BatmanBeatles October 28, 2014 Share October 28, 2014 (edited) Talk amongst yourselves. Is Linda Richman still funny after all these years? Discuss. I personally think she's like buttah. Edited October 28, 2014 by BatmanBeatles 5 Link to comment
BatmanBeatles November 19, 2014 Share November 19, 2014 "I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggone it, people like me." I love when Stuart made famous guests repeat that affirmation. 5 Link to comment
BatmanBeatles February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 I just saw that one. I can't believe that made it on air. Link to comment
helenamonster February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 A perennial favorite of mine is "The Sopranos Diaries." I'm still waiting for the day when I'll be able to incorporate "Call me Ishmael, you son of a bitch!" into a real conversation. 2 Link to comment
ParadoxLost February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 This got me thinking that there was no canned bit that was more widely popular than Mr. Bill. I was thinking I could find a funny one and oh noooo there isn't one. 3 Link to comment
Sir RaiderDuck OMS February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Two from the late 80s stand out: The Church Chat with Joe Montana and Walter Payton, where Payton ad-libs "I just try to penetrate any opening I can find," and Montana (in another ad-lib) actually grabs the Church Lady's backside, causing her to waddle halfway across the stage (Dana was obviously taken by surprise), followed by Montana's pitch-perfect "Sorry, Church Lady, I just couldn't help myself!" And the People's Court parody, complete with Lovitz in a ridiculous devil suit being introduced as "Mephistopheles (The Devil)," continuing with Jan Hooks giving her occupation as "Barfly," Lovitz/Satan's outraged "Trash on your lawn? Listen here! I am the almighty prince of darkness! If I starting harassing you, YOU'LL KNOW IT!" and culminating with Lovitz/Satan imploring people to worship him, with the sketch's Rusty Burrell stand-in losing patience and hauling him away. 1 Link to comment
Sir RaiderDuck OMS February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 From (I think) the 85-86 season: The sketch starts off like a Beer commercial, with aggressive upbeat music with "Where you're going, you always know it" lyrics. Randy Quaid and a bunch of other high-paid execs are shown being mean to subordinates, and generally acting like jerks. Then the lyrics say ""Where you're going...YOU'RE GONNA PAY!" and beer is shown flowing from a tap into a glass engraved "HELL". The announcer begins this rant about repenting your sins, ending with "You're gonna burn. No doubt about it." while the background text (with flames licking around the edge) reads "A Message from Almighty God." 1 Link to comment
Kromm February 18, 2015 Author Share February 18, 2015 The SNL 40th show had that big long section devoted to the canned bits. Which made it odd that the one canned bit the 40th anniversary show most sparked a reaction with me wasn't even part of that, but instead the lead of the In Memoriam section--the (in)famous Belushi "Don't Look Back In Anger" piece. Of course that piece is overplayed. Anytime anyone talks about Belushi as an indiviudal they lead with that piece. But also, anytime ANYONE talks about dead SNL alums in total, they also probably lead with that piece. But that's mainly because it's such a GOOD one. http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833 3 Link to comment
Rai February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer may still be an all-time fave for me. 1 Link to comment
BatmanBeatles February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 "I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me..." 4 Link to comment
Inquisitionist February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Garret Morris auditioning for the prison musical by singing "I'm... gonna... get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see!" The word association job interview with Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase. The diner with Jan Hooks, Nora Dunn, and Alec Baldwin. 4 Link to comment
dcalley February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Hey, Mr. Bill tried to warn us (not on SNL) about New Orleans flooding. Not that that's funny, I just think it's interesting to note. Canis, Cologne for Dogs still makes me laugh. This lawyer commercial, just for Chris Parnell. Hobbit Office was was very enjoyable. Link to comment
WendyCR72 February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 The SNL 40th show had that big long section devoted to the canned bits. Which made it odd that the one canned bit the 40th anniversary show most sparked a reaction with me wasn't even part of that, but instead the lead of the In Memoriam section--the (in)famous Belushi "Don't Look Back In Anger" piece. Of course that piece is overplayed. Anytime anyone talks about Belushi as an indiviudal they lead with that piece. But also, anytime ANYONE talks about dead SNL alums in total, they also probably lead with that piece. But that's mainly because it's such a GOOD one. http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833 Yeah, but man, how ironic is that cemetery clip? Belushi as the last one standing when, in reality, he was the first to go. Just so weird. Link to comment
hendersonrocks February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 The diner with Jan Hooks, Nora Dunn, and Alec Baldwin. YES. Also on my all-time list: Amy Poehler's Palin rap. (This miiiiight just be #1 in my heart.) The debut of Debbie Downer. Poehler's I'm No Angel. Any Celebrity Jeopardy interaction between Trebek/Ferrell & Connery/Hammond. 6 Link to comment
ABitOFluff February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 The SNL 40th show had that big long section devoted to the canned bits. Which made it odd that the one canned bit the 40th anniversary show most sparked a reaction with me wasn't even part of that, but instead the lead of the In Memoriam section--the (in)famous Belushi "Don't Look Back In Anger" piece. Of course that piece is overplayed. Anytime anyone talks about Belushi as an indiviudal they lead with that piece. But also, anytime ANYONE talks about dead SNL alums in total, they also probably lead with that piece. But that's mainly because it's such a GOOD one. http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833 The thing I love about that piece is Belushi's acting chops. This week I've heard more than a few people say they thought he was overrated, mainly because they knew him from The Blues Brothers or Animal House. But if you look at all his sketches in those first few seasons, you can see that he had quite a bit of range. He could be funny physically but also in quieter moments like this. I always think that if he had survived, he might have had the type of film career that Robin Williams had. 3 Link to comment
cpcathy February 18, 2015 Share February 18, 2015 Just rewatched Animal House last night (on free TV, though, it loses something) and Belushi really is great in it, what little he gets to say. He's just charming in it. He would have had a well-rounded movie career. 2 Link to comment
Kromm February 19, 2015 Author Share February 19, 2015 The thing I love about that piece is Belushi's acting chops. This week I've heard more than a few people say they thought he was overrated, mainly because they knew him from The Blues Brothers or Animal House. But if you look at all his sketches in those first few seasons, you can see that he had quite a bit of range. He could be funny physically but also in quieter moments like this. I always think that if he had survived, he might have had the type of film career that Robin Williams had. He did a lot of interesting stuff in the Samurai sketches, for example. Pantomime is harder than it looks, and he did it well. Link to comment
BatmanBeatles February 19, 2015 Share February 19, 2015 I've always wanted to know what "Potent Potables" are. Link to comment
editorgrrl February 19, 2015 Share February 19, 2015 I've always wanted to know what "Potent Potables" are. Alcoholic beverages. Link to comment
Kromm February 19, 2015 Author Share February 19, 2015 Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer may still be an all-time fave for me. "I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me..." On one level I have to admit I always found UCL kind of cringeworthy. On another though, the LINE delivery is so great. IMO after considering it all together I think maybe they were utterly terrible sketches elevated by Phil Hartman's pure talent level. 1 Link to comment
BatmanBeatles February 19, 2015 Share February 19, 2015 I think it's one of those skits that in lesser hands it would have been stupid. 1 Link to comment
Spartan Girl February 19, 2015 Share February 19, 2015 I have a soft spot in my heart for The Chris Farley Show with Paul McCartney. You could tell that Chris Farley wasn't completely pretending to be nervous around Paul; the way his hands were shaking...and I loved how he turned to the camera and mouthed "AWESOME!" while pointing at Paul. Imagine how much of a nervous wreck he would have been if John Belushi had lived and he back on to SNL just to be in The Chris Farley Show... 5 Link to comment
Rai February 19, 2015 Share February 19, 2015 Land Shark! I'm pleased to see it managed to...heh heh...resurface again in later years. God, it's so good. One of my all-time favorite one-off sketches was when Charles Barkley was hosting, and there's one where Rob Schneider is an obvious stoner running a tchotchkes kind of shop. And everything potential costomers ask about, he informs them that they can "put your weed in it!" It's completely dumb, but his delivery is so hilarious, and it was at the time when such shops were exploding all over the landscape with their whole "indigenous" (i.e. cultural appropriation) spin. And then the weekend after, my family was all at my Grandma's place, which was tchotchke-central, and my dad and I spent the entire day, picking up things and confiding to each other that "you can put your weed in it!" 3 Link to comment
ParadoxLost February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 (edited) The SNL 40th show had that big long section devoted to the canned bits. Which made it odd that the one canned bit the 40th anniversary show most sparked a reaction with me wasn't even part of that, but instead the lead of the In Memoriam section--the (in)famous Belushi "Don't Look Back In Anger" piece. Of course that piece is overplayed. Anytime anyone talks about Belushi as an indiviudal they lead with that piece. But also, anytime ANYONE talks about dead SNL alums in total, they also probably lead with that piece. But that's mainly because it's such a GOOD one. http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833 Those Schiller's Reels are moody and generally fit better with the in memoriam than pretty much anything on the show. They pop back up when the actors pass away. Its hard to find any of them until someone passes. The same writer/director did "Love is a Dream" that memorialized Hartman and Hooks. I would bet that if Steve Martin weren't hosting the week Gilda Radner passed, they probably would have used the end of La Dolche Gilda, another Schiller's reel. https://vimeo.com/48286686 from 2:20 I just found out that there is a "missing/never released" film from 1984 by Schiller that has Murray and Aykrod in it and Lorne as a producer (was supposed to have Belushi but he died six weeks before). It just got shown for the first time on TCM last month, thirty years later. Now I somehow have to remember to watch it three months from now when it airs again. Edited February 20, 2015 by ParadoxLost 1 Link to comment
Spartan Girl February 20, 2015 Share February 20, 2015 "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "La Dolce Gilda" are both great pieces, yet unfortunately tragic in retrospect. I still wish Belushi had lived long enough to be the old man in the sketch. 3 Link to comment
vb68 February 21, 2015 Share February 21, 2015 Me too. I also wish Gilda was alive to enjoy her status as First Lady of the show. 4 Link to comment
punkypower February 21, 2015 Share February 21, 2015 (edited) There are so many! I know it's not classic, but this cold open has always stuck with me. I was 13 years old, didn't know much about the election, but absolutely rolled on the floor after it finished. 23 years later, it's just as funny to me! https://screen.yahoo.com/cold-opening-bush-clinton-perot-000000359.html Edit: Thank you SO much for the Tom Hanks Celeb Jeopardy clip, Princess Sparkles!! Literally sobbing from laughing so hard!! Edited February 21, 2015 by punkypower 1 Link to comment
roamyn February 21, 2015 Share February 21, 2015 (edited) Father Guido Sarducci in Weekend Updates.... Mr. Bill..... Cheeseburger (ok give me eggs then)...... Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood..... Barry Gibb showing up at the end of The Barry Gibb talk show a few Christmas's ago...... Gilda Radner in anything (RIP)...... Land Shark...... "You look mahvelous"...... Celebrity Jeopardy (its the only thing I like Will Ferrell in)..... Joe Piscipo/Eddie Murphy doing Frank & Stevie...... Steve Martin's "excuussse meeee" correction Steve Martin doing anything. Same for Bill Murray & Eddie Murphy & Phil Hartman (RIP). oops, just realized Mr. Bill doesn't belong here, Edited February 21, 2015 by roamyn 2 Link to comment
Sir RaiderDuck OMS February 21, 2015 Share February 21, 2015 I have a soft spot in my heart for The Chris Farley Show with Paul McCartney. You could tell that Chris Farley wasn't completely pretending to be nervous around Paul; the way his hands were shaking...and I loved how he turned to the camera and mouthed "AWESOME!" while pointing at Paul. Was that the one where Farley talked about the "Paul is Dead" thing and directly asked Paul if he was, in fact, dead? Link to comment
VCRTracking February 22, 2015 Share February 22, 2015 (edited) Transcript: Chris Farley: Rremember.. you remember when you were with The Beatles, and you were supposed to be dead, and, uh, there was all these clues, that, like, uh, you played some song backwards, and it'd say, like, "Paul Is Dead", and, uh, everyone thought that you were dead? That was, um, a hoax, right? Paul McCartney: Yeah. I wasn't really dead. I really loved that the "Chris Farley Show" sketches weren't at all about his weight, just him being awkward and kind of like a kid around celebrities. Edited February 22, 2015 by VCRTracking 6 Link to comment
Princess Sparkle February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 (edited) After seeing The Lonely Island perform at the Oscars (which is surreal), I had to go back and rewatch some of my favorites. I already mentioned way upthread that Boombox is my underrated favorite, but I think Motherlover might be my all time favorite. "We are so cool and thoughtful" and "This is the second best idea that we've ever had" just kill me. And I will never, ever get tired of I'm On A Boat. Edited February 24, 2015 by Princess Sparkle Link to comment
cpcathy February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 Motherlover as a song is so catchy! 1 Link to comment
vb68 February 24, 2015 Share February 24, 2015 "We are so cool and thoughtful" That line always tickled me so much. Probably because I remember going to school with idiots who would say stuff like that. 3 Link to comment
ParadoxLost February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 After seeing The Lonely Island perform at the Oscars (which is surreal), I had to go back and rewatch some of my favorites. Going with two Oscar performers, I've always liked Iran So Far. 2 Link to comment
Princess Sparkle February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 That line always tickled me so much. Probably because I remember going to school with idiots who would say stuff like that. Hee - me too! I always love when they have random little asides they throw into the songs, or anytime they kind of acknowledge that something odd is going on. That's why I love Jack Sparrow and the Reba McIntyre ones so much too. The absolutely bewildered "What?" once Michael Bolton starts singing about Jack Sparrow makes laugh every time. That one just works because Michael Bolton is so into it - who knew he had a sense of humor? I never realized quite how much I liked those digital shorts until I started trying to list my favorites. 2 Link to comment
BatmanBeatles February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 (edited) Hee - me too! I always love when they have random little asides they throw into the songs, or anytime they kind of acknowledge that something odd is going on. That's why I love Jack Sparrow and the Reba McIntyre ones so much too. The absolutely bewildered "What?" once Michael Bolton starts singing about Jack Sparrow makes laugh every time. That one just works because Michael Bolton is so into it - who knew he had a sense of humor? If only real clubbing songs were like that, I'd listen to them more often. Edited February 25, 2015 by BatmanBeatles Link to comment
LADreamr February 25, 2015 Share February 25, 2015 (edited) I always liked this one. It was a fan favorite in the 80s, but it was during the non-Lorne years, so it hardly ever gets shown now, if it all. Edited February 25, 2015 by LADreamr Link to comment
Spartan Girl March 2, 2015 Share March 2, 2015 In honor of Leonard Nimoy, I would like to add the classic Star Trek cancellation as one of my favorite SNL sketches. Chevy's Spock was perfect and him finally throwing the hissy fit at the end was priceless. And of course John nailed Captain Kirk. Fun fact: apparently during rehearsing for the sketch John purposely botched his Shatner impression just to hold back or mess with the directors/writers on purpose, only to wow them on show night. Link to comment
VCRTracking March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 Watching the Star Trek sketch I'm distracted by Chevy's wrist watch. Link to comment
Princess Sparkle March 9, 2015 Share March 9, 2015 This seems like it fits here, since we've been talking about the digital shorts: The Lonely Island and Chris Parnell talk about filming Lazy Sunday through the different lyrics. My favorite part is that Andy wrote the Aaron Burr line because of a Got Milk commercial. 1 Link to comment
Rai March 10, 2015 Share March 10, 2015 I immediately dug up that Star Trek sketch when the bad news about Nimoy hit. "I WANT MY EARS!" Link to comment
Spartan Girl March 10, 2015 Share March 10, 2015 "I WANT MY EARS!" LOL, still funny. I liked all the Samurai sketches, but I have a soft spot for Samurai Bakery because it was the last one, a fact that Belushi paid tribute to by waving good-bye to the camera at the end, and proceeding by throwing random props out to the audience. Link to comment
VCRTracking March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 (edited) Whenever I see a girl I haven't seen in 15 years who I remember was wild and partied hard who's now married and has kids I think of this:https://screen.yahoo.com/turlingtons-lower-back-tattoo-remover-000000691.html Edited March 12, 2015 by VCRTracking 1 Link to comment
dusang March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 Hee - me too! I always love when they have random little asides they throw into the songs, or anytime they kind of acknowledge that something odd is going on. That's why I love Jack Sparrow and the Reba McIntyre ones so much too. The absolutely bewildered "What?" once Michael Bolton starts singing about Jack Sparrow makes laugh every time. That one just works because Michael Bolton is so into it - who knew he had a sense of humor? I never realized quite how much I liked those digital shorts until I started trying to list my favorites. I had never heard of/seen the Reba one -- that is batshit!! I kind of love it but I also kind of love Reba (for real, the real woman) so I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to feel. 1 Link to comment
Princess Sparkle March 12, 2015 Share March 12, 2015 I had never heard of/seen the Reba one -- that is batshit!! I kind of love it but I also kind of love Reba (for real, the real woman) so I'm confused as to how I'm supposed to feel. The Reba one just kills me, because you start to watch it and think "Are we really not going to acknowledge that Keenan is playing Reba for some reason? And did she just say she was a stripper" and then they start to acknowledge what is happening, and it just keeps getting funnier and funnier. "My friends say she's just a man who saw a wig in a dumpster" "Your friends are smart!" "Naw, Rebs, they’re just jealous ‘cause I’m dating a star instead of hanging with the fellas" "Hangin like my nuts!" It's the motion Keenan does on "hangin like my nuts" that just sends me into fits of laughter. 2 Link to comment
helenamonster March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 God, that Reba short was one of those that I first was like "Where is this going? Do they even know where this is going?" and then just became awesome. I give Kenan a lot of shit (and I still think he's plateaued in terms of talent and has overstayed his welcome) but damn if he didn't crack me up with that "hangin' like my nuts" bit. 1 Link to comment
LADreamr March 13, 2015 Share March 13, 2015 That was great. I don't remember seeing that one before. Speaking of, it was announced today that Andy will be hosting this year's Emmys. 1 Link to comment
Princess Sparkle March 16, 2015 Share March 16, 2015 I don't know exactly how it happened, but I spent a half an hour yesterday watching all of the "Get in the Cage!" WU bits. They were funnier than I remembered; "Nicolas Cage" calling Jude Law "Rabbi" made me laugh so hard that I startled my cat. 4 Link to comment
JTMacc99 March 25, 2015 Share March 25, 2015 I probably mentioned this before, but it came up in a conversation today, so I needed to look it up. And share it. http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:spike.com Link to comment
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