# Walken on SNL! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921 "2003-02-23T04:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whiteboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@whiteboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiteboy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/1 "2003-02-23T04:56:43Z")
Well, someone had to do it. I worship at the temple of Walken. “Combos… they cheese your hunger away!” ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/2 "2003-02-23T05:23:51Z")
I love it when he’s on… but I do wish they’d let that “horney guy with the date at his house” skit die. It’s funny… the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/3 "2003-02-23T05:24:00Z")
I liked the Pranksters sketch. Also, nothing to do with Walken, but I’m waiting for the inevitable Weekend Update that’s nothing but ten minutes of Tina and Jimmy sitting there as a string of celebrities and former cast members parades past them. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/4 "2003-02-23T05:24:17Z")
So you say, hey, I’m a skinny puke, I’m glad my wife’s a fat slice of hog meat, but because I’m half a fag, I’d like her to be even more of a stinkin’ hog… ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/5 "2003-02-23T07:53:52Z")
I don’t watch the show much anymore. I did just see part of a repeat on Comedy Channel of Walken on SNL where he also opened the show with a song & dance number (and girls). Walken was noticeably reading his lines off a tele-prompter for some skits. Quite the cameo-fest. Steve Martin, Will Farrell and Britney Spears (who apparently has taken an acting lesson or two). And Jim Carrey air-guitaring his leg onstage with The Foo Fighters. Oh yeah. I’d not seen “The Continental” skit before - but that was Phil Hartman’s voice doing the intro. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/6 "2003-02-23T08:08:44Z")
I’m almost halfway through the episode … I’m kinda worried about the quality of the rest of the show if the “Colonel Angus” sketch was deemed worthy enough to appear this early. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/7 "2003-02-23T08:14:42Z")
“He was a stiffy McStifferson, so I pranked him to death with a tire iron.” Man, that killed me. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/8 "2003-02-23T08:17:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corbomite \* > \*\*Oh yeah. I’d not seen “The Continental” skit before - but that was Phil Hartman’s voice doing the intro. \*\* Hartman’s voice-over intro and exit have been part of every “The Continental” skit. The first skit was when Hartman was still in the cast, and they have kept it for all subsequent “The Continental” skits. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/9 "2003-02-23T11:17:17Z")
FYI, the “Continental” sketch was first performed in the Not Ready For Prime Time Player era and is based on an actual TV show from the early 50s, called “The Continental,” which used a subjective camera shot of going up to a door and being welcomed by the extremely cheesy Renzo Cesana. It was supposed to be a date substitute for lonely women on a Saturday night. And you may take it as a token of my low intellect that the “Colonel Angus” sketch had me rolling on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/10 "2003-02-23T11:24:08Z")
I also found the “Colonel Angus” sketch hilarious . . . to a degree. Like so many SNL skits, it went on for far too long. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/11 "2003-02-23T11:32:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*FYI, the “Continental” sketch was first performed in the Not Ready For Prime Time Player era and is based on an actual TV show from the early 50s, called “The Continental,” which used a subjective camera shot of going up to a door and being welcomed by the extremely cheesy Renzo Cesana. It was supposed to be a date substitute for lonely women on a Saturday night. > \*\* **Arg**! =) I reckoned it was a tribute to Phil Hartman and his era (whatever that is - early-to-mid 1990’s?) - yet I totally don’t recall earlier skits. Did they ever do the “five-time host” skit again? I think that was pulled on Tom Hanks (ICBR) and included cameos from Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Paul Simon. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/12 "2003-02-23T11:41:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > \*\*FYI, the “Continental” sketch was first performed in the Not Ready For Prime Time Player era and is based on an actual TV show from the early 50s, called “The Continental,” which used a subjective camera shot of going up to a door \*\* I _really_ did not know that (pardon the Carson). > [@](#): > > …and being welcomed by the extremely cheesy Renzo Cesana. That’s why I thought it a tribute to Phil Hartman - he’d **BE** Renzo Cesana! 🙂 To heck with the lonely women - _I_’d wanna hang with Renzo/PH! ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/13 "2003-02-23T12:21:37Z")
“If I overstay my welcome, just tap me on the head” too funny Maybe next week they will have Phyl (short for Phyllis) Latio 😃 ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/14 "2003-02-23T17:32:17Z")
I was glad to see Will Farrell slap on the fake beard and revive his role as Rachel Dratch’s “lover.” “I thought you said the exercises were working.” “Well, they aren’t, now get the HELL off of me!” > [@](#): > > Also, nothing to do with Walken, but I’m waiting for the inevitable Weekend Update that’s nothing but ten minutes of Tina and Jimmy sitting there as a string of celebrities and former cast members parades past them. I think that pretty much happened last night. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/15 "2003-02-23T18:01:23Z")
Anybody know why it was cameos on parade last night? My theory is that the celebs wanted to watch Walken and volunteered/were drafted to do cameos while they were there. And I loved the Colonel Lingus skit. (Yeah, it was a little too long - a subtle commentary on cunnilingus? 😉 ) Appearing soon to in a “how did this get by the censors” thread near you! ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/16 "2003-02-23T18:24:07Z")
The Continental and The _Lovahs_ last night - what a great surprise! Hahahahaha ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/17 "2003-02-23T18:35:56Z")
I also don’t remember the earlier incarnation of ‘The Continental’. Who played it, and when did it air? I’ve seen every SNL episode multiple times, and I have no recollection of it. But I must say, last night’s SNL was by far the funniest of the season, and ranks right up there as being one of the funniest episodes in the last couple of years. Christopher Walken is a comic genius. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/18 "2003-02-23T18:45:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Corbomite \* > \*\ ***Arg**! =) > I reckoned it was a tribute to Phil Hartman and his era (whatever that is - early-to-mid 1990’s?) - yet I totally don’t recall earlier skits. Did they ever do the “five-time host” skit again? I think that was pulled on Tom Hanks (ICBR) and included cameos from Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Paul Simon. \*\* I thought it was “7-time host”, not five. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/19 "2003-02-23T19:13:28Z")
Nope. It was the “Five Timers Club”. Quick trivia question: Who was the doorman at the Five Timer’s Club? ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921/20 "2003-02-23T19:35:44Z")
Ralph Nader, as I recall. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walken-on-snl/156921.md?page=2)