Riddles of the Universe - Saturday Night Live

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    A newly deceased man has an opportunity to get all his questions answered in heaven. Aired 04/18/87
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Komentáře • 61

  • @saytr4
    @saytr4 Před 2 lety +17

    34 years later I remember every answer. Best sketch premise ever.

  • @ticklemeelmo73
    @ticklemeelmo73 Před 3 lety +19

    Wow. I saw this when it originally aired in 1987. Feeling old. Still remembered the sit-up question.

  • @shanemcfaddenable
    @shanemcfaddenable Před 3 lety +24

    0:37 That laugh stole the show

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor Před 3 lety +23

    Thank you! I’ve been looking for this skit for years!

  • @ErikaTBus
    @ErikaTBus Před rokem +7

    'What's the grossest thing I ever ate?' 'You don't want to know.' I think about this often, haha - one of my favorite SNL skits!

  • @rishoutfield2043
    @rishoutfield2043 Před 2 lety +11

    The truth that "Professional wrestling is real" has echoed in my head for thirty-five years.

  • @dkrom
    @dkrom Před 3 lety +12

    A good slice of life sketch.

  • @Durant1978
    @Durant1978 Před 3 lety +13

    The backdrop for the set is Maxfield Parrish's Daybreak

    • @carolyntalbot947
      @carolyntalbot947 Před 3 lety +2

      Are you also a Saint?

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz Před 3 lety +1

      Much respect to you, sir! A well known but under-appreciated painter and illustrator.

    • @Violets14
      @Violets14 Před 3 lety +1

      Love his work. Thanks for reminding me!

  • @TrumbullComic
    @TrumbullComic Před 2 lety +3

    Always liked this sketch. I hope there's someone like this in the afterlife to answer all my questions.

  • @davidbowman5105
    @davidbowman5105 Před 2 lety +6

    I still want to know what the worst thing he ever ate was.

    • @gingermckee1811
      @gingermckee1811 Před 2 lety +2

      I looked up this skit expressly for this question! 😂 😂 Couldn’t remember the answer-which was awesome btw, the whole butterscotch/earwig/distracted by the football game thing-but the whole premise of there being a potential list of things I have unknowingly eaten in my life has bugged me ever since I first saw it all those years ago! And I’m really, REALLY glad I don’t know my own answer!!!!!🤣🤣

  • @carolyntalbot947
    @carolyntalbot947 Před 3 lety +5

    I love this skit.

  • @freespeechisdead1565
    @freespeechisdead1565 Před 3 lety +6

    Anyone remember when the 'click for more' hyperlinks at the end of the video actually worked?

  • @abchernin
    @abchernin Před 6 lety +14

    Damn goldfish! I always knew something was up with them…

  • @alexblackburn2021
    @alexblackburn2021 Před rokem +3

    Lord lord I remember the night this episode came on I was 17 and I felt very adult keeping my eyes open for this one top five of all time easily👍😁❤️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @stephenison5703
    @stephenison5703 Před 2 lety +5

    And to think he would have been president after he found the treasure chest 🤦💯

  • @rachelpaul4542
    @rachelpaul4542 Před rokem +2

    Very spiritual and SNL classic

  • @MrDino1953
    @MrDino1953 Před 4 lety +9

    What questions would YOU have asked? I would ask where all those missing socks went.

    • @kristianfagerstrom7011
      @kristianfagerstrom7011 Před 4 lety

      Quantum physics, is there a purpose or did you just get lazy?

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor Před 2 lety +1

      Do we really pick our lives before we get to Earth?

  • @AW-vi3df
    @AW-vi3df Před 5 měsíci +1

    5:05 they change the formula for Coke because of the war on drugs. The first time it was changed, was specifically because of the war on drugs, because cocaine was one of the drugs that drugs scheduling targeted So cocaine was swapped out for more caffeine-another extremely addictive stimulant drug..
    Willow has changed again when researchers found that that people preferred the sweeter taste of Pepsi . So call Paola reformulated its recipe to be sweeter. Loading it with more sugar in 1985

  • @dennistate5953
    @dennistate5953 Před rokem +1

    Lutheran here. Yep.❤

  • @Nomadcreations
    @Nomadcreations Před 2 lety

    & 4 "Who's better? Thats a TOTAL Personal Opinion Answer!!!

  • @luishumbertovega3900
    @luishumbertovega3900 Před 8 měsíci

    I saw this a loooooong time ago and what I remembered clearly was what they say about Bruce Willis !!! 😂😂😂

  • @labanyadatta251
    @labanyadatta251 Před 6 lety +15

    The funny thing is Dana was raised Lutheran and still probably is.

  • @user-lw8zf3wq4y
    @user-lw8zf3wq4y Před 3 lety

    The angel's eyes are so bright with sparkling 🖤🖤🖤

  • @LynnHarrod
    @LynnHarrod Před 2 lety +1

    4:07 That Bruce Willis joke lands a little different today.

    • @dfangirl72
      @dfangirl72 Před 2 lety +2

      probably making the " joke " about Bruce willis because they were in a movie called Blind date .John played a crazed ex of Bruce's date Kim Basinger.

  • @DavidMay-cc1xo
    @DavidMay-cc1xo Před měsícem

    I could watch several more hours of John asking questions.
    How many spiders actually crawled into my mouth when I was asleep?
    How many people peeked through my window to see me naked?
    How much urine did I produce?
    Was there anyone I ever knew who got eaten by an animal?
    What's the weirdest way someone has died?
    Why did Juliet dump me? She said it wasn't me, it was her, but it was me, wasn't it?

  • @felicity4711
    @felicity4711 Před rokem

    3:24 Cats. Smooth peanut butter. Neither; they both burn up from the friction

  • @cprice7154
    @cprice7154 Před 10 měsíci

    I loved this at the time, and love it now. Favorite religion Lutheran

  • @cl759
    @cl759 Před rokem

    Seeing how my personal goal for today turns out to be jumping all the way to the ceiling, can you make that outro music a bit louder?

  • @malkavmind
    @malkavmind Před 3 lety +1

    fun fact: andy kaufman is the olny real alive today

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor Před 3 lety +11

    My favorite part:
    “Why did they change the formula for Coke?“
    “No one knows.“
    That must be under things known only to God.

    • @bobbyfeet2240
      @bobbyfeet2240 Před 2 lety +1

      Even God doesn't get that one.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor Před 2 lety

      @@bobbyfeet2240 God gets everything.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor Před 8 měsíci

      On second thought, I see your point.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor Před měsícem

      4:53

  • @khalidogilbee1540
    @khalidogilbee1540 Před rokem

    😂😂

  • @waylonnicholson371
    @waylonnicholson371 Před 9 měsíci

    Don’t know if I should laugh at the Bruce Willis line or feel sad about it.

    • @copywritergena1225
      @copywritergena1225 Před 6 měsíci +1

      The reason he said that was because he and Bruce were starring in Blind Date together at the time. Kind of an in joke.

  • @michalrzmichalrz6656
    @michalrzmichalrz6656 Před 3 lety +2

    Feels unfinished though.

  • @MiscerVids
    @MiscerVids Před 10 měsíci

    What's this actors name, not Dana Carvey

  • @ricktherrien8235
    @ricktherrien8235 Před rokem

    This would have been better suited with the Title "Questions For The Universe?" Not "Ridles Of The Universe"

  • @Nomadcreations
    @Nomadcreations Před 2 lety

    I was waiting ............. PATIENTLY; ...................... For some sort Of "Punch Line", ................ Like they then walked off into Evil Darkness.

  • @ATMyles
    @ATMyles Před 3 měsíci

    I think the audience was also dead.

  • @erikgriffith8857
    @erikgriffith8857 Před 3 lety

    This can't be right. The Stones are clearly better.

    • @thebestforthemost
      @thebestforthemost Před 3 lety +3

      No man, the Knowing All Angel clearly said the Beattles :)