# Who is the narrator in this?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** talk-variety-show\
**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609 "2024-09-23T01:23:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609/1 "2024-09-23T01:23:20Z")

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In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozz-Hsx-QCI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozz-Hsx-QCI) , which is the cold open of SNL that’s set in Politics and Prose bookstore and is it the only cold open that ends with the narrator, not an actor in the sketch, saying “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night”?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609/2 "2024-09-23T02:02:35Z")

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This [SNL Wiki page](https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/November_17,_2012) says the announcer was [Jim Downey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)).

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609/3 "2024-09-23T03:46:22Z")

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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> This [SNL Wiki page](https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/November_17,_2012) says the announcer was [Jim Downey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Downey_(comedian)).

Very well known as a writer.

His most famous on screen role is probably from _Billy Madison_ since it has become a meme.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5hfYJsQAhl0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Ultimate Insult - May God Have Mercy On Your Soul - Billy Madison (Academic Decathlon)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0)

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-narrator-in-this/1007609/4 "2024-09-23T05:46:04Z")

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Thank you. So is there any other cold opening where the person saying “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night” is the narrator, not a actor in the sketch? If so, which ones?