Favorite SNL Sketches: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is Still Dead

[WendyCR72]

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

 

@JTMacc99, it says file not found. Oh, well!

[cpcathy]

Also, Andy as Nick Cage calling Jude Law "Judy Blume" made me laugh. My husband and I would go around the house exclaiming "how am I not in that movie!"

 

VH1 reran a sports spectacular last night and I realized one of my favorite sketches ever has got to be Will Forte as the basketball coach who plays the Tiajuana Brass for his players. It's so absurd and joyful I love it every time I see it.

[DXD526]

one of my favorite sketches ever has got to be Will Forte as the basketball coach who plays the Tiajuana Brass for his players.

 

I know all those songs, and after those sketches would have the likes of "Casino Royale" or "Fancy Pants" running through my head non-stop for days! 

[BatmanBeatles]

Too bad I can't find it anywhere. From beginning to end it had me rolling.

[cpcathy]

VH1 is showing 2002 episodes, I  have seen "Astronaut Jones" three times now and I can't help but love it. Love the theme song, Tracy singing it is priceless.

[Princess Sparkle]

I may have fallen down a rabbit hole today watching sketches on the SNL app (now it's just so easy to do!), and I have to give some love to my two favorite Good Neighbor sketches: The Fight (where Kyle fights Beck) and the Inside SoCal with Bill Hader.  I think it's because I can clearly identify kids I knew who were JUST like that in high school (down to the clothes and speech patterns, and I remember watching videos that looked like that in my media class), so they strike me as even funnier, but the visual of Kyle-as-a-metalhead jumping over a 3-inch curb, while angry metal plays in the background, and he looks victoriously at the camera like he did something awesome cracks me up every time I watch it.  I know their sketches can be very hit or miss, but the ones where the humor is so clearly rooted in late 90s-early-00s high school just kill me. 

Edited April 13, 2015 by Princess Sparkle

[helenamonster]

I like those kinds of their videos too. I think one of the first ones they did was where Kyle was running for student body president or something. I guess much hasn't changed about high school boys since the '90s, cuz I graduated three years ago and the spoof still rung true for me. I took sociology senior year and one of our final projects was a video. The class was mostly guys, and most of them were lax brahs (if you don't know the term, consider yourself very lucky) and I watched video after video that was almost identical to the ones that Beck and Kyle do with that premise. It's kind of terrifying actually.

[Princess Sparkle]

Heh - I am 99% sure I can identify what lax bruhs are, without actually knowing anyone in high school call themselves that (but at my high school, replace lacrosse with hockey).  But yup, those guys are pretty much the perfect Inside SoCal guys (even if they're in the middle of the midwest, like I am).   Kyle and Beck are just really good at nailing that specific voice, and I would really like if they did a few more sketches centered around those characters (or the "Chris" character).  Those sketches always really make me appreciate Kyle a little bit more too; he's a lot more versatile than I originally thought he was.

Edited April 13, 2015 by Princess Sparkle

[helenamonster]

Actually, I don't think they called themselves lax brahs. I think that's just what everyone else called them.

 

It would be interesting to see if Beck and Kyle could bring those characters into a live segment. I realize that the way the videos are edited is key to premise, but I think it could work if done right.

[BatmanBeatles]

One thing i want to know about The Californians. Why do the scenes end with them gathering around a mirror?

[cpcathy]

It seems to be a nod to the over the top dramatic soaps they are parodying, like the silly music they do right before they go to commercial? I'm sure one of the writers said, "hey, we can all make ridiculous faces in the mirror!"

Edited May 9, 2015 by cpcathy

[Galileo908]

I've always loved Justin Timberlake's Veganville and Liquorville sketches.  Put Justin Timberlake's in a giant tofu costume with those big hands and feet, and I can't stop laughing.

 

Awww, veg out!  No meat, so chic!

 

My personal favorite was Homelessville, mostly because of the name.

[Princess Sparkle]

Also, Andy as Nick Cage calling Jude Law "Judy Blume" made me laugh. My husband and I would go around the house exclaiming "how am I not in that movie!"

 

VH1 reran a sports spectacular last night and I realized one of my favorite sketches ever has got to be Will Forte as the basketball coach who plays the Tiajuana Brass for his players. It's so absurd and joyful I love it every time I see it.

I am laughing all over again thinking about "Judy Blume!"  I also loved when actual Nick Cage was on, because even though he was pretty subdued, I gave him a lot of credit for sitting there while going along with a lot of the jokes at his expense - "it's easy to support a man with the rugged, smoky features of a cunning cigar store Indian" and "However, 'til now, I've only been able to muster a measly 90%, bringing shame upon my dojo." being my two favorite.  And finding out that actual Nicholas Cage decided to add in that excited clap before saying "I'm going to have a 3-way with the Declaration of Independence" is fantastic.

 

And those Will Forte lockerroom sketches crack me up.  The Peyton Manning one is my favorite - once you slowly see everyone start to raise up their towels to cover their faces while laughing, all while Will Forte just beams with happiness and dances around.  I miss Will Forte sometimes.

 

I also have to throw in - when it is eventually Keenan's final season, I want one last "Scared Straight" sketch, where Bill, Andy and Jason come back to do it.  Those ALWAYS made me laugh, especially the Lindsay Lohan and Tracy Morgan ones.  My best friend and I will often yell "Is that what you want, HUH?!  A murder-suicide with Punxsatowney Phil!!!"

Edited May 15, 2015 by Princess Sparkle

[Maverick]

I loved the Betty White one. "Wizard of ASS!"

[King of Birds]

Favorite SNL bits?  Tina and Amy on WU, of course. Now as action figures!

[helenamonster]

Favorite SNL bits?  Tina and Amy on WU, of course. Now as action figures!

 

I am a grown woman and I'm still gonna ask my friend who's going to San Diego Comic Con (where they'll be selling these early) to pick one up for me.

[VCRTracking]

The "Herbal Essence for Men" commercial still makes me LOL. Those ridiculous commercials where the shampoo suddenly causes women to make orgasm sounds when they wash their hair were ripe for parody. Instead of sexy moans Will Ferrell and the other male cast members make ugly faces and sounds. My favorite is Horatio Sanz crying!

 

https://screen.yahoo.com/herbal-essence-men-000000582.html

[BatmanBeatles]

I just watched a skit where Seth Myers plays Sean Penn and he's hosting a roast for Clint Eastwood. It was so funny watching "Sean" be a complete buzzkill at the event.

[WescottF1]

Being that the holiday season begins tomorrow and we're slow as hell at work today, I just fired up the YouTube machine to watch the "Let's Do It On My Twin Bed" musical bit.  Awesome stuff.

[Princess Sparkle]

I have to say, the Time Travel "The Falconer" sketch kills me every time.  I hope Kevin Spacey comes back to host when the new season of House of Cards starts.

[Peace 47]

Oh man, I just read this whole thread, and there's so many favorites (had to hit the like button on many nearly 2-year-old posts).

I have to say that, other than those mentioned, a recent favorite of mine is "Meet Your Second Wife." I've probably watched it 10 times on YouTube since the episode aired. "She's holding up five fingers. I believe she's trying to say she's five." Lol. It's some biting social satire, and as I mentioned in the episode thread, the horrified reaction of the live audience really sells it.

Oh, and I want to add that of the classics, Phil Hartman as devious plotting Reagan (using the Girl Scouts as cover) and as gluttonous, super intelligent Clinton ("There's a lot of things we won't be telling Mrs. Clinton.") are also two classic favorites. All these years, and I still love and miss Phil Hartman quite a bit.

Edited January 23, 2016 by Peace 47

[Trini]

Black History Month; time for 28 Reasons! http://www.hulu.com/watch/591807

[Princess Sparkle]

Since there was talk of Bill Hader's genius in the Halloween special thread, I just want to throw in my underrated favorite sketches of his - the Vinny Vedicci sketches. My all-time favorite is the Seth Rogan one, where he does a spot-on Seth Rogan impression right in front of him. A close follow-up is the Shia LeBoeuf one, all for Bill's face on "man to...woman?"

I also have a soft-spot for the Match Game parody they did the first time Shia LeBoeuf hosted. Bill Hader does such a good job of playing the straight man to everyone else's over-the-top parts.

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I also have a soft-spot for the Match Game parody they did the first time Shia LeBoeuf hosted. Bill Hader does such a good job of playing the straight man to everyone else's over-the-top parts.

Yep, definitely one of my top 10. Especially since I have such a fondness for the Match Game.

One of my favorites is a very obscure one that is impossible to find - "Carl Sagan's Global Warming Christmas Special." With host Tom Hanks as a very confused Dean Martin.

Also, in the early 1990s Adam Sandler did an imitation of Bill Cosby in a parody of "The Cosby Mysteries" (a completely real, mediocre NBC series with Cosby as a wise cracking detective.) That'll never see the light of day again but it was just Sandler doing Cosby jibberish and mugging for 3 minutes and funny as hell.

Also loved the Nat X sketches - favorite was when Sinbad played Joe Jackson and Nat screamed at him repeatedly, "Why did you have to hit Tito?!?!?" (You might have to have been there.)

[Godawgs11]

Does anyone remember a Saturday Night Live skit about male strippers?  NOT THE PATRICK SWAYZE one.  This one starred KEVIN Nealon prepping whoever was the star.  I remember one quote.  “You gotta make it good for the people, you know. Dress it up a little, put a hat on it or something “.  I’ve searched everywhere online and cannot find it.  Some friends even quoted that same quote. I need your help people.

[cmahorror]

Just wanted to add a couple of my favorites:

Meet Your Second Wife:

 

Elaine : I thought this was a home makeover show.

Tina Fey: In a way it is.

 

And Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks:

 

Tom Hanks is freaking hilarious here. I love his opinion of the Madea movies - "If I can laugh and pray in 90 minutes then that is money well spent."

Edited January 31, 2018 by cmahorror

[lou ann b]

Jingleheimer Junction..I smile just thinking about it.."In and out and in and out..."

[ebk57]

I clicked on the Yahoo story about Fleetwood Mac firing Lindsey Buckingham.  And I'm always sorry I  open up the comments, but tonight, someone posted that perhaps he could now devote himself to his appearances on What Up With That.  

That made me laugh.  And in that comment thread was a gif of Jason dancing in the track suit.  Loved it.

[VCRTracking]

Favorite sketch from cast member(counting times they've hosted): 

Chevy Chase: Richard Pryor job interview

Dan Aykroyd: Fred Garvin , Male Prostitute 

John Belushi: Beethoven 

Gilda Radner: Dance with Steve Martin

Garrett Morris: Prison musical audition

Bill Murray: "Qui es mas Macho?"

Phil Hartman: Officer Miller

Dana Carvey: 1st Mclaughlin Group

Jan Hooks: Brenda the waitress

Eddie Murphy: Jesse Jackson

Martin Short: Synchronized Swimming

Will Ferrell: Neil Diamond VH1 Storyteller

Jon Lovitz: Devil at People's Court 

Mike Myers: Mick Jagger on Weekend Update

Chris Farley: First Matt Foley

Rob Schneider: Subway singer

Adam Sandler: Romano Tours

David Spade: Getting tattoo with Sean Penn

Ellen Cleghorne: Natalie Cole duets with other dead singers

Melanie Hutsell: Brady Bunch and Partridge Family see

Norm MacDonald: Singing street gang

Tim Meadows: Jingleheimer Junction 

Darrell Hammond: Jeopardy (SNL 40th)

Cheri Oteri: Titanic alternate ending

Molly Shannon: Clown and 5 year old patient

Ana Gasteyer: Martha Stewart Christmas

Jim Breuer: Sylvester Stallone monologue

Chris Kattan: Enya massage

Horatio Sanz: 1st "I wish it was Christmas today" song

Rachel Dratch: First Debbie Downer

Tina Fey: Meet your Second Wife

Amy Poehler: (same as above)

Chris Parnell: Happy Smile Patrol 

Jimmy Fallon: 1st Barry Gibb talk Show

Kenan Thompson: Stakeout

Will Forte: MacGruber with Charles Barkley

Bill Hader: 1st puppet class

Kristen Wiig: 1st Penelope 

Fred Armisen: Gigli filming

Jason Sudeikis: Odysseus and sirens

Andy Samberg: Superhero song

Nasim Pedrad: Child psychologist daughter 

Taran Killam: French kids dancing(w Emma Stone)

Bobby Moynihan: Wrestling promo

Kate McKinnon: Alien abductee

Aidy Bryant: 1st slumber party

Vanessa Bayer: Totinos commercial with Kristen Stewart

Jay Pharoah: 28 Reasons to hug a Black Guy

Beck Bennet: Olive Garden commercial

Cecily Strong: Missing purse at shower

Pete Davidson: Grandfather at school

Melissa Villasenor: Every teen suspect on Law & Order

Heidi Gardner 1st Every boxer's girlfriend

Leslie Jones: Weezer argument 

(I'll add more later)

Edited April 1, 2021 by VCRTracking

[Jody]

On 7/14/2014 at 9:50 AM, Princess Sparkle said:

I can never decide which is my favorite Jeopardy sketch - for a really long time, it was the one with Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds - sorry, Turd Ferguson - and French Stewart.  But then Tom Hanks came and played himself, and that might just take the cake - him bending down to speak in the microphone/pen, then getting caught in a dry cleaning bag made me laugh until no noise came out.  Tom Hanks is such a treasure.

           i Don't Know Which One I Liked Better The Black Jeopardy With Tom Hanks DOUG OR When The Real Alex Trebek Showed Up For Jeopardy And The Real Alex Said About Sean Connery Isn't He The Worst To Will Ferrell About Darrell Hammond ! !

On 7/14/2014 at 12:42 PM, vb68 said:

I always loved Tom Hanks doing "Mr. Short-Term Memory".   

"Hey you're Tony Randall!"

And I have to go old school and give a shoutout to Steve Martin on both "King Tut" and the two Czech Brothers with Dan Aykroyd.   They just always made me smile.

"We are two wild and crazy guys!"

           I Loved Steve's Monologue Where He Started Singing And He Said The Women, Now The Men And Then He Started Singing in Chinese ! Then, Steve Started Singing Way Down Upon The Swanee River To the Tune OF Sweet Sue And Then He Said WELL EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE !

[Guest]

On 3/25/2021 at 10:12 PM, VCRTracking said:

Melissa Villasenor: Every teen suspect on Law & Order

I've watched this one many times. Genius. And I remember the first time I saw it, it took me awhile to realize it was Melissa.

[Dr.OO7]

Happy Smile Patrol. A typical children's show gets more and more corny as the news interruptions get more and more gruesome.

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/happy-smile-patrol/2860769

Hamm & Buble. For the umpteenth time, a musician proves he's a pretty talented comedian too. It's such a shame he hasn't hosted in full.

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Dr.OO7

[Jody]

On 2/18/2015 at 4:28 PM, Rai said:

Also, of course, ACTING!

        THANK YOU NO THANK YOU ! Also That's The Ticket !

On 3/27/2015 at 3:50 PM, cpcathy said:

Also, Andy as Nick Cage calling Jude Law "Judy Blume" made me laugh. My husband and I would go around the house exclaiming "how am I not in that movie!"

VH1 reran a sports spectacular last night and I realized one of my favorite sketches ever has got to be Will Forte as the basketball coach who plays the Tiajuana Brass for his players. It's so absurd and joyful I love it every time I see it.

        I Think Peyton Manning Was One OF The Players And He Would Use Will Forte's Leg And Play IT Like A Guitar And Then They Both Were Dancing Around The Room !

On 5/27/2015 at 10:33 PM, King of Birds said:

Favorite SNL bits?  Tina and Amy on WU, of course. Now as action figures!

        I LOVED Amy And Tina As Hillary And Sarah Palin ! Tina Said You Have To Want IT And Amy Was Going To Tear Off A Piece OF The Podium ! !

[VCRTracking]

Changing my earlier posted favorite Taran Killam sketch to "The Fault in Our Stars 2".

[Ms Blue Jay]

On 1/28/2018 at 4:48 PM, cmahorror said:

Just wanted to add a couple of my favorites:

Meet Your Second Wife:

 

Elaine : I thought this was a home makeover show.

Tina Fey: In a way it is.

 

And Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks:

 

Tom Hanks is freaking hilarious here. I love his opinion of the Madea movies - "If I can laugh and pray in 90 minutes then that is money well spent."

Omg @ Meet your Second Wife.

Will Arnett's new wife is 33.........