The Sweeney Sisters--"Let's take it on down" Phil Hartman as The Mother In Law from Hell Church Chat Sprockets Pat Stevens Show The Mclaughlin Group The Southern Tourists: "Broadway is GRATE! Didn't ya'll love that LION KING? It was GRATE. Ya'll know, those puppets were grate, but sometimes (whispers) I could see the sticks."
and one-timers:
Wayne's World with Madonna Walken as Connie Stinson, talk show host Steve Martin hosting $25,000 Pyramid with Nora as Jeane Kirkpatrick The Judy Miller where she scares Garrett Morris
Thank you for using the word "sketches", Floweryfriend. As a sometime writer of such things, the word "skit" drives me stark raving mad.... Updated On: 4/5/08 at 04:05 PM
"There was a one-off sketch with Alec Baldwin, where he played this impossible cowboy stud flirting up a storm with a waitress in a small town diner, with Jan Hooks as the waitress, that I still remember."
I emailed Rick Lyon (puppet bulider who was in Avenue Q) and I started laughing hysterically when I read his email was RickRickRick@somthing.com I asked if that was from SNL he said "where else would that come from."
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
I emailed Rick Lyon (puppet bulider who was in Avenue Q) and I started laughing hysterically when I read his email was RickRickRick@somthing.com I asked if that was from SNL he said "where else would that come from."
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
Most of my favorites have already been listed, but there is a very special place in my heart for "Leg Up" with Cheri Oteri as Debbie Reynolds and Molly Shannon as Ann Miller.
The episode with Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra was far and away my favorite.
"It's a show about dancers, for dancers, with two dancers who LOVE TO DANCE!!!"
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
My favorite is the basketball team skit from the episode that Peyton Manning hosted last year. Will Forte played the basketball coach who was trying to motivate his losing team at half time by playing a cheesy song. His dancing was hysterical. If you watch in the background, the guys in the skit are trying really hard not to laugh. It is so funny.
Some other faves: Goth Talk, Spartan Cheerleaders, Roxbury Guys, Barry Gibb Talk Show, Jared's Room, Canteen Boy, Makin' Copies (Rob Schneider), Pat, Mango, Wake Up Wakefield (Sheldon and Megan), Drunk Girl, Kaitlin, and Debbie Downer.
Somebody already mentioned my all time favorite: Men's Synchronized Swimming (with Martin Short, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest), so I'll add to the list: the Star Trek Convention with William Shatner as the "evil" Captain Kirk.
"Inside every actor there is a Tiger, a Pig, an Ass, and a Nightingale. You never know which one is going to show up."
-John Michael Higgins in FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood Eddie Murphy as "the white guy" More Cowbell Belushi's Samurai Delicatessen and Little Chocolate Donuts Chippendale's Alec Baldwin's general holiday greeting card The NPR ladies
professor - I didn't see that with Christopher Guest, but it sounds hilarious. I'm a bit obsessed with him.
A Gumby Christmas
Hands down. When I saw that I almost wet my pants.
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?
Apart from the ton of old skits I love, I have to say that I'm completely in love with Kristin Wigg's Penelope character. I think those are the best skits SNL's had in the last few years.
I also loved (just because it's recent in memory) Ellen Page's lesbian skit where she came back from a Melissa Etheridge concert where she realized she was gay... "And I was like AHHHHHH! ... Why does everything have to have a friggin' label? Why can't I just hug a woman with my legs in friendship?" TOO FUNNY. Here's a link to the video: http://perezhilton.com/2008-03-02-whats-she-trying-to-tell-us
"As we all should probably have learned by now, to be a Stephen Sondheim fan is to have one's heart broken at regular intervals" - Frank Rich
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
That Family Dinner sketch is genius! I love how the sounds of the silverware are almost a forth character! I believe Ferrell wrote that one if I am not mistaken.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
In that Family Dinner sketch, listen for a mischievous audience member who lets out a hugely exaggerated laugh during a break in the dialogue, and sends the audience into another round of laughter.
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball