Please some of you who have seen a show pre-1997 and pre-1992 (before Ferrel, Farley, Sandler, Hartman, Myers, Carvey, etc) help me out and disagree. Cowbell was funny but could in no way stand up to ones like the refridgerator, Feztrunk bros, Carol King, or Olympia resturant (my personal favorite)...

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Good thought, but the best BY FAR is the Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze trying out for Chippendales sketch... Nothing funnier. How Mike Myers & Jan Hooks didn't lose it I'll never know.

My personal fav is Columbia Decaffinated Crystals, Farley goes berzerk in the restaurant after being told its not regular coffee.

"You lied to me!"

I've always thought the "Colonel Angus" skit was hilarious. Whenever I start talking about funniest skit ever on SNL, I can't ever pick one best.

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I fondly remember the Bass-O-Matic commercial by Dan Akyroyd.

Also the skit where Jane Curtin joins Kris Kristofferson in a restaurant for an arranged blind date.

Only then do they both realize that he is her gynecologist.

I thought that one was really funny.

I also liked when Joe Cocker was the musical guest and Belushi came out and imitated him while Cocker was performing.

Another skit where Gilda Radner played punk rocker Candy Slice, stoned in a recording studio was very good.

And Eddie Murphy as Buckwheat, doing a commercial, singing and selling his "Greatest Hits."

I thought Paul Simon was pretty funny when he dressed up in a turkey suit for a skit around Thanksgiving and sang, I think, "Homeward Bound."

Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin and the other original Not Ready for Prime Time Players doing the Weekend Update were always good too.

Gig 'em, FAST FRED '65.

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My favorite: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79awhatthehell.phtml.

Best all time? I would have to say The Sinatra Group or Prose and Cons (w/ Tyrone Greene).

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Good thought, but the best BY FAR is the Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze trying out for Chippendales sketch... Nothing funnier. How Mike Myers & Jan Hooks didn't lose it I'll never know.

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Cause they weren't hacks like Jimmy Fallon.

Wasn't a full skit, but one of the funniest bits for me was the Christmas episode where Tarzan, Tonto and Frankenstein would sing Christmas Carols throughout the show. When they did "Little Drummer Boy", and Frankenstein (Phil Hartman, of course) got the drum stuck on his fist, that was greatness.

Or William Shatner telling the fans at a Star Trek convention to get a life

Or the Joe Pesci show where someone impersonated Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey did Jimmy Stewart.

And of course, "James Brown Celebrity Hot Tub" w/ Eddie Murphy.

Ross Perot (DC) riding his pig (Farley).

Weekend Update with Charles Rocket.



Or Mr. Bill I guess.

Farley as Matt Foley with Christian Slater.

Farley as El Nino in the weather show. "Yo Soy El Nino."

I vote for the Cork Soaker skit.

"I was soaking his cork, he was soaking mine..."

man i really feel sorry for those of you whose favorites are from the past 8 or so years.... thats just sad.

land shark....I would also agree with the Eddie Murphy Buckwheat...Almost any of the Celebrity Jeopardy (especially the earlier ones with Norm doing Burt "turd furgeson" Reynolds"

Comparing skits on SNL is always very difficult. Everyone has a favorite character or comedian and usually gravitate to those skits. I think that the originator of this thread is probably right in that among a certain age group cowbell is the greatest skit. However opinions vary with age and taste.

I personally like the Harry Caray and Jeopardy skits with the Matt Foley skit in Espanol (jay mohr) a close second.

Turd Ferguson rules!

Head-Wound Harry!!!!

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[ a couple of guys walk around a nude beach ]

Bob: Is this great or what?

Doug: I feel a little self-conscious, Bob. I mean, I've never been to a nude beach before.

Bob: Aw, listen, Doug, you don't have to worry about that here. The people at this club, they're not hung up about that kind of thing. That's what's great about it, everyone's just here to relax.

Doug: Really?

Bob: Yeah, yeah. Believe me, in a few minutes, you'll forget all about it. C'mon, I'll introduce you to some of the guys.

Doug: Okay...thanks, Bob.

Bob: Hey guys!

Jack: Hey, Bob! Hey, your ***** looks great today.

Bob: Thanks, Jack. Yours too.

Ted: Hey, Bob.

Bob: Hey, Ted. How's your *****?

Ted: Not bad.

Bob: Good. Hey, I'd like you guys to meet Doug.

Jack: Hey, Doug.

Doug: Hey, guys.

Jack: Hey, pretty small ***** there, Doug.

Doug: Huh?

Ted: Yeah. You could pick a lock with that *****.

Jack: Hey, that's okay. There's plenty of guys around here with small *****es. Bill's got one. Hey, Bill - come on over here and show him your *****! Bill, this is Doug.

Bill: Hey, Doug.

Doug: Hey, Bill.

Bill: So I guess you have a pretty small *****.

Doug: Yeah, I guess so.

Bill: Well, that's okay. I hear it really doesn't matter to women.

Doug: Yeah, I read that.

Jack: Okay you two, enough small ***** talk.

Ted: Hey, guys, wanna see my pictures from Barbados?

All: Yeah, sure.

Ted: Okay. That's me with some friends on a catamaran.

Jack: ***** looks great.

Ted: Thanks. Here's me, playing tennis with my father.

Bob: Hey, you've really got your dad's *****.

Ted: Yeah. By the way, Jack, what have you done with your *****? It looks super!

Jack: Oh, I go to this place on Long Island. They do great work.

Ted: Wow. You got the address?

Jack: Sure.

Ted: Great. I'll write it on my ***** so I won't forget.

Bill: So, Doug, where are you from?

Doug: Montpelier, Vermont.

Jack: Oooh...cold up there. Must be tough on the *****.

Bob: Bill, you're from Denver, right?

Bill: Yeah...

Ted: Good ***** town.

Woman #1: Hey, everybody!

Jack: Hey girls!

Woman #2: Hey, who's the new guy with the *****?

Bob: Oh, that's Doug.

Woman #1: Hey Doug.

Doug: Hi.

Woman #2: Hey, pretty small *****.

Doug: Yeah.

Woman #1: That's okay.

Doug: Hey, thanks.

Woman #2: Hey, Dave just made a great sand ***** sculpture. You should come and see it before the tide comes in.

Woman #1: Yeah, it's got testicles and everything!

Ted: Great. We'll check it out.

Bill: See, Doug, you had nothing to worry about.

Doug: Yeah, I guess not.

Jack: Hey, who wants to sing the club anthem?

All: Yeah!

Bob: Okay, I'll start:

"I once had a ***** sing to me
His ***** ***** song
And when that ***** ***** sang
Here was the *****'s song
He'd sing me..."

All: "*****, *****, *****, *****
*****, ***** song.
*****, *****, *****, *****
***** all day long.
*****, *****, *****, *****..."

[ Jack steps forward ]

Jack: Hi, I'm Kevin Nealon. What you just saw was an attempt to make an important point - that wherever you go, no matter how you look on the outside, we're all pretty much the same. You know, when the Standards Department was dissolved here at NBC, we welcomed it as an opportunity to deal with issues like these in a frank way. And to be honest, we're a little disheartened by the snickering we heard during this presentation. It kind of makes us wonder if there's room for serious discussion of these subjects on television. So to those of you who missed the point - grow up. Really.

All: "*****, *****, *****, *****
***** all day long.."

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While not necessarily one of the best ever, I loved the Ladies Man skit with Helen Hunt as the guest. A caller asked the Ladies Man for advice because he felt inadequate.

Ladies Man (to caller): "Yeah...I really wasn't expecting you to say anything less than 10 or 12 inches"

Helen Hunt (to caller): "You got yourself a kid's wiener"

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Cowbell deserves to be in the top 50, but not even close to funniest of all time.

I think cowbell was funny, but not as funny as the cultish status it has achieved. It's impossible to pick a best sketch ever. It's way too subjective. I like all the Farley, Sandler, MacDonald, and Ferrell skits, while others like all the Fallon skits, while others like all the old timey stuff. The show has been around a loooong time.

Schlitz Gay: best commercial?

Hartman, Nealon, and Lovitz doing Tarzan, Tonto, and Frankenstein on a talk show.

The host asked different questions and of course the answers were always "Treaty good" or "Law bad"

Host : "What do you think of fire?"

Tonto : "Fire good."

Tarzan : "Hmmmm. Fire good."

Frankenstein : "Fire BAAAAAD!"

From there on out every question Hartman just yelled FIRE BAAAAAAD louder and louder. He eventually totally lost it - as did everyone else on stage. That's the ONLY time I've seen him drop character.

I miss Phil Hartman.

neil Diamond storytellers was funnier than cowbell, but both are great

Eddie Murphy as Gumby

Wayne's World with the Madonna's Justify My Love spoof.

The Ladies Man with Florence Henderson as "Skank #3"

OJ Simpson doing sideline commentary after the trial.

Van down by the river is my favorite. We had a senior hall of fame thing in our hs yearbook, and one of the questions was "what do you want to do with your life." Needless to say, I said I wanted to live in a van down by the river.

There were several Matt Foley skits

The Spanish version of the "Van down by the river" skits ranks up there for me for Chris Farley. Greatness.

The thing about the cowbell skit was that as a music nerd, the next day, me and a few other music nerd friends I know were still alughing about it. I never really thought so many people would also see it the same way. I mean, not every one gets Spinal Tap.

Another of my favorite skits no one's mentioned yet is the jingleheimer junction, where the 4 friends had their initials on their shirts, and they spelled U-C-K-F, and the F would move his way around... That episode was also the debut of Oops I Crapped My Pans, one of my favorite commercials behind Colon Blow (and Super Colon Blow) and Shmitts Gay

dont know about the best skit, but i remember when i saw the oops i crapped my pants commercial and i laughed for about 10 minutes. That has to be one of the best commercials of all time.

Farley, Sandler, and Spade as the "Gap Girls".

Also, of the ones not listed above, one that always makes me laugh is the one where Sandler recently broke up with his girlfriend and he has a public access TV show about it. Love it. His ex's name is Denise.

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The commercials that stick out to me are the Infiniti Q45 toilet ones with Mike Myers.

The skit with Jim Carrey where the voice kept saying "Ride The Snake". That was funny the first time I saw it.

"There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese."

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