One show they had Mr. Bill delivering the opening line. Then Jane Curtin interrupts the music and delivers a tirade about how she has never opened the show, everyone has opened the show, yada, yada, yada and now it’s being done by a puppet. Belushi comes on, comforts her, and then says “And Jane, one more thing”
“Yes?”
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night”–perfect delivery.
**The Guy Who Plays Mr. Belvedere Fan Club **
Doug (Chris Farley): I got one. I should want to say hi to him nicely, I shouldn’t want to keep him in a big jar in my basement.
Mr. Chairman (Tom Hanks): Alright, Doug, that’s great, we understand that now. Go on, though. Why shouldn’t you put him in a big jar in your basement?
Doug: Because… his breath would fog up the glass, and I wouldn’t be able to see him…?
Bad Idea Jeans
Guy #2: Normally I wear protection, but then I thought, “When am I gonna make it back to Haiti?”
I have to second (third, fourth) Mike Meyers as Mick Jagger, and Mick Jagger as Keith Richards.
Superfans. “OK, the Indy 500, Ditka is driving a bus with all the Bears inside, against Mears. Who do you like?” “Mears.”
Dana Carvey as Ross Perot at the debate in '92: “Can we get down to business? While we’ve been standing around yapping, the deficit has grown by a half a billion dollars. That’s enough to buy a new still and outhouse for every family in Little Rock.”
Frankenstein, Tarzan and Tonto reciting “The Raven”. “Once upon…midnight…dreary…while ponder…weak, weary…”
Lots of good ones, but of those not mentioned:
Men’s Synchronized Swimming - Martin Short plays the ‘special’ younger brother of Harry Shearer as they sacrifice everything practicing and trying to get the sport into the Olympics (I’m, I’m not that strong a swimmer)
Images by Tyrone Green
Dark and lonely on a summer night,
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord
Watchdog barking, do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord
Slip in his window, break his neck,
Got no reason? What the heck!
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord
C-I-L-L, my landlord
Jackie Roger’s Jr. $100,000 Jackpot Wad - ‘Sea birds’
Ed Grimley meets Rear Window - Ed Asner as the killer coming to get him.
Tippy Turtle
Hey Tippy Turtle,
Whatcha’ gonna do?
First I’m gonna bother everybody I meet,
Then I’ll probably go home and get drunk
Open Head Wound Harry - particularly when the dog starts gnawing at the open wound
My goodness…there is no accounting for taste. I think this skit epitomizes What Went Wrong with SNL.
Toonces, the cat who could drive a car
“I thought you said Toonces could drive!”
“He can. Just not very well.”
Michael Jordan on Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley
Various appearances by real-life politicians, including George Bush Sr.’ s intro of Dana Carvey, Paul Simon (the bow-tied Senator) showing up “by mistake” when Paul Simon (the singer) was hosting, and the recent alternate-reality address by President Al Gore.
Adam Sandler’s Halloween costume ideas
Jay Mohr as Christopher Walken advertising Skittles
…and lots of others, many of which have already been mentioned.
Jeez, so many!
Dan Ackroyd as Julia Child “slicing the dickens out of my finger… save the liver!”
Dan A. flogging the Bass-o-Matic. “Mmmm… that’s good bass!”
Dan A. again, as Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute.
Happy Fun Ball, with its hilariously lengthy list of consumer warnings and disclaimers.
Colon Blow cereal. “Warning: May cause rectal distension.”
I see that TommyTutone has already quoted Tyrone Green’s poem from “Prose and Cons,” about felons writing poetry. A classic.
Christopher Walken as the love-crazed, ultrasuave The Continental, pursuing his date around his bachelor pad as we see everything from her POV.
Dan Ackroyd as “Bad Theater” critic Leonard Pinth-Garnell (“Exquisitely awful!”)
As many have already said, Steve Martin’s and Gilda Radner’s wordless dance.
Mike Meyers as Dieter, the bored, dissolute host of the German show “Sprockets.” “I’m as happy as a little girl!” (holding out shirt to imitate breasts).
Tina Fey on “Weekend Update”: “Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman have announced their divorce. As expected, their children have been returned to the Warner Brothers prop department.”
The Coneheads: “We are from… France!”
Historical What-Ifs: If Eleanor Roosevelt could fly. If Napoleon had an A-bomb at Waterloo. If Superman had been a Nazi (looks at the crotch of a guy: “That man is a Jew!”)
John Belushi as the Samurai Tailor.
Dennis Miller on “Weekend Update.” “Good evening, and what can I tell you…” He’s never been better.
Phil Hartman as an alternate-universe hypercompetent President Reagan, threatening to kill Jimmy Stewart when distracted from his international wheeling and dealing. Also, as Bill Clinton, eating his way through a McDonalds while explaining the crisis in Somalia: “Warlords!”
Dana Carvey as Ross Perot taking his running mate, the senile admiral, for a drive and trying to lose him in the woods.
Gilda Radner in an ad for Hey You perfume, specially formulated for one-night stands.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson hosting the game show “The Point is Moot.”
Alex Trebek being mercilessly insulted by Sean Connery.
Darryl Hammond as Bill Clinton after being acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial. He steps up to the White House podium to make an extremely brief statement. “I… am… bulletproof!” Turns away from the podium, then returns to jeer, “Next time you come after me, you’d better use kryptonite.” Then gives a thumbs-up and bites his lower lip.
Oh, man. I could go on…
I didn’t see it mentioned, but;
Nicole Kidman and Mike Myers where they are both kids and he is tied to the jungle gym. Cracks me up every time.
The Mr. Bill Show,
The John Belushi short film of him as an old man dancing on the graves of his fellow cast members.
John Malkovich getting mocked by John Lovitz, Dana Carvey, and Jan Hooks.
Terry Savalas (actually, Phil Hartman) pitching the “Players with Yourselves Club”.
And the immortal… “That’s so funny I forgot to laugh!”
Richard Pryor/Chevy Chase interview
Little Richard Simmons
Garret Morris: Gonna Get me a shotgun and kill all the whities I see
Eddie Muphy: Kill my landlord, Kill my landlord
Puppy Uppers and Doggie Downers
Saumarai Tailor “There’s no way I’m getting married without a fly in my pants”
Belushi and Cocker togheter.
Bob and Ray: “If you think I’m Sexy”
The first appearance of Jake and Elwood Blues
The Killer Bees
Jane Curtain blouse ripping segment
Land Shark
Point Counterpoint
Joe Piscopo (yes I know) as Frank Sinatra – I bet Sinatra hated that bit.
Ackroyd’s “Bob Dole”
MacDonald’s “Bob Dole”
Andy Kaufman’s first appearance lip Syncing to Mighty Mouse
Simon and Garfunkle Reunion
Party at Lois and Superman’s place (Belushi as the Hulk)
Bizarro World
King Tut
As you can imagine, I don’t find it very funny these days – so much so, I try to watch and often give up.
Stewart was brilliant on that show.
“Mr. Data, set a course…for love!”
Kyle Maclachlan appearing on Sprockets and out-sprocketing Mike Myers. “Your features are so angular…”
Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy as Sinatra and Stevie Wonder singing a duet:
“I am black and you are white”
“You are blind as a bat and I have sight…”
Donnie and Marie making out - so disturbing and so hilarious
The one I’ll always remember, which led Weekend Update on the weekend after the OJ verdict came out: “Well, it’s official. Murder is legal in California.”
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Aykroyd
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Sorry, it’s my inner Monk taking possession.
Speaking of Kyle… “If it’s not Scottish, it’s Crap!”
A few random recollections:
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[li]Chris Farley as Matt Foley the Motivational Speaker.[/li][li]Norm Macdonald’s Weekend Update.[/li][li]Phil Hartman in an interview with a scientist discussing the various elements. He tries to pocket a sample of gold, topples a large cube of some heavy element and causes it to fall through several floors and then lifts the cover off of a radioactive element and sets off an alarm.[/li][li]The baby Jesus crying figurine commercial. The figurine makes an obnoxious repetitive sound that doesn’t even remotely resemble a crying sound.[/li][li]“Ich” hairball medicine for cats (commercial parody).[/li][li]Ted Koppel impersonations (I don’t remember who did these).[/li][li]The dangerous toys skit, which included, among other things, the Bag O’ Glass.[/li][li]The “More Cowbell!” skit.[/li][li]“If it isn’t Scottish it’s CRAP!” skit.[/li][/ul]
The Claudine Longet Celebrity Ski Tournament.