# What didn’t he like? (Paul Simon, Sound of Silence) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 30, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598 "2024-03-30T03:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598/121 "2024-04-14T14:03:16Z")
Simon was musical guest once when Charles Grodin hosted. They did a sketch where they appeared together on stage, with Grodin wearing a wig similar to Art Garfunkel’s hair. Grodin had been playing a clueless, bumbling host, and this sketch followed in that vein. As Simon started playing “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, Grodin sang (horribly). Simon halted the song in disgust when it reached the high tonic note following the words, “I’ll dry them all”. This happened several times. Fiinally, Simon had had enough, and walked off, leaving Garfunkel alone on stage. Out of the audience emerged the _real_ Art Garfunkel. When the applause died down, Garfunkel with a stern expression, held out his hand. Grodin dejectedly took off the wig, and handed it to him. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598/122 "2024-04-15T18:54:46Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > There was an old SNL skit when Paul Simon was hosting, There was an SNL intro that Paul Simon did while wearing a turkey costume. It was perfect. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598.md?page=6)