SNL skits

[Ming]

"Jane, you ignorant slut" was the best "line" ever spoken in SNL history...

I also loved Eddie Murphy with "Larry the Lobster" and "Samurai Delicatessen"

The best Star Trek bit wasn't the Belushi skit...
While that was indeed funny... it was no where near as good as when Shatner hosted... and they had a skit with him speaking at a Trek Convention... and he ends up telling all the people to "get a life... it's only a TV show"...

[Flatlander Fox]

I think the hardest I ever laughed at SNL was at the ORIGINAL Night at the Roxbury skit, when they were teamed with Jim Carrey.

Frigging Hilarious!

[Thud]

I am partial to Celebrity Jeopardy, but there are individual skits and hosts that were better.

[Drake Tungsten]

That was in fact a classic, when Jimmy Stewart beats the crap out of everybody.

The best SNL Jimmy Stewart-related moment ever was the "lost" ending to "It's a Wonderful Life". The people all get together and beat Mr. Potter to death; one of the funniest things I ever saw.

Celebrity Jeopardy is the best recent sketch. It's always hilarious.

[Wezil]

"Jane you ignorant slut! Who did you sleep with to get this job anyway?!"

Add another vote. I still laugh whenever I hear it.

[Adam Smith]

My vote for the funniest SNL skit ever was the special news report where aliens had recovered the Voyager space craft and sent the first known message back to earth. Voyager, you may remember, carried a CD of "earth sounds" into space. These included greetings from world leaders, a mother cooing at her baby, part of a Beethoven symphony, music from Chuck Berry, a thunderstorm, etc. The aliens sent back a four word message which SNL revealed to the world.....
"Send More Chuck Berry"

I was once priviledged to see John Belushi, Dan Acroyd, and Bill Murray give an after hours performance at Chicago's famous Second City Comedy Club. These guys were even funnier in person than they were on TV. Part of the performance involved George Wendt (Norm from Cheers) as a test tube baby, running through the audience in nothing but a pair of diapers looking for his mama and papa.....

[Sikander]

I liked the Greek "cheebergie" place, run by Belushi and staffed with recent immigrant Bill Murray, who never managed to avoid getting slapped hard on the back of the head for long.

"Samurai Night Fever" was another classic from the early days.

"Billy Paul", starring Paul Simon ran on the same night that the movie "Billy Jack" debuted on NBC. It's funny as hell, and has George Harrison serving as the Amerind butt of racist Belushi's abuse.

The Mr. Bill series tended to crack me up as well.

Lately I've been impressed with the skill of the girls on the show. "Donatella Versace" is one of my favorite characters of late, as well as all the white trash women the blonde chic with the gap in her teeth plays.

That skit (a fake commercial) where Tracey Morgan plays Uncle Jemima is certainly a recent classic.

"Honey I Crapped My Pants" was a good fake commercial as well, as well as "Kotex Classic".

I also loved "Dieter" and "Shprockets".

[Sikander]

ooh, I almost forgot that skit where Mike Meyers plays the hyperactive hypoglysemic kid (I'm a Hyper Hypo!) who is leashed to the Jungle Jim, wearing a helmet.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Adam Smith
I was once priviledged to see John Belushi, Dan Acroyd, and Bill Murray give an after hours performance at Chicago's famous Second City Comedy Club.

Damn... I saw them do that as well. I wonder if it was the same show. When was that?

[Shi Huangdi]

Sean Connery with the "Therapists" joke....

[Dis]

I'll take The Rapist for $100

[Drake Tungsten]

ooh, I almost forgot that skit where Mike Meyers plays the hyperactive hypoglysemic kid (I'm a Hyper Hypo!) who is leashed to the Jungle Jim, wearing a helmet.

"One time, my mom's car ran out of gas, so she gave me a Snickers bar and a can of Coke. I towed the car home, seven miles! When we got home, I was tired..."

"I love you, you know."



Good call, Sikander. That's one of my favorites as well.

[Asher]

I agree Drake, I've got it on the Best of Mike Myers DVD.

[Adam Smith]

Originally posted by Ming
Damn... I saw them do that as well. I wonder if it was the same show. When was that?

IIRC, it was after a Saturday night late show, Fall of 1981, about six months before Belushi died. Second City has had such amazingly talented casts. Another thing I miss about Chicago.

[Master Zen]

My favorite is definitely the Night at the Roxbury with Jim Carrey.

In fact, that episode was by far the best in SNL history, the cheerleader skit, Lifeguard on Duty and Ride the Snake were hilarious.

Other memorable moments: Sprockets, The Continental, Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood, and the Bob Dole and George Bush impressions.

Recent good ones: Mango and Donatella Versace