreement with the comedian Jay stole the idea from. (Mentioned in _Grasping for Airtime_.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/70 "2008-02-21T23:41:01Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Jay Mohr’s sketches as a bartender are not aired by agreement with the comedian Jay stole the idea from. (Mentioned in _Grasping for Airtime_.) [/QUOTE] Nitpick: _Gasping for Airtime_. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/71 "2008-02-22T17:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Jay Mohr’s sketches as a bartender are not aired by agreement with the comedian Jay stole the idea from. (Mentioned in _Grasping for Airtime_.) [/QUOTE] I haven’t heard about this. Is there something about it online? ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/72 "2008-02-22T17:29:49Z")
[http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance\_mannion/2006/10/studio\_60\_warmu.html](http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_mannion/2006/10/studio_60_warmu.html) ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/73 "2008-02-22T18:52:51Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “Galoomphing?” [/QUOTE] Of course, he pronounced it “Haberwock” and acted like somebody had just handed it to him and told him to read it. Heck, for all I know, maybe they did. He didn’t get all the way through, I think it ended at about: "The Habberwock, with eyes of flame … what the hell is this!!! If it was scripted, it’s comedy gold. If not, it was even better. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222/74 "2008-02-22T19:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] [http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance\_mannion/2006/10/studio\_60\_warmu.html](http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_mannion/2006/10/studio_60_warmu.html) [/QUOTE] Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-episodes-that-never-get-rerun/438222.md?page=3)