Favorite SNL sketch? (or sketch series)?

[Shrubhater]

One of my favorites is the one where Will Ferrel is Alex Trebek on Jeapordy!, and the contestants were Bill Cosby, Sharie Osborne, and Sean Connery.

[Lauri16]

1. Toonces

the Driving Cat! ,,,=^..^=,,,

[GirlinContempt]

2. Hans and Frans

[hfojvt]

19. ya, here to pump!

you up!

[Neoma]

3. Gotta have more cowbell.

[fleabert]

72. here you go...

[maveric]

4. The Superhero party. Back in 1977.

The old cast were dressed like Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash... John Belushi was The Hulk who received complaints from the other Superheroes for stinking up the bathroom.
Classic SNL!

[Shrubhater]

10. Ah yes, 1977.

That was a great year. Saturday Night Fever, disco, computers....
Too bad I was born in '91.

[maveric]

52. I turned 21 in 77 and had a GREAT time!

I hated Disco music but thats where all the hot chicks hung out.

[Shrubhater]

55. Even though I'm 14

I love disco. I do pretty well dancing to it too.

[Shrubhater]

57. Did anyone from the Bee Gees ever host SNL?

[mahina]

5. Ferrell as the idiot king. Hands down.

He played * perfectly. I think if he had stayed on through Nov 04 we would have won (I know, I know, Diebold rigged the election.)

[Vanje]

39. Seconded

Especially, when Ferrell's Bush was under his desk as the great Lakes burnt and the world was being destroyed by bombs, whimpering that he'd broken Hoover Dam.

It was more Prophesy than Comedy.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

45. The only man on Earth to do a better Bush impression than Will Ferrell,

is Timothy Bottoms. Tim Bottoms looks JUST like him. Will Ferrell is DAMN close, though.

[unhappycamper]

6. Two wild and crazy guys.

[MrScorpio]

7. The Club Guys

Love that song

Too bad they had to ruin it by making a movie out of it.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Lisa Lubner with "Taaaahhd"

[Debbi801]

32. Another Lisa Lubner fan over here.

:hi:

Debbi

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Anything with Mr. Mike in it.

First runner-up: Elliott Gould with John Belushi, Bill Murray and Garrett Morris doing "The Castration Walk".

[Cooley Hurd]

50. In memory o Michael O'Donohue, 1940-1994...

Father of ironic/sarcastic humor.

[bigwillq]

11. Donatella Versace

played by Maya Rudolph, Debbie Downer is also funny.

[xray s]

12. Deep Thoughts

example; When a child asks you why does it rain, tell them God is just crying about something they did...

[Mojambo]

17. One of my favorites...

"Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis."

[jus_the_facts]

13. Phil Hartman doin' Big Dog......

[Catchawave]

31. Especially the McDonald's sketch :)

I miss Phil.

[jus_the_facts]

33. InDEED...."...you gonna finish those fries?!"

....he was a comedic genius...such a waste. :(

[Lisa]

54. "warlords!"

Amazing how prescient that sketch was, about Bill's later troubles! And the one with Will Ferrell as Bush, that showed him hiding under his desk as the country burns ... they must have a psychic on staff.

[GCP]

14. Phil Hartman playing "Smart Reagan"

The head-nodding and vagueness is all a front and he's really intelligent, running the whole show, joking in Arabic and Russian to world leaders on the phone, then having to pretend to be an old duffer to present some Girl Scout with an award. As soon as that's over, he snaps back to the "real" Reagan - it's priceless.
I miss Phil Hartman.

[hfojvt]

22. that was Phil?

I remember him from "The Biblethumpers" spreading the good news as they all shout and "damn to hell" everything and everybody.

I thought the Joe Pesci show was hilarious when Joe and Robert DeNiro show up at the end of it, even though DeNiro was cracking up while doing it.

[GCP]

28. Yes, that was Phil

The world lost a great talent when that bitch shot him.

[undeterred]

40. He was incredibly talented. Lots of good impersonations.

He was one of the most talented people they ever had on that show.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

49. Indeed. The whole fabric of the world is reduced by the loss of Phil.

The whole thing with him and his wife is a tragic mess.

[Shrubhater]

82. When who shot him?

[GCP]

105. His wife, then she shot herself later

Two kids in the house at the time, he was asleep when she shot him.
I'll never forgive her.

[jayctravis]

94. Didn't he do Obsessive-Compulsive Chef Cooking Show...

Obsessive Compulsive Carpenter Show?

...put the sawn end into a paper bag...staple that shut...and it's ready for the trash.

[sasquatch]

15. Celebrity Jeapordy and Matt Foley Motivational Speaker

:D

[hfojvt]

20. you will have plenty of time to remember those skits

when you are LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!!!

[name not needed]

79. You'll have plenty of time for doobie rollin'

WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!

[jayctravis]

95. I'll take "Swords" for 200 Alex!

[Mojambo]

16. Phil Hartman as Charlton Heston narrating Madonna's Sex book

Danny Devito is totally hilarious as Bob Guccione (I think?) describing the photos.

Heston: "I like my vagina."

I desperately hate all reoccuring sketch series.

[hfojvt]

26. to me, it is not the recurring series

since the Coneheads and the Samauri and so on have always been recurring. It is when they decided recurring series would all be TV shows and have their little theme songs like Lothar, Toonces, Pat, and even the church lady had to get a talk show. For a while there, every one of their skits was a TV show, like its all about TV - Wayne's world, etc. Especially when SNL was about the only TV that I made a point to watch, and they are doing parodies of Regis and Cathy Lee, and I am like "this is not funny" or "I don't get it". Then Sting was a host and in all the sketches, he played - Sting. Wow, that is clever. What ever happened to pretend - pretend the camera isn't there?

[tyedyeto]

18. Gotta go with this one....

Oh no! The doorbell just rang! Should I answer it?

[unhappycamper]

24. Candygram.

[bigwillq]

21. "Oops, I crapped my pants"

was one of their funniest commericals, imo.

[Dastard Stepchild]

23. Why... Gene...

The Anal Retentive Chef.
I miss Phil Hartman. :(

[peekaloo]

25. Godfather in therapy

Elliot Gould, Belushi and Laraine Newman. "Yer blocking Vito".

[hfojvt]

27. when Jesse Jackson was the host

that was when I became a part of the rainbow coalition. Also, "I'da like to a-nominate a-ZZ-Top."

[Olney Blue]

29. Church lady....

interviewing Tammy Faye Baker.

[proud patriot]

30. Land shark , Weekend update , Church lady , the new toons

:hi:

[unsavedtrash]

100. Land shark was one of my favorites too.

[earthboundmisfit]

34. Barry Gibb Talk Show, Donatella Versace, & yeah, Jeopardy too

Yeah, especially Jeopardy with both Sean Connery & Burt Reynolds(Norm MacDonald). Maya Rudolph's Donatella with Horatio Sanz' Elton John is always a hoot. And one that's relatively new, but hopefully will be repeated often, is Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake doing "The Barry Gibb Talk Show" - and the two of them actually have the Beegee harmony down STONE cold!

[Shrubhater]

51. I LOVE The Barry Gibb Talk Show!

It has a great theme song (in D minor), and I also love it because I'm a disco fanatic. Yeah, they really do that high falsetto really well. I can also do that high falsetto really well! BTW, Barry Gibb is gonna be 58 this year.

[fleabert]

35. cowbell.

I need more cowbell!

and schweaty balls
and the perfect cheer
and jim carrey's lifeguard (that was on snl, right?)
and toonces
and operaman

lots.

[tinrobot]

43. I got a FEVER

...and the only prescription is more cowbell!

[fleabert]

46. Walken makes me pee my pants. he's hilarious.

and this guy...omg. what I would do to have dinner with him!

[fleabert]

47. ooh ooh ooooooh! AND ----Hot Tub! Gonna put my feet in the wa-ter!

it's hot!

Eddie! What happened? where the hell is he these days?

[blue neen]

69. James Brown Celebrity Hot Tub Party!

They show a picture of Dr. Joyce Brothers in the hot tub with him! Hilarious! :)

[KeepItReal]

36. "Buckwheat has been shot"

"In case you missed it...here' it is again" - Ted Koppel

Eddie Murphy as Buckwheat rocked!!

[undeterred]

37. Steve Martin singing "King Tut"

and telling his Christmas wishes.

[undeterred]

38. Jesse Jackson reading from "The Cat in the Hat"

when Dr. Seuss died. It was perfect.

[yellowdogintexas]

85. it was "Green Eggs and Ham" and it made me cry

[illbill]

41. Farley as the motivational speaker!!!

"I live in a VANNNNN DOWNNN BY THE RIVERRRRR!!!"

[maveric]

60. That was genius! What a shame he died so young.

There are a few young people in SNL heaven. Gilda, Belushi, Farley and Phil Hartmann.
I miss them all.

[Radical Activist]

65. My name is matt foley. I'm 35. thrice divorced...

classic

[Arugula Latte]

67. Well, La De Frickin' Dah!

Is that ol' Bill Shakespeare I see over there?

Too funny. That was great.

I wish we could bring back Chris Farley, Phil Hartman and Gilda Radner.

[illbill]

73. hahaha...

I'm gonna download that skit now. Too good to forget.

[KeepItReal]

42. Bill Clinton's review of "Independence Day" on Weekend Update

That was hilarious!!

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

44. I loved that one! I love all the Jeopardy skits.

I could go on all day listing my favorite skits: The Dark Side with Nat X, Canteen Boy, Operaman, The Ladies Man, the new Weekend Update, anything by Robert Smigel, etc.

[CanuckAmok]

48. Projectile vomiting.

I'm not a regular watcher, so I don't know how recurrent this sketch is, but the basic premise is that oe or two of the characters have hoses run through the sleeves of their costumes, and a special effects guy forces "vomit" through the hoses when the characters cover their mouths. Example: three cops examining a crime scene, with a horribly mutilated corpse. Every time one of them looks at the body, they vomit about 50 gallons.

The reason I like it so much is that it's never timed right, and more often than not, their arms just independently "vomit" throughout the sketch, whether they're near the actors' faces or not. It just slays me to see it.

[Shrubhater]

59. Wait a minute,

They puke through thier arms?

[jayctravis]

96. Another gross one...Christopher Guest and Billy Crystal...

doing the "I hate when that happens" guys.

[Dem2theMax]

53. Alec Baldwin and his Schwedy (sp?) balls. And guess who's on SNL tonight?

It's 'The best of Alec Baldwin' night on SNL. If you have somehow missed seeing this skit, watch tonight. :)

[bigwillq]

61. That was a great skit!

Laughed my ass off.

[Shrubhater]

62. I Love that shwedy sketch.

[jayctravis]

97. The NPR sketches were always funny...with the radio voices.

[ironflange]

93. Schwedy also sold hot dogs

"You never forget the look on a kid's face the first time he wraps his mouth around a Schwedy Wiener."

:rofl:

Funniest line ever!

[Southsideirish]

56. Toonces, "The Continental", cheerleaders.

[DiverDave]

58. Samurai Tailor

When Belushi does the guttural question and Buck Henry says "right side"
A skit that all the female cast members and Linda Ronstadt sang an ode to saccharin, God I use to laugh till it hurt.
I was in the huge party mode in the late '70's and would be at RAGER party's, SNL would come on and everyone would stop to watch and laugh.

I was spoiled, I think the original cast was the best.
They went where NO ONE would dare to go.

[Kat45]

63. Cheeburger, cheeburger, cheeburger.. No coke, pepsi.

Loved that one.

[Kat45]

64. Two wild and crazy guys.

Steve Martin and Dan Ackroyd playing the immigrant wannabe players.

[maveric]

68. "American Foxes with large breasts..."

[ok_cpu]

66. Space: The Infinite Frontier

Hey!

[blue neen]

70. I'm Gumby, dammit.

Eddie Murphy was great.

[ovidsen]

71. Samurai Night Fever

The absolute best of John Belushi's "Samurai" sketches

Belushi played the Travolta character from "Saturday Night Fever", and OJ Simpson (yes, the real OJ... probably why you never see it on any "best of" reruns) played his older brother.

OJ's best line? "I don't wanna be BLACK no more!"

[Shrubhater]

76. From what I heard,

John Travolta was really dissed and made fun of in early SNL. BTW, Saturday Night Fever is one of my favorite movies.

[ovidsen]

86. Travolta

wasn't even an afterthought in "Samurai Night Fever". Belushi's character played the Travolta one, but that's all they had in common. Belushi was too busy swinging a sword and grunting.

I was an avid SNL fan in late 1970s. I don't remember the show paying that much attention to Travolta.

BTW I think Saturday Night Fever is a pretty good movie too. Not my favorite but by no means a dog.

[Shrubhater]

87. Oh,

But there were sketches about him right(or relating to Saturday Night Fever)?

[ovidsen]

88. Travolta was on SNL at least once

He played Marlon Brando in a skit sometime in the mid 90s, I think...

I'm sure SNL joked about him occasionally, but I can't remember anything particularly nasty.

[KitchenWitch]

74. Just about any sketch with Gilda Radner

May she rest in peace.

[Catchawave]

75. Will Ferrell in Yoga Class

Out of so many favorites, that was the first one that popped in my head!

Toby McGuire was the yoga instructor. It's rather hard to describe, but everyone in the class wanted to learn Will's position :rofl:

[dubyaD40web]

77. Bass-o-matic. Or the "Bad News Bees."

[Neshanic]

78. Mango, Toonces, Peepers, Ambiguously Gay Duo

[bertha katzenengel]

80. Toonces the Driving Cat!

Even though Victoria Jackson's voice was a bit grating. I LOVED Toonces!

[loudestchick]

81. As I'm reading through this thread I'm laughing so hard ...tears running

down my cheeks! :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:I always loved the commercials on SNL. Like "Colon Blow", "The floor wax w/ Cocaine" "Roll on Tattoo Remover" So many more!

[cestpaspossible]

83. Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham

best sketch series: Samurai whatever

[deadparrot]

84. I always liked the commercials.

Especially the earlier ones. Don't know why, exactly, but they always did such a great job of being so spot on in parodying whatever fad was going on at the time.

[Liberalynn]

89. I Have Several

Gilda Radner's Emily Latella "I think there is not enough Sax and Violins" on TV oh you meant too much sex and violence, never mind."

Eddie Murphy's Mister Robinson's Neighborhood

Dan Ackroyd's Julia Childs "I cut the dickens out of my finger."

Landshark -Chevy, Gilda, Lorraine

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Samuri Taylor-John Belushi

The commercials

Juliana Marguilles "Simmer down now, Simmer down" like a country ER sketch.

[bridgit]

90. too many to count however...

the one with baldwin on the pseudo npr radio program with his 'shweaty balls' is under played hell'ah phunny classic imo :thumbsup:

[NinetySix]

91. The Coneheads! mmmeps!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

92. Steve Martin and Gilda's improvised dancing.

Sublime.
Also Gilda Radner had a beautifully bittersweet quality about her performances (you know-funny and sad at the same time). That is something that I cannot credit to any other SNL member.

[jayctravis]

98. Sweeney Sisters...

And the ones with Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer as the musical teachers.

[jayctravis]

99. I'm also a big fan of MADTV

Alex Borstein as Ms. Swann and a gnome (Regis and Rosie O'Donnell)
Mo Collins as the psychotic infertile blond woman and Lorraine.
Nicole Sullivan as The Vancome lady, and the racist country singer changing lyrics to Eminem.
Debra Wilson as Oprah, and one of the horny Latin chicks, Whitney Houston.
Will Sasso as Kenny Rogers and Richard Simmons
Stephanie Weir in Prehistoric Glamazon HunTRESSess.
Aries Spears, Phill Lamar, Michael McDonald

[NomoBreaks]

101. "The Very Small Restroom with an Attendant"

Harvey Keitel can't keep a straight face as he tries to use a one-person men's room staffed by attendant Kevin Nealon, who is equipped with everything from newspapers and magazines to exotic room-freshening sprays.

Best Part: Keitel sitting on the john in hysterics as Nealon prepares him a row of neatly folded toilet-tissue apportionments.

[6000eliot]

102. I can't believe no one has mentioned "The Continental" yet.

My favorite Christopher Walken and my all-time favorite sketch. I also love Pete Shweaty and his Xmas balls.

[Ron Green]

103. Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

[Sannum]

104. Bill Clinton in McDonalds

The brilliant Phil Hartman. He was one of the greats.



I love Bill, I love Phil.

[Joe Power]

106. "I'm a dancer!"

Belushi was a genius.

[El Fuego]

107. "Bad Theater"

Does anyone remember that one? Leonard Pinth-Garnell (Dan Ackroyd) introducing theater that is "truly bad, almost unbearably putrid."