Ed Glosser, Trivial Psychic: Limited Usefulness - Saturday Night Live

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[@blues713317]

That delivery of "I don't know," is pure gold. 🤣

[@lisar3944]

it really is. I'm pretty confident that no one else could give a line like that the gravitas that Chris Walken just did.

[@charlie-obrien]

The entire sketch is flawless as a written and performed piece of comedy. Ed Glosser is truly in the SNL hall of funniest bits.

[@Dash740]

Facts

[@starker1971]

Pure gold like the watch ???

[@racebiketuner]

CW is pure gold!

[@rwhirsch]

walken does an amazing impersonation of himself.

[@trulex]

Imagine him impersonating Stallone and Schwarzenegger🤪 even imagining it is priceless

[@al-bot1094]

If you watch some of his old interviews, you'll see that that is exactly true. He says he just acts like himself in whatever the movie situation is.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

lol Miss him. #icecreamheadache Gunna hurt real bad! Bahahahahahhahaha!

[@nancyrode9781]

😄

[@dennislaskowski3773]

I thought it was a bit off.🤨

[@LxPxRxPunk]

"You dont get it...youre wasting coffee!!!!" Best part.

[@teddybears4life240]

IT IS THE BEST PART! 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-hg3iv5hy3s]

I actually would have greatly appreciated that tip. I hate wasting money

[@Brainbuster]

If you really believed it was the best party, you'd hv marked the time.

[@Oneshot8242]

This has been a go-to for me forever!

[@andrewkelly6828]

The best hosts always give 110%. He just goes all in for every skit, and I love it.

[@tyrant-den884]

"YOU... are going to die tomorrow." "But I thought you can only predict trivial things." "Yeah."

[@Humble_Legend]

Underrated comment😂😂😂😂

[@mirandakathrein7679]

I will always have a fondness for Christopher Walken's shaken "Dead Zone" stare when he grabs someone's hand. My mom used to impersonate his shaken stare when she grabbed my hand. It was something that always made us laugh. I miss her and her goofiness so much. 😔

[@theparalexview785]

Your mom sounds amazing. Mine could be such a goofball. I still laugh about some of her goofy songs and spontaneous humor.

[@mirandakathrein7679]

@@theparalexview785 - Your mom sounded amazing as well. 💜

[@rinsedpie]

I wish i hv a goofy wife or girlfriend. My wife is so normal

[@anthemgunaether2914]

Your Momma understood that fun and joy would be the foundation of your memories of her. She sounded like an amazing and fun person! I wish I could hug you then dramatically pause (Walken Stare...) and laugh with you to honor your Momma in such a way.

[@mirandakathrein7679]

@@rinsedpie - I'm sure she is amazing in her own way. 💜

[@Davilla888]

For the past 35 years, every single time I’ve gotten an ice cream headache I think of this sketch

[@clarkthorns]

I think of this sketch too, for 8...9 seconds.

[@teenastetic3681]

Hahahahaha

[@jedijones]

I never saw the sketch before. But I'll start doing that now.

[@davidjames579]

Walken gives more intensity and truth to a comedy sketch than most actors do in a serious drama. He could read the phone book and scare the bejesus out of you.

[@Refreshment01]

Seems like he had a bit of a hard time hitting his lines. He got out of character a couple of times also.

[@Pulsonar]

@@Refreshment01If he did slip out a little it’s only because he was genuinely amused by it all. Walken is famous for his sinister offbeat mind warp roles but he’s actually a naturally humorous guy in real life and loves comedy.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

Phil Hartman, such a talent. RIP.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@Colonel Kurtz I thought it was him as soon as I heard that voice. I remembered him from such motivational films as, "Smoke yourself thin." and "Get confident stupid." (The horror, the horror.) 😉

[@Pfirtzer]

Cut short by a psycho spouse.

[@zachh5812]

Andy Dick can go to hell for that.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

@@zachh5812 what did Dick do?

[@zachh5812]

@@colonelkurtz2269 The story gies that Phil's wife was a recovering addict and Andy Dick got her back on drugs and alcohol. She had been drinking and doing coke when she murdered him. Jon Lovitz (Phil's close friend) slamed Andy's head into the bar at a restaurant because of it.

[@AstraVex]

_"Forfeiting a darker base, "_ is the best start to a sentence ever! 😂

[@wysoft]

There wasn't any better guest host on SNL than Walken. Every single episode he was on was comedy gold. Dude carried every skit on his own shoulders

[@adamdesanti6713]

What a classic. Great premise, so well executed, Walken's delivery. And the 6 seconds of complete dead air as Walken searches for the line "you're gonna leave the coffee in the cab!" I laughed several times, usually it's just a smile or a chuckle with SNL.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

The thing is, Walken always has an otherworldly expression. It's who he is.

[@yankeejohn58]

Love It

[@daveyboy_]

Cause he watched Natalie Wood die

[@frankiejean9152]

Literally I was gonna say this same thing!

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

@@daveyboy_ Just watch or help orchestrate it, David?

[@tinobemellow]

Must have Elvish blood or something.

[@jamesdrynan]

Funny to see Walken lampoon his Johnny Smith character from The Dead Zone. The movie itself was one of the best adaptations of a King novel. Excellent actors and Cronenberg's direction made for a quiet horror tale. No one who saw the film will ever forget Walken's delivery of one line. " The ICE is gonna BREAK! " A real winner!

[@rickarchambault4756]

Best line is at the beginning 'I..DON'T...KNOW!" as only Christopher Walken could deliver it.

[@The_Reviewist]

I love how much everyone is trying not to laugh, especially Walken

[@jamezkpal2361]

I've never seen him completely break, but he came close here.

[@murlthesquir]

I don't think anyone came close to breaking character. Not sure what you were seeing 🤔

[@The_Reviewist]

@@murlthesquir around 1:50... that's Walken struggling, and succeeding in not bursting out laughing.

[@daveintheAM]

Whats even more amazing is hes closw to breaking when talking about coffee, but makes it into a perfect creep out moment lol

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

Thankfully Jimmy Fallon wasn't in this sketch He was forever cracking up It was annoying as hell.

[@Nick-zu9sn]

The sketch, the MAN, the sound effects....undeniable perfection!

[@gerrydooley951]

and you are undeniable exaggeration.

[@jockoadams3377]

"Ya gonna get an iiiicee cream headache." Its the most Christopher Walken line of the sketch.

[@juan_becerra]

That line was so weird I knew it had to come from the man himself! Absolutely killed me.

[@LittlezombieRocker]

"look you don't get it do you? You're wasting coffee!" XD

[@GarretGrayCamera]

I remember watching this the night it came out and laughing so hard. There's so much going on. I love how they all jump when he jumps and how he clutches the people while he's having his visions. The final punch line with Chris Rock was perfect, a perfect way to end it. No one breaks, no holding back laughter, all pros.

[@hehaka01]

"Ed I don't want you to takes this the wrong way but you're giving everybody the creeps" lol I always get a kick out of Phil Hartman's delivery.

[@johnjordan6032]

The fact that this man is in the most powerful scene in cinema history(Deer Hunter) yet is completely able to have a tremendous sense of humor just goes to show how absolutely cool he is.

[@libbylandscape3560]

Fell in love with him in Deer Hunter and have loved him ever since, what a great actor!

[@valeriamonti2590]

one shot

[@user-zy5dp8fl8n]

Such a gnarly movie!!! He was also great in Joe Dirt

[@quainejohnson4808]

I thought you were talking about "THE ICE, IS GONNA BREAK"

[@karl6657]

It just shows how litle you've seen in your short, uneducated life kiddo, if you think that was the most powerful scene in cinema history.

[@TheRavenX07]

0:54 I don't know!

[@theternal]

Press F to pay respect

[@mykolatkachuk7770]

never knew the source

[@gustavgnoettgen]

🎵"Skinner and his crazy explanations..." 🎶

[@xione0825]

"The Trivial Psychic" is one of my favorites sketches!

[@sandal_thong8631]

Mine too. Another favorite is This Old House starring John Larroquette as Bob Villa in a haunted house. But I haven't been able to see the clip in ages, just the transcript. This cast's episodes don't seem to be available for streaming, and they got short shrift when they did the SNL by the decades as they were part '80s, part '90s.

[@MkeKen67]

Tom Hanks' no short term memory guy is right up there, too.

[@teddybears4life240]

it is now.

[@geordiedynes2088]

I could listen to Walken say "Ice-cream headache" all day

[@ricktherrien8235]

I know rite lol

[@drap5378]

The ICE....is gonna BREAK! That's the one that does it for me. I've even used it appropriately!

[@nretsfan]

Phil eventually got a headache, but it wasn’t from ice cream.

[@ricktherrien8235]

@@nretsfan 😲 ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[@patrickgogan3517]

@@nretsfan most likely didnt feel it

[@ohnoitsamus4355]

I miss this time in SNL. Grew up watching these.

[@jeffreyalan7189]

Lol the look in his eyes that hair fucking Walken

[@mrcochino281]

me too. wherever I was I always looked forward to watching it Saturday night.

[@pickleking3732]

And not breaking character during the goofiest of skits.

[@DavidTa2]

92-97... best years of SNL imo

[@thorinbane]

The Carvey/Hartman/Hooks/Myers era crossing into the new guys of rock/farley/spade was amazing. I know some love Farrel, but 1988-1996 was gold

[@user-ik4kh9lt6d]

Dead Zone is one of my favourite movies of all time. So glad SNL used it as a basis for a skit.

[@marcguerra1854]

Walker is a national treasure. Anytime he’s on SNL, he just lights up the screen and delivers the laughs 😂

[@dkrom]

"You're wasting coffee!"

[@gardenlover9663]

Well, you wasted a sandwich! Lol

[@pdk213]

I think he is one of the best SNL repeat guests. Everything I see with him...just fantastic.

[@karenmilcarek8299]

The demented look on Walken's face makes me laugh every time!

[@jeromerizzo423]

Plus the sound of when he gets a vision.

[@travelchic908]

This sketch is such a classic. Rob Schneider and Julia Sweeney's genuine fear for the worst always gets me 😂 That and the cleaning lady being "annoyed" haha.. the good ol days of SNL!

[@MontagZoso]

So cool to see Walken spoofing The Dead Zone. Awesome movie. 👍❤️

[@SyriusStarMultimedia]

Christopher Walken is a comedic genius.

[@gerrydooley951]

yes, a genius just like Einstein and Mozart, in the same class as those people because of this little skit

[@comicbookmoney3286]

he was a classically trained actor, can sing and dance also

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

@gerrydooley951 He said comedic genius, not in the literal sense. Trump has a small IQ, yet his ability to con people is ingenious. You're taking the word to critically.

[@jfricard]

You’re going to order a tuna sandwich, then in your haste to get a ride home, you’re going to leave the sandwich at the office. You don’t get it! You’re wasting tuna!

[@heyitsmikegaming]

Sounds like he had TOO MUCH TUNA

[@jime6688]

I JUST noticed this and was going to comment.

[@duewhit310]

The office is gonna smell like fish!

[@chawwa777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 He gotta tuna his powers

[@duewhit310]

You can tune a piano but you cannot tune a FISH.

[@Earthneedsado-over177]

For some reason I always wanted to hear him say, " I'm Walken here! ".

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

LMAO!!!! Good one :D

[@infectedgoat7775]

“You’re gonna leave the coffee in the cab!” Lol I remember seeing this when it aired that stare like Walken is challenging the others not to laugh so great. Such a simple line and it made me laugh all these years later at 2am

[@LouisEmery]

This is the kind of psychic I need. I hate it when I wast coffee or redo kitchen floors.

[@allme2547]

Don't forget about ice cream headaches. They're the worst!

[@screenjunkie4638]

One of the cleanest sketches on Saturday Night Live, good clean humor from the very first second to last.

[@starwarsrebel2006]

A rarity for SNL. Thinking of all the past stars that were on SNL, Eddy Murphy, John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase. Clean is not the word I would use to describe their humor.

[@gerrydooley951]

what are you, a janitor?@@starwarsrebel2006

[@weirdshibainu]

I liked this period of SNL

[@teddybears4life240]

EVERY EPISODE WAS 100% legendary. CAST WAS EPIC.

[@SharkMinnow]

I used to do a Christopher Walken impression in High School and used do this at parties...usually got a good laugh.

[@rudypooh4218]

I did it in middle school myself.

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

Panada?

[@DonPeyote420]

1:50 Walken trying his hardest not to laugh

[@RicardoZambrana]

He even made Hartman get REALLY close to breaking... Hartman didn't break easily.

[@kneeman66]

"I see a large stack of papers on your desk and I see you finishing them by 5 o'clock." I use that line constantly at work

[@machtnichtsseimann]

The 40 Thumbs-Down voters need to watch "The Dead Zone".

[@tfcrew8511]

The Dread Zone?

[@jeffjackson9679]

I've never watched it, and still found this skit funny as hell. Some people just have shitty taste in comedy.

[@jillsinclair496]

Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" is a movie from 1983. Christopher Walken's character develops psychic powers after emerging from a coma.

[@kathleen9768]

True. Such a great movie.

[@Pfirtzer]

@@kathleen9768 I watched half a dozen times, and some scenes give me the creeps, espacially that one from a police officer who's a serial killer, and when he commits suicide with scissors.

[@riktov]

Hey, he leaves his tuna sandwich at the office.

[@twomustangs]

How did he not see that one coming?

[@pollychatzovoulou2446]

YOU DON'T GET IT DO YOU??? YOU'RE WASTING TUNA!!!

[@HeatherSpoonheim]

And he didn't finish that stack of papers!

[@sxc7566]

No wonder no one in the office likes him!!

[@TacShooter]

* yoink * He saw it was actually a veggie hummus wrap.

[@kyrridas1573]

oh MAN, memories unlocked. Walken on SNL was always my favorite and theres so many great quotes from this skit.

[@neonreign2988]

1:53 kills me, his delivery and ability to stay in character is hilarious.

[@HappyNBoy]

"I don't know" is a killer line.

[@taramathews7391]

I have this ability too. It astounds no one

[@Frogo64]

This is the best adaptation of any Stephen king novel

[@JunkyardKid]

Hands down.

[@donaldcoffey800]

Yes, one character in the movie, portrayed by the great Martin Sheen,(Ramon Estavez) has an uncanny number of traits with someone you see from time to time whining on social media. The character was Greg Stillson, you should be able to guess who that someone is.

[@teddybears4life240]

*I CRIED LAFFING!!! OMG!!*

[@theBaron0530]

I had forgotten how Walken almost cracks up a couple of times, but he keeps it together, even works it into the gestures. And Julia Sweeney was quite the cutie!

[@jamestally7184]

Walken is so awesome, was great to see Phil Hartman again, that guy was hilarious and extremely under rated

[@paulgrim3501]

Exactly! He's so smooth.

[@kathleenpenny423]

Have always loved Walken since I first seen him and heard his voice. He is a special talent that get widely overlooked.

[@zeigbert1743]

So many minor inconveniences could be avoided, such power.

[@jamesanthony5681]

"Hey Ed, what's the big deal, it's just a cup of coffee."

[@theubercaste]

He left his sandwich he just paid for. Didn’t see that coming.

[@frosch409]

He's going to be eating the sandwich. He'll notice... the tuna is a little dry!

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

DON'T YA GET IT? HE'S WASTING A SANDWICH

[@johnnyhb89]

He leaves the stack of papers without finishing them!! Don't you see, his boss won't notice , but he will have to finish them tommorow. It's.... NOT TOO LATE!!

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

Statue of limitations

[@Hablagrabla]

This should have been made into a serious Spin-off! It would have been irrationally funny and awesome!

[@GeoffBosco]

This is so old that I take it for granted that when guys like sandler and rock walk into the scene without thunderous applause it's because they were just guys on SNL back then.

[@gardenlover9663]

SNL didn't utilize Chris Rock's genius at all.

[@heidiappe]

Good point!

[@hippy282]

The man's a legend! 😂

[@Dan__W]

YOU'RE WASTING COFFEE! 😱

[@threerings1345]

This SNL cast from '91-'94 or so was absolutely loaded with future superstars and others who went on to very bankable careers. Phil Hartman and Chris Farley are comedic legends who died way too early.

[@Puschit1]

Yeah, I watched this sketch for the first time and was already excited that it features Walken but every time a new character enters you'll see another young version of a now-legendary comedian.

[@61Slughi]

The "jolt" is funniest part.

[@gurusoft1]

Goof on Walkens's 'The Dead Zone', a great film.

[@danielflott5376]

Walken, Sandler, Hartman, Rock, and Bigelow.

[@ricktherrien8235]

“What the big deal it’s just a coffee, we got a whole pot over here” “At lunch your gonna treat yourself to a vanilla ice cream your gonna eat it to fast, your gonna get an ice cream headache, it’s gonna hurt.........real bad”

[@Ryan-nf4ee]

I imagine a stack of papers on your desk, you’re gonna finish them by 5 o’clock!

[@Dungeon00X]

How this video was uploaded 10 years ago and still hasn't hit at least 5 million views is the real head scratcher.

[@Feintgames]

They had such a deep bench back then that they used Chris Rock as an extra in a throwaway role.

[@400bones6]

No...they have had several top sketch black comedians... lame.

[@glamdolly30]

And Adam Sandler!

[@Teeveepicksures]

What? Every actor but Walken has a small part.

[@61Slughi]

Rock joined SNL in '90 along with Sandler and this sketch was in '92 so both are going to get bit parts for a while.

[@Red-Viper-Red]

@Cuthbert Bracegirdle you are a racist

[@davidjames579]

Imagine Christopher Walken as Jack Torrance in The Shining

[@trikkke11]

Love La Walken's hair: always seems to be defying a storm. I kinda love everything else about him too... I just can't help it.

[@nspector]

La Walken, I never heard that. I love it. Tho, wait, it should be "le" cause he's a guy. But "la" sounds better.

[@trikkke11]

@@nspector I know, but every single person who makes a difference is a 'la', trust me, I'm a doctor. x

[@nspector]

@@trikkke11 Ohhh, you're a doctor. Of course I trust you!

[@martydotzone]

I get the impression that Christopher Walken comes from this old school performer tradition where people were trained so well in the fundamentals that they could do anything. He's been the lead, he's been the support, he's been hilarious, he's been serious, he's danced, and sang, and hosted, and been a guest, and the whole time he's been amazing.

[@all4penny456]

I remember when this aired. I still quote "it's gonna hurt...real bad".

[@different_channel]

It's a masterpiece!

[@jazzsoul1695]

Christopher Walken always plays these crazy obsessed guys! Love his NY accent!

[@morningstar9849]

This power in some way could be useful, because sometimes the most insignificant of things can lead to Major disasters. Like he says you drop your phone on the ground and you take your eyes off of the road then he stops there and then you don't do that and you see the guy in just enough time

[@MikeAltogether]

Holy shit, I think I saw this once when I was like 11 years old. That "I don't...know" is amazing.

[@quinnc1944]

The way he delivered the coffee line was hilarious

[@godfreecharlie]

Chris Walken has become an all time absolute favorite actor. The Deer Hunter gave me my first view of CW in a film that I had pushed aside thinking it would be another dud Vietnam movie. Boy did I blow that one. Walken was the intense character but never let on his pent up feelings in the usual way. Many movies later and I am always looking for a new release of his to appear. Pulp Fiction to King of New York his versatility is astounding. Damn good dancer too!

[@dalrhoads5687]

you should watch The Dead Zone if you haven't seen it, thats what this skit is based off of

[@LLawliet-pz1rm]

Don't forget Joe Dirt

[@touchofdumb]

“Forfeiting a darker base..” that got me.

[@cmw12]

Me too.

[@kneeman66]

It wasn't absolutely necessary to add that line, but the writer did and it's funny

[@vlxxx]

And he walks off, forgetting the meal that was just delivered.

[@emordnilap4747]

This is hilarious, and relatable. I have precognative dreams sometimes, use to all the time as a teen. Always in movies, psychics see such profound things. I would see myself in class, doing a math equation with a formula I'd never used before. Or would know when I was about to find a bee, on the sidewalk.

[@maryellenhoscila2904]

SO funny! I always have premonitions and they're hilariously mundane, like "suddenly knowing someone will knock on the door and have an unexpected package for me." 😁

[@emordnilap4747]

@@maryellenhoscila2904 lol, it's not just me than. You get it right before it happens? My dreams zero warning when a relative dies, or when I had to evacuate due to a fire this summer. I got a week, an entire week, of warning that they had changed the design of the bottle, of the shampoo I use.

[@anthonybrock9435]

I sawr this the night it was live. Simply one of the best. Brilliant.

[@stoictraveler1]

This has me ROLLING with laughter

[@jeromerizzo423]

"Your wasting coffee"!😂😂😂😂😂

[@shmookins]

All that star power!

[@CaptainTripps420]

Holy crap I wish I was watching SNL back then. So many legendary actors and comedians in one show.

[@beautiful80sladies22]

Great stuff. The pause in his speech really signature

[@user-qb4fp5rp9g]

It’s gonna hurt real bad! 😂

[@rinsedpie]

Young Rob Schneider & Adam Sandler in there too

[@chrismaddock5790]

"You don't get it, do you?! YOU'RE WASTING COFFEE!!" Never is anything more relevant and important people, remember that

[@ShellyManne1]

Perfect comedic timing

[@Nomadcreations]

absolutely Brilliant, aka Christopher as ussual!!! such off the wall humor & so In Character Fully!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PLEASANTGIFFT]

Watched this a hundred times - makes me laugh every time

[@patriciathemaras3274]

Chris Walken played a psychic in his movie "The Dead Zone"...I really loved that movie!

[@GarretGrayCamera]

I watched that film because of this wrongly thinking it'd be as funny.

[@viperatech]

Walken is like the universe aware of itself.

[@nspector]

Haha YES

[@southsider8065]

Christopher Walken is the ONLY person who can portray this character-- and NOT make it totally CORNY !!!!

[@RodConvoy1987]

Still love this. Even this skit alone is why Christopher Walken''s one of the best SNL hosts of all time.

[@pyrobryan]

There's an SNL sketch of a Walken family reunion where cast members play his family and talk like him. Oddly, Christopher Walken does a pretty mediocre Christopher Walken impression.

[@RodConvoy1987]

@@pyrobryan I remember that too. Liked it, but feel this older sketch is better. Just me.

[@roguechlnchllla6564]

This was very corny

[@RodConvoy1987]

@@roguechlnchllla6564 How so? Just wondering.

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

After all of that he didn't see himself....leaving the tuna fish sandwich he just paid for. 🤣🤣

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

He was in a hurry to get some crack with his homey Chris Rock.

[@bauhnguefyische667]

Walken; just a great actor who can roll with it!

[@mattdarcy6975]

What a great cast all in one skit!

[@Mathias-jr2df]

Christopher walking is the best .one of a kind