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'More Cowbell' is a comedy sketch from a 2000 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live, featuring Will Ferrell as fictional cowbell player Gene Frenkle. In the sketch, Christopher Walken portrays a record producer who repeatedly demands 'more cowbell' during a Blue Öyster Cult recording session of '(Don...
Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker is a comedy sketch that aired on the American television program Saturday Night Live in 1993. The segment was created by and starred Chris Farley as the titular character, an abrasive and physically demonstrative man who claims to live in a van down by the river. The...
Lazy Sunday is a Saturday Night Live Digital Short that aired in 2005 and helped establish the show's online-short format. Created by the Lonely Island and performed by Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell, it presents the two as earnest rappers spending a low-key day in New York. Their rhymes center on m...
Stefon is a recurring fictional character on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, portrayed by comedian Bill Hader. Introduced in 2008, the character serves as a city correspondent for the Weekend Update segment, where he provides recommendations for tourists visiting New York City. His...
Chippendales Audition is a comedic sketch from the American television show Saturday Night Live, broadcast in 1990. The scene features actors Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze auditioning against each other for a single spot as a male exotic dancer at a Chippendales club. The sketch is widely recogniz...
"Dick in a Box" is a comedy music video and digital short that aired on Saturday Night Live in December 2006. Created by the comedy trio The Lonely Island—Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone—the short features Samberg and guest host Justin Timberlake as two R&B singers. They present a st...
"The Chris Farley Show" is a recurring sketch on the American late-night comedy program Saturday Night Live, performed by cast member Chris Farley during the early 1990s. In the sketch, Farley portrays a highly excitable and nervous television host who interviews real celebrity guests. The humor der...
"Black Jeopardy" is a recurring sketch on the American sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" that parodies the television game show "Jeopardy!" Debuting in 2014, the sketch is hosted by Kenan Thompson as Darnell Hayes and features categories centered on African American culture, vernacular, and...
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress and comedian best known for playing Elaine Benes on NBC's Seinfeld (1989–1998) and Selina Meyer on HBO's Veep (2012–2019), both landmark American television comedies. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1982 to 1985 and later starred in The Ne...
Land Shark is a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch that debuted in the first season in 1975. It parodies the film Jaws, substituting the aquatic predator with a costumed shark that visits Manhattan apartments, using various disguises and pretexts to convince residents to open their doors. The sket...
Close Encounter is a recurring sketch from the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live that premiered in 2015. The sketch centers on three individuals who have been abducted by aliens, played by the guest host, a cast member, and Kate McKinnon as Colleen Rafferty. While the other abductees describe p...
"Schweddy Balls" is a comedy sketch from the NBC television program Saturday Night Live, which originally aired in December 1998. The sketch is a parody of National Public Radio shows, featuring hosts Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon interviewing Pete Schweddy, a fictional baker played by host Alec Ba...
"Two Wild and Crazy Guys" is a recurring sketch from the American television show Saturday Night Live. The segment stars Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin as George and Yortuk Festrunk, brothers who have recently immigrated from Czechoslovakia. Dressed in tight slacks and mock turtlenecks, the siblings a...
"King Tut" is a novelty song written and performed by American comedian Steve Martin, first introduced during a 1978 broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." The song serves as a satirical tribute to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, specifically mocking the massive commercial craze surrounding t...
Peyton Manning for the United Way is a 2007 Saturday Night Live commercial parody starring NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. In the sketch, Manning plays a mentor in a United Way-style public service announcement who progressively becomes verbally and physically abusive to a group of children. The ske...
"Samurai Hotel" is a comedic sketch that aired in 1975 during the first season of the American television show Saturday Night Live. The sketch features John Belushi portraying "Akira," a samurai working as a bellhop in a modern hotel, who manages everyday situations using an exaggerated samurai pers...
The Delicious Dish is a recurring sketch on the American television show Saturday Night Live that parodies National Public Radio food programs. Played by Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon, the hosts interview guests in a calm, monotone style about various culinary topics. The sketch is best known for a...
"Debbie Downer: Disney World" is a Saturday Night Live sketch that aired on May 1, 2004, with host Lindsay Lohan, introducing Rachel Dratch's recurring character Debbie Downer. The character compulsively delivers grim, disturbing facts—about famine, disease, and disasters—during otherwise festive so...
Bass-O-Matic is a commercial parody that debuted on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1976. Portrayed by cast member Dan Aykroyd as an aggressive television pitchman, the sketch advertises a household blender capable of liquefying whole animals. To demonstrate the product's powe...
"Wells for Boys" is a commercial parody that aired on Saturday Night Live in 2016, advertising a fictitious Fisher-Price toy. The sketch advertises a miniature stone well designed for sensitive, introspective young boys who require a quiet, designated space to sit and contemplate their thoughts. Mod...
"Store norske leksikon" is the principal general-purpose encyclopedia of Norway, initially published in print in 1978 through the merger of two existing encyclopedias. Since 2009, it has been freely accessible online, maintained by a non-profit association supported by Norwegian universities and cul...
Career Day is a Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Adam Driver as Abraham H. Parnassus, a ruthless oil industry executive delivering an intimidating career day presentation at his stepson's school. The sketch gained significant attention online for Driver's intense performance and became one of hi...
Phil Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and graphic designer who gained fame as a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1994. Known for his versatile impressions and reliable performances, he earned the nickname "The Glue" for holding the cast togethe...
"Totino's" refers to a recurring series of parody television commercials on the American sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" between 2015 and 2017. The sketches star Vanessa Bayer as an overly enthusiastic, isolated housewife whose primary duty is serving Totino's Pizza Rolls to her husband a...
Point/Counterpoint was a recurring debate sketch on the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live during the 1970s. Performed by Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd, the segment parodied contemporary political commentary programs by escalating policy discussions into aggressive personal insults. Aykroyd...
Papyrus is a 2017 Saturday Night Live digital short featuring actor Ryan Gosling as a man tormented by the typography of the Avatar movie logo. The sketch centers on his inability to accept that director James Cameron utilized the widely available, default Papyrus font for a major science fiction bl...
Farewell, Mr. Bunting is a Saturday Night Live sketch from 2016 that parodies the ending of the 1989 film Dead Poets Society. In the sketch, students perform the familiar desk-standing tribute to a teacher before transitioning into escalating physical slapstick. It aired during the show's 41st seaso...
Bill Hader is an American comedian, actor, and writer who first gained national attention as a cast member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" from 2005 to 2013. He is widely recognized for his versatile celebrity impressions and the recurring character Stefon. Following his tenure on SNL, he co-created...
"The Lawrence Welk Show: Introducing the Maharelle Sisters" is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live that parodies the mid-century musical variety program hosted by Lawrence Welk. The segment centers on a fictional singing quartet of three normal sisters alongside a fourth, unusual sister named...
Diner Lobster is a 2018 Saturday Night Live musical sketch that recasts a customer's simple diner request for lobster as a lavish parody of the musical Les Misérables, using ensemble numbers, barricade staging, and adapted lyrics based on songs from the original show. The sketch was written by and f...
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