Dana Carvey SNL Audition Choppin' Broccoli

[@SometimesMyself]

I still randomly sing Chopin’ Broccoli. My kids have been tortured with it their whole lives.

[@robertj5208]

😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

[@apurugganan]

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it 😅

[@jasonkrantz3643]

My kids and yours have something in common.

[@stephenjohnson9632]

Your favorite Mortal Kombat character is obviously Raiden.

[@deecapps6637]

Haha. Me too 😂

[@circuitdesign]

Anyone noticed how incredibly relaxed he was in this audition? The facial expressions tell you everything you need to know. He had absolutely no fear!

[@crosseyedcricket2394]

It's a skit not an audition

[@circuitdesign]

@@crosseyedcricket2394 I was just going by the title of the video where it says "Audition".

[@Holt333]

I think it was an actual audition… you can tell at the end

[@Rockovissi]

There’s a guy who knows you need him more than he needs you.

[@judbaker5752]

@@crosseyedcricket2394a skit with no laughter? Where he stands up at the end and says “thank you very much?”

[@paulkane7771]

Dana... one of the best that's ever been on SNL!

[@ImaDogTrainer]

The look of satisfaction as he came up with the next line was perfect. Little did SNL know they were sitting on a goldmine.

[@SIP123abc]

Oh I think they knew.

[@hipponotic4823]

Have you seen his standup where he does this joke to perfection?

[@ImaDogTrainer]

@@hipponotic4823 I search it!

[@malanikaflugence7170]

Well....if my neighbors didn't know I was crazy, they know now because howling laughing and singing this. It's almost midnight. 🤣🤣

[@tksambrano]

The Choppin Broccoli bit is still damn funny after all these years

[@SkyMyers-s1j]

Thank you algorithm for bringing me this laugh today.

[@sarahfeeder]

About 35 years old, and still about the funniest things I've ever seen. Saw it when it 1st aired.

[@scott8xxx532]

And for 30 some-odd years this song is still in my head whenever I find myself....choppin broccoli.

[@Grazimoto1]

Dana Carvey was 31 to be exact

[@sabatoge17]

lol. I love it.

[@Johnny-xj5qu]

Phil Hartman and Sigourney Weaver brought the skit to new heights playing record execs with their look of ecstasy hearing the song.

[@redclover1027]

I saw him do this very skit at the Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach in 1987 - we were all crying with laughter!! 😂

[@CathyKeating]

Damn! F*ck! I COULD have seen that. Thanks for putrefying my soul. 🤦🏻‍♀

[@pacificcoltrane7652]

The comedic talent in this young man is simply amazing.

[@marichiarra8495]

It’s crazy though. He’s 69 yo now.

[@Msfifisquarepantz]

You are easily amazed.

[@applejacks971]

I still have the SNL bit recorded on vhs from back in the day. Watching Phil Hartman in that gig is still hilariously funny!

[@pktdbgnzwl]

RiP Phil .

[@MiddayDreamer]

To this day I cannot be around a bag of chopped broccoli without this song starting to play in my head.

[@SE.Mitchell]

I love that an audition bit became a staple comedic moment 😅

[@coma13794]

early 2000's, i ripped this audio and made part of the chorus my internal voicemail greeting at work. Nobody there understood that you could have separate internal vs external vmail greetings, I nearly got fired. Worth it.

[@francescaa8331]

Respect.

[@creativologist1813]

That "chopping broccoli ouh"...gets me every time.

[@bethaniefrederickson3305]

What a little heart throb he was!

[@wallyb4003]

Definitely the best if not one of the best that SNL ever had

[@jimwerther]

Got that one backwards

[@sonovabeach]

Definitely dyslexic, if not just an accidental reversal of thoughts.

[@speaktruth5108]

he actually did this on one of the SNL shows, he's so awesome!

[@remychase]

He’s done this bit many times over the years. He even brought it back a few years ago for SNL’s 40th anniversary.

[@ubermenchlicheman]

The little twitches in his face is what does it along with his ability to bring emotion to bear.

[@francescaa8331]

Yes. The nose flares

[@cygnustsp]

2:08 his eyebrow

[@EJofLA]

Such a slick, charming perfect delivery! And so handsome.

[@EtchAGetch]

2:17, right as it fades out... there's Garth's smile. A vision of the future.

[@applejacks971]

Party on!!!!

[@TC-fq7pb]

I saw it too! 😂

[@CasperLD]

I like to play.

[@MsGaella]

Carvey is beyond brilliant!

[@hughmann1908]

Guy’s naturally funny, thanks for making me laugh ❤

[@Ginger-n2o]

I watched this episode when he did it on Saturday night Live and my husband and I for so many years after that, it was chopping broccolay!

[@starqz5176]

Lol I saw Dana do this on a comedy show when I was a kid. My mother ate a lot of broccoli and I would always sing this song to her. First time I did she looked at me and said "I'm not chopping broccoli, I'm heating it up, its frozen!" So literal ma!

[@jedijones]

That was from Turkey TV on Nickelodeon. They used to play parts of Dana's stand-up act.

[@jennifertaylor4194]

I did NOT KNOW he could 1. Play the piano or 2. Sing like this!

[@zeke7634]

You ever watch him him play drums? Hes a gifted dude, no doubt.

[@hooleyqueen]

No wonder he got the job! I still love him.

[@lisajensen1843]

Omg! He’s so freaking cute and the facial expressions.. always a winner!

[@protochris]

incredible talent. Never any doubt of his comedic genius.

[@kenotube3160]

Little did he know at the time that “Choppin’ Broccoli” would go platinum and be covered by dozens of the greatest rock legends.

[@maureenlaneski2802]

So professional! Great presence!

[@bluenite5]

World Class Act. Love chopping broccoli, soooo much talent. My favorite guy on SNL.

[@athomeoutsideanywhere7550]

I remember seeing him do this in one of his live stand up sets before the SNL audition. Longer, much more outrageous. He totally freaked out on that lyric toward the end. It was like a full body dry heave set to music and it was awesome.

[@triciag3311]

I still sing this to this day. Lol

[@chumdog90]

To this day, I can't chop broccoli without thinking of his song. 😂

[@x1625]

This old nugget still pops in to my head from time to time. 🎶

[@Tokyokie]

One of the very best on SNL.

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

I saw Dana Carrey perform in houston, at the (now gone) Music Hall. He performed this song, as a part of the act. I laughed so hard, all throughout the show…I cried and laughed, and cried some more, because my facial muscles were cramping from the laughter. This man is a genius.💋

[@vidpie]

"Houston Music Hall was a 2,200-seat music venue located in Houston, Texas. The Music Hall opened in November 1937... [and was] demolished in 1998."

[@danddietz]

Hahaha!! That is amazing. He is a legend.

[@dragons_red]

I remember the skit this became as a kid, my friends and I nerded out in 6th grade over SNL back then, we would quote stuff all the time. Cool to see it was from Dana's audition tape.

[@coleman6131]

Well isn't that special?

[@leanneb9529]

What a talent....oh so cute💖

[@marciphillips8682]

Omgosh i love choppin Broccoli..he freakin awsome

[@charliesunshinelove]

Hes just so adorable...then and now💛✨💛

[@Fuliginosus]

"A long time ago there were lots of people."

[@russelltodd2833]

This always reminded me of Dennis DeYoung and Styx.

[@tenn_ore]

It was a mashup of Foreigner and Styx 😁

[@DrBugz-h1q]

When I saw it the first time I thought of Billy Joel

[@Shootingstarcomics]

Me too! Suite Madam Blue

[@phillyfan70]

Saw Dana perform this at my Spring Fever weekend at Albright College (late 80's,early 90's) in our community center. Always a great memory.

[@Godhelpus62]

I needed this today.

[@hamsterdiving7593]

I live in NorCal and worked for a woman who had a catering company. Dana and his wife Paula lived in the East Bay and were one of her regular clients. Just nice, nice people. She even hired his brother, Mark, to work a holiday party with us in SF one Christmas. Mark is who he based Garth on. Shy and quiet, but talented. Mark is an accomplished painter. Sounds exactly like his brother when he talks. I gave him a ride home that night, and he barely spoke five words to me, lol

[@Ptrixle]

Slam dunk audition, I wonder how long they took to call him back?

[@MrRizzyWizzy]

Probably didn't let him leave before they hired him.

[@tinacarson4792]

CLASSIC 🎉❤

[@kellysong2256]

OMG, I forgot that the broccoli-song existed! 😂 My sisters and I used to torture our parents with this song

[@marypat7196]

I am laughing out loud! This reminds me of my three grandsons when they get together. They are so stinking funny… making no sense at all. Love this.!

[@MsGnor]

Dana's vocals omg 😂🥰🔪🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦🥦

[@pattibrown1887]

Cracks me up every time!

[@parvathynk2393]

Wow sounds great 🤩🤩

[@danrichards496]

When I seen his comedy show back in 1997 I laughed so hard I about passed out.

[@somejackball]

this the first thing i saw Carvey doing, back in the mid 80s. was on Nickelodeon i think, and it was like a variety show, or an awards show, something like that. i thought at the time, that's different, guy's got a great personality, funny. i was like, we're probably going to be seeing more of this guy, and we did!

[@Reptilianpolitician]

Just discovered this today - going to quote this a lot

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

1:31 “wOh yea’ “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂 literally the same as he later performed in a live skit on the show. Somehow this one is even funnier!!!!! Dude is hilarious!!!!😂😂😂

[@RyJsLn]

I see this has been returned by the algorithm!

[@John_Locke_108]

Anybody who saw him Spinal Tap knew he was destined for greatness.

[@lucabrasi5070]

I saw him do that skit in a comedy club in Walnut Creek in the early 80’s .Fubars, I think, funny as hell.

[@davec3651]

2:03 Goosebumps. I kid you not.

[@michellemabelle8298]

exactly

[@jedijones]

I got it at the "she's cold as ice" part. He actually sounds like a really good singer there.

[@loric.23]

That's a poignant song for sure 😂

[@pricklypear7934]

My kid is so savage! At 7, today, this 29th of November 2024, just said, "I like the part when he didn't say anything!" Savage!!

[@lisaball6561]

Hilarious. He is sooo hilarious. He does the be Joe Biden impressions too. Awesome. Thank you Dana. I will laugh every time I see broccoli😂

[@141poolplayer]

Best Billy Joel impersonation I have ever seen.

[@MattsBaseballWorld]

He and Mike Myers doing Wayne's World was some gold plated stuff.

[@chrisbalsamo968]

This guy is so talented and always funny to watch

[@Ducksoup67]

Now all we need is Phil Hartman doing his best American Psycho impersonation in the background. 😅

[@Thulgore]

Dana's talent pool is so wide it's incredible.

[@foreverealm]

I know! (He can even chop brocco-lay… hey…!)

[@mikehoffman3690]

One of the best SNL comedians EVER.

[@cdprince768]

This ended up becoming the first skit I ever saw of Dana Carvey on SNL. I remember thinking it was super awkward and that this new kid probably wasn't going to make it. Thankfully, I was not the head of casting for SNL.

[@kathleendouglas9893]

that was ridiculously brilliant

[@eagarde]

I hope everyone noticed he was actually playing the piano and singing. He has a good voice

[@MrDemitrieus]

nailed it!

[@Snowman-556]

Saw this in his stand up as a kid, still funny.

[@jimjimgl3]

This was a big hit but his follow up song, Mincing Onions, blew up...

[@be7ue]

this is as good as it gets

[@xcherryjonesx]

When he said “she’s choppin broccoli” ... I felt that

[@dbelladay123]

His expressions are hilarious!

[@adamfindlay7091]

OMG. I cant take it!!!?!😸

[@user-kb9cu4rl9z]

And he became Presidents Bush, Clinton, Biden, a million impressions of others and Church Lady. He's had some challenges in life so it's great to see Dana back on SNL where he is loved.

[@BenjiWoo-j3w]

This is actually a clip from a stand up show he did a while back, I have the DVD on my shelf.

[@francesjarvis884]

He did this on Jimmy Fallon's show with orchestral strings!

[@Tiger1016.]

Got my theme song now when my chef fiance is doing any kind of prep but especially when I see the brocallay-eh come out!

[@LWilkes]

I still can't chop broccoli without singing this song.

[@valleyproductions1]

I never will forget that stand up he did

[@kevinkowalski9174]

Nailed it !

[@mrargonion]

Get's me through making dinner ;-)))

[@Gatsu_Gambino]

Choppin Broccoli was his audition? Wow man lol I didnt know!

[@Mpw9876]

😂 Aw he’s so young here. Talented guy. Still. 🎤

[@debishaw9355]

My husband and I will sing this off and on…lol

[@thecolourofspring5972]

Banger.

[@jeremybennoch4338]

I remember when he was on blue thunder in 84 I think

[@recklesstoboggan]

I feel like Tim Robbins based his Bull Durham character, Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh (aka "Meat"), off of this Dana Carvey audition.

[@mosart7025]

Gosh he was cute! And looked like a 12 year old. My husband still sings Choppin' Broccoli also.

[@FlyWithCG]

I learned how to chop broccoli by watching this.

[@scrippslarry]

Absolutely hilarious! I had never seen this until today. Funnier than most of the skits you see on SNL nowadays.

[@talkingbread2012]

Actually better than many songs.

[@asmokeus]

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[@asmokeus]

"she Chop- *_æugh"_*