Bill Swerski’s Superfans: Bears vs. Giants - SNL

[@stephenmason1028]

Almost 30 years later and the punchline "Da Bears" still works and is used.

[@ciceroyak29]

Stephen Mason Da Bearsssss

[@stephenmason1028]

@@ciceroyak29 DAAAAAAA Bears

[@twaxagone5989]

Who blew it yesterday? DAAAA BEAARS

[@orey5322]

Da bears 100 points in 20 years

[@orey5322]

True tho

[@davidharrison3717]

Gotta love that 72-2 score. The bears crush so hard but still get stopped for a safety somehow 😂

[@RAID3R63]

74

[@quietcorner293]

Must be without Ditka because with Ditka it's closer to 150-2.

[@zipter3454]

*74

[@will2037]

74 you airhead

[@GraeVTrain]

True!!!!

[@ttrestle]

My family is from south side Chicago and this skit is insanely accurate. They are Bears and Sox fans. We used to eat Vito and Nicks and watch Bears all the time.

[@milanalexich6149]

Vito and Nick's sells frozen pizza 🍕 at Walmart 😊

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Me, from Boston seeing the term "Sox fan" in this context: AYYO?!

[@BarekHalfhand]

@@milanalexich6149 They have them at Jewel in the southwest burbs... Insanely good frozen pizza 👍

[@annaisaacs-spencer1451]

go bears

[@markvandyke2106]

Most underrated line: "Dey would LOVE it over dere!" That's exactly how Chicagoans think about New York teams.

[@DefyantFoxV2]

You're not wrong

[@stevenridley1906]

I swear

[@D-NICE33]

Over dare!

[@andrewgehrett4009]

I’m from Chicago and I’m confused why you put a V in the word oer

[@1legomaster]

Just a Philadelphia fan passing by, even we can get behind "Da Bears" for this sketch!

[@marktaylor23]

Mike Meyers and his Canadian Chicago accent

[@TEGRULZ]

Joe is the only one from Chicago of the lot I think.

[@sarahbreed6798]

It’s so similar, it works 😝

[@jmw708]

@@TEGRULZ Chris Farley was from Madison, WI which is about 2 hours from Chicago. But, he also lived here (Chicago)

[@charliesmodels647]

JMW 708 and sadly passing away there

[@toma.4808]

Meyers is Canadian. The accent probably wasnt too hard to do

[@BarekHalfhand]

Being a lifelong Chicago resident; I can tell you they nail it😆

[@bhmch39]

I try to tell ppl that we sound like this. They think it's exaggerated for the show.

[@FL-ur3wg]

I work with people from Chicago. You absolutely sound like this and I love the Chicago accent.

[@jackstraw522]

Mantegna is Chicago born and raised, and a lot of SNL guys were second city guys first, so this group knows Chicago

[@BarekHalfhand]

@@FL-ur3wg I do a reasonably good job suppressing my Chicago accent although when I'm tired or aggravated it does slip out.

[@ryans6280]

Wearing sunglasses inside the bar 😂

[@dnasty312]

FACT: Bears still hold the record for the biggest blowout in NFL history *73-zip* in the 1940 NFL Championship 🏆 Polish *sassage* 🇵🇱

[@BrooklynGuido42]

Aganist my Washington football team

[@thediesel4910]

They blew out the Commanders.

[@dnasty312]

@@thediesel4910 Could have been EVEN WORSE. They had to stop kicking extra points because they were running out of footballs

[@ryans6280]

You got me at Polish sassage 😂😂😂 Literally I was in Colorado brother's friend called "ya daaadd called he mentioned the sassage in ya boots"

[@ThunderPants13]

@@dnasty312 True story!

[@teresaaitha6256]

I saw these sketches as a kid, and I was unsure whether they were real or fictional, probably because my dad had WSCR on at every moment of the day.

[@effend446]

Wasn't this the only skit that Bill Swerski (Joe Mantegna) actually appeared in? He would have several heart attacks afterwards that his brudder Bob (George Wendt) had to sit in for Bill 🤣

[@13thvarebel16]

'Ow are ya, Bab?

[@romanramirez7847]

He appeared in one more Superfans skit filling in for Farley who was in rehab at the time.

[@MentalLiberation]

I believe it was the episode where Ditka was fired from Da Bears as head coach.

[@FilmPassionprod]

@@MentalLiberationyeah the one where they write a letter to McCaskey and he spills the cheese sauce on top of it

[@devindehar8911]

he was solving crimes bro

[@orion3706]

My wife is a huge Criminal Minds fan. She had no idea that's Rossi. He's also Fat Tony on The Simpsons.

[@SniffyPoo]

the very first of these skits. I remember watching this live.

[@brookeking8559]

SniffyPoo lucky us! I also saw the Indy 1991 500 skit live, with George Wendt as Bob Swerski. It holds up.

[@packersfaninvegas]

The score predictions always have me cracking up 🤣

[@freddiehall6433]

Chris is the only one that didnt have to fake an accent

[@Abr022575]

Mantegna, too. Chicago boy

[@thedaftpunk23]

Dale Chawkins facts he’s from Cicero

[@dnasty312]

Fellow Midwesterner

[@effend446]

Right? Mike Myers covering his Canadian/Toronto dialect.

[@tylerbruno07]

35Stanly Steamer Cicero has even stronger accent just ask my grandpa lol

[@spencerssportscards3540]

I’m from Chicago, and people talk like dat all da time

[@mrrobot8973]

We really don’t. Not the accent anyhow

[@bhmch39]

@@mrrobot8973 not sure where you are from but the parts from old Berwyn, Cicero, and Park Ridge tons of guts sound allot like this (minus the crazy score predictions) My little League coach was constantly yelling "Trow da ball!"

[@mrrobot8973]

@@bhmch39 I should have said some certainly do. When Bob calls in to the Score you know you’re just gonna hear “polish sausage” in your head the whole time he’s talking, but the vast majority don’t have it that deep. Have lived all over chi for over a decade.

[@misszombiequeen]

@@bhmch39 Irving Park and Little Villiage and Bucktown still got it, always have, my whole family has it super thick

[@geneticfreak2411]

Bill Swerski never recovered from his most recent heart attack.

[@sharonmcduffiealabama3928]

He died?

[@mae2759]

@@sharonmcduffiealabama3928 No, George Wendt just replaced his character as "Bob Swerski" his brother since Joe Mantegna didn't come back to host. They just kept saying "I'm Bob, filling in for my brother who's recovering from his most recent heart attack."

[@vincentgirardi401]

@@mae2759 it works as Wendt and Mantegna are both Chicagoites. Accent is perfect. Myers not so much lol

[@denny4518]

Hirt attyack*

[@dnasty312]

@@vincentgirardi401 You think George's nephew ever gets on the Superfans? 🍻 🏈 🐻

[@michaeldepinto3562]

the Giants crushed the Bears that day 😂😂 31 to 3

[@rafterscott]

Dats because Da Bears felt bad for dem. Da Bears are symphonetic or sometin'.

[@rivotrich7]

He’s a compassionate Ditka!

[@rivotrich7]

...Ditka vs the entire Assembly of Heavenly angels choir in a hurricane? O’Connor....Ditka!

[@christopherlewis1315]

That didn't sound right, so I asked my "Mary Pat" and she said the Bears won 96-14

[@michaeldepinto3562]

@@christopherlewis1315 😅😅😅😅👍🏻 Interception

[@galacticunicorn6319]

I was just watching Seth’s Late Night show and he kept making jokes about “da bears” and I didn’t get it so I had to look it up. This skit is glorious and I’m now going down the classic SNL clip rabbit hole.

[@peterwhorf7309]

Odenkirk - “Polish saaaaaahsage” and “I taht it wuz a Mini Ditkeh..” Solid gold.

[@Phyrre56]

That's Robert Smigel, not Bob Odenkirk. Odenkirk & Smigel did write the sketch together.

[@strobelightgaming1559]

Joe Mantegna cracked me up as a kid in the film “Baby’s day out”

[@PewPewBeets]

I could not stop laughing when he called New York a "Crime infested rat hole." Pretty obvious why. I find it especially funny since I'm from Chicago.

[@ryans6280]

St. Louis has entered the chat. Literally had a cop give me a thumbs up while blasting through a red light cause he knew safety was key

[@ryans6280]

😂

[@viscountrainbows2857]

¿Por que no los dos?

[@les4767]

Ok...predictions time....DA Bears' Team Bus in the Indianapolis 500....predictions?... Is Ditka Driving?....Yes. Da Bears by 20 laps!

[@NotSteveCook]

Riiiiiiiiiiiick Mears

[@jeffdeboer1679]

Giants won that game 31-3. And eventually the Super Bowl.

[@cheeseburger12]

And both teams were without their starting QB. No Phil Simms, No Jim Haurbaugh.

[@ruebenllongoria836]

That is fake news, my friend

[@superbird4351]

Rueben Llongoria Underrated comment lol

[@effend446]

Actually, it wasss Da Bearsss hoisting Da Ditka trophy

[@pronkb000]

As explained later, Ditka was preoccupied with the Persian Gulf War, most likely helping out Gen. Schwarzkopf.

[@chigon89]

Love when Nealon hits Farley on the cheek lol

[@simonbyrd6518]

That actual game was Bearsss 3..Giants 31.

[@johnyurick8785]

Simon Byrd hahaha

[@oxide9679]

Mmmmm. Sounds like fake news dare buddy. Might wanna.......might wanna recheck yer sources on day one. 😂😂

[@kevinlovell2404]

Oughtta town ref's fer sure.

[@evanrox1]

They never heard the end of it

[@whimsicalwyvern2851]

My school mascot is a bear and I never realized my parents were references this video when they said "DA bears" I thought they were just being funny 😂

[@eshuorishas9987]

Whimsical Wyvern Not even the funniest sketch of da bears. Look at the other ones. The best is the heart attack one

[@whimsicalwyvern2851]

@@eshuorishas9987 Okay, I'll check those out, thanks!

[@bastlake]

These skits are the closest I'll ever come to liking football

[@StuUngar]

Ur missing out. But it’s really only fun when you have ur own team to root for.

[@RickBarnes-k5l]

@@StuUngarFootball sucks these days

[@jennifercummings9732]

God, that is Papa Bear George Halas brought the Decatur Staleys to Chicago to become Da Bears.

[@KOOLBadger]

I grew up in Oak Park, west side. I knew the Monsters of the Midway, 85 - 87. It was so fun! I love those big boys. God bless you McMicheal.." Mongo"😢

[@bubbylee5648]

“79 to Zip” Lmao

[@shawns9813]

Man I miss my junior high days staying up and watching SNL. I tried watching it now....just not the same.

[@paulsherman51]

SNL is beyond gross these days. It's time has passed years ago. I try very very hard to boycott any theatrical movie or play any recent cast member even stars in. Fey? Keenan? Pohler? All unfunny mean-spirited trash.

[@dionr1168]

I seem to think these guys have jinxed the Bears in the long run.

[@skippylance1591]

Dat's Joe Mantegna. Nobuddy in de comments below noticed he was dere, having some brewsky. Da Bears gainst Tiger Woods in da US Open during his prime. Whodda won? Answer very simple. Da Bears, in de last round: score of 59 versus 67 for Tiger Woods. Pass the sausages. Da Bears can't be beaten by nobody. Joey Chestnut challenges da Bears in a sausage-eating contest. Dey got 8 minutes to down as many sow-sages as they can. Who'd win dis trophy?...No contest. Da Bears. Dey'd down 79 full-sized sow-sages wid a few mugs a Pabst to wash em down to Joey's 61...Now here's anudder one...

[@kevinlovell2404]

Nah, dey don't drink Pabst. Dey drink Old Style. Fully Kreusened. Check out how much Old Style used to get sold in Chicago, when dey filmed dees skits.

[@paulsherman51]

Calling Smigel! Hire these two fellows stat!

[@dsugimoto313]

Over 30 years old and this is still funny.

[@paulsherman51]

Smigel is a genius. Sure glad he ran far away fast from that rat hole what is now SNL.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

The Empire State Building or the Sears tower made me think of the time Ricky Henderson got an apartment in NYC after signing with the Yankees and told a teammate that he could see "the ENTIRE state building" from his place

[@optimus2g]

Hey...Ricky see what Ricky wanna see, ok?

[@srpskihayk]

I remember watching this sketch when it debuted.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

And we care why?

[@paulsherman51]

I remember stopping to watch SNL when it went off the air.

[@Votedjt2024]

Rest to the peace Chris Farley / da bears is my 3 favorite NFL football team

[@paulsherman51]

Adam Sandler makes probably the most moving tribute and eulogy to Chris Farley that I've ever heard anyone make of anyone ever. Sure wish there was an immortalized link to that. RIP Chris

[@isabellarenzi2431]

'Da Bears!' ..... lol 💕

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

Carl Wollorski, aka Triumph "The Insult Comic Dog".

[@BrianRetro]

Growing up in Chicago and a Bears fan, I used to love these sketches. Now, looking at them with an adult perspective, I can clearly see that this was New York's way of mocking Chicago with the exaggerated accents (trust me, most Chicagoans do NOT talk like this) caricatures of working class Chicago, and their portrayal of Ditka as a god. As all Bears fans know, if it wasn't for founder George Halas, there never would have been a "Coach Ditka." Going through these sketches, it was all about "Ditka", or "Sweetness" or "Butkus." Not ONE mention of Halas. Now, it is true that this sketch originated at Second City in Chicago, and three of the actors who portrayed these characters were from Chicago (Chris Farley, Joe Mantegna, and George Wendt (not in this skit but would appear as host in the following skits as Bill's "brudder" Bob Swerski)). I do believe Robert Smigel is a New Yorker and Mike Meyers is from Canada. Anyway, SNL took this sketch and made it popular. The Superfans may not have given the Bears any success, but they were a prominent feature at the beginning of the Bulls dominance in the 1990s for this was right at the beginning of their first three-peat as champions.

[@deanrinzatti8446]

who cares :/ you people and your life stories no one gives a dabear shit

[@michaelottomanelli9605]

you should meet my family lotta of em talk like dis

[@Donillini]

Just so you know, it was written by a Chicagoan and Joe Mantegna in the skit is from Chicago

[@greenmachine5600]

be proud of the chicago accent. why do you want everyone to speak with a generic American accent?

[@optimus2g]

tl;dr

[@andrewhaywood531]

Who knew Fat Tony was a superfan?

[@sportsmedia25]

This is why I own a Cliff Engle Chicago Bears sweater. Da Bears!!!

[@TaxinGigs]

2:24 Sears....

[@elijahvincent985]

While Bill Swerski had "yet anudder heart attack" he also helped solve LOTS of murder mysteries under the name "Rossi" whenever he wasn't an animated yellow gangster named "Tony" in Springfield.

[@jeninjeans]

Anyone notice that it's "Bill Swerski's" super fans but the sign on the wall says "Bob Swerski's"?

[@psionic420]

They were brothers and Bob filled in for a while

[@paulsherman51]

before he gawt dat haat attak

[@guyjohnson259]

"Da Bears" laid an egg against the Pack last night. God Damned AWFUL!!!

[@scout805]

BOW DOWN to the mighty Pack!

[@zackfinn3914]

Guy Johnson naw, Mitch laid an egg😂

[@guyjohnson259]

@@zackfinn3914 I stand corrected. Blame starts with Nagy though. Perhaps keeping your starters out of the preseason wasn't such a good idea. Nor was going for it on 4th & 10. Nor was running the ball only 15 times, Lest we forget, a RIDICULOUS 1st and 40 situation.

[@rivotrich7]

No worries. Packers cheated. Even Ditka couldn’t intervene there 😜

[@johnnybowers8459]

Guy Johnson yeah, that game, really makes you want to shed the tears, “Da Tears”

[@AndyP1969]

Critical Error: At 3:19, ketchup is used on Knackwurst and Pork Chops. Blasphemy!

[@natejamesr1081]

Could've had a side of fries. It was hard to see though

[@cowboyjonathan3676]

This actually aged well

[@dhosea101]

rip Dick Butkus. DAAAAAAAAA BEAARRRRRRRSSSSSSS

[@arbolmaldonado877]

It's incredible that Chicago Bears fans live off a championship

[@kt9166]

Joe Mantegna was the host this week, and the rough Superfans sketch had been bouncing around the writers' room at SNL. Since Mantegna is a Chicago guy, it was the perfect week to try out the Superfans on SNL for real. And it killed. Da Bearss!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@quincee3376]

Yeah Chicago never has gun fire. I kid i kid. Brilliant sketch. RIP Mr. Farley.

[@serge014]

I heard today is the 32nd anniversary of that Bears-Giants game, so this means yesterday was the 32nd anniversary of this skit?

[@scoobycarr5558]

I overheard that Al Capone had a distinct Chicago accent that sounded like Italian and German.

[@lancearp7389]

One of the best all time running skits

[@paulsherman51]

Amen.

[@elrosith88]

Hate the Bears but love Da Bears lol.

[@Dollheirs]

Just doing my jaab!

[@raym7673]

Everything seemed pretty close to reality except when Chris Farley asked for "ketchup" at 3:20. Chicago still does not believe in the existence of "ketchup".

[@jackhasselhoff1021]

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[@mikewalsh7318]

The ketchup/catsup was definitely not a Chicago move. They butchered pronouncing bratwurst, too. Nit-picking, though. Loved these bits.

[@joebondo2422]

If you’ve watched “Better call Saul,” in the very last 2 episodes of that series, Saul looks exactly like one these Bear fans at the round table.

[@charlesyoung9980]

Giants by about 800... That's 114 touchdowns and a safety. lmfao

[@setexan7198]

The original Bill had a nudder hard attack 🤣

[@misszombiequeen]

How many is dat? Bakers dozen

[@bsherder]

Whenever i hear any mention of Chicago or Bears i think of "Da Bears".

[@chrisf8855]

Da Bears vs. all other teams in all other sports, no matter which sport they agreed to play??? Daaaaaaaaa Bears!

[@rivotrich7]

They were a little bit off on their predictions that year 🤣🤣🤣

[@gemselchen]

Did they talk about the 1990 NFL Playoffs? That would make it even funnier, as “Da Bears“ and Ditka lost 3-31 against the Giants.

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

Marcel Herrmann Yes. This was the game they were referring to. FYI, you always put the bigger number first, so the bears lost 31-3.

[@DLL8252]

@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew Most likely he's a new yorker , GO BEARS!! 🐻🐻🐻

[@BrianRetro]

It seems like every time SNL would air one of these skits before a Bears game, the Bears always ended up losing that game. We have this skit before the Division Round game against the Giants. Final score: Giants 31, Bears 3. Then they aired a skit on the next season's premiere (which was hosted by Michael Jordan) before Game 5 against the Buffalo Bills. Final score: Buffalo 35, Bears 20. Next was a skit about the Thanksgiving game in 1991 against the Detroit Lions with host Macaulay Culkin. Final score: Lions 16, Bears 6. I also recall a brief skit three of the Superfans did prior to that Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins (remember NBC carried the AFC Sunday afternoon package back then). The final score on that one: Dolphins 16, Bears 13. Today we complain about our kickers missing crucial field goals. Well, in this game, then kicker Kevin Butler missed a last second field goal which would have sent the game to overtime. There was one more Bears skit they did during the 1992 season. I forget what game it was prior to, but it involved Bob Swerski in the hospital recovering from a heart attack and having been hooked up to an IV containing barbeque sauce. It was told if the Bears won out the rest of the season, they would finish 8-8. Of course we all know that didn't happen and Ditka ended up getting fired at the end of the season.

[@drago6769]

85 BEARS...best team in the history of the NFL

[@saj8]

@@BrianRetro That sketch proved that Bears fans are the most insufferable fans in the NFL.

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

DA BEARS!

[@jeremy28135]

Smigle is a genius

[@paulsherman51]

Come back with my shoe!

[@j-dub.d-trey]

Chris Farley pouring the catsup

[@larryd9549]

Jan 13, 1991 NY Giants 31 Bears 3

[@andrewpacholski6018]

The writing was so good back then. Farley: “Yeah go shoot someone wit a gun.” Mint. And the clueless NY audience doesn’t make a sound. And that waitress: “Jus’ doin’ my jahhb.” Priceless.

Daaa Bears. Brilliant comedy.

[@DaveSwerski]

DAAAA Bearsss! 🐻⬇

[@sarasturm7560]

I put ketchup on brats but thats kinda the reason I got kicked out of Chicago.

[@matthewbernard1832]

Ditka versus God in a golf match😂😂😂

[@billhilliard5454]

Turteen minutes to kick-off.

[@mailorderdolphlundgrenseam9069]

Da Bears Tree twenty Tree Giants 2

[@MisterGravelrama]

Danny would have been the host of Daily Wager if it was legal back then.

[@gjanssens7069]

Wait? There was actually an episode where Bill Schwerkski wasn't recovering from heart attack?

[@BrandonKohout]

January 26, 1986, when the Bears won the Super Bowl.

[@effend446]

Hoisting Da Ditka Trophy

[@jkomoroski]

The omission of the fact that Ditka was full grown is so good

[@SlXkxmx]

I didn’t know the guy who controlled Triumph originated this skit, and also appears in it.

[@markwhat3637]

So after Fat Tony retired from the Mafia. He chills in a sports bar. Sounds like fun

[@RageBaby587]

Makes me crave BEEEER!!

[@nicholasrestaino2593]

Just got back from BEARS training camp

[@deanrinzatti8446]

good thing you wasnt at their first game lmao packers 10 daaaa bears 3

[@Yoni123]

"Polish saaasich" :D

[@williamshaw9047]

Why are they mispronouncing "bratwurst"?

[@df56gh4d5h]

Giants won 31-3.

[@myrecovery4787]

Captured the midwest/chicago accent perfectly, ive for sure met dudes just like this before

[@paulsherman51]

Chicahgoh

[@Phil-tt3xg]

Don't forget Buddy Ryan.

[@chrisfinch8637]

This season Da Bears are home with New York, and I'm early, but Da Bears, 200 - 0 See everyone on 11/24!

[@deanrinzatti8446]

packers 10 daaa bears 3 lmao

[@omarll1551]

😂😂😂😂

[@chrisfinch8637]

@@deanrinzatti8446 Different game.

[@kxmode]

If this went on long enough, they would've eventually reached Mike Ditka vs a 747 jumbo jet.

[@johnphelan4215]

Giants won the actual game they are talking about 31-3. Some hot young d coordinator named Belichick sent the Giants out in a 4-3 defense they had not played all year and Da Bearss couldn’t cope.

[@JamesCalbraith]

oh so that's what Seth's always talking about

[@slipknot0227]

I love this! Da Bears.

[@falcao1904]

Chris Farley

[@gawainethefirst]

Duarte Falcão, RIP, Todd O’Conner. Da cheese-fries finally got him.

[@Ghosthead83]

This being considered vintage makes me feel old AF.

[@bronxbombersnetwork7074]

Ditka against the entire giants team who would win?? DITKA 17 TO 14

[@BAKER22-l4u]

You're an IDIOT!

[@rafterscott]

@@BAKER22-l4u With the Giants these past few seasons I think that prediction holds true ATM. And I've been a G-Men fan since Brunner was QB.

[@rivotrich7]

....after the heart attack....he just barely gets by.

[@deanrinzatti8446]

@@BAKER22-l4u yah gotta love the ones who make comments by texting what was said on the video , a complete douchedick and also ones who comment the songs by text on music videos they some annoying poodlepricks like brian mccuntick here

[@renroxhrd]

In my country it's DA BILLS! The buffalo bills

[@michaelspears7872]

In the game they are discussing, the Bears lost 31-3

[@paulsherman51]

and from that game Ditka changed the weather with his mood

[@mikehunt9884]

poor joe montegna, they went to review godfather 3 but they ended up spending more time reviewing his face! I'll never forget that.

[@Harrja]

DAAAAAA BEARS

[@bhmch39]

From chi. We dont say "brats" We call them "braaats"

[@williamshaw9047]

Yeah, what's up with that? They should know better.

[@retrovhsvault9315]

Far left is Smigel right?