# Your most memorable SNL moment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092 "2006-09-25T17:32:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/121 "2006-10-12T18:52:47Z")
I practically peed my pants the first time I saw this one: [Homocil](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/00/00lhomocil.phtml) And two of my all time favorite Gilda moments: [Jewess Jeans](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79kjewess.phtml) and [Candy Slice](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78hslice.phtml) Who could forget Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford with his dog, Liberty? [Heel, Liberty, heel](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75qnessen.phtml) Mike Myers as Simon with, as his guest, Vinnie (Danny DeVito) from Atlantic City whose dad is in a questionable line of work [Simon with Vinnie](http://snltranscripts.jt.org/92/92jsimon.phtml) And I can’t believe no one has yet to mention Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts](http://www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com/) I was in 4th grade when SNL debuted. There was only one other kid in my class that was allowed to watch it (Hey, Brent, if your out there). We talked to each other at lunch on Monday mornings seeing if one got the jokes the other one didn’t get. And my parents wonder why I’m slightly warped. ---
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/122 "2006-10-14T07:52:59Z")
Robert Klein on the show where the giant lobsters took over Manhattan. The joke was allowed to build throughout the show, and the ending was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/123 "2006-10-14T08:09:24Z")
Christopher Lee as the Grim Reaper. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/124 "2006-10-14T18:02:56Z")
The black and white film starring John Belushi as the last Original SNL cast member alive… walking through a cold bleak snow-strewn cemetary. And then having John die first. That’s memorable. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/125 "2006-10-14T18:10:38Z")
Akroyds drool cup Jim Beluchis doing a golf rap Scottish Hooligans ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/126 "2006-10-14T19:08:07Z")
I will never, ever forget Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s performance of “Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes”…just…wow… ---
**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/127 "2006-10-22T21:45:41Z")
Like **commasense** , I’ve seen most of the episodes from the first one guest-hosted by George Carlin. Most of my favorite moments have already been mentioned by others, but one of the most memorable was a blooper during one of the NPR skits. I’m fuzzy on the details, but I think it was about 10 years ago and the guest was Alec Baldwin. The skit was about wieners, as a euphemism for penis. The skit goes on for awhile with every possible joke about penuses, with wiener being substituted, until (you knew it had to happen) one of the cast members said “pener” instead of “wiener”. The skit completely self-destructed after that. What is worse, Mrs Flex thought it was so funny that she now thinks that should be the official name for, er, Little Flex. :rolleyes: Another item worthy of mention - I believe SNL influenced the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. After the first debate, the Al Gore sighing was parodied on that week’s SNL and came to national attention, in my opinion largely because of SNL. This forced Gore to overreact and caused Bush to be perceived as the winner of the debates overall (or at least on par, which is equivalent since Gore was so highly favored). ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/128 "2006-10-23T13:28:51Z")
Das ist Jeopardy! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/129 "2006-10-23T18:12:30Z")
It always surprises me when I read these SNL threads that my wife and I are the only ones who LOVE the Jerry Seinfeld in OZ penitentiary skit. It’s toward the top of my list, with Schmitt’s GAY beer (with the original Van Halen soundtrack), Cookie Dough Gatorade, “Must be my lucky day! I’ll the The Rapists for 100, Alex.” And many others already mentioned. George ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/130 "2006-10-23T18:57:48Z")
Okay, I skimmed through some of this thread, but some noteworthy sketches I haven’t seen mentioned; “Let’s Talk and Talk and Talk and Talk and Talk About the Movies” - with Phil Hartman’s brilliant lampoon of Charlton Heston in “Soylent Green.” Gilda Radner as Lucy Ricardo in a take-off of the “I Love Lucy” candy-conveyor belt episode. In the skit, Radner/Lucy had to work on a conveyor belt in which she had to put whip cream & a cherry on the top of a series of nuclear warheads. (I’d bet money that whoever dreamed this one up was on LSD at the time.) The evening (Eddie Murphy era) that the show had a real call-in poll on whether or not to kill “Larry the Lobster.” The triangle-playing uber-nerd that Martin Short played. I forget his name - was it Ed Grimsby? Leona Helmsley (Nora Dunn), Zsa Zsa Gabor (Victoria Jackson), and Jim Bakker (forget who) all tunnelling out of jail and escaping in Tammy Faye’s (Jan Hooks) getaway car and going on a cross-country crime spree. The Whiners. Christopher Guest as the lowly bodega worker who realizes that the mat at the front entrance has the magical ability to open doors. Joe Piscopo as the seedy lounge pianist and Eddie Murphy as his near-derelict friend. Not a laugh-out loud sketch, but it was very touching and fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/131 "2006-10-23T19:41:15Z")
Bad News Bees with Walter Matthua . Belushi gets caught "sharpening his stinger " . That shit killed me 😃 ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/132 "2006-10-24T06:56:50Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] The triangle-playing uber-nerd that Martin Short played. I forget his name - was it Ed Grimsby? [/QUOTE] Are you like completely mental? That would be Ed Grimley, I must say. 🙂 He was actually one of Martin’s SCTV characters first, and Martin brought him along to SNL 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/133 "2006-10-24T12:50:58Z")
Alec Baldwin seems to stand out for me. There was the boy scout sketch with Adam Sandler. He’s done two that I remember as a doctor. In one, he had delivered 100% girls, about 50% of whom required that operation. There was another where he was a doctor in a Soap Opera and he kept screwing up the names of medical terms. The one I remeber best was him saying “anal canal” as if canal rhymed with anal with that total serious look on his face. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/134 "2006-10-24T13:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] There was the boy scout sketch with Adam Sandler. [/QUOTE] That was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/135 "2006-10-25T04:26:34Z")
Tom Hanks as Mr. Short Term Memory. The blind date with Victoria Jackson. > **[SNL Transcripts: Tom Hanks: 10/08/88: Mr. Short-Term Memory - SNL Transcripts...](https://snltranscripts.jt.org/88/88ashortterm.phtml)** > >  Saturday Night Live Transcripts  Season 14: Episode 1 OR Will Farrell, in a skit produced just before the 2000 elections, titled “A glimpse of our possible future,” playing President George W. Bush, who has pretty much destroyed America just a few weeks after taking office. No transcript available, but it was the cold open for the 11/04/2000 show. Thank God it didn’t turn out to be that bad, right? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/136 "2006-10-25T05:21:43Z")
[QUOTE=The New and Improved Superman] Christopher Guest as the lowly bodega worker who realizes that the mat at the front entrance has the magical ability to open doors. [/QUOTE] I do believe that was Rich Hall. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/137 "2006-10-25T06:04:47Z")
[QUOTE=Fern Forest] I do believe that was Rich Hall. [/QUOTE] Whew, I was right. Sketch was called “Wing Tips” and aired Nov 17, 1984. I lot of people complain about the early to mid 80s but there were a lot of gems hidden amongst the crappy stuff. At the very least they were more creative then any SNL cast I’ve seen in the last 10 years. Like when Buckwheat got shot. Or when they had a stand-up bit like Harry Anderson or Joel Hodgson. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/138 "2006-10-25T13:11:40Z")
My favorite was a Killer Bee Sketch with Buck Henry as a professor, and John Belushi as the Killer Bee, trying to argue about his grade. In the end, Buck says, “fine, I’ll give you a B plus” and hands over a baby in a bee suit. Any of the Land Shark scenes, especially if the word Candy-gram was used. The Triple-Trak razor parody. Gilda in the Brownie uniform. ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/139 "2006-10-25T13:51:52Z")
[QUOTE=kittenblue] The Triple-Trak razor parody. [/QUOTE] …because you’ll believe anything. At least that’s how hubby and I say it each time one of those commercials come on the T.V. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092/140 "2006-10-25T16:18:28Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] This thread is good, I like what I’m reading. But it needs more cowbell. [/QUOTE] I go a _fever_ …and the only prescription…is MORE COWBELL! [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=71770844627024590&q=snl+cowbell&hl=en](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=71770844627024590&q=snl+cowbell&hl=en) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-most-memorable-snl-moment/374092.md?page=8)