It's from the 2nd episode of SNL back in 1975, shortly after they had separated. I know this isn't exactly a sketch, but you should definitely see it if you haven't. However, I did find the monologue that Steve Martin delivered for the Christmas show back when he was a guest host in '91, and it's perfect.ĥ. If you were SNL, wouldn't you want good SNL clips to be out there on the Internet so people could see them and remember when your show was funny? Evidently not.
And I can't even begin to count how many times I've used the word scrumptrilescent. Nor anything that the human eye has ever captured." He had to have made that up on the spot. How much of this was Will Ferrell ad libbing, by the way? "Nor indeed was the world. The first appearance on the list for Alec Baldwin, and one of the most rewatchable clips on the list. Inside the Actor's Studio with Charles Nelson Reilly. Again, there's no link here, but "There's a half-eaten taco in my Tercel!" is the greatest moment in Horatio Sanz's SNL career. I challenge you not to laugh when Peyton throws his first pass.Ĩ. "Why is the door open?!" Okay, so this obviously isn't a time-tested clip, but I think it's going to hold up. We'll begin our list with one of the best beginnings to an episode ever. Christopher Walken's "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" Monologue. HONORABLE MENTION: Amy Poehler's Kaitlyn sketches Celebrity Jeopardy (especially the French Stewart, Burt Reynolds, and Sean Connery one) Wayne's World & Aerosmith Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker the Bill Brasky sketches The Devil Can't Write a Love Song and "Get on the bag!"Īnd now, without further ado, the Top 10 SNL Sketches of All-Time:ġ0. For those, you'll just have to take my word for it. Now, I've done my best to find links to each of these sketches online, but a few are inexplicably unfindable. I don't know why.Īnyway, with that in mind, I think that Top 10 lists will be a staple of teacher man, and our inaugural list is going to focus on the greatest Saturday Night Live sketches ever produced. The point is, I will read anything if it attempts to rank something. Just "top 10." I've examined the Top 10 Awesomely Bad Dolls (topped, understandably, by an Adolf Hitler Doll), the Top 10 Sing-Along Pop Hits (topped, less understandably, by the Baha Men's "Who Let The Dogs Out?"), and the Top 10 Reggae and Dancehall Songs (can anybody say "Driver," by Buju Banton?). Not the top ten of anything in particular. Here's something that I actually do: If I'm bored and sitting at a computer (for example, during Themes in World Lit.), I will Google "top 10." That's it.