A few more of my favorite SNL skits

I don't think anyone really even watches Saturday Night Live anymore. I think a lot of this has to do with the fact that we have entertainment on tap 24/7 in the form of the internet and we no longer need to rely on SNL to do a 1 hour show for us each week. I think the other part might be that the variety show hasn't been funny (or generally had any funny people on it) in quite some time. These are some of my faves from back when the show was still a hit and everyone looked forward to it each week.

The anal retentive chef

There were actually many varieties of this one but the "chef" ones were my favorite

Phil Hartman performs a cooking show which is just like every other cooking show but he is so obsessive / compulsive that he has difficulty getting through the recipes because he will spot a piece of green pepper that is cut slightly differently than the others and when disposing of anything is must be double-wrapped and sealed in just the right way using a very specific type of stapler. It was funny. look up a clip

Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein

I can't even imagine what these guys were on when they decided to do this. There was no point but just that these 3 would end up in various situations they had to work their ways out of... most of the time having Frankenstein freak out because "FIRE BAD!!!" but "bread good!"

Weekend Update with Dennis Miller

Before the writers decided to bore us to death with a partisan-fueled SJW nightmare that is the "weekend update" these days, Dennis Miller was the guy doing the news. He rarely did any other skits on SNL and to be honest it wasn't really necessary for him to. Weekend Update was so awesome that he was just the best. He was so recognized for this role that other people would come on his show to mimic him on a regular basis. Dana Carvey and Tom Hanks doing it at the same time, alongside Dennis is one of the best Weekend Updates of all time.

The Continental

Has anyone been on SNL more times than Christopher Walken? He has been on the show so many times that they had to develop skits for him that he wouldn't practice at all. The scenes had to be modified so that the cue cards could be easily walked around the set and "The Continental" was born. Walken plays a creepy rich guy with a strange command of the English language who invites ladies up to his hotel room and tries by any means necessary to seduce them. This was done with the camera almost always focused on Walken because I can assure you, he did not have his lines memorized and the cue cards were walkin' with Walken.

More Cowbell

How can anyone watch this and not have it be one of their favorites ever? Will Ferrell's ability to poke fun at his own physique is truly wonderful and it is evidenced by many of his co-stars having difficulty keeping a straight face throughout the skit. Christopher Walken is also in this one and once again, it is evident that he doesn't know his lines at all.

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I really wish i could post a clip of the more cowbell one but it has to be one of the most protected clips on the internet. Loads of SNL stuff is available to watch for free online but not that one skit. Vimeo cannot be direct linked to Steemit and I am not sure why. I hope this isn't somehow against the rules here. If it is, i will remove it of course because there is no malicious intent here. You should watch that one if you haven't already though.