SNL Original Cast - Top 10 Sketches (1970s)

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  • We are looking back at the top 10 sketches from the original cast of SNL Saturday Night Live. The 1970s were interesting times and Saturdays were reserved for a cast of colorful characters.
    Read More About the Top 10
    doyouremember.com/135824/top-...
    Chapters:
    00:00 SNL Background
    00:49 - Thanksgiving Dinner - Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Paul Shaffer
    01:49 - Killer Bees - Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner
    02:48 - The Olympia Restaurant - John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
    03:40 - Word Association - Richard Pryor, Chevy Chase
    04:49 - Samurai Hotel - Richard Pryor, John Belushi
    05:42 - Weekend Update - Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd
    06:31 - Land Shark - Chevy Chase
    07:16 - King Tut - Steve Martin
    08:16 - Super Bass-o-matic - Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman
    08:53 - 2 Wild and Crazy Guys - Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd
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  • @janicemorabeto9800
    @janicemorabeto9800 Před 4 lety +248

    Sure would have been great to have this moderator shut up and let us see the and hear the skits!

    • @liamroberts9047
      @liamroberts9047 Před 3 lety

      Hello Janice, How are you doing?

    • @michelesantucci5424
      @michelesantucci5424 Před 2 lety +2

      Hon. Just open another window and pull up each of the skits, to view them in full.

    • @greenteacash
      @greenteacash Před 2 lety +5

      I agree. Won’t bother with him again.

    • @Amanda-ex6em
      @Amanda-ex6em Před 2 lety +7

      exactly- I don't need a narrator DESCRIBING the skit- just play the skit!

    • @wisdomoftheearlychristians2037
      @wisdomoftheearlychristians2037 Před 2 lety +3

      Seriously, when you have to narrate a comedy clip to explain it to people; that's really lame. But then again comedy is practically illegal today unless you want to talk about your genitalia like Amy Schumer

  • @tricky2055
    @tricky2055 Před rokem +36

    Actually, in that Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor sketch, after Chase escalates the race slurs to finally say the “N” word, Pryor’s responses was , “Dead Honkey.” That was so cutting-edge and hilarious!

  • @rocker76m88
    @rocker76m88 Před rokem +54

    Best SNL cast ever 👌

  • @williammalouhos4142
    @williammalouhos4142 Před 4 lety +23

    at 63 i cant tell you how much i miss that time in my life oh to be back in the 70s

  • @jkcarroll
    @jkcarroll Před 4 lety +47

    I will ALWAYS remember the joke that Chevy Chase told in the very first episode during the Weekend Update skit:
    "The post office is issuing a new stamp commemorating prostitution in America. The stamp will cost 15 cents, but if you want to lick it, it's a quarter."
    Freshman year of college, sitting in the dorm lounge watching that, I knew that this was like no other TV show ever!

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety +4

      😂😂

    • @jimrich4192
      @jimrich4192 Před 7 měsíci +2

      .."It's a quarter"...HYSTERICAL!!!! 😅😅😅😅

    • @fdoe9184
      @fdoe9184 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Jkcarroll. Over the decades, have used that joke often. A classic. (Just have to keep upping the price)

  • @davidhannum5598
    @davidhannum5598 Před 4 lety +106

    Dan Ackroyd in the Lupner kitchen as the "Norge" repairman with his too short t-shirt and hairy butt-crack exposed for all the world to see,with Todd and Lisa cracking up the whole time.....classic !!!!!!!
    remember Mr. Lupner was born without a spine, "God rest his soul"
    "who wants egg salad"?

    • @c.hanley1423
      @c.hanley1423 Před 4 lety +3

      Ackroyd reprised the repairman at the end of a "Nanny" episode.

    • @davidstoyanoff
      @davidstoyanoff Před 4 lety +3

      That's so funny, I forgot to laugh!

    • @kevinmcdonald6477
      @kevinmcdonald6477 Před 4 lety +2

      @@davidstoyanoff Let's see what's going on with those mosquito bites.

    • @Sabrina79
      @Sabrina79 Před 4 lety

      @@c.hanley1423 I was just thinking about that! 😂

    • @BoneCity
      @BoneCity Před 3 lety

      Dan AYKROYD. I hate when people misspell his name.

  • @jcisking9622
    @jcisking9622 Před 3 lety +42

    Never been the same...greatest cast in snl history

  • @sycpup
    @sycpup Před 4 lety +218

    there can't be an SNL top 10 without something from Rosanne Rosanadana!!!

    • @tinamarie86
      @tinamarie86 Před 4 lety +5

      @tom quigley That was Emily Litella''s line

    • @maryjohnson1604
      @maryjohnson1604 Před 3 lety +2

      Loved tiny town read by Gilda

    • @SomebodysGrandmother
      @SomebodysGrandmother Před 3 lety +4

      Right!! Roserosannadanna was the most looked forward too!! Her and Jane Curtain in anything!

    • @KnockOffBeingFat
      @KnockOffBeingFat Před 3 lety +3

      There cannot be an SNL top 10.... Impossible!

    • @micro4329
      @micro4329 Před 3 lety +4

      The best skits were Roseanne rosanna Dana n Dan aykroyd doing Tom snyder. Tom even said in an interview with Dan that he did Tom snyder better than Tom snyder. Lol

  • @johngilles9371
    @johngilles9371 Před 4 lety +289

    back when SNL was actually funny, and worth staying up for!

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico Před 4 lety +2

      It;s still funny, perhaps better than ever. Grow the fuck up. Evolve.

    • @sinkvenice4438
      @sinkvenice4438 Před 4 lety +11

      @rdecredico That’s an unnecessarily aggressive response isn’t it?

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico Před 4 lety

      @@sinkvenice4438 No and here is why. We in the middle of a cultural crises right now and one if its symptoms is the revisionism of the past.
      This modern affliction of pining for the time of our adolescence is a form of mental disorder for some. But for others it is a mental state that has been conditioned and is being manipulated by institutional forces.
      SNL was NOT funnier when it started. It was myopic and not diverse. Large portions of it were painful, unfunny, and were highly political. People that put energy into false narrative about the past, whether due to nostalgia or something more nefarious, need to be called out and reality must be thrust into our lives instead.
      The whole ,amtra: "back when SNL was actually funny" is a lazy political meme that exposes its user as a mentally manipulated myope that poses danger to society by not acknowledging the reality of the world we inhabit and thus creates further division among culture.

    • @sinkvenice4438
      @sinkvenice4438 Před 4 lety +6

      @rdecredico Um, I think you’re looking into that person’s comment a bit too much. Anyway, it’s entirely a matter of opinion. Comedy is completely subjective, as you know. I just meant you didn’t need to tell him to ‘grow the fuck up’, it’s uncalled for and patronising, no?

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico Před 4 lety +1

      @@sinkvenice4438 No, comedy is not completely subjective.
      What people find funny is subjective.

  • @mikegike7273
    @mikegike7273 Před 4 lety +143

    Dan portraying Julia Childs and has a bit of an accident in the kitchen. Best sketch EVER fer S.N.L.

    • @kwqd54
      @kwqd54 Před 4 lety +2

      Save the livers!

    • @bobcarn
      @bobcarn Před 4 lety +3

      And Julia Child LOVED that skit!

    • @marcymoir3389
      @marcymoir3389 Před 4 lety +1

      Mike Gike ....my favorite too......

    • @cowboysfan782008
      @cowboysfan782008 Před 4 lety +7

      That was good, but IMO Akroyd played about as good of a 70s sleezy salesman as you could be. Mainway toys for Halloween, "Johnny Invisible" the all black costume. The Bass o matic by Remco, that restaurant where if you want a steak you pick your own cow and stun it...Akroyd was good in the movie Chaplin and a zillion others but to me he was at his best in those first 4-5 yrs of SNL, and really the only one remotely close to as good as Belushi was, though I think they were all amazing and BY FAR the best cast SNL ever had!

    • @rockdog2584
      @rockdog2584 Před 4 lety

      That was my pick for all-time greatest. Never laughed so hard!

  • @cameltanker1286
    @cameltanker1286 Před 4 lety +97

    When Saturday Night Live was actually funny.

  • @kattrakee
    @kattrakee Před 4 lety +17

    You said it for sure when you spoke:
    “ The 70s were the best” .
    No truer words have ever been uttered. Right On !!!!

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 Před 3 lety

      Jorge it’s politics Laois with a Normas amounts of hate If you think it’s funny you’ll get censored by Twitter or Facebook and it goes on and on. Just hate hate hate

  • @bigzed8673
    @bigzed8673 Před 4 lety +308

    To this day, Gilda Radner is the funniest performer ever to step foot on the SNL stage.

    • @kchez110
      @kchez110 Před 4 lety +8

      Big Zed Emily Litella was the best.

    • @Ralphieboy
      @Ralphieboy Před 4 lety

      can only agree

    • @bigzed8673
      @bigzed8673 Před 4 lety +13

      Interesting fact: Gilda Radner was the first cast member hired for Saturday Night Live.

    • @OISaviour
      @OISaviour Před 4 lety +14

      Roseann Rosannadanna!

    • @JWH-01
      @JWH-01 Před 4 lety +5

      Gilda Radner had so many different characters. John Belushi was funny, but not nearly as funny and versatile as Gilda Radner on SNL. John Belushi was better in the movies and the Blues Brothers shows. .

  • @bobsue3639
    @bobsue3639 Před 4 lety +253

    What about the "Mr. Bill" episodes with Spot, Sluggo, and Mr. Hands? They made the show what it was and I always looked forward to them.

    • @gj8683
      @gj8683 Před 4 lety +3

      @tom quigley Me, too! I remember wearing it once in this restaurant and a couple from France was there said that it was "tres amusant."

    • @astrofrk
      @astrofrk Před 4 lety +6

      I had a Mr. Bill book with pictures.

    • @bigbluegpr
      @bigbluegpr Před 4 lety +7

      Fun fact: Mr Hands was the brother of Ellen DeGeneres.

    • @kchez110
      @kchez110 Před 4 lety +11

      And you had to stay up until the end because if (not always) Mr. Bill was on, it would be the last skit.

    • @victorsamuleson9505
      @victorsamuleson9505 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes yes yes I want to see Sluggo

  • @genapruitt
    @genapruitt Před 4 lety +39

    Their commercials were hysterical! My favorite was "Shimmer" with Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. "It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!"

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety +2

      😂😂

    • @JWH-01
      @JWH-01 Před 4 lety +2

      My favorite was "Spud Beer"..... the beer brewed for people who can't taste the difference!

    • @barleyeducated8714
      @barleyeducated8714 Před 4 lety +3

      Puppy uppers and doggy downers. :P

    • @jennypulczinski7204
      @jennypulczinski7204 Před 4 lety +3

      @@barleyeducated8714 I still say that! Almost 50 years later!

    • @TheTacomaven
      @TheTacomaven Před 7 měsíci +1

      Jewess Jeans!

  • @musicianonamission8435
    @musicianonamission8435 Před 4 lety +83

    Part 2 needs to include Rosanne Rosannadanna, Dan Akyroyd as Julia Child, The Coneheads, The Judy Miller Show, and Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood.

    • @stephaniehight2771
      @stephaniehight2771 Před 4 lety +6

      Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood was funny, but it wasn't the original 70's cast.

    • @laustcawz2089
      @laustcawz2089 Před 3 lety +3

      Murphy was funniest
      as Gumby, damnit!!

    • @collenegandy3605
      @collenegandy3605 Před 3 lety +4

      Eddie Murphy was not part of the original cast. He came in the 1980's

    • @lynnleclaire5051
      @lynnleclaire5051 Před 2 lety +4

      Bill Murray as the lounge singer: the Star Wars song!

    • @mohammedcohen
      @mohammedcohen Před rokem +4

      ...The BLUES BROTHERS!!!

  • @corksauve4949
    @corksauve4949 Před 4 lety +193

    Would have been better actually showing the clips instead of talking about them.

    • @davegreenlaw5654
      @davegreenlaw5654 Před 4 lety +3

      I know, I've been trying to find the actual full clip of King Tut for years now.

    • @SchwarzeWitwe2
      @SchwarzeWitwe2 Před 4 lety +10

      SNL/NBC remove unauthorized uploads.

    • @sam9242
      @sam9242 Před 4 lety +6

      I was just thinking the same time. Big Thumbs Down!

    • @DougWolfe
      @DougWolfe Před 4 lety +3

      Agreed. Too bad as I was looking forward to seeing them. Didn’t expect to have some guy captioning everything.

    • @danbradley7176
      @danbradley7176 Před 4 lety +1

      @@davegreenlaw5654 czcams.com/video/FYbavuReVF4/video.html

  • @powderthumb5959
    @powderthumb5959 Před 4 lety +33

    Was in high school. Everyone always knew and talked about who the musical guest was going to be. Lots of parties would stop and everyone would sit and watch the show.

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 Před 3 lety +3

      It hasn’t been worth staying up for the watch quite a few years now. Multiple decades

    • @robertlivingston1634
      @robertlivingston1634 Před 3 lety +1

      We used to have party's every Saturday night at a friend's parents camp, lots of beer and a shit load of laughs.

    • @que3817
      @que3817 Před 3 lety +1

      I watched from my college dorm. Then after the show, we'd hit the disco's. Best days of my life.

  • @stevedem76
    @stevedem76 Před 2 lety +24

    One of my faves, Todd and Lisa, played by Bill Murray and Gilda Radner. Jane Curtain played Lisa's Mom, Mrs Lufner. Honorable mention to "Mr. Bill", who would take abuse from Mr. Hand, and the evil Sluggo.

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton9701 Před 3 lety +40

    Hands down-The first five seasons of "SNL" were awesome!.

    • @kathynorton4103
      @kathynorton4103 Před 2 lety

      You got that right; it was the best cast e er

    • @kathynorton4103
      @kathynorton4103 Před 2 lety +1

      You got that that right; it was the best cast ever,

  • @disturbed6128
    @disturbed6128 Před 4 lety +136

    My all time favorite was John Belushi imitating Joe Cocker

    • @MagravatorMag
      @MagravatorMag Před 4 lety +11

      Or Gilda as Candy Slice! 🤣

    • @tolfan4438
      @tolfan4438 Před 3 lety +2

      @Howling Frog I was going to say that. I think that may have been the best musical segment that show ever did. I also really like the horrible Rolling Stones Some Girls segment. Mick had they think the flu and his voice was just cracking and is doing so bad ya had to love it.

    • @pattymihalek8282
      @pattymihalek8282 Před 3 lety +6

      Absolutely! Poor Joe Cocker. As I recall, he did not look entirely amused by John B's hilarious (and excellent) rendition!

    • @leonardodalongisland
      @leonardodalongisland Před 3 lety +2

      CLASSIC!

    • @peggywoods4327
      @peggywoods4327 Před 2 lety +2

      Epic!

  • @cattlerancherfromhell7666
    @cattlerancherfromhell7666 Před 4 lety +62

    I really liked Roseanne Rosannadana. She always made me howl.

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂

    • @laustcawz2089
      @laustcawz2089 Před 3 lety

      Always keeps me in stiches!

    • @robertchandler5055
      @robertchandler5055 Před 3 lety +1

      Todd and Lisa were the best ,I did the noogies and mosquiteo bites on my neighbor

  • @chrispope5230
    @chrispope5230 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I had just turned fifteen, starting 10th grade when SNL started. All through high school, it was probably the only thing that could have possibly made me want to come home by 11:30 on a Saturday night. Legends in action....

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Před rokem +9

    They were the best!!! I was a young teenager and had to watch every Saturday!!

  • @tomc236
    @tomc236 Před 4 lety +116

    This brings back a lot of fond memories. It was a simpler time when you could just be funny without worrying about political correctness or feeling the need to insert politics into everything.

    • @rowdyrx6109
      @rowdyrx6109 Před 4 lety +3

      A Watchman amen!

    • @chuckbush2757
      @chuckbush2757 Před 4 lety +7

      Revisionist history

    • @AdrienneAce2
      @AdrienneAce2 Před 3 lety +8

      They also proved that they could be hilarious every time without cussing. Oh, well, there was that one time....

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety +7

      Actually SNL alwasy had plenty of political sketches. And TV censors kept people from saying what they wanted then.

    • @blueskye6372
      @blueskye6372 Před 2 lety +1

      Nice memories. 👌🙂💜

  • @42awww
    @42awww Před 2 lety +21

    I'll never forget the time the Stones were the musical guests! They performed in a few sketches, one being the hamburger shop and the other being Ackroyd as Tom Schneider interviewing Jagger. A priceless episode in the SNL canon!

    • @catoob8372
      @catoob8372 Před 2 lety +2

      Mick Jagger was also in a few movies in the following years.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Snyder. I met him in 1978!

  • @jenniwhittle5688
    @jenniwhittle5688 Před 3 lety +7

    Dan Ackroyd as Julia Child is a classic

  • @1Chiccone
    @1Chiccone Před 4 lety +10

    How can we not have Dan A. selling "questionable" Halloween toys such as Johnny Human Torch costumes and Bag A Glass....I still have the Bag A Glass!!

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety

      🤣🤣

  • @joycependleton589
    @joycependleton589 Před 4 lety +69

    The original cast was the best ever! I always looked forward to Saturday Night Live. I always thought Steve Martin was a cast member. Hmmmm ......he should have been. He was one wild and crazy guy!😂💞 I think my favorite skits was when Gilda Radner did Roseanne Roseannadana!😂💞

    • @corineusa1454
      @corineusa1454 Před 4 lety +4

      THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!

    • @ecneb
      @ecneb Před 3 lety +5

      At the time of SNL, Steve Martin was the biggest comedian in the USA and was selling out stadiums all over the country. It would have been detrimental for his career to have been a cast member. It worked much better for him to be a guest host.

  • @ChrisLichowicz
    @ChrisLichowicz Před 4 lety +61

    The show just went on a steady decline after that cast left.

    • @petermullaney2407
      @petermullaney2407 Před 4 lety +2

      You got that right!

    • @szqsk8
      @szqsk8 Před 3 lety +3

      Chris Lichowicz After 1979, the show completely lost its shine.

    • @snit22
      @snit22 Před 3 lety +1

      Generally yes. However, when Phil Hartman, Darly Hammond, Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers were all on, that was a good cast and good writing

    • @brycehiigel235
      @brycehiigel235 Před 3 lety +1

      Wasn’t a steady decline, it fell off the cliff when the original cast left.

  • @dmgalgoci7368
    @dmgalgoci7368 Před rokem +6

    I'm so grateful that my parents let me stay up late to watch SNL. Best SNL ever!

  • @jewgirl952
    @jewgirl952 Před 3 lety +4

    When you said, "Yep, the 70s were the best, I cheered!"

  • @RagnarokMic
    @RagnarokMic Před 4 lety +19

    "What the hell is that?" is maybe the most simple, and hilarious sketch of all time.

    • @obmijnivre
      @obmijnivre Před 4 lety +1

      "Don't put your lips on it!!!"

    • @92mrsrdb
      @92mrsrdb Před 4 lety +1

      Didn't Steve Martin do that skit? I barely remember. Burned out lots of brain cells in the 70's 😁

    • @jeffreyjeziorski341
      @jeffreyjeziorski341 Před 4 lety +1

      @@92mrsrdb Steve Martin and Bill Murray

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety +1

      Wait. I know what it is!....What the hell is that?!

  • @dvvalant
    @dvvalant Před 4 lety +14

    I loved ex baseball star "Chico Esquela" played by Garrett Morris.

  • @dhouse609
    @dhouse609 Před 4 lety +58

    So lame, why not show the skits? How disappointing.

  • @TheKevo7777
    @TheKevo7777 Před 4 lety +3

    Never again..These were the best of the best!

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety +1

      Indeed 💕

  • @justinbeloy5829
    @justinbeloy5829 Před 4 lety +22

    The funniest thing I remember from childhood was Belushi doing the "little chocolate donuts" thing.

    • @c.hanley1423
      @c.hanley1423 Před 4 lety +6

      With the little chocolate doughnuts AND a lit cigarette. "What a day for John Belushi!" .

    • @jeffreyjeziorski341
      @jeffreyjeziorski341 Před 4 lety +3

      You know, I did a lot of miles.....and downed a lot of doughnuts.
      John Belushi, for the gold!!!!!

    • @Mark-sj3xb
      @Mark-sj3xb Před 2 lety

      Yes very funny. That was a spoof of the Bruce Jenner Wheaties commercials

  • @bobaldo2339
    @bobaldo2339 Před 4 lety +12

    The 1970's were the best in every way - period, exclamation point!

  • @les4767
    @les4767 Před 4 lety +23

    You can't limit this list to only 10! There were just too many great ones from this cast....how 'bout...
    Dueling Brandos(John Belushi and host Peter Boyle)
    John Belushi's protest to not say the opening line to start the show until his demands were met
    The Coneheads
    The Blues Brothers-Soul Man
    Garrett Morris' perfect impression of Tina Turner-Proud Mary
    The last mission of the Starship Enterprise
    John Belushi's editorial on Weekend Update about "The luck of the Irish."
    Any Roseanne Roseanadana or Emily Litella sketch on Weekend Update
    Medieval Barber
    For my money...Samurai Delicatessen was the best of the Samurai sketches.

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety +1

      😂

    • @katie29baj
      @katie29baj Před rokem

      Luck of the Irish rant is hands down my all time favorite! And don't forget the 3 part Beethoven skit of Belushi's! Ludwig, you must eat!

    • @richardblain4783
      @richardblain4783 Před 7 měsíci

      Samurai Tailor was my favorite samurai sketch, especially when the guest host Buck Henry asked Belushi to add a zipper to his pants, while he was wearing them! Belushi gets that demented look in his eyes and whips out his katana. End of scene.

    • @avantegarde7797
      @avantegarde7797 Před měsícem

      Soooo true, those first 5 yrs had so many fine (hillarious), skits.

  • @markmiller7159
    @markmiller7159 Před 4 lety +21

    Who can forget the Coneheads?

  • @lisapelarske1634
    @lisapelarske1634 Před 4 lety +48

    How could they miss Emily Letilla and Rosanne Rosannadanna? The ONLY good SNL was the Not Ready for Prime Time Players

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico Před 4 lety

      Nagger please.
      Grow the fuck up.

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety

      I get so tired of hearing that.

  • @dona62851
    @dona62851 Před 4 lety +31

    LOVED the original cast! Truly hysterical! I'd love to see reruns of seasons 1 and 2!

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety +2

      You can watch them on Peacock. Basic Peacock is free but I don't think you get all of the episode unless you are Premium. You get Premium free with Xfinity. Otherwise it's 5 bucks a month.

  • @thomasewing2656
    @thomasewing2656 Před 3 lety +7

    The entire cast doing "The Bride of Frankenstein" when she wakes up on the slab and starts singing "I Feel Pretty". Hyper hilarious!

  • @kaninma7237
    @kaninma7237 Před 4 lety +3

    As a third grade kid, I bought the 45 rpm for "King Tut" when it was released. It was not until after 2010 that I finally got to see the SNL performance. Classic comedy!

  • @bonniec5258
    @bonniec5258 Před 3 lety +6

    I loved Lisa Loopner (Gilda) and Chevy Chase and her underdeveloped nation. Also, Gilda Radner as Rosanne Rosannadana-- classic SNL!

  • @petermullaney2407
    @petermullaney2407 Před 4 lety +4

    How about the ad for The Battle of the Network T & A? Dumb me thought it was for real.😁 l couldn't wait to see it.

  • @davidhannum5598
    @davidhannum5598 Před 4 lety +10

    Don't forget all the amazing musical talent they have featured over the decades, all the big name groups and artists. The Stones, Peter Tosh, Ray Charles, Doobie Brothers,The Kinks and on and on.......Joe Cocker with none other than Bulushi doing a great impression of him

    • @mala3isity
      @mala3isity Před rokem +1

      One of the first appearances of the fully leather clad singer with awful stage fright Mary J. Blige, the shocking Sinead O'Connor, Bjork appearing with the Sugar Cubes.

    • @chrispope5230
      @chrispope5230 Před 8 měsíci

      The Plasmatics were just awesomely deranged. Cutting an old console TV in half with a chainsaw - immortal! Love at the end of the show when the host was thanking their guests and when it got to the Plasmatics Wendy O. Williams said "Don't be a wanker. I hate art! I hate fashion!"

  • @queenofzen6187
    @queenofzen6187 Před 3 lety +12

    Dan Akyroyd as Julia Child is fixed in my memory as being one of the funniest skits

  • @dr.skulhamr3220
    @dr.skulhamr3220 Před 4 lety +13

    They spoke for us in many ways. They were our voices in the maelstrom that was the 70's.

    • @frankcarlone5130
      @frankcarlone5130 Před 4 lety +1

      They spoke for some of us, certainly not all....

    • @frankcarlone5130
      @frankcarlone5130 Před 4 lety +2

      @@dr.skulhamr3220 ??? WTF are you talking about???

    • @frankcarlone5130
      @frankcarlone5130 Před 4 lety +1

      @@dr.skulhamr3220 Don't telll me what I have no idea about you lame brained ignoramus. You don't know me. You shut the fuck up yourself. Dickhead

    • @DylanStarr23
      @DylanStarr23 Před 4 lety +2

      @Frank Caroline. Comedy may not be your thing

  • @dylswife8048
    @dylswife8048 Před 4 lety +37

    The funniest show ever was the original cast did a special: "what I did on my summer break" .it was funny AF. the only one I vividly remember was Garrett Morris spent his summer break modeling for a guy who made lawn jockeys. I kid you not. 🤣🤣

    • @alanvallazza9781
      @alanvallazza9781 Před 4 lety +1

      Unfortunatley if it was a special then not many have seen it since it ran. Not part of the collection of dvds, videos, or streaming packages from the first five years. Just the live shows.

    • @c.hanley1423
      @c.hanley1423 Před 4 lety +1

      "It seemed like last summer cause in fact, that's when it was".

    • @bigcolt5256
      @bigcolt5256 Před 4 lety +1

      that made me laugh, and not the actual show.

    • @kurtdietrich5421
      @kurtdietrich5421 Před 4 lety +1

      Dan Akroyd and John Belushi did the Blues Brothers.

    • @katie29baj
      @katie29baj Před rokem

      @@kurtdietrich5421 they were the Blue's Brothers. In fact, the "King Bee" performance was a precursor to them in their suits the film made famous.

  • @sandydayoc9421
    @sandydayoc9421 Před rokem +4

    Every single one of the cast were perfect they all played their parts very well but my favorite one one time was Todd and Lisa with Gilda Radner and Bill Murray to corny teenagers that loved each other

  • @jedimasterbatty
    @jedimasterbatty Před 3 lety +9

    Hard to pick a favorite but i miss the puppy upper & doggy downer commercial.
    The original cast was amazing!!

  • @PhilBagels
    @PhilBagels Před 4 lety +7

    The Slumber Party
    National Face Bank
    "Well, Excuuuuuuse me!"

  • @hx823
    @hx823 Před 4 lety +15

    Where the h**l is "the Last Voyage Of The Starship Enterprise"?????? That was bloody briliant and much better than some of the skits listed here.

  • @thunderbirdmcfly8657
    @thunderbirdmcfly8657 Před 3 lety +2

    They were so funny,thank God for the chance to see all this anytime you want on those apps

  • @Rockhound6165
    @Rockhound6165 Před 4 lety +10

    Sadly the current form of SNL literally craps on the brilliance that was the original cast. Also, I think Attack of the Killer Christmas Trees deserves a mention in this video.

  • @richardgalli7262
    @richardgalli7262 Před 4 lety +9

    The 70's was a great decade.

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety

      🕺🏻

    • @dalehall2067
      @dalehall2067 Před 3 lety

      I was young, no money, trying to start a practice. This gave me great entertainment

  • @scottkester7178
    @scottkester7178 Před 4 lety +7

    Who remembers that the Muppets had a weekly sketch during the first season of SNL?

  • @georgep7815
    @georgep7815 Před 4 lety +8

    I loved these skits, however, I think there were numerous others worthy of the top 10. IE; Belushi and Ackroyd circumsizing a baby on a test drive of a new car.

  • @pegschwalbach2500
    @pegschwalbach2500 Před 4 lety +6

    I loved every skit they ever did!

  • @Sidetrackification
    @Sidetrackification Před 4 lety +17

    true story, im running a 3mile midnight race, this year, I'm trying, planning on running a sub 18 race. A woman in a Killer Bee outfit, passed me with about a half mile to go. She was running Backwards!

  • @u.s.paratroops4633
    @u.s.paratroops4633 Před 3 lety +7

    Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber & Judge !!!

  • @bvwatcher2
    @bvwatcher2 Před 4 lety +8

    "Never mind:.

  • @michaelbuhl4250
    @michaelbuhl4250 Před 4 lety +8

    Buck Henry's favorite sketch, and probably mine as well, was the Lord and Lady Douchebag sketch. Also, Henry was injured in the Samurai Stockbroker sketch when John Belushi accidentally cut him on the forehead. In subsequent sketches during that show cast members wore bandages on their heads in solidarity with Henry.

  • @suzanna6
    @suzanna6 Před 4 lety +7

    Roseanne Roseannadanna on the great American Smoke Out!
    Classic and hilarious

    • @suzanna6
      @suzanna6 Před 4 lety

      @chris younts she was brilliant! My favorite from the original cast ❤

  • @ladamyre1
    @ladamyre1 Před 4 lety +7

    Skit that didn't make the cut? Well, there's "Home Movies and the Mr Bill Show", one I think may have given Paul Reubens an idea.
    Then there's the Coneheads, and I'm very surprised it isn't near the top since it was made into a movie. Matter-of-fact it should have been #1. "We come from France." "Oh well, that explains everything."
    And lets not forget our favorite representative of the Vatican, Father Guido Sarducci.
    Arrivederci America!

  • @mikehughes4969
    @mikehughes4969 Před 3 lety +1

    I saw that first episode. I was seven years old and was woken by my parents howling with laughter. So I went to take a look and ended up watching the whole thing with them. From there on, if I was good all week, did my homework, kept my room clean, etcetera etcetera, I got to stay up and watch SNL. My personal favorite moment was the first performance of the Blues Brothers. Made me a life long fan of the blues. Those were good times.

  • @rowdyrx6109
    @rowdyrx6109 Před 4 lety +8

    Great memories,awesome laughs......never to be repeated except for Eddie Murphy

  • @genemars5158
    @genemars5158 Před 3 lety +3

    Honorable mention: John Belushi's "Joe Cocker."

  • @barackmycat9448
    @barackmycat9448 Před 4 lety +31

    This was real good stuff. No more. Everything sucks!!!!!!

  • @dianafrancisco9689
    @dianafrancisco9689 Před 5 měsíci +1

    My ex and I who had been married September 1975 had a party to watch the first episode of SNL ! WHAT A GOOD TIME !

  • @joannelwatson5066
    @joannelwatson5066 Před 4 lety +2

    Brings back memories... especially two boys in my neighborhood dressing up as "two wild & crazy guys"... we were ten!

  • @zwiftrogue3938
    @zwiftrogue3938 Před 4 lety +9

    I'm sure you remember that when this show first appeared it wasn't called Saturday Night Live. It was just Saturday Night. Hence, "Live from New York its Satueday Night"

    • @les4767
      @les4767 Před 4 lety +3

      They couldn't call it "Saturday night live" at first because Howard Cosell had a variety show on rival network ABC called "Saturday night live with Howard Cosell" first...of course THAT show was canceled after 18 episodes at which point, NBC could use the name.

    • @erikolsen148
      @erikolsen148 Před 3 lety

      @@les4767 “The Not Ready for Primetime Players” was named as such as a tweak to Cosell’s show, which had “The Primetime Players”. (This nominal Saturday Night Live aired at 8 pm.)
      As it happened, all three The Primetime Players would eventually resurface two blocks crosstown and four blocks downtown, joining their second show called Saturday Night Live; Bill Murray, brother Brian Doyle Murray, and Christopher Guest.

    • @erikolsen148
      @erikolsen148 Před 3 lety

      (Dave Letterman would make exactly the same trip in reverse, leaving 30 Rockefeller Plaza to set up shop in the Ed Sullivan Theater.)

  • @aileenfarrol2158
    @aileenfarrol2158 Před 4 lety +33

    Roseanne Roseannadanna has 2 hilarious skits on Weekend Update: The guy who writes to her about stopping smoking; the other about Donald Trump with a sweat ball hanging off his nose. Can you find those?

    • @i.p.knightly149
      @i.p.knightly149 Před 4 lety

      The smoking one was the funniest skit ever. You belong in New Jersey.

    • @laserflexr6321
      @laserflexr6321 Před 4 lety

      My favorite Rosanne Roseannadanna skit is the one about racehorses. Oh! Nevermind.

    • @daveallman3981
      @daveallman3981 Před 4 lety +9

      I believe the sweat ball bit was about Dr. Joyce Brothers!??!

    • @aileenfarrol2158
      @aileenfarrol2158 Před 4 lety +2

      @@daveallman3981 You are so right!

    • @daveallman3981
      @daveallman3981 Před 4 lety +1

      @@aileenfarrol2158 Thanks, I might be middle aged now, but I remember watching that LIVE.

  • @heatherr0420
    @heatherr0420 Před 2 lety +3

    I haven't thought about Landshark in years, what a great character and I miss the old days of Saturday night Live. There has been a lot of greats over the years, but I think the casts of the first 10-15 years or so we're the best

  • @PeBoVision
    @PeBoVision Před 4 lety +5

    How can you do an original cast retrospective without Roseanne Rosannadanna???
    The death of Gilda Radner was a devastating blow to fans everywhere and the iconic characters she created deserve a segment (or three) in this video.

  • @lanaashford2192
    @lanaashford2192 Před 4 lety +5

    You missed my favorite infomercial! The floor cleaner that doubled as a dessert topping!

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety

      😂😂

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety

      I also like Quarry. The cereal made from stone. "Better tasting cause it's mined!"

  • @imtruth69
    @imtruth69 Před 4 lety +4

    God, the memories. Days of yore my friends, days of yore.

  • @bamknm90
    @bamknm90 Před 4 lety +2

    John Belushi in the cemetery."Because,I'm a dancer" skit.

    • @DYR
      @DYR  Před 4 lety

      😂😂

  • @michaelelliott1212
    @michaelelliott1212 Před 4 lety +3

    Candy Slice and The Judy Miller Show: Priceless

  • @timsisco4705
    @timsisco4705 Před 4 lety +30

    I can't believe you went through all those episodes from the seventies and never mentioned the Blues Brothers!

  • @thatfeeble-mindedboy
    @thatfeeble-mindedboy Před 4 lety +9

    I wish I could find a copy of a sketch that I think was Lorraine Newman and Gilda Radner; Gilda was in a session with her therapist and starts in with this “what if” - rant that becomes more and more neurotic with each second while she’s twisting and writhing around in her chair - sobbing “what if I get some dizeeeze that nobody has ever heard of before and they don’t know how to treat it?… What if I forget my mother’s maiden name?” etc etc I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe.. anybody remember that one ? Also, I think possibly the first thing I ever saw in my young life of Saturday night live was John Belushi doing his imitation of Joe Cocker singing “with a little help from my friends” and pouring beer all over himself, and having kind of a cerebral palsy seizure spasm thing ...

    • @tellemomma9780
      @tellemomma9780 Před 3 lety

      I remember that one and also one where she is with the therapist and asked to pick dolls representing mom and dad and she picks Barbie and Ken and then asked to pick herself and she picks a roll of tape! That one was hilarious as well!

    • @thatfeeble-mindedboy
      @thatfeeble-mindedboy Před 3 lety

      @@tellemomma9780

  • @rab52764
    @rab52764 Před 3 lety +10

    I think "Happy Fun Ball" deserves at least an honorable mention, and how can you possibly have an SNL top 10 list without "Blues Brothers"? Thus was back when SNL was actually funny.

    • @babu357
      @babu357 Před 3 lety

      This is from only the original cast. Happy Fun Ball was around the 90's. Great sketch though.

    • @peggywoods4327
      @peggywoods4327 Před 2 lety +1

      I was going to mention the Blues Brothers! What's even more awesome is they took that show on the road - I saw them at Red Rocks right after the movie came out

  • @escotthollingsworth6074
    @escotthollingsworth6074 Před 3 lety +1

    The great SNL ads that they showcased, like the famous, "Meatwagon Rescue Set." They made all ads seemed so real.
    The, "Bel Arabs," with Howard Hessman, was a scream. I loved how the re-did the theme song.

  • @Metamorphosislive
    @Metamorphosislive Před 4 lety +29

    great, it would be better if we had seen the complete sketch

  • @perry92964
    @perry92964 Před 4 lety +14

    original cast was the best and every time one left the show suffered just a little more each time till there were none. i used to like the fake commercials and of course mr.bill....OH NOOOOOOOOO!

  • @AstiJay
    @AstiJay Před rokem +2

    SNL was like nothing we had seen before. A predecessor, ‘The Carol Burnette Show’ might be the closest to it and it wasn’t close. This was a cast of brilliant fresh talent with writers pushing the envelope. And it was live so anything could happen. I was in my mid to late teens. Saturday nights were spent with my friends drinking a little drink, smoking a little smoke while experiencing SNL together. When the original cast was gone I quit watching. The magic was gone too.

  • @GothGuy885
    @GothGuy885 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Man! I remember all these skits and more from the early SNL.
    those were great times! 😀👍

  • @bluegirlgraphics
    @bluegirlgraphics Před 4 lety +3

    I always loved the Donuts / Wheaties sketch with Belushi, The "it's whipped cream! / No it's a floor wax!" Ackroyd skit and the Exorcist one despite having a terrible fear of that movie LOL

  • @Ghastly_Grinner
    @Ghastly_Grinner Před 4 lety +3

    Wouldn't the Mexican killer bee skit get them all cancelled today?

  • @Jim-db9bt
    @Jim-db9bt Před 3 lety +1

    An excellent and very accurate list of what I would call "The Best of SNL: the early years".

  • @howardgould3745
    @howardgould3745 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for an awesome video, brought back many great memories.

  • @josephgodfrey8468
    @josephgodfrey8468 Před 4 lety +3

    I was always fond of the "hard of hearing" correspondent Emily Litella, but I would definitely put Roseanne Roseanna-danna in the top 10!

  • @martycannery8352
    @martycannery8352 Před 4 lety +9

    what about rosanna gilda was awesome

  • @curtisbrown8851
    @curtisbrown8851 Před 3 lety

    That was awesome! Thank you.

  • @altpraize6708
    @altpraize6708 Před 4 lety +2

    Brought back so many childhood memories!

  • @iasimov5960
    @iasimov5960 Před 4 lety +4

    Any ten best list of SNL must include Andy Kaufman. Maybe top five. Maybe even top two.

  • @mr.d8214
    @mr.d8214 Před rokem +3

    Instead of describing the skits, LET US ACTUALLY ENJOY THEM.

  • @mgman2640
    @mgman2640 Před 11 měsíci +1

    It took me back and that's the way it was,love the memories. I was just looking up the video for the cheeseburger skit, glad I did.

  • @carseye1219
    @carseye1219 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I was in college at the time. This stuff was so good that bars would empty at 11:30 pm on Saturday nights as everyone went to find a TV. I specifically remember that, when Bill Murray first came onto the show, he was panned as "lame" by most viewers. But, eventually, everyone started to catch on to his unique comic style.

    • @gcrichman53
      @gcrichman53 Před 5 měsíci

      Weren't there any TV's in bars back then? I was 10 years old when it first went on.

    • @carseye1219
      @carseye1219 Před 5 měsíci

      @@gcrichman53 College bars then were not geared for listening to a TV. Music was loud, etc.