I notice many dopers are struggling with the spelling of it, so:
Reading the above posts, I remembered the one where Aykroyd (as Jimmy Carter) goes into Three Mile Island to clean up. Garrett Morris (in drag) plays a cleaning woman he encounters while inside. Their kiss was hilarious.
I’ll second Dick In a Box, still makes me laugh now.
Another Justin Timberlake: “Soup There it Is”
Spartan Cheerleaders
Anything by Marty Culp and Bobbi Mohan-Culp
My favorite was prior to the 1992 Democratic Convention. It had several cast members playing as the Democratic hopefuls of the day. At that time, everyone “knew” that Bush Sr. had the election wrapped up, so in the skit every candidate got up and stated why they shouldn’t be nominated.
In general, SNL is best when they’re doing politics, I think. My watching days are behind me now, so my favorites will be old:
-The Chase/Pryor interview.
-Happy Fun Ball
-It’s a Floor Wax! It’s a Dessert Topping!
-One that I can’t remember any lines from, except that it starts off with spoiled milk and everyone wanting to try it to see how gross it is, and ends with everyone throwing themselves down the stairs to see how rickety they are. I refer to this skit more often than any other: it shows something fundamental about being human.
-Phone illiteracy. Something about its surprise ending cracked me up.
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!
I think just about any episode of Celebrity Jeopardy should fit into this company. I especially like the one with Burt Reynolds and JOhn Travolta.
Quien es mas macho?? Fernando Lamas o Ricardo Montalban?
Jerry Seinfeld in “OZ” penitentiary
Cookie Dough Gatorade
Schwette Balls
Star Trek Convention
Oops I Crapped My Pants
Robot insurance
Ask me in 6 months, and I’d probably have different picks…
Joe
Sting stuck in the elevator with Dana Carvey playing a fan who can’t help but sing Sting’s songs to him. “Roxaaaannnne!” Funny stuff.
What was the bit about the two Latin singers taunting each other? IIRC Patrick Swayze and some cast member did it. One sang his “hit” titled “It Fell Out His Pant Leg” to the tune of Guantanamera and they’d sing innuendoes back and forth.
Matt Foley, motivational speaker
Schmitt, the gay beer
Tommy Flannegan (sp?), Lovitz’s habitual liar.
Speaking of Swayze, I think the Farley/Swayze Chippendale’s sketch would have to be high on the list too.
:smack: I forgot Schwetty Balls! How could I forget Schwetty Balls?
Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker, Van Down by the River
Consumer Probe or whatever, Dan Ackroyd defending unsafe toys
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, cheeseburger
The Haddaway guys, with Jim Carey riding along
Celebrity Jeopardy
Honarable mentions to Wayne’s World, the Cheerleaders, and Toonces.
1: Mel Gibson, OBGYN (w. Jon Lovitz)
2: Harry Potter (w. Lindsay Lohan)
3: Old French Whore (w. Garth Brooks; Tina Fey’s first sketch, IIRC)
4: Baseball Wives (w. Derek Jeter: “Derek Jeter looks like The Rock had sex with a muppet!”)
5: The Iguana (Tim Kazurinski, Mary Gross and Eddie Murphy)
One of my favorites had Gary Busey playing a Buddy Holly-like character barred from palying rock-n-roll at a 50s high school dance.
Dan Akroyd as the stuffy principal: “…that would lead to dancing, and that would lead to sexual intercourse, and that would lead to beer!” (a phrase I often use to mock slippery slope arguments). Meanwhile Bill Murray spikes the punch bowl.
Bill Murray to Gilda Radner: “I wanna get something straight between us.”
Jane Curtain as the clueless home ec teacher: “You friend is ‘late’? Perhaps she should get an alarm clock.”
Gilda (under her breath): “I’m knocked up, you dumb cow.”
Another memorable bit had John Belishi as a latino lowrider: “Oh, I hate school, mon. All they teach you is chit…and chat.”
Swayze really makes that one.
In no particular order, for me:
Farley/Swayze Chippendales
Pryor/Chase Interview
Walken Cowbell
Every Celebrity Jeopardy
One that hasn’t been mentioned yet: Steve Martin and Bill Murray, What The Hell Is That?. Beautiful in its simplicity.
Bill Murray as Todd; Gilda Radner as Lisa Lupener. Buck Henry as Lisa’s father.
Todd pulls Lisa’s top open “Got any new developments? Hey, you ought to put something on those mosquito bites!”
Lisa’s fantasy about having a date with “Barvin Hamblisch.”
ETA: “Anthony Perkins was: Driven, drivendrivendriven, driven to school!”
Bad Idea Jeans
There’s one with Sally Field as a housewife who prays for everything, and Jesus shows up and tells her to stop praying so much.
Not the best, perhaps, but I always had a real soft spot for the two fey 17th century guys. Can’t even remember what they were called, I think they were only on maybe three times. But they cracked me up.
Funnily enough, I just watched one of their skits. They were the president and chairman of the Norm MacDonald fan club, Lucian Callo and Fagan.
I’ll add Chess for Girls