SNL skits that became movies

[Khadaji]

While drinking beer last night I remarked that the vast majority of SNL skits that became movies were terrible. One of the others called me on it and we now have a bet. Sine the term “vast majority” is rather vague, we nailed it down to 75%.

So, please help me create the definitive list of SNL skits that went on to become movies. Note, we’re just trying to create the list of all of them, so don’t get offended if your favorite is on the list.

A night at the Roxbury
The Blues Brothers
The ConeHeads
SuperStar

That’s all that I can think of - help me out if you can.

[lenin]

It’s Pat (WORST… SNL SKIT… EVER)
Ladie’s Man

[Chief_Crunch]

Stuart Saves His Family. Wayne’s World and it’s sequel.

[Khadaji]

Hmmmm. Now we’ll need a judge’s ruling. Does the sequal to Waynes world count? If so, do I have to count the sequal to the Blues Brothers?

[SuperNova]

According to this the movies are:

“Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video” (1979), The Blues Brothers" (1980), “Gilda Live” (1980), “Wayne’s World” (1992), “Mo’ Money” (1992), “Bob Roberts” (1992), “Mr. Saturday Night” (1992), “Coneheads” (1993), “Wayne’s World 2” (1993), “It’s Pat” (1994), “Casper” (1995), “Stuart Saves His Family” (1995), “Blues Brothers 2000” (1998), “A Night at the Roxbury” (1998), “Office Space” (1999), “Superstar” (1999), and “The Ladies Man” (2000).

Wow…

[tracer]

*Originally posted by lenin *
It’s Pat (WORST… SNL SKIT… EVER)

I have It’s Pat: The Movie on laserdisc. It’s in letterbox and everything.

Now if only they’d release the Directory’s Cut with audio commentary.

[Khadaji]

Oooh, the Ladies Man. I forgot that suckfest. I should win this easily.

[Sam_Stone]

“Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video” (1979), The Blues Brothers" (1980), “Gilda Live” (1980), “Wayne’s World” (1992), “Mo’ Money” (1992), “Bob Roberts” (1992), “Mr. Saturday Night” (1992), “Coneheads” (1993), “Wayne’s World 2” (1993), “It’s Pat” (1994), “Casper” (1995), “Stuart Saves His Family” (1995), “Blues Brothers 2000” (1998), “A Night at the Roxbury” (1998), “Office Space” (1999), “Superstar” (1999), and “The Ladies Man” (2000).

That list isn’t accurate, unless we’re counting any movie that an SNL alumni starred in, in which case it’s hopelessly incomplete. ‘Bob Roberts’, an SNL skit? With Tim Robbins? ‘Casper’? Huh? ‘Office Space’? ‘Mr. Saturday Night’? (Billy Crystal’s character in the movie was fully developed as a comedic character long before Crystal joined SNL). ‘Mo Money’? With a Wayans brother? That’s more a spinoff of ‘In Living Color’ if anything.

The record for SNL movies isn’t all that bad. Sure, a few of them were crap. But is the percentage of crap any higher than other movies of that ilk? But consider the good ones:

“Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video”
“The Blues Brothers”
“Gilda Live”
“Wayne’s World”
“Wayne’s World 2”

And the okay ones:
“Coneheads”
“Stuart Saves His Family”
“Blues Brothers 2000”

And the total suckfests:

“It’s Pat”
“A Night at the Roxbury”
“Superstar”
“The Ladies Man”

I can remember a time when people actually looked forward to an ‘SNL’ movie. The Blues Brothers was a huge smash, and so were the Wayne’s World movies.

The pattern here? I think that A) the later movies are not as good as the earlier ones, possibly because B) The talent is lacking. The Blues Brothers had Dan Ayckroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Frank Oz, Carrie Fisher… “It’s Pat” had, uh, Julie Sweeney.

I think a good rule of thumb is, "If the SNL movie is being made by the most talented cast members, it might be good. If it’s just a Lorne Michaels production for one of the lesser talents who have been on the show for a long time, it’ll suck.

[SmackFu]

Office Space was based on a short cartoon that was originally shown on SNL. So that might count.

Same deal with Bob Roberts.

Casper had a cameo by Father Guido Sarducci, which is why it’s on that list, but that doesn’t count IMO.

[Mudshark]

There should be a SNL movie with Tina Fey in it. I would definitely go see that, regardless how sucky.

[5-HT]

If it does count( I never saw the cartoon on SNL, but it does seem accurate that it was on there) Office Space is by far the best of all SNL movies.

[Bryan_Ekers]

You’ve overlooked the claymation epic Mr. Bill.

[Khadaji]

I think that we can safely discount Casper.

[Green_Fool]

The Mike Judge shorts originally aired on MTV’s Liquid Television.

[Alphagene]

Well, Beavis and Butthead first appeared on Liquid Television. “Frog Baseball” was the title, IIRC.

There was a separate cartoon Mike Judge did for SNL after B&B became a huge hit called Milton. That’s what Office Space is based on.

[Philosophocles]

Let it therefore be resolved…of all the movies based on SNL skits, “It’s Pat” was the worst ever.

[Khadaji]

*Originally posted by Philosophocles *
**Let it therefore be resolved…of all the movies based on SNL skits, “It’s Pat” was the worst ever. **

I dunno. Have you seen The Ladies Man or A Night at the Roxebury?

[tracer]

Yeah! And besides, It’s Pat: The Movie had Pat playing tuba with Ween! What could be better than that?

[ArturoBandini]

Does “Duece Bigalow” count? It obviously seems like a rip-off of Dan Ackroyd’s old “Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute” sketches…

I always assumed that some smart-guy figured he was being clever by slightly tweaking “Male Prostitute” into a lame Rob Scneider vehicle - can anyone offer support of this theory?

[Little_Bird]

The Muppets started on SNL…
www.toughpigs.com
Does that count?