Trurl: Could you elaborate on which sketch you mean by "Shadow over Innsmouth"? I assume the "Toad Island" one but want to be sure in case I somehow missed an attempt at a Lovecraftian sketch on SNL.
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Trurl: Could you elaborate on which sketch you mean by "Shadow over Innsmouth"? I assume the "Toad Island" one but want to be sure in case I somehow missed an attempt at a Lovecraftian sketch on SNL.
The free-jazz-influenced bass clarinet solo that concludes "Ashtray Heart" carries the song to even weirder heights. That moment in particular makes me wonder what the average audience member - either in the studio or at home - must have thought. Nowadays they would probably be incapable of even accommodating the idea…
The free-jazz-influenced bass clarinet solo that concludes "Ashtray Heart" carries the song to even weirder heights. That moment in particular makes me wonder what the average audience member - either in the studio or at home - must have thought. Nowadays they would probably be incapable of even accommodating the idea…
Why, his name isn't even Adcock!
Why, his name isn't even Adcock!
It is the type of sketch I can not really bring myself to muster much negativity over, simply because they would never attempt anything like this today (or at any point after the 1980s). It wasn't really intended to be laugh-out-loud funny, and the absence of obvious punchlines would prevent the idea from even being…
It is the type of sketch I can not really bring myself to muster much negativity over, simply because they would never attempt anything like this today (or at any point after the 1980s). It wasn't really intended to be laugh-out-loud funny, and the absence of obvious punchlines would prevent the idea from even being…
The George Wendt/Philip Glass/Francis Ford Coppola episode is (in my opinion) genuinely good, a rare concept episode - probably the last possible season they were willing to try something like that.
The George Wendt/Philip Glass/Francis Ford Coppola episode is (in my opinion) genuinely good, a rare concept episode - probably the last possible season they were willing to try something like that.
Also not a comedic sketch, but closer to Marilyn Miller style: Gilbert Gottfried as the elderly Jewish man dying in a hospital, shown from his POV. It's actually my favorite sketch of the season.
Also not a comedic sketch, but closer to Marilyn Miller style: Gilbert Gottfried as the elderly Jewish man dying in a hospital, shown from his POV. It's actually my favorite sketch of the season.
29 and a huge fan of both SCTV and early SNL.
29 and a huge fan of both SCTV and early SNL.
It was a short bit (I doubt it lasted longer than 60 seconds), but easily a high point of that episode (along with the Beefheart performance). The audience, obviously full of Clockwork Orange fans, bursts into rapturous applause upon seeing McDowell dressed as Alex. He is also briefly thrown off during the monologue…
It was a short bit (I doubt it lasted longer than 60 seconds), but easily a high point of that episode (along with the Beefheart performance). The audience, obviously full of Clockwork Orange fans, bursts into rapturous applause upon seeing McDowell dressed as Alex. He is also briefly thrown off during the monologue…
It is interesting to me that she acted opposite both Garrett Morris and Eddie Murphy during her run on the show (given Murphy's disdain for Morris). That sketch she did with Garrett in Season Five where they shove rotten clams into Lucille Ball's mouth is one of the most bizarre concepts I have ever seen enacted on a…
It is interesting to me that she acted opposite both Garrett Morris and Eddie Murphy during her run on the show (given Murphy's disdain for Morris). That sketch she did with Garrett in Season Five where they shove rotten clams into Lucille Ball's mouth is one of the most bizarre concepts I have ever seen enacted on a…
He also said you should not be allowed to impersonate Sinatra "unless you're Italian" (another problem he had with Hartman's impression).
He also said you should not be allowed to impersonate Sinatra "unless you're Italian" (another problem he had with Hartman's impression).