# The Five Best SNL Skits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985 "2008-07-28T22:00:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/101 "2011-07-21T00:32:09Z")
Not in order of awesomeness: 1. Cowbell 2. Steve Martin and Gilda Radner dancing. That one just killed me! 3. “Love is a Dream” with Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks. (OMG I was SO sad when he was murdered!) 4. C-I-L-L my landlord 5. Landshark. This one gets quoted at my house about once a week. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/102 "2011-07-21T00:35:11Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > A. Whitney Brown commentaries I’m glad someone liked these. All I remember from them is Brown pausing after his jokes, waiting for laughter that wasn’t there. Ones that (I am pretty sure) haven’t been mentioned: 1. Steve Martin’s Christmas Wish 2. Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood 3. Schmitt’s Gay beer 4. Colon Blow (annnnnd youuuuuuuuuuu! In the morrrrrrrning) 5. Chris Farley as the motivational speaker (DOWN BY THE RIVER) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/103 "2011-07-21T01:05:30Z")
It’s been a looooong time since I’ve seen SNL…my choices will make that obvious. 😛 In no particular order: Cheeseburger Pepsi Chips Steve Martin w/Keith Moon at the Holiday Inn Samurai Deli Shatner at the convention Land [del]Snark[/del] Shark. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/104 "2011-07-21T01:37:36Z")
1. Schwetty Balls 2. Colonel Angus 3. Coconut Bangers Ball: It’s a Rap! 4. More Cowbell 5. Nice Penis! Wow, I guess I kinda like the low-brow, potty humor. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/105 "2011-07-21T03:59:49Z")
1. Kirk’s Greatest Kirks: Kirk Douglas makes an album of his impersonation of people impersonating him. 2. Chippendale 3. Campaign 92: The Race to Avoid Being the Guy to Lose to Bush 4. You Mock Me: with John Malkovich 5. Either ‘Master Thespian’ or ‘Tales of Ribaldry’ with John Lovitz ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/106 "2011-07-21T04:31:00Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > 1. Cameron Diaz on the kid’s show Friendship Junction, featuring Freddy Friendship, Umberto Unity, Cathy Caring, and Katie Kindness, complete with initials on their t-shirts… Reminds me of one of my favorite skits… a fave character returns back to a “Barney” type show, except they’ve passed over the puberty line just a bit _too_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/107 "2011-07-21T04:32:28Z")
So much of SNL was before my time. The only time period I really watched it was the early/mid 90s, I have only sporadically seen it since then. The presidential debates were always good. I liked the 92 Clinton/Bush debates but can’t find it right now. [http://www.hulu.com/watch/4117/saturday-night-live-george-bush-debate](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4117/saturday-night-live-george-bush-debate) I really liked the one where Lovitz and Hanks were at their 10 year HS reunion. [http://www.hulu.com/watch/4130/saturday-night-live-tenth-reunion#continuous\_play=on](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4130/saturday-night-live-tenth-reunion#continuous_play=on) “She’s a practicing lawyer and we’re still living at home. I don’t like our chances.” Also, the one with Will Ferrell as Neil Diamond on ‘behind the music’. Also any impression of Adam Sandler by Jimmy Fallon ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/108 "2011-07-21T04:53:49Z")
“The Chronic…” “What?!” “…cles of Narnia.” Adam Sandberg, Chris Parnell in the “Lazy Sunday” digital short. Funny, funny stuff. [http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/SNL-lazy-sunday-narnia.html](http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/SNL-lazy-sunday-narnia.html) ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/109 "2011-07-21T06:24:02Z")
Don’t think anyone has mentioned Bill Murray in _Il Returno de Hercules_. Loved that one. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/110 "2011-07-21T06:41:42Z")
I know it was already mentioned, but here’s a video of the [Lord and Lady Douchebag skit.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H61agOWWNE0) That’s Harry Shearer playing Lord Salisbury, Bill Murray as the Earl of Sandwich, and Buck Henry as Lord Douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/111 "2011-07-21T13:16:50Z")
1. Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Shoot 2. Beatles Reunion Offer 3. any Jeopardy skit 4. Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood 5. [Velvet Jones School of Technology](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RrQ4FWjijI) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/112 "2011-07-21T14:36:12Z")
WTF? A thread from early 2008 about the best SNL skits was re-opened, and NOT to add [The Palin Rap](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/update-palin-rap/1156951/) to the top of the list? What is wrong with you people? (“I wanna F\*\*\* your mother” might also make the updated list, though probably as a runner-up, rather than top-5) ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/113 "2011-07-21T17:27:47Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > WTF? A thread from early 2008 about the best SNL skits was re-opened, and NOT to add [The Palin Rap](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/update-palin-rap/1156951/) to the top of the list? Speaking of SNL raps - [the Natalie Portman rap](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUJIPzgxkfE) is classic. ---
**Author:** ![ChechenFlower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ChechenFlower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChechenFlower)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/114 "2011-07-21T18:03:14Z")
I am probably going to get castigated for naming a recent skit, but I really enjoyed the last time Jim Carrey was on SNL. I have only seen the show a few times because I don’t own a TV. The skit where he is the black swan made me cry a little. So funny! ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/115 "2011-07-21T18:50:40Z")
> [@ChechenFlower](#): > > I am probably going to get castigated for naming a recent skit, but I really enjoyed the last time Jim Carrey was on SNL. No castigation here. I LOVED the merryville brothers sketch. Their impression of animatronic robots was amazing! [http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/amusement-park-ride/1268837/](http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/amusement-park-ride/1268837/) ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/116 "2011-07-21T21:49:30Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Just remembered a Billy Crystal bit. He and another cast member would talk about all these improbable scenarios. Something like, > > A) The other night I took some razor blades.. > B) …and chewed on them for awhile? > A) Boy that smarts! > B) I hate it when that happens! > > Funny shit! “Frankie and Willy” I think they were. Billy Crystal and Christopher Guest. Consistently hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Voluble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Voluble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voluble)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/117 "2011-07-24T19:06:42Z")
The Natalie Portman interview where she appears all prim and proper until they start showing cuts of her rap video. Not much of the newer stuff is funny but that was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/118 "2011-07-25T02:48:12Z")
Michael Jordan as the [The First Black Harlem Globetrotter](http://www.tv.com/saturday-night-live/michael-jordan-public-enemy/episode/93030/recap.html?tag=episode_recap;recap) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/119 "2011-07-25T03:01:05Z")
How about The 5 Best SNL skits…With Lesbians! That’s my sequential thread at the moment. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985/120 "2011-07-25T03:37:33Z")
Not a skit, but sweet conversation: Michaels: “Can we still be funny?” Guiliani: “Why start now?” Obviously from the 2001 season premiere, weeks after 9/11. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-five-best-snl-skits/457985.md?page=7)