Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute - SNL

[@slowemm]

The way he breaks the 4th wall and looks at the camera when he says "Male Prostitute" just slays me.

[@debrasalt3598]

@Gordon Morrice I saw an interview recently and Dan is a pretty savvy businessman and knows a lot of stuff! He's really into UFO's, has several beverage brands and he impressed me.

[@paulmc3457]

Haha yeah, that's the best part of the whole skit, some of Akroids hilarious earlier stuff!

[@joeski734]

He zips his pants emphatically right before he last line. He has to start the line before while he puts his pants on to end at just the right time. Impeccable timing This is the funniest written and best performed part in SNL history.

[@johngore7744]

@@paulmc3457 Bass O Matic. The French Chef. Lol

[@johngore7744]

In this skit he always reminded me of a mix of Herb Tarlck( WKRP) and that guy with the pipe and same hat and ‘sports’ jacket from Mads’ Dave Berg The lighter Side of ……( Bill Kerplotnik?). Anyone remember that guys name?

[@jamesanthony5681]

"You're dealing here with a fully qualified male strumpet." - Dan Aykroyd was great in every sketch.

[@paulmc3457]

Ski daddle into the bed, little lady! 😂 So classic Akroid! 😂

[@jaex9617]

My fave of the original cast.

[@DaveDaShrubber]

Did Fred's territory include Berwyn?

[@eclecticx]

Every member of the original cast was great in every sketch.

[@juliawilkinson]

😂😂😂😂

[@60skidd72]

Dan was 27 here, yet he really looks like his older self, like he's 40. It's impressive. This is a hilarious sketch, I love it.

[@MissOhio1980]

Everyone looks older back then I swear

[@huntress647]

@@MissOhio1980it’s the change in beauty standards plus less smoking

[@derekmyers3258]

Of all the classic SNL sketches I think of this one more than most. It's one of the funniest things I've ever seen. All actors involved are gold.

[@sambaritone]

If you don’t mind, I do work with the glasses and jacket. - comedy gold!

[@debrasalt3598]

and those trusses!

[@brianwells4507]

How Dan Aykroyd never ever breaks character is incredible! When Dan did the Skit as Beldar Conehead on SNL. The one when Frank Zappa came to pick up his daughter Connie for a date. Zappa totally lost it as "Beldar" was consuming mass quantities during the father/date talk waiting for Connie! I almost peed my pants laughing! Frank is laughing and desperately trying to compose his character. All the while Dan didn't miss a beat continuing on conversation with food falling out of his mouth! What a fucking genius Aykroyd is. 😎

[@brianarbenz7206]

Dan is the finest! Love him.

[@bobblowhard8823]

Yes. And let's not forget when the Coneheads did "Family Feud"! That was classic gold!

[@matthintz9468]

Okay, Margot Kidder is absolutely adorable in this.

[@MrJimmyTide]

Right? She is fucking beautiful.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

She was always creepy as hell.

[@stevejeffrey11]

is that superman's girlfriend

[@whodidit99]

@@sgt.thundercok4704 In a good way.

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

Yes! She was absolutely adorable in this!

[@CoolFreeHardBop]

One of the all-time classic skits… I saw this back in the day and laugh my ass off… Aykroyd was such a great comedian… He just killed it every time.

[@josephgrynkiewicz1921]

All men of the world should aspire to role model theirselves after Fred Garvins work ethic

[@haroldholt1321]

😆

[@doreendaykin6693]

Hehehehehe🤣😂

[@jaex9617]

With a name like Grynkiewicz, you've got to be within an hour’s drive of the Quad Cities. And I agree with you, BTW. You give me a hundred Fred Garvins and I could rule the world. ✌🏻

[@brendasykes6931]

🤡

[@brianarbenz7206]

Of course, the vast majority of a real life Fred Garvin's customers aren't gonna look much like Margo Kidder.

[@619R3D]

I met Dan A proud after a Blues Brothers concert in Detroit in 1980 n was blown away by how EXTREMELY nice n cool n friendly he was!!! A very cool experience I'll never forget!!!

[@Grace-q9h]

Your so lucky

[@bukowski20]

Same experience here. I real gentleman and the best sketch comic in television history.

[@cubswin3838]

What made Dan Aykroyd so amazing was his background in improve. You go all-out! He NEVER HELD BACK!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

A lot of comedians can only be comedians. Aykroyd was the son of a Canadian government official and could easily have become a bureaucrat, an executive or an engineer. So he could tap into the mind of a square, hyper-competent white guy and sell it with convincing realism while going off on absolutely crazy tangents.

[@istdochallesegal3427]

And let's not forget to say thanks to the great folks at Great Lakes Feed and Grain!

[@thereallycoolnameswereallt4587]

I saw this skit when I was on trip with my parents. They were out to dinner, and when they came back to the hotel, I asked them what a male prostitute was. My father threw a rod, but Mom just laughed. I was five years old.

[@brianarbenz7206]

When they knocked on the door, you should have shouted, "That you, Mr. Garvin?"

[@armytilltheend2071]

They left you alone in a hotel room when you were just 5? 🥴

[@johngore7744]

I saw this on a different kind of trip. Lol

[@jonnyjibjob6519]

I was around 8 when I saw this lol

[@aljabirxiju9475]

threw a rod? huh

[@brianarbenz7206]

If there's not a statue of Fred in the Quad Cities, there needs to be!

[@josephgrynkiewicz1921]

Yeah no shit, Fred gets more ass than a toilet 🚽 seat ! You have to respect the man 🤘🎸👍

[@SgtG1997]

Exactly... just like the corner in Winslow Az.

[@JonBlackstone]

I know this might sound like hyperbole; but SNL doesn't get any better than this sketch. There are others that are just as funny; but this one easily contends for the top spot. It's all about Akyroyd. He's absolutely irresistible.

[@MultiSkyman1]

Oh yeah, one of the all time best skits!

[@segue6]

No one's gonna mention how beautiful the late Margot Kidder was?

[@Warpedsmac]

Done.

[@carolynfoster1541]

They didn't even give her credit!

[@misfitdanzig8152]

Before the mcu Louise lane is hot.

[@jaylew8408]

Apparently all Margot's in the industry are smoking hot

[@issuesandtissues9280]

Margot Kidder was So beautiful

[@KendraAndTheLaw]

Danny was the best. Garret was one cool cat. "I got eight girls... and Fred"

[@ardishorwich4601]

This was one of Dan Akroyd’s finest hours. This and the drool cup with Michael Palin.

[@howardoller443]

Shout out to the Quad Cities, especially good old Moline, Illinois! 2:09

[@joeski734]

My personal favorite sketch of all time.

[@thebreathalyzer]

One of my favorites as well

[@binklebabe4725]

Years ago, a male pro was actually sent to my mother's hotel room when she was on a business trip. She laughed him out of the room (he was about as appealing as Fred), then called me. We could NOT stop laughing!

[@chinchilladivine81]

Binkle Babe Really?! The company sent him? What kind of company did she work for? The sketch is great but THIS is the story I need to hear!

[@binklebabe4725]

@@chinchilladivine81 Point well taken! It's one of the best classic SNL skits, for sure. Love your name! 😃

[@binklebabe4725]

@@chinchilladivine81 Oh! I misunderstood what you said. It was an insurance company. That's all she told me, plus, it was my mother, didn't want TMI! She turned him down.

[@chinchilladivine81]

Binkle Babe lol!!! God I didn’t even think of that-I wouldn’t want to hear that story from my mom either!! Still a great story though. And thank you, I love drag queens so I gave myself a drag name (I’m a straight woman). I work at a theatre and got to meet Mink Stole and get her autograph. She asked who to sign it to so I said CHINCHILLA DIVINE and she cracked up and said, “well, thank you for not stealing MY name.” It took me a minute to realize she thought I’d stolen Divine’s name!

[@paigeturner4425]

Happened to my mom once too. Yay for gender equality X)

[@honorladone8682]

He was striking a pose before it's time.2022. Philadelphia USA

[@indiareynolds2158]

The late Margot Kidder was a stunner.

[@renofaoro5100]

Didn't she take the low road?

[@blueprairiedog]

She was an accomplished actress.

[@PracticalKnow]

Somewhere, someplace there's someone who's real name is Fred Garvin laughing their ass off at this skit.

[@richardlloyd2589]

And Mrs Garvin is asking Fred about his pre-marriage years!

[@GeneBurnett]

When I was watching these episodes "live" back in the 70's, I used to just love the way Dan Aykroyd seemed to be pushing whatever he was doing to what felt like the limits of what you could get away with on TV. It was sort of like he was saying, if you move that line forward an inch, I will take that inch right fucking now. He always seemed to have this vibe of having more cards than he was playing, while still playing plenty of them. In some ways he was like the American version of John Cleese. Someone smart and in control but with something crazed and more intense about to explode through the veneer. That powder keg quality. They were both good at funny walks too. When I was a younger guy...every time he turned to the camera and said "Fred Garvin, male prostitute"...the look, the voice, the absurdity of the sudden sub-titles, the whole thing just killed me. So glad you they're posting these classics lately.

[@linoeleven]

good description, i get what you mean from watching this skit

[@GeneBurnett]

@@linoeleven Thanks. GB

[@GeneBurnett]

@Richard Lionheart Thanks. ;~) GB

[@joeski734]

Watching these old sketches lately, it's clear Aykroyd is the backbone of the show. Chevy and Belushi and even Bill Murray became movie stars faster, but Aykroyd was the essential piece. Could play anything, anyway. The MVP.

[@BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld]

To me, Dan is a comic genius. I was a young teen. The memory of watching these early SNL episodes, late on a Saturday night, is so special. Remember, he also co wrote and starred in Ghostbusters ...

[@BLACKTHUMB01]

" Enough foreplay, lets get crackin' "

[@lukerabin5079]

Being one of the few people in Australia who actually does know the quad cities, I think there does need to be a celebratory statue built showing Fred at work.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

Aykroyd loved to name-check those kinds of places for realism. When he did "Doctor Detroit" I got a kick out of his references to Michigan towns and counties.

[@nitedreamer23]

The most impressive part was how he rattled off the Quad Cities without stumbling ha ha.

[@walterspector735]

He forgot East Moline.

[@fudhater8592]

@@walterspector735 That would be the Quint Cities

[@walterspector735]

@@fudhater8592 - East Moline was the original fourth city. Bettendorf was a late bloomer.

[@fudhater8592]

@@walterspector735 At the time of that skit (and ever since then) it's been Bettendorf

[@walterspector735]

If Aykroyd's writers had been on the ball, they'd have had him say something "...the quad cities", then rattle off all five names. :D

[@tedwilliams6928]

THE GREAT DAN AKYROYD at his best!!! He is my favorite of all the SNL stars....always different characters so well played. His comedy has aged well......TW

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

Mine too.

[@pinesiskin59]

"I service the entire Quad Cities area." Omg This is even funnier than I remembered!

[@myearsloveit]

Yup

[@aaronwilkins2165]

I live in the Quad Cities...Rock Island!

[@debrasalt3598]

what passes as humour now....

[@DaveDaShrubber]

Did Fred ever work in Berwyn?

[@debrasalt3598]

@@aaronwilkins2165 just hearing him say "Fred Garvin, male prostitutute, cracks me up!

[@paree99]

Happy they’re uploading a lot of these vintage sketches. Waiting for caveman lawyer

[@jimsteele2072]

Been up for a while Unfrozen caveman lawyer.

[@alcarbo8613]

I’m waiting for Metric time and Metric Alphabet

[@bigislander72]

I keep searching for the one where Dan Akroyd is a bear mauling victim.

[@Dana-uc6xu]

Yes! Unfrozen Cavan Lawyer was awesome!

[@rodneyjohnson4794]

and samurai whatever.

[@shadowfilm7980]

Wow. A classic! The best days of SNL. Truly. I remember these shows. Great great cast. John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Gilda Radner, etc.

[@thezenitsufan1249]

This is why I think Dan Aykroyd was the best cast member in the history of Saturday Night Live

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

Dan was my favorite cast member.

[@TheresaLyonhart]

“What’s red and green and goes like this 🤪?”🐸 I lost it when he did that last pose.🤣🐍

[@lucyt6971]

Margot Kidder, she was so beautiful and funny. RIP.

[@kevincarver1361]

My all time favorite! I cried when I first saw this and my sides were very sore from the laughter!

[@dafrog491]

"i call this one the snake" 😂

[@Schlemiel-schlimazel]

…”my rather elaborate network of trusses”! OH how often I’ve used that line!

[@JohnSmith-x8s5g]

Me too.

[@Lubbylove89]

"Animal gratification" lmao I'm dying.

[@timsacco6g694]

SNL in the seventies was the best!

[@RJ1999x]

Especially compared to the crap of today's SNL

[@marktravels9601]

OMG..I haven't seen this in 20 years. I love Dan Akroyd. It still makes me laugh !

[@randomresidentwitch4179]

Mark Travels it was posted 11 years ago....is fun being a time traveler?

[@randomresidentwitch4179]

11 hours****

[@happyfire94]

12 hours

[@marktravels9601]

@YuckyPickles oh cool . Thanks !

[@Snopdogdad]

It was made 4 days ago you lier

[@stevebailey3827]

Dan Aykroyd at his best.

[@pelhambissell2926]

RIP Margot Kidder

[@theprofessorslover6946]

"Thought you might need some help with your trusses" . ..HAHAHA . .

[@khh1964]

2019 he is still swooning the entire QC area. Saw him on Kimberly.

[@daveinstlouis]

"a work order..."

[@roberthughes5880]

Guessing it had to be signed in triplicate

[@GoldSkye]

Roger you roundly!

[@doctaber2213]

Chris Farley was built for this role in the shadow of the greats. Too bad he left us too soon. Love that guy

[@gheller2261]

Nah. Farley would have turned this character into a buffoon and relied, as always, on his heft for laughs.

[@Dave-bo8ry]

"Fully qualified male strumpet..."

[@fatelvistcb]

I'm sure "strumpet" flew over my head watching this when it first aired.

[@gheller2261]

This was hilarious then and it's hilarious now. I can picture the writers laughing their asses off when they wrote this. People always talk about Belushi, but it is clear that Dan Ayckroyd was the most talented of the original cast. By far.

[@alangray9117]

I remember seeing this when I was a kid in the 70s. I was rolling 😂😂😂.

[@devans00]

Totally enjoy how Dan Aykroyd commits to the bit. No multiple trusses are going to dent his self confidence. 😬. Margot Kidder was lovely and funny too.

[@barbaraa2831]

Watching this I realize there was an old episode of Roseanne where Dan has provocative pictures taken for Roseanne at the end of as n episode, and those poses are exactly the same as the ones Fred Garvin makes. Nice tribute John Goodman!

[@fatelvistcb]

...or George posing with Kramer taking photos

[@ajpisharodi]

His future Blues Brothers 2000 buddy!

[@lisaparkhill682]

​@@ajpisharodiI love it when they perform Ghost Riders in the Sky; my grandpa loved cowboy movies, I always think of him when I hear it and Blues Bros 2000 knocked it out of the park! I love the original Blues Bros, I swear my life has been enriched by SNL, some of this great stuff makes my eyes fill with tears for remembering the times that we were in. ✨❤️✨

[@ajpisharodi]

@@lisaparkhill682 my life too has been enriched by SNL! The SNL of old, not modern SNL, though Cecily Strong holds a special place for me. But the original Not Yet Ready for Prime Time cast as well as the years when Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Mike Meyers, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler etc were on, nothing can beat those seasons!

[@michaelkottler]

Classic! "I call this one The Snake." When this aired my brother and I were on the floor laughing hysterically. The 1st and perhaps most legendary SNL epoch.

[@picklesthewise]

I feel this is the funniest sketch Dan ever did. It's a one-off, but it's just the right amount of nuts to stand out. I mean, who could resist the Snake? 🤣🤣 And damn if I still don't think he's cute.

[@guyfroml]

I wish SNL would have the guts to post the skits of Buck Henry as Uncle Roy. Some of the funniest stuff SNL ever did.

[@jamescalvin902]

Absolute comedy gold. I miss the days when SNL was funny.

[@harvey1954]

Really !

[@robz.3225]

@@harvey1954it’s very funny now

[@silasmarner7586]

An all time classic. I do this skit all the time.

[@soakingbook]

I think they must have strategically put very large graphics over Akroyd's face when he looks into the camera because each time it looks like he's about to explode into laughter.

[@KingKumari]

"You get me for the whole night" cracks me up every time😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@death2pc]

What other SNL skit was ever better..........? Seriously. This one was the magnum opus.

[@patrickdoring7149]

The fact that Dan Aykroyd never breaks when turning to the camera is a feat of strength.

[@lukasnovella9001]

My friends called me a Male prostitute because I didn’t button up all my buttons on a shirt and my tie wAs slightly off once, and that all I could think about

[@JD-xt8cj]

“rather elaborate network of trusses”

[@chriswoosley3883]

along with Phil Hartman,Ackroyd was the best at sketches

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

and Bill Murray

[@waynej2608]

And Belushi.

[@patrickfallon6192]

Dana Carvey Mike Myers

[@cubswin3838]

Phil was like Dan. Whatever they needed, those guys did it. With aplomb! Same role on the team, different eras. Both were Presidents, too!

[@essessessesq]

@@cubswin3838 that had not occurred to me, but you're right...Dan and Phil both played the "adult male" role on SNL...as Garvin, as the unfrozen caveman attorney, as Jimmy Carter, as Reagan, as the spaceman father "from France" etc etc....very perceptive--Fred Willard had played the same ''normal adult male'' role in the wacky "Ace Trucking Company" group in the 1960s that was the forerunner of 2d City and SNL

[@WhiteCamry]

This was the one good sketch in the whole 90 minutes when it aired.

[@noname-by3qz]

I believe it. Much of it was, and is, pulp.

[@flyingwasp1]

i remember as a kid getting a couple of good laughs during the whole program. but it was usually worth it. especially when steve martin was hosting

[@LordZontar]

Oh yes, I remember Fred Garvin. This skit was gold.

[@bodickens9007]

Deuce Bigelow's real dad 😀

[@rosecrow1545]

Also, possibly pre dr. Detroit......dr. dr.

[@Theywaswrong]

Just make sure you dont touch the rupture.

[@honeypie784]

Dan Aykroyd is brilliant. His Julia Child skit where he bleeds to death cutting up a chicken still kills me!

[@badasshiker9637]

Save the liver!

[@dale5495]

Have the best of Dan Aykoryd on VHS wish I still had a VHS player

[@irenemax3574]

Great Lakes Feed ‘N’ Grain is picking up the tab. Ah, the generosity of corporations!

[@guslakis]

This skit is an example of why the original SNL cast is so fondly remembered.

[@Dana-uc6xu]

“Compliments of Great Lakes Feed and Grain”. 😃

[@Tim_ra]

Good ol' Great Lakes Feed & Grain!

[@louistournas120]

What a classy service. He gives animal gratification.

[@jakejjacob4130]

Dan you awesome legend!! Only you could be one of the original snl cast, Ghostbuster, blues brother, been a fan of yours since the 80s, thank you for being my childhood hero

[@karenmilcarek8299]

Now I know why Donna Dixon dumped Paul Stanley and married Dan Akroyd!!!

[@Grace-q9h]

Same here

[@robbernath]

In an alternate timeline, Christopher Reeve played the Fred Garvin character.

[@elmagnificodep]

I thought it was Superman in the thumbnail until I clicked the video and read the description.

[@roselahuerita]

Lol I thought it was christopher reeves as clark kent in the thumbnail 😂

[@chuckbutler8114]

I totally thought that too

[@kentholdett9658]

Aykroyd is hilarious...

[@danmiller2940]

Compliments of Great Lakes Feed and Seed.

[@keianbrown8621]

Dan Miller nice profile pic

[@waynej2608]

How's business, these days, Fred?

[@danmiller2940]

@@waynej2608 Business is great. The ladies really appreciate my services, once they get past the elaborate system of trusses.

[@MuppetHell]

I'll admit if he showed up to my hotel room at night, I'd let him in :o)

[@Grace-q9h]

Same!!!!!!

[@lanfordripley7780]

I like it how after he introduces himself as "Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute," they play 2 notes on the saxophone.

[@JonBlackstone]

You're after my own heart. The two soft saxophone notes are the subtle brilliant touches most people never notice. It cracks me up every single time. This is easily among the greatest sketches in the history of comedy; and Aykroyd is masterful as Fred Garvin.

[@Warpedsmac]

Thanks SNL for this post...put up more of the old stuff please!!!!!

[@dylannoah123]

dan is great in everything he does

[@bradwooldidge6979]

I watched this live! And I actually live in the Quad Cities!

[@DominiqueGarofalo]

Where are the Quad Cities?

[@bradwooldidge6979]

@@DominiqueGarofalo Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline in Illinois.

[@devitorules]

4:54 this is a line I've remembered for lo these many years

[@corineusa1454]

OMG, I forgot Fred. Hysterical!!

[@samwlodawskitheone]

Margot Kidder was so gorgeous

[@cybersanta1413]

We repeated this line at school over and over. Man the 70's were so weird....

[@davmpls]

Beautiful acting work from Aykroyd. He basically nailed every middle aged white man of the mid Seventies. That accent is spot on for Quad Cities.

[@josephgrynkiewicz1921]

Fred Garvin should have have become a regular skit! Today, a Netflix series would Fuckin rule! He’s my Fred n butter man 👍🤘🎸😂

[@madtownangler]

Just imagining Chris Farley doing this skit.

[@freddyrichards878]

Nah, he's more cute when it comes to talking to girls. Although I could see either David Spade, Rob Schneider, or Norm McDonald play the character

[@johnguilfoil8738]

he would have killed it

[@ronaldreagan1068]

187 Macabee It’s just someone’s opinion. Stop being so butthurt.

[@jujubees5855]

I would probably die laughing.

[@hellokittyangel211]

@chris Barnett key word in your comment is "fans" meaning their are people out there who don't like him. Comedy is subjective. I love Jane Curtin, but a lot of KZbin commenters can't see why she was chosen. However she stuck around for the first 5 seasons of the show and then went on to win back to back Primetime Emmys for the sitcom she started after she left beating out her co-star, members of the cast of The Golden Girls and the Mary Tyler Moore show to get them. Also, joke stealing sh*tshow Amy Schumer was the 2nd highest paid comedian 1 or 2 years ago and I'm STILL trying to figure out how that worked out because she is awful. Therefore, chill out because there are people out there who aren't going to find your comedic Lord and Saviour Farely God's gift to comedy like you do.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

When you realize Dan acted like this in the bedroom for real (and that inspired the sketch). XD

[@christco120]

yes, his girlfriend was a writer on the show

[@edsmith1054]

I have a work order to roger you roundly LOL

[@matthewridgway8374]

Compare the comedic and CREATIVE genius of Dan Ackroyd to say a hack like Jimmy Fallon and you’ll plainly see the difference between generations of SNL.

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I'd forgotten how funny this skit was! I have been looking for that sport coat since I first saw this skit on a Best-Of countdown back in the 90s! Ridiculously plaid and gaudy. I could not love it more!

[@KendraAndTheLaw]

Danny was the best. Garret was one cool cat. "I got eight girls... and Fred"

[@davedeblaey8454]

Being a Quad Cities native, I have a special place in my heart for this skit.

[@ddillard143]

Looking at this 70s skit and all of a sudden I smell cheap cotton, polyester and cigarettes. And he said he had a work order

[@zeigbert1743]

His qualifications are impeccable. Fred Garvin, best in the biz.

[@andrewc.2952]

Btw my dad had a backseat driver's license as a joke from one of his buddies back in the 70s. I remembered seeing it a long time ago. He also had a pencil with an eraser at both ends. :-)