Weekly Discussion: Your favorite SNL skits

Making an executive decision to have this discussion outside of the SNL Thread. What are your all-time favorite SNL skits?

 

Watch Debbie Downer: Disney World from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

 

Van down by the river
More cowbell
Celebrity Jeopardy
I drive a Dodge stratus
Bill Brasky
Lazy Sunday if it counts

Edit forgot Census
Saturday Night Live: Census Taker
And pranksters
Watch Pranksters with Christopher Walken from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

 

Watch TV Funhouse: Walt Disney's Titey from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Mom Jeans from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Oops! I Crapped My Pants from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch The Love Toilet from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch The Denise Show: Five Weeks After from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Chippendales Audition from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Airport Security Check from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Jiffy Pop Airbag from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Matt Foley: Talking to Kids About Drugs from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch Ed Glosser, Trivial Psychic from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

Watch The Continental: The Lost Glove from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

 

Matt Foley
Farley's Coffee Hidden Camera bit
Get Off the Shed
Toonces
Devil/Garth Brooks
Brian Fellows
White Like Me

 

I played the Toonces VHS so much

 

Saturday Night Live: Word Association

Debbie Downer as well, it always kills me. Brian Fellows. I enjoy most of the Lonely Island stuff. Just about anything Eddie Murphy did. Mom jeans. Anytime Bill Hader was Herb Welch.

This one is recent and didn't even make air but I love it

 

Okay y'all help me out.

The greatest SNL skit I've ever seen was inexplicably removed from the internet. I haven't been able to find it anywhere. It was a few months ago, the beginning of July, the Weekend Update where Zoolander made an appearance. During the update, Jon Rudnitsky did a Dirty Dancing parody, a silent monologue, seriously one of the funniest and most impressive one-take performances I've seen in my life.

WHERE DID IT GO?!?

 

Can't top More Cowbell and Celebrity Jeopardy as far as the classics.

As far as more recently, Celebrity Feud with Steve Harvey, The Californians, the Weekend Update (anytime there's guests, or Kenan does Whoopi.)

 

More cowbell
Get off the shed
And any of those skits with JT dressed as a breast implant. So good!

 

Not a skit, but The Jay Z Story is a hidden gem.

 

In no order:

Jimmy Tango's Fat Busters
Chippendales
Steve Martin's song-and-dance opener
Will Ferrell's post-9/11 show of patriotism
Sportcenter with Ray Romano
Mr. Belvedere Fan Club
Eddie Murphy's White Like Me
Wayne's World with Madonna
Matt Foley
Gap Girls
Bill Brasky
Word Association with Richard Pryor
More Cowbell
Debbie Downer with Lindsay Lohan
Bill Clinton at McDonald's
The Delicious Dish with Pete Schweddy
Old Prospector Gus Chiggins (Unaired but was on the Best of Will Ferrell DVD)

Commercials:
Oops I crapped my pants
Dissing Your Dog
Mom Jeans
Old Glory Insurance
Cluckin Chicken
Happy Fun Ball
Schmitt's Gay Beer
Taco Town
Colon Blow
Shirt in a Can

I'm sure I'm missing a dozen or so more. I excluded Digital shorts which I may do a separate list.

 

Debbie Downer

 

MACGRUBER!

and the Closet Organizer. Will Forte's SNL work got me into comedy.

 

Some more recurring characters

Wayne and Garth
Penelope
The Culps

 

Anything Lonely Island

Laser Cats 4ever with Steve Martian

The Black Eyed Peas skit with Miley Cyrus playing Fergie.

 

What is Burn Notice?

 

Is that one making fun of the show? I haven't seen that one, I'll try to look it up

 

Watch What Is Burn Notice? from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

 

aw, thank you

 

Saturday Night Live: Dylan McDermott or Dermot Mulroney

Also can't believe I forgot Stefon

 

Omg had no idea this was a thing. I loved Burn notice so now I have to watch this lol

 

Watch Bedelia: The Sleepover from Saturday Night Live on NBC.com

This is a skit I like but the audience just doesn't connect with it. Classic writers sketch.

 

Will do bigger list tomorrow, but how bout Action 9 News from tonight's premiere as a recent favorite and then Molly Shannon's oblivious, suburban stand-up as a more 'classic' favorite.

 

Re-watching this now... Nasim is a cast member I certainly took for granted during her tenure and wished I appreciated her more as a sketch performer.