Lensmasters - Saturday Night Live

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Rude employees Sebastian and Roland tend to a customer. Aired 05/10/03
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[@pyrobryan]

The best part was how they changed glasses every time they turned their backs. Either that or how the audience is sitting there like "Um..was that supposed to be funny? Are we supposed to clap now? Should I laugh?"

[@JSchroederee]

Performed perfectly but the true hero is the propmaster who had to produce cyclops glasses

[@daweller]

I was thinking that... That prop stole the show.

[@Eidann63]

This is a good representation of what my last optometrist was like. He was rude, measured everything wrong, and when I picked them up he said "it may take me 2 months to get used to them." 😳 I brought them back 2 days later, and a onother Dr. gave me a whole new prescription. Oh, yes, the 1st doctor told me to come and "visit him" when I was near the office. 😳😅

[@emilywearsglasses1796]

As an optician, I’m dying!!!

[@MontagZoso]

I miss Chris Kataan on SNL! Always loved him!

[@jasonhurd4379]

Years ago I broke my glasses and had the misfortune to go to LensCrafters, and I can tell you this sketch is so accurate it can't even be called parody or satire. It's like a verbatim transcript of a LensCrafters visit. Everything about me was mocked, from my grooming to my clothes to my facial features; I was shown what I can only assume were the most expensive models they had (I was making $6.00/hr. at the time), and the whole experience was thoroughly unpleasant. That was over thirty years ago, and I can only hope and pray that they have changed.

[@NousSpeak]

you can also repost this on Yelp

[@eazyridin7283]

Holy hell I can tell you what I haven’t been to the eye doctor in a long time but I have an appointment soon and I will bust them in the mouth for ya

[@bretfisher7286]

I once worked for Lenscrafters, just out of optical school. People have no idea about retail optical services. It's basically like selling used cars. They have a number of standard tricks they use in every possible opportunity. They'll sell you nonsensical add-ons you might not ever need; useless coatings, scratch coating, insurance on the coatings, insurance on the frames, insurance on frame adjustments over time, polarized lenses, clip-ons, anti-reflective coatings (which absolutely no one needs at all except for people who work in television, because of the strong lighting in the studio). I was able to avoid all that nonsense because I was a lab worker. I just made the glasses. I didn't cheat the customer myself. Lastly, optical materials are very inexpensive, and markups are extraordinary. Lenses are mass produced and cost a few dollars, maybe. They sell for up to hundreds of dollars.

[@BluStile3]

I’m a retired optician and this is funny stuff

[@louistournas120]

I wish I was an optician and sat with clients.

[@tracyjohnson9198]

Current optician of 19 years. Sometimes I can't hide my expression when they come in with what they've been wearing. They hand you a wad of crumpled up zyl and ask, "Can I use these for my new rx?"

[@thandoreviews8886]

As someone who wears glasses, the intimacy is so accurate lol..

[@daisybuchanan8205]

Really ? I thought it was creepy.

[@conroecurio5145]

Also when you get an eye exam, same

[@elcheapo9444]

Are glass-wearing people always intimate?

[@danicegewiss862]

That's why I get my eyes examined and get them online.

[@hectorpaniagua467]

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[@marandamurphy]

Why am I loving the cyclops?

[@donniegrande9186]

Are they right next to Jeffries?!

[@onepman]

Apparently they share staff on off days..

[@Elric54]

Will Farrell is what they needed for this - Where they have to call "Xanadu" from the back room to help, and Will Farrell comes out in some over-the-top outfit with giant glasses, and amps the whole sketch

[@javieroliveras344]

Yes

[@insanecow24]

@@Elric54 pretty sure he would call the Malaysian prime Minister, based on the aesthetic indicators I've gleaned from your comments.

[@carrielange2692]

I get that the main point is the snobby salesmen. The part about how they put the glasses on your face is 100% accurate though. 😆 It's like, how can you be so bad at putting glasses on someone, you do it all day long? Also, why the fuck can't you just hand them to me and let me put them on my own face? 🤣

[@AnthonyOldhandGarcia]

I thought the tall actor was Andy Dick but instead it's a Adrien Brody.

[@ryansizemore5064]

u r not alone.

[@ellemariec]

Nope. The nose is always a dead give away with Adrian.

[@johnnycashew9101]

This was his last appearance ever right

[@ticky7817]

Holy shit. I thought it was Andy until I saw this haha

[@SSHeart82]

I thought it was Dustin Diamond 🤷‍♀️😂

[@Hai_Lello]

1:53 Poor Chris, waiting for the audience to notice the new glasses and react. The “oh” took me down. 😭

[@8698gil]

Getting Lasik was the best thing I ever did.

[@crashofthemoons]

As a former optician.... this is only a mild stretch from the truth 🤣

[@annic7995]

Uno, Dos, Kuatro. HAHAHAHAHA! 😆😄🤣 one, two, four. 😆

[@sebastian.p8132]

As a man named Sebastian. I can say is Sebastian's are all like this. Exactly how I act while I'm cutting down trees Update: I continued to sebastian to the max today.

[@roguesheep3083]

I know, i thought that was sebastian bach for a moment.

[@hippiedachshunds1632]

You made my day! I love people who have a sense of humor about themselves!!!!!! I have a coworker named Sebastian and he actually sent me to this sketch!!!

[@sunofpeter2]

hahahahaha!

[@jondunmore4268]

I thought all Sebastians worked for LensCrafters.

[@LukaszGorski1983]

"You're like a foot away from me" - immediate COVID scare :/

[@flanplan5903]

Um...well, this came out in I believe 2003, so this was waaaaay before COVID even was a thing.

[@LukaszGorski1983]

@@flanplan5903 Innocent days of yore, weren't they

[@flanplan5903]

@@LukaszGorski1983 um...yeah. But...invasion of personal space is still invasion of personal space, COVID or not.

[@sq7238]

What a schmuck, ruining everything funny with covid commente

[@helengarcillano276]

the cyclops glasses would be great if you are a minion.

[@jennafox8556]

Or a cyclops.

[@marcianadelospinos9921]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@wesmcgee1648]

The world has evolved into people like these guys.

[@derrickbraithwaite-mais8469]

As someone that wears glasses I’m not offended love it 😍👏🏾👓

[@whoisdickieschnabel]

Omg, Adrien!!!! I love you!!! 💖💖💖

[@kennyhumble3699]

Back off he's mine! Lol!

[@michellefacchini2213]

ADRIEN BRODY!!!!

[@murieltainter5936]

If he is suppose to be an actor, why doesn't he learn his lines instead of looking elsewhere all of the time.................irritating.

[@pm_-wm1wq]

Chris Kattan was awesome 👏

[@joefil1991]

I can't wait until COVID-19 is gone and we can go back to regular eye exams like this.

[@ВадимБ-ъ7т]

She didnt pay 4 those glasses

[@mihaimarchidann5067]

because they are cyclopses

[@DJJezzebella]

I love the way that everything that they were accusing her and her glasses of they were pretty much like the perfect epitome of! You gotta love both obsolete haircuts as her original glasses? Ha! As he was saying that those are the kinds of glasses that make people hate you everything they were doing was making most anyone hate them too! The cyclops from the Aspen jungle! I thought for sure that they were just going to resell her old glasses after all that shit talking to the next sucker that came in at a ridiculous "Aspen Jungle" price! Sprockets!

[@SeanKeefe-t6x]

Lol, "you like a foot away from me" they hate my fingernails

[@chrissylar635]

This video changed my life. It brought me out of a really tough time. It all started on the day of my birth, where i was born at a very young age. Both my mother and father failed to show up. That day was forever cemented in my history as my one and only birthday. As i started growing older, my age began to increase, preventing me from being young again. Unfortunately, that also meant that i was twice as old as i had been half of my life ago. I thought I was done for, and that all hope was lost when i stumbled upon this glorious video. The moment i clicked on the play button i was hooked, and the electronic music blaring in the background really brought me closer to the experience. The 160p screen resolution brought a tear to my eye. It reminded me of my glory days back in vietnam, where we would record the monkeys in the trees that spoke vietnamese. I still hear the bushes talking to me. The dance moves bring me back to the times when i would pee on the vietnamese soldiers after we captured them and eat their chicken noodle soup. That reminds me of the numerous horrendous war crimes i commited while stationed in Vietnam. The part where your character was dancing in the water hit harder than dad at 3am with the belt. I have been watching this on loop nonstop since may 1st, and i still can't get enough. My family has disowned me, and they tried to disconnect my wifi, so i sat on the street outside starbucks and continued to watch this masterpiece until the manager came and kicked me out. He called the cops and i ran away as fast as i could. They haven't been able to catch me yet, and the military has stepped in, as I am now using the government's wi-fi because i can't watch this anywhere else. I'm currently running through the coal mines of Vladivostok in hopes that the russian government won't find me there, but i feel that my VPN provider has been leaking my location as the police have been after me for the past 30 years but in the last 30 days it's been worse. I hear the helicopters above my starbucks, and the police are patrolling the streets but they cannot find me due to my disguise as a male stripper. Unfortunately I think they are on to me now, but I am still religiously watching this video with no end. Oh no, i see the tanks flattening the buildings across the street. I'm satisfied with my life if i die watching this video. They are closer, i dont have much time left befo

[@kennyhumble3699]

Y'all can't tell me Adrien isn't the sexiest man on this earth! I love him! 💋

[@jondunmore4268]

Sebastian!

[@user-xl7fl]

🤦

[@elcheapo9444]

The cyclops style could be the next trend.!!

[@jennafox8556]

We'd all become cross-eyed though.

[@machtnichtsseimann]

4:12 - LOL

[@BlackGhost47]

Chris Kattan looks like a short Brendan Fraisner

[@obiwankenobi661]

mark my words cyclopses will become a thing

[@allanlargiovsol4985]

still waiting

[@gigli007]

Adrian Brody deserves Grammy for this performance

[@FrenkMelk]

Nope, a Clio

[@insanecow24]

...and the award for knowing what awards are for what things goes to... someone else. Always an honor to be nominated, though.

[@luckyseven4111]

No he is considered one of the worst people ever to be on SNL

[@penguinodave]

I know it’s Brody but he really looks like Andy dick in this

[@bzd1983]

Why because nobody laughed at anything he did.. he sucked

[@kennatheswiftie2359]

the funniest thing is that adrien brody was banned from snl

[@wolf.eye._-]

Really? 😂

[@vj9021]

The last glasses I could do that with my school ruler only it was green. Who new I could a pinched the idea & made money- well till the law suits.

[@rinikashimika5327]

😂😂😂😂 i was looking for this

[@highlander666]

Watching this again at work, and I feel like Im about to explode; too funny🤣

[@MyNewEra2012]

Love Adrien Brody but this is not his thing........

[@abutterfly7975]

Chris and Adrian 😂🤣

[@towedarray7217]

Real talk: I've seen way less practical glasses than the cyclops and I'm mildly surprised it hasn't been done (maybe it has!). Hell, watch Young Thug's 2nd performance from the 10/16/2021 show and you'll see a pair of idiotic glasses it shouldn't be legal to drive while wearing. Like horse blinders. I've loved this sketch for awhile and didn't even notice Chris Kattan and Adrian Brody constantly changing their glasses. I really loved this.

[@reginarepp3639]

I was an optician for over 20 years and this is hilarious

[@BluStile3]

Great job by set designers too.

[@blackbird163]

Loved this one

[@nidas5449]

So this is where fetch is from!!!!!

[@SR-hj6sh]

Oh...we are shown a rack of spectacles here and told to choose what we like. Then based on what we chose, they give us recommendations which are in similar vein

[@LordOfElderon]

lol, the concept of the "cutmasters" or "king of pizza" low rent places actually being pompous experts that know enough to be masters is a great idea.

[@LL-fd7xn]

I absolutely remember watching this sketch when this first aired 20 years ago! Ohh my Chris Kattan is/still such a fox! Also this is the reason why I don't go to the optical place anymore. I just go online!

[@skiburnski7543]

50% of SNL sketches would be funnier if the cast would take some time to memorize their freakin lines!

[@evyjaymes840]

You do know they read the lines off cue cards right?

[@skiburnski7543]

@@evyjaymes840 that's why it's terrible

[@Plusse]

Problem is, there are usually rewrites being done right up until the live show, so memorizing becomes largely pointless and potentially disastrous. However, I agree that very few can skillfully perform from cue cards, and it's terrible when they can't.

[@demonhunter2121]

The cast during this time was particularly bad about just staring and reading their cards.

[@jonsword9508]

Fetch. From meangirls

[@towedarray7217]

This was a really brilliant sketch. SNL is at its best when it is smart and dumb at the same time and this is a great example of it. Prop comedy gets a bum rap sometimes but for sketch-heightening, pulling out those cyclops glasses completely nails the concept. Right between the eyes too.

[@richfictionfighter]

Is Adrien reading off a cue card? He's not looking at Amy

[@mihaimarchidann5067]

because they are blind as a bat and those "glasses" do not work, obviously

[@randallbevansr5200]

I think,they started selling glasses,,,at,,,,JEFFERYS

[@Mariuccia-la]

lost it at “Cyclops by uno dos quattro!”

[@sachinb.v3151]

No wonder Adrian brody has not been invited anymore

[@pam0626]

This sketch is awkward. I’ve never heard an audience so quiet.

[@sergey_is_sergey]

I think it's because the flow between Chris Kattan and Adrian Brody is so weird. It's like they keep forgetting whose turn it is to speak and keep waiting for the other person to speak. This sketch does not have a good flow.

[@fododude]

@@sergey_is_sergey You're right. This is very ill-rehearsed. Their timing is murdering this bit.

[@fran8926]

Cause he did a racist thing before this sketch

[@pam0626]

@@fran8926 Really?

[@fran8926]

@@pam0626 yep, when he presented the band he did a stereotypical and awful Bob Marley impression

[@TimothyJonSarris]

Brody needed a more rehearsal for this sketch.

[@cassandraeloveandfitness]

Kris Kattan!

[@randomjones8753]

These are the kind of glasses that make people hate you. Kataan was great

[@nocturnalwolf7559]

You can't hate on Adrien!

[@stranraerwal]

Chucky Conan: what can't I hate ?

[@mmaclipsuknow]

You kindof can tbh

[@maddluv123]

Lorne Michaels: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@miracas1206]

Oh god, I'm going to get a new pair very soon, ugh! But this video eases the experience, lol!

[@pesokpesok]

so did shee score those cyclops - they are to die for

[@terrencelawlor7778]

This place is next to Jeffry’s😂

[@destroyjevin3365]

Twenty years ago got dam

[@robertd8362]

Honestly we never had any Advant Garde gay types when I worked the LENSCRAFTERS only Ophthalmic Doc types competing with Machinist Controller types 🥊

[@primitivechanneltv7854]

Adrien brody is so funny here, after i watched dragon blade

[@nicholasschonerstedt2830]

The glasses they had on was fire though

[@diabeatit5189]

that was.....difficult....

[@timwhite7127]

Well, they can't all be winners...

[@macmacreynolds8712]

Earlier in the same show: ‘Yo, yo ma, yo ma, yo ma, yo ma, RASTAMAN!’ Racist, but funny as hell!

[@freebird3581]

This is the un funniest sketch ever

[@nathanregennitter3938]

People at my school be like

[@handsomeblackman255]

These are the kinds of glasses that make people hate you......damn. That was harsh.

[@Chris-de2qc]

Minions origin story

[@uttaradit2]

the sight stick could work

[@monicashoemaker6041]

How ironic that the first pair she brought in are being worn by K Pop idols today and everyone wants a pair.

[@cathleenrocco4804]

one of the most clever skits of SNL's

[@pvt.prinny759]

You should’ve went to specsavers

[@memelc5655]

Hilarious

[@ashleyp3662]

Didnt this guy get thrown off show after he did what ever he wanted in the monologue

[@mark321123]

You mean the Academy Award winning actor? Yeah, that's him.

[@eewilson9835]

uno dos cuatro

[@vadl9947]

when im saw a stick just explode from laugh)

[@cacauldr]

This comment puts such a wonderful weird visual in my head, sincerely thanks. No disrespect.

[@stranraerwal]

VadL: you foreigners are really easily entertained !

[@MrKastaway66]

Is that the Jamaican accent guy?

[@mttheiss8885]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vsen7]

John Carpenter

[@MadarakiFran]

Amy still looking delicious

[@percyperanamus7432]

Really can't get into this era of snl

[@sbg1911]

This skit is awful lol!

[@yokaboka]

Adrien Brody is a great actor no doubt..... but comedy is not his thing.

[@epicon6]

yokaboka He is too good for comedy for you to understand

[@1000auh]

Yeah comedy is not his forte.

[@samsmith4216]

Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dumb.

[@ninjaturtlefan2003]

Sssoooo did they have a script or did they just make this up as they went?

[@JanosTerroz]

That could have been funny but just basically having weird classes there should have been something a little bit more over the top.

[@danicegewiss862]

Lens masters are almost as bad as Singer Specs was. I'm glad they're gone.

[@steve_bal4]

This reminds me of a bad highschool skit.

[@aleas799]

Portlandia thrift store

[@moejohnson8459]

Am I the only one who thought Amy was and still is sooo freaking hot!!!!

[@MisterGuitarItalia]

yet another idea Jimmy Fallon stole...

[@edsmythe7020]

I dont understand

[@NousSpeak]

the audience really wasn't into it

[@couldntcareless2602]

That was painful to watch