Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title NBC's Saturday Night. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast as with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!", properly beginning the show. In 1980, Michaels left the series to explore other opportunities. He was replaced by Jean Doumanian, who was replaced by Ebersol after a season of bad reviews. Ebersol ran the show until 1985. Since Michaels' return he has held the job of show-runner. Many of SNL's cast found national stardom while appearing on the show, and achieved success in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. Others associated with the show, such as writers, have gone on to successful careers creating, writing, and starring in television and film. Broadcast from Studio 8H at NBC's headquarters in the Comcast Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, SNL has aired 858 episodes since its debut, and began its forty-fourth season on September 29, 2018, making it one of the longest-running network television programs in the United States. The show format has been developed and recreated in several countries, meeting with different levels of success. Successful sketches have seen life outside the show as feature films including The Blues Brothers (1980) and Wayne's World (1992). The show has been marketed in other ways, including home media releases of "best of" and whole seasons, and books and documentaries about behind-the-scenes activities of running and developing the show. Throughout four decades on air, Saturday Night Live has received a number of awards, including 65 Primetime Emmy Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards, and two Peabody Awards. In 2000, it was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. It was ranked tenth in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" list, and in 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME". As of 2018, the show has received 252 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, the most received by any television program. The live aspect of the show has resulted in several controversies and acts of censorship, with mistakes and intentional acts of sabotage by performers as well as guests.

Year:
1975
14,424 Views

Julia Child:
Welcome. I'm Julia Child. Today, we're going to make a holiday feast, and we're going to start with a half-boned chicken, a fine, fat roasting chicken. Now, first, remove the giblets - and you really should save the giblets. They make a fine stock for soup. Or you can save the liver and fry it up with some onions for a little snack; or if you have a number of livers, you can make a lovely liver pate, or a delicious liverwurst which you can spread on a cracker - a Ritz cracker, a Saltine... or rye bread, or pumpernickel bread... or if you're celebrating the Jewish holidays, you can make a chopped liver and shape it into the bust of a friend... if someone's getting married or bar-mitzvahed... am I saying that right? Bar-mitzvahed? Or, if you have a little cat or a dog, they love liver. Save the liver! Don't throw it away! I hope I've made my point. Don't throw the liver away. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Anyway, it's time to bone the chicken. Now, for this, you need a very sharp knife. You can't do nothing without a sharp knife! [She holds chicken and cuts along it with a sharp knife] Now, you place the chicken on its stomach, and cut along the backbone to the pug nose like so... [She suddenly drops the knife ] Crap! Oh! Oh, now I've done it - I've cut the dickens out of my finger. Well, I'm glad, in a way, this has happened... [Blood squirts out of her hand onto the chicken] We have never really discussed what to do. First, we must stop the bleeding. [She holds her apron over her hand] The best way is to put pressure on the apron, like so... [Blood keeps sqirting all over the kitchen] Now, you want to raise your hand above your head so the blood doesn't pump all the way up. [Blood continues to squirt, going everywhere] Well, the apron doesn't seem to be working, so I recommend natural coagulants, such as chicken liver... [picks up the chicken liver] Remember not to throw away the liver! [Blood gushes over the chicken liver] Oh, God, it's throbbing! Well, a tourniquet can be made, using a chicken bone... [She wraps a towel and a chicken bone around her hand] Find a pressure point between the heart and the wound - in this case, the wrist - and cut off the blood. This is a last resort, however, because you could lose your hand if you tighten it too much! [the blood keeps on squirting. She starts to get a little woozy] If you're too woozy to tie the tourniquet, you might call Emergency Help - there's not much time left... [She hobbles towards the phone on back wall and picks it up] Now, every kitchen phone should have the Emergency number written on it somewhere... [She looks at her phone ] This one doesn't! 9-1-1! [She tries to dial the number, but can't] Oh, this phone is a prop, it doesn't work! [She drops the phone, becoming increasingly woozy] That's a shame, because I'm remembering a time when I was a little girl and I... had a dog named Admiral... and I used to give him liver... and my mother gave me a doll... [She starts tipping from side to side and stares blankly at the audience] Why are you all spinning? Uh... I think I'm going to go to sleep now... bon appetit... [She falls headfirst onto the counter on top of the chicken, but manages to jump up one last time] Save the liver! [She falls back onto the counter and twitches before dying]

Joe Piscopo:
Good evening. I'm Joe Piscopo. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. We've brought together these three people to share with us their members of the day they learned that President Kennedy had been shot. Jim, let's start with you. What were you doing when you heard President Kennedy had been shot?

James Belushi:
Well, I was in college and I was walking across the quad to call and this guy runs up and says 'President Kennedy has been shot', so I...

Joe Piscopo:
Wait; how old are you?

James Belushi:
I'm 26. So anyway, I went looking for a TV and...

Joe Piscopo:
Wait a minute. You're telling us you were in college at age 6?

James Belushi:
No, I was 19. Anyway...

Joe Piscopo:
WAit a minute! You didn't know President Kennedy had been shot until eight years ago?

James Belushi:
Well, hey now; you know, I was busy with school and girls and playing sports and stuff and I really wasn't into current events.

Joe Piscopo:
I can't believe this. Mary, when did you find out President Kennedy had been shot?

Mary Gross:
Well, Joe; in light of what just happened, I'm ashamed to admit that Jim told me right before the show started.

James Belushi:
[Chuckling] What a dork, eh Joe?

Joe Piscopo:
I can't believe this! This was one of the most important events of the 20th century and you people are totally clueless!

Tim Kazurinsky:
[shocked] Wait a minute! President Kennedy is dead? How? When?

Joe Piscopo:
Yes! My God, He was shot in Dallas!

Tim Kazurinsky:
Oh, no! No! Please, No! [Begins crying uncontrollably and hanging onto the other guests] President Kennedy is dead!

Joe Piscopo:
[shaking his head] This is Joe Piscopo; good night.

Host:
Good evening. I'm Lawrence Flyshacker, and welcome to, "The Real Story." Tonight we continue our series on the U.S. Presidents. You know history often whitewashes itself? For example, for years it was thought that Thomas Jefferson was a man, and that his wife slept around... whereas we now know the opposite to be true. Tonight we'll go behind another of history's myths to learn, "The Real Story."

Abraham Lincoln:
[Lincoln enters Ford's Theatre box, loudly and apparently drunk] Excuse me. Excuse me. Excuse me! Excuse me. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. [plops into his seat] Sorry I'm late, guys, but I was freeing some Negroes! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

General:
That's perfectly all right, Mr. President.

Abraham Lincoln:
[Throwing his arm around his wife's shoulders] Hey, hey, hey, is this a First Lady or WHAT, huh? I just hope I'm her first man!

Mary Lincoln:
Abraham, please, the play!

Abraham Lincoln:
Oh, I've seen it five times, Mary...

Theatre patron:
Yeah, well, some of US haven't!

Abraham Lincoln:
[stands up and jeers him] Oh, well, hey, pardon me, pal, huh? What am I, just the President of the United STATES!

Abraham Lincoln:
[loudly eating a candy bar; audience shushes him] SORRY! Oh, hey, I love this part! I love this. Watch this. Listen to how she tells this jerk off. Watch this.

Abraham Lincoln:
[calls toward the stage] Hey, hey! You tell him, honey! YEAH! WHOOOOO! [sits back down] Some people, they just don't know how to enjoy theatre.

Theatre patron:
Hey, quiet down, will ya?

Abraham Lincoln:
[stands up] Hey, stick it here, pal! [knocks drink and popcorn off balcony] Whoa!

Theatre patron:
Watch it!

Abraham Lincoln:
Hey, I'm sorry, pal! Look, send me your cleaning bill! To my GETTYSBURG ADDRESS! Ah, ha ha ha ha!

General:
Mr. President, Mr. President, I understand that the young woman taking the role of Sarah tonight is the talk of Washington.

Abraham Lincoln:
Oh, yeah? [looks through opera glasses] WHOA, YEAH! Hey, I thought mine eyes had seen the glory, but get a load of that babe! [stands up and waves toward stage] Hey, hey, hey, angelpuss! Whooo, whoo, whoo! Up here, huh?

Theatre patron:
[Confederate accent] Will you shut up, suh?

Abraham Lincoln:
[stands up] Hey, hey, you gonna do something about it?

Theatre patron:
I may, suh!

Abraham Lincoln:
Yeah, you and what Confederate Army, cracker-barrel?

Theatre patron:
I warned you, suh!

Abraham Lincoln:
[losing temper] Yeah, well, why don't you come up here and do somethin'? What, what are you gonna do, shoot me, pal, huh?

Host:
And the rest is history. Please join us next week on "The Real Story" for "Hiroshima: Insurance Fraud of the Century".

Dan Aykroyd:
I'm Station Manager Dan Aykroyd. During the past few weeks in Los Angeles, actor Lee Marvin and his former live-in companion Michelle Triola Marvin have been in court to settle her claim that he owes her half his income from the six years they lived together. That is the subject of tonight's Point Counterpoint. Jane will take the Pro-Michelle Triola Point, while I take the Anti-Michelle-Triola Counterpoint.

Jane Curtin:
Dan, times change, and so does the nature of relationships. People are reluctant to get married these days, and looking at divorce statistics, who can blame them? But the lack of a sheet of paper does not mean the lack of a total committment. A woman in this modern-day relationship may well give up all her own personal pursuits; as Michelle Marvin claims she did; to give her full support to her man's career. And Michelle Marvin is just asking that the courts recognize that reality. Dan, there's an old saying: Behind every successful man, there's a woman. A loving, caring, giving, woman. But you wouldn't know anything about that, Dan, because there's no old saying about what's behind a miserable failure.

Dan Aykroyd:
Jane, you ignorant slut. Bagged-out, dried up slunk meat like you and Michelle Triola know the rules: if you want a contract, sign on the dotted line. Oh, but let's all shed a tear for poor Michelle Triola. There was only testimony that she had had sexual intercourse over forty times with another man while living with actor Lee Marvin. But I suppose that sort of fashionable promiscuity means nothing to someone like you, Jane, who hops from bed to bed with the frequency of a cheap Ham Radio. But Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Michelle Triola, like a screeching, squealing, rapacious swamp sow, is after actor Lee Marvin's last three million dollars. I guess what you and Michelle Triola are saying is, while you're on your backs, the meter's running. Well, please spare us galls, and tell us the rates at the top. Then we can choose which two-bit parts and bargain basement sluts to shack up with.

Vince Blight:
Hello everyone! Welcome to another edition of Who's On Top? We've got three great contestants today, you folks ready to play? All right, the rules are simple. As we all know, when two gay men have sex, one person is the top, and one is the bottom. We'll show you two male celebrities who, hypothetically, could have sex, and you decide "Who's On Top."

Contestant:
No. No, no. No, thank you. I'm not playing this. Good luck! Nice meeting you!

Vince Blight:
As usual, explaining the rules has cost us a contestant. Paul, Madeline, are you still ready to play?

Madeline:
Sure!

Paul:
100%

Vince Blight:
It's a simple game. For instance, if I said "Hannity and Colmes, who's on top?", the answer would be...

Madeline, Paul:
Hannity.

Vince Blight:
Obviously! All right, Paul, you're up first, here's your question. We've rocked out to their songs for over 30 years. Between them, they've sold almost 300 million albums. But if Billy Joel and Bruce Springstein had sex, tell me, who's on top?

Paul:
Oh, that's an excellent question! Let me think this through. Uh, the easy answer is that Bruce is on top, because he's the Boss, but it can't be that simple. Physically speaking, Bruce is more muscular, but Joel is a bulldog...

Vince Blight:
Ten more minutes!

Paul:
Don't rush me! Let's see, Billy Joel and Springstein are both legends, but Bruce has always stayed humble, and he takes pride in a hard day's work, even if it ain't pretty. Billy Joel's on top!

Vince Blight:
Correct! Paul, you're in the lead with $10,000. As always, I have to point out that we here at Who's On Top? are in no way insinuating that anyone mentioned on this show is or has ever been gay, etc. etc. All right! Madeleine, you're up. They're two of cinemas favorite international stars. But if Roberto Benigni and Gerard Depardieu had sex, who's on top?

Madeline:
Oh, shoot, I know this. Well, Benigni's a squirmer, so he would be hard to hold down, but if anyone could do it it's Gerard. So, I'm gonna say Gerard Depardieu's on top!

Vince Blight:
[Alarm buzzes] I'm sorry, Madeline, you forgot that Depardieu is French, and therefore, a bottom. Well, Paul, you're back up. They've delighted millions of children in "The Lion King," but when Timon and Pumba have gay sex, who's on top?

Paul:
Oh, I was just thinking about this. Timon and Pumba, of course, their motto is Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase, Hakuna Matata, ain't no passing craze. It's a problem free philosophy, Hakuna Matata... there is not top, they trade off positions evenly, it's a circle of life!

Vince Blight:
That is correct! Let's pause now, for a word from one of our sponsors. What's that? Still no sponsors? I can't blame them. Okay, let's keep playing. Paul, you're in the lead, so you move on to our lightning round. But don't worry, Madeline isn't leaving empty handed, she's going home with the Who's On Top Home Edition!

Paul:
Vince, I'd just like to say, that when the show began, I thought it might be a reckless game of sexual gossip, but if you use your instincts about personality and status, you'll see that these are the right answers!

Vince Blight:
That's right, it's a smart game! Let's go to the lightning round. Okay, Paul, in this round I'm going to ask you to picture two men having sex.

Paul:
Done!

Vince Blight:
Let me finish. In two minutes you'll try to guess as many tops as you can before time runs out, all right? Go! Mark Twain and Seth Green, who's on top?

Paul:
Please, Mark Twain.

Vince Blight:
Correct! Kimbo Slice and the old man from "Up," who's on top?

Paul:
Surprisingly, the old man from "Up"!

Vince Blight:
Correct! Seventies Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers now, who's on top?

Paul:
I don't wanna picture that one, pass!

[opening monologue]

Ben Affleck:
Thank you! Thannk you, thank you! It's great to be back here, this is my second time hosting "Saturday Night Live" - very exciting. A lot of you know I have a new movie coming out - "Jersey Girl" - I'm very excited about that. It's great to be back here on the East Coast - a lot of people know I'm from Boston, but what you may not know about me is that I was actually born in California. Yes. My family moved to Boston when I was about three. Here's another thing, you may not know about me - at one time... I dated Jennifer Lopez. I-it's true. You may not have been aware of that, because, maybe, you've been, say... trapped in a mine shaft for the last eighteen months. Or, maybe you just don't enjoy watching TV. Or... reading magazines. Listening to the radio. Or talking to people. Or walking down the street, say! Honestly, I was pretty shocked at, uh... all the attention we received. There was only one thing tht really bothered me, though. and that was, being referred to as - Bennifer. Thank you, sir. I mean - Bennifer. How hard is that? How hard is it to say two names, instead of one? Ben and Jennifer - Bennifer! You're not saving that much time! It was on the cover of every magazine in America, and they were selling a lot of magazines. But I did not see Dime One! That is why... I'm selling these babies right here.

[pulls out a t-shirt that reads "Bennifer"]

Ben Affleck:
I had the name trademarked, printed up about 50,000 units - all sizes, 100% Egyptian cotton - beefy T's. This is a quality product, folks. However, it turns out, that, when you make a product of this quality, you ned about eight months lead-time. So, uh... they all came in last week! All 50,000 of them! Yeah. Long story short - I'm pricing them to move! $10 a piece; $15, if I sign them; for $20, I'll sign them "Bennifer"! Okay? Now... my timing was a bit off, I'm not going to get caught in a buy like that again. I'm thinking ahead - I got my bases covered for the next time. You ready?

[pulls out a second t-shirt that reads:
]

Ben Affleck:
Benyonce! It could happen. I mean... nobody saw the J-Lo thing coming. Or... or... how about...

[pulls out a third t-shirt that reads:
]

Ben Affleck:
Boprah. What, be honest - she's looking very good these days! A very attractive woman. I guess this is, maybe, a kind of a long shot, but...

[pulls out a fourth t-shirt that reads:
]

Ben Affleck:
Mary-Kate and Ashfleck. Now, this one is for the off-chance that I get together with Marcia Gay-Harden:

[pulls out a fifth t-shirt that reads "Ben-Gay"]

Ben Affleck:
Or... or... or, or... in the unlikely, but... wonderful event - hope, hope - that Matt finally comes around. All right! We've got a great show! We've got 2-for-1 t-shirts in the back! N.E.R.D. is here! Stick around, we'll be right back!

Jimmy Fallon:
Here now with a friendly reminder on "Weekend Update", is alumni anchor Kevin Nealon, ladies and gentlemen.

Kevin 'Mr. Subliminal' Nealon:
Thank you, Jimmy! Uh, I just want to take a moment here, if I may, to clear up some confusion. For a number of years, I was a castmember here at "Saturday Night Live", but I haven't been since 1995, some 6 years ago. And yet, some people stil come up to me and say, "Mr. Nealon, it's Saturday. Shouldn't you be getting out to New York for the show?" Or, "Hey, Mr. Nealon, you were funny on the show last night, love that Mr. Subliminal!" And then I have to explain that I'm not on the show anymore, what you're watching are reruns on Comedy Central. You see, I'm not a part of this cast - overrated. I don't even know these people. I really don't. And, to be honest with you, I have no connection whatsoever with this show anymore - lawsuit. In fact, I have not seen Lorne Michaels in, like, four years - restraining order. And quite frankly, it takes everything I have to stay up this late right now - coked up. So, once again, I am no longer on this show. I'm off doing bigger and better things right now - "Hollywood Squares". I guess you could say that I moved on - trailer park - and that's good.

Jimmy Fallon:
So, let me understand... you are not on the current cast?

Kevin 'Mr. Subliminal' Nealon:
No, Jimmy. Now, don't let my being here tonight confuse you - George W. - this is actually a live show that you're watching, unless, of course, you're doing something else - hot sex - I don't know. Now, Jimmy's lucky here, because he's up here working with people like Tina Fey - lesbo - and that's great; of course, not to mention, the other cast - white trash - they're all great, they're all great. And, yes, I left, and sometimes people do that, they leave. Molly Shannon was a part of this cast, and now she's off doing movies - porno - and so, now where you see me is on the reruns. Enjoy them. I think they still hold up - residual checks - I really do.

Jimmy Fallon:
That's good to know. Thanks, Kevin.

Kevin 'Mr. Subliminal' Nealon:
Thank you... thank you, Jimmy Fallon - lesbo - it's nice to be back.

[discussing "Alexander" on Weekend Update]

Tina Fey:
Our host this week, Colin Farrell, is the star of the new Oliver Stone big-budget epic "Alexander." Much of the attention around the film has centered on Alexander the Great's sexuality. Here to comment is Colin Farrell.

Colin Farrell:
Thank you. Thank you, Tina. I'm very proud of "Alexander". It's an honest, multifaceted portrayal of one of the greatest figures of the ancient world. And yet, all anyone seems to talk about is how this guy liked men as well as women. He's so much more than that! I mean, this is a man who was able to take a group of fresh-faced young boys and whip them into one of the greatest armies the world has ever seen. And it's not like it was that easy to get these guys to go off and follow him. As everyone knows, it's very hard to get Greek men to leave their brothers behind. So he looked all over Greece, and found men who were anxious to leave home because they didn't like the way they were being reared.

Tina Fey:
Th- This is fascinating. And during this whole time, the Greeks were constantly being attacked by the Persian army, right?

Colin Farrell:
Yes, that's right, and the Persians were strong, manly fighters. But Alexander managed to beat off the entire Persian army.

Amy Poehler:
Amazing, amazing. And yet, all people can talk about is that he mighta been gay!

Colin Farrell:
Sad, isn't it? I mean, he united all of Greece, and got them to fight together as a nation.

Amy Poehler:
So he used Greece to beat off the men of the Persian army?

Colin Farrell:
Yes he did, Amy. Without Greece, the job of beating off the entire Persian army would've been much harder. I mean, this way he can finish them off quicker.

Tina Fey:
That- that's true. I know that, 'cause I'm Greek. So, what was a typical battle like for Alexander?

Colin Farrell:
Well, his preference was always to take the Persians from behind.

Amy Poehler:
Of course, sure.

Colin Farrell:
Alexander would use his troops to form a long phalanx, and then he would spread their flanks and ram the head of the phalanx into the Persian rear. And then his master stroke - you'll like this, Amy - unknown to the Persians, Alexander would hide an entire battalion of the Greek navy inside the phalanx.

Amy Poehler:
Really? Wow.

Colin Farrell:
Yes. So finally, after pounding away for hours and hours, a raging torrent of Greek seamen would erupt into the Persian rear.

Tina Fey:
Amazing. And all we Americans care about is the fact that he may have had sex with a man! We're so provincial, unbelievable. Colin Farrell, everybody!

Alex Trebek:
[after Jeff Goldblum marvels at the buzzer rather than answering the questions] And you're an idiot! The answer was..."A Glass".

Sean Connery:
[triumphantly gestures his arm] THEN THE DAY IS MINE!

Alex Trebek:
Technically, it's still Mr. Goldblum's board, but since he is a human wasteland, I'll let Mr. Connery pick again.

Sean Connery:
Oh, I'll play your game, you rogue! Let's try "The Rapists" for $20.

Alex Trebek:
How about Show and Tell for $600? I'll just show you an object and you'll tell me what it is, ok?

Sean Connery:
[Sean Connery buzzes in] It's a man with a moustache!

Alex Trebek:
No, Mr. Connery, I'm not the object, I haven't it shown it to you yet.

[Trebek takes out a hammer]

Alex Trebek:
Here it is. Name this object. [Minnie Driver buzzes in] Minnie Driver.

Minnie Driver:
It's a popsicle! [timer sounds]

Alex Trebek:
No. [Jeff Goldblum buzzes in] Jeff Goldblum, name this object.

Jeff Goldblum:
Yes. Uh,. thank you. That's a... uh... a what-do-you-call-it when you... umm... When you... when you punish criminals in... uh... days of yore. It was a... And you'd put them in the... uh... the square in those... you know... uh... Yes. Uh,. thank you. That's a... uh... a what-do-you-call-it when you... umm... When you... when you punish criminals in... uh... days of yore. It was a... And you'd put them in the... uh... the square in those... you know... uh...

Alex Trebek:
You mean in the stocks or a pillory?

Jeff Goldblum:
Yes, exactly! [timer sounds]

Alex Trebek:
It's a FRIGGIN HAMMER!

Jeff Goldblum:
Well of course it is.

Sean Connery:
Now listen to me, YOU BACK OFF TREBEK! You wouldn't have known that if you didn't have that card in front of ya!

[to Jeff Goldblum]

Sean Connery:
This guy reads from a card!

Alex Trebek:
Whatever. Let's move on to "Current U.S. Presidents" for $400.

Cindy Crawford:
Hi, I'm Cindy Crawford for MTV News. For the last several weeks, the story of President Clinton's Whitewater scandal has dominated the headlines. We at MTV initially thought we weren't going to be able to cover the Whitewate affair at all. Mostly because, many of our viewers, myself included, don't really understand Whitewater, or even know what it is. But that's that's all changed, now that some of the biggest singers in rock have come together to sing a song about it. Let's take a look!

[Mike Myers is in front with Tina; he plays guitar, while Tina contorts her body every which way]

Various:
[as Tina Turner] Back in 1978, the Clintons bought some land to sell vacation homes; 230 acres, to be a fact.

Various:
[as Garth Brooks] They borrowed $203 thousand dollars with their friends the McDougalls / And formed the Whitewater Development Corporation.

Various:
[as Tina Turner] And that's a fact.

Various:
[as Jerry Garcia] In 1980, MacDougal buys the Madison Bank & Trust; / He lends his partner Hillary 30 grand to buy a model home on a Whitewater lot.

Various:
[as Michael Bolton] He loans her the money to get around laws which prevents him from loaning money to himself / Or his company, whoa-oaa!

Various:
[as Jerry Garcia] That's the plot.

Various:
[singing together; as Wynonna Judd:] It's very complicated / It's hard to understand / We'll try to walk you through it / Come on and take my hand.

Various:
[singing together; as Naomi Judd] It's very complicated / It's hard to understand / We'll try to walk you through it / Come on and take my hand.

Various:
[as Aaron Neville] In 1984, Whitewater helps Bill pay back a $20,000 personal loan to the Cherry Valley Bank / And the Clintons claim the payment as an interest deduction on their tax return.

Old Lady #1:
When my ex-husband passed away, the insurance company said his policy didn't cover him.

Old Lady #2:
They didn't have enough money for the funeral.

Old Lady #3:
It's so hard nowadays, with all the gangs and rap music.

Old Lady #1:
What about robots?

Old Lady #4:
Oh, they're everywhere!

Old Lady #1:
I don't even know why the scientists make them.

Old Lady #2:
Darren and I have a policy with Old Glory Insurance, in case we're attacked by robots.

Old Lady #1:
An insurance policy with a robot plan? Certainly, I'm too old.

Old Lady #2:
Old Glory covers anyone over the age of 50 against robot attack, regardless of current health.

Sam Waterston:
I'm Sam Waterston, of the popular television series "Law & Order". As a senior citizen, you're probably aware of the threat robots pose. Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel. Well, now there's a company that offers coverage against the unfortunate event of a robot attack, with Old Glory Insurance. Old Glory will cover you with no health check-up or age consideration. You need to feel safe. And that's harder and harder to do nowadays, because robots may strike at any time.

Sam Waterston:
[a pie chart appears, reading "Cause of Death in Persons Over 50 Years of Age": Heart Disease, 42% - Robots, 58% ] And when they grab you with those metal claws, you can't break free... because they're made of metal, and robots are strong. Now, for only $4 a month, you can achieve peace of mind in a world full of grime and robots, with Old Glory Insurance. So, don't cower under your afghan any longer. Make a choice. Old Glory Insurance. For when the metal ones decide to come for you - and they will.

Stevie Nicks:
Hi, I'm Stevie Nicks. Do you like my band Fleetwood Mac? And do you like flautas, quesadillas and other Tex Mex specialties? Then you'll love my new resteraunt in Sedona, Arizona: "Stevie Nick's Burrito Round-Up".

[sound of whip is heard]

Stevie Nicks:
Back in the 70s I devoted myself to witchcraft, Lindsey Buckingham and cocaine. Now I devote myself to a mexican dining experience you'll never forget.

[singing to the tune of Rhiannon]

Stevie Nicks:
"Chicken fajitas taste real nice, wouldn't you like to eat them? My chips and salsa are mighty fine. No one 'round here can beat them." In my restaurant you'll hear me singing the songs that made me famous while dining on the best mexican food in the southwest. Like our house specialty: Burrito Dreams.

[singing to the tune of Dreams]

Stevie Nicks:
"Now here you go again, you say you want burritos. I sure hope you can keep 'em down. It's all in flour tortillas, you can wrap around your meat. And listen, have you any beans you'd like to sell. It's a loneliness..." When Mic Fleetwood and I first started making music together back in 1968, I had a dream about serving mexican food in a restaurant.

[singing to the tune of Gold Dust Woman]

Stevie Nicks:
"Rock on beef tostada. Take your silver spoon full of beans and rice." So if you're ever in Arizona and are craving a little Mexican food, or a vegitarian burrito, remember there's a place just for you.

[singing to the tune of Landslide]

Stevie Nicks:
"You placed an order, I wrote it down. Beef enchilada, the best in town. Then I saw my reflection in a big pile of nachos. And the Landslide brought it down. Mmm-mmm."

Alex Trebek:
Ok, let's move on to Final Jeopardy, and the category is, you know what, I tell you what, just write a number. Any number and you win. [Final Jeopardy theme kicks in] We'll accept any number, any number at all, [French Stewart writes] it could be a 1, or a 2, [Burt Reynolds adjusts his hat and suit] or a 3, or how about a 4? It's that simple, I know you can do this [Sean Connery writes and counts his fingers] Let's start with French Stewart, who's grinning like an idiot. You look pretty sure of yourself, think you've got the right answer?

French Stewart:
Yes, I'm pretty sure of it Alex.

Alex Trebek:
Well, all you had to do was write a number, and you wrote..."Threeve". Combination of three and five, simply stunning. And you wagered... Texas with a dollar sign in front of it. I'm speechless

French Stewart:
No I did not get the answers from anyone else,it all came from Mr. Stewart's noggin up here [points to his head] .

Alex Trebek:
That's beautiful. Mr. Reynolds?

Burt Reynolds:
Yeah, Don't bother, I didn't write anything.

Alex Trebek:
Good work, all right. Finally, Mr. Connery, the category was "Numbers", and you wrote [board reveals a letter v] A Letter V. Well, I tell you what my friend, V is a Roman Numeral, so despite your best efforts, you answered correctly. Let's see what you wagered...

Alex Trebek:
[board reveals V to be part of "K" in "Suck it Trebek"] Suck it Trebek...

Sean Connery:
[Connery breaks into wild laughter] Hahahahahaha!

Alex Trebek:
That's all the time we have... Good night... [Burt Reynolds puts an oversized hat on Trebek] WOULD YOU GET THAT OFF ME?

[after listening to Bill Clinton's opinions]

Bob Dole:
Bill... you ignorant slut. Saddam Hussein is a boil that needs to be lanced, and we're gonna lance it! So why don't you and yourl little European pals just run along and have a garden party! Eat your sandwiches with the crust cut off, and watercress salad for dessert! Put on your tiny little swimsuits, frolick on the lawn! Throw a beach ball like a girl, explore the different aspects of your sexuality! And if you just step aside and let us - the British, the Spanish, and Australians - take care of business! While I've got you, here's another thing: Tell your Hillary to lay off my wife, Libby! She's a senator now! She doesn't have to take that kind of guff she's been getting from your old lady! Next time she comes home to in tears because Hillary's made some snide remark about her in the Senate cloakroom, or... she's rolling her eyes at my wife in a committee hearing, I'm gonna jump in my car, head over to the Capitol, and beat her like a rented mule! Don't think the Secret Service or Capitol police can protect her! 'Cause I know how to get the drop on her! I know every secret passageway, trap door and revolving bookcase in that building! Sooner or later, I'll get her alone! and, when I do, I'll kick her hippie behind like it's never been kicked! And by the way, I don't want to hear any more Viagra or Britney Spears jokes! I'm not ashamed of my commercial endorsements! I have a family to provide for, and... I didn't have the rich Hollywood friends buying me houses! The no-show job at Dreamworks! Or the $10 million advance on a book! Bob Dole doesn't have those things! Now, you look me in the eye and tell me that you've written one page of that book, Bill Clinton! You can't! Because you haven't written Word One! Because you are what you've always been: an indolent, borderline, sociopathic, hedonistic, sexual predator full of pointy-headed Oxford-bred socialism who would have us all dragged back to the era of Stalin, Mao, and Ho Chi Minh!

Himself - Host:
He just flew in from London. He's a super rock star, he needs no introduction! Ladies and gentlemen, here he is!

Joe Cocker:
[singing] What would you do if I sang out of tune Would you stand up and walk out on me? Well, lend me your ear and I'll sing you a song I will try not to sing out of key, yeah.

Joe Cocker:
Oh, baby I get by with a little help from my friends Well, most of all I wanna get high!

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
By with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
You know I wanna get my friends

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
By with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
Oh oh oh, whoa yeah! What do I do when my love is away?

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Does it worry you to be alone?

Joe Cocker:
No, no How do I feel at the end of the day?

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Are you sad 'cause you're on your own?

Joe Cocker:
Oh whoa oh, baby, I...

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Get by with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
Oh, dont you know I wanna get high

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
By with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
Whoa whoa whoa, I get by...

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
By with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
[Cocker chugs a can of beer back and lets it drip all over himself]

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Do you need anybody - whoo!

Joe Cocker:
[softly] I just need someone to love

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Could it be anybody?

Joe Cocker:
All I need is someone, whoa oh oh oh, yeah! whoa oh oh oh, yeah! Baby, I...

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Get by with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
[Cocker stands up on one foot, performs a 720-degree spin and flips himself to the ground]

Toni Basil, Fluky Luke, Fred Berry, Adolfo Quinones:
Get by with a little help from my friends

Joe Cocker:
[Cocker cradles himself on the ground, rocks back and forth, then falls off the apron onto the audience's feet. He climbs back up, lies on his back, spins himself once, then chugs the beer again and spits it out with geyser-like proportions]

Dan Aykroyd:
Uh... authorities have issued a marijuana alert, because... uh... in fact, much of it has been sprayed, under orders of the U.S. Health Department, with the deadly herbacide Paraquet. Uh... an easy test is now available to find out whether or not marijuana does contain Paraquet. As a public service, we sent correspondent Garrett Morris... uh... uptown to... uh... see if... uh... we could get some dope, so we could show you how to test it. Uh... you have the stuff?

Garrett Morris:
Uh... yeah...

Dan Aykroyd:
Okay...

[slips Garrett the money as the marijuana is slipped to him]

Dan Aykroyd:
Here's some bread... Now, please, in no way does this mean that we at Weekend Update advocate the smoking of marijuana. It's just that a survey shows that 90 per cent of our viewers smoke it daily. So, it's for that minority that we're doing this test.

[examines the bag of marijuana uncomfortably, turns to Garrett]

Dan Aykroyd:
This looks really light...

Garrett Morris:
No, man, it's cool.

Dan Aykroyd:
It's light, give me the rest of the lid, man.

Garrett Morris:
Look, it's clean, man... no seeds, no stems, that's all.

Dan Aykroyd:
It's light, it's under, it's under...

Garrett Morris:
Man, I can't go back up there, man, okay? Those guys scare me.

Dan Aykroyd:
I'm sorry, Garrett, but that's the third you've short-changed us. Everybody here's gonna get really mad...

Garrett Morris:
Please, man, don't make me go back up there. They're gonna beat me up again, man, I know...

[inches away from the Update desk]

Dan Aykroyd:
We'll show you that test later. You see, to perform it, you need a complete ounce. Not three-quarters or seven-eighths, but a complete ounce! Sorry to take up your time.

Dan Aykroyd:
[later on] Uh... recent bulletin. This just in: Garrett Morris is dead. What appears to have been a drug-related incident, eight youths fatally shot the late Update correspondent at a mid-town playground. Another Paraquet-related death, Jane.

William Shatner:
[at a Star Trek convention] You know, before I answer any more questions there's something I wanted to say. Having received all your letters over the years, and I've spoken to many of you, and some of you have traveled... y'know... hundreds of miles to be here, I'd just like to say... get a life, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show! I mean, look at you, look at the way you're dressed! You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a colossal waste of time! I - I mean, how old are you people? What have you done with yourselves?

[pointing to a man wearing Spock ears]

William Shatner:
You, you must be almost 30. Have you ever kissed a girl?

[the man hangs his head in shame]

William Shatner:
I didn't think so. There's a whole world out there. When I was your age, I didn't watch television, I lived. So move out of your parents' basements, and get your own apartments, and grow the hell up! I mean it's just a TV show, damn it. It's just a TV show!

Charlie:
Are - are you saying we should pay more attention to the movies?

William Shatner:
No! That's not what I'm saying at all! Hey, you guys are the lamest bunch of - I've never seen - I can't believe these people - I mean, I really can't understand what's...

[Shatner walks off stage and argues with the emcee. They start to shove each other]

Second Emcee:
Uh... that was William Shatner, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, I'd like to remind you Trekkers that we have some fine refreshments from all over the galaxy... Coke, Diet Coke, Bubble Up, Orange, I believe. We...

William Shatner:
[the emcee waves the contract in front of Shatner who comes back on stage]

William Shatner:
Of course that speech was a recreation of the Evil Captain Kirk from episode - um - [emcee whispers] 37. Uh... called - [emcee whispers again] "The Enemy Within".

[the crowd applauds]

William Shatner:
Yeah, yeah. So thank you and - and Live long and prosper. So everybody, set your phasers on stun 'cause this convention's ahead warp factor 9. Y'know? All right. Warp factor 9.


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