Top 10 Older SNL Skits Everyone Must See

You can't call yourself an "SNL" fan without watching these skits. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the vintage skits from “Saturday Night Live” that could serve as a primer for that show’s classic history. Our countdown includes "The Blues Brothers," "Church Chat," "Wayne's World," and more! Can YOU remember the first time YOU were allowed to stay up late and watch “SNL?” Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

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[@johndavis3921]

The 6th season.

[@kf1000]

I was 18, the first season, and just starting college... I watched religiously. I remember telling other kids about it... none had heard of it yet.

[@robertlee5391]

The very first show . It was funny. I can't believe Lorne Michaels has been there. Think of his staying power.

[@nancyvillines4552]

I remember the first show with George Carlin and the 7 word's you can't say on TV or Radio 😂 We had our first apartment in the poor side of town. ❤😊

[@truthstillmatters59]

I was a regular fan watching it in its inception year of 1975, but I don't remember if I watched the first episode or not.

[@MG-ot2yr]

Steve Martin singing King Tut was also a classic "he gave his life for tourism" lol

[@joannryan5929]

There was nothing better than SNL in the 1970s and early 1980s

[@MegaBlackViolet]

You said it! I'm not impressed with what's happening with SNL today. Back then, it was hilarious! One of the best reasons for staying home on a Saturday night.

[@LolaLaRue-sq6jm]

SNL is so boring and safe. Back when Eddie Murphy was on, it was smoking hot.

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

They've turned into an arm of the state. All official talking points, terrible jokes that aren't even jokes really.

[@kwilliams2239]

They made politics funny, not simply mean like it is today. Both sides were roasted and both were hilarious. Today, it's unwatchable. Humor is dead.

[@smartin4000]

No one “stays up” to watch SNL anymore. Tape it, zip thru the ads, watch a couple of Taylor Swift promotional performances, & get on the laptop to show others where to see the latest “Live” tape! “WEBSTER” had more controversy than the latest excuse of improv featuring all your latest/safest superstars of Hollywood. A big yawn! Lorne Michaels, please, STOP! You’re insulting the pioneers who made you the selfish, rich, old fogey (the original targets of SNL) you now are! 👎☹️

[@kathyt8374]

Rosanne Rosannadanna!!! That was classic Gilda Radner!

[@crlguitar1]

'Ya know, Jane....It just goes to show ya....It's always somethin'.....Either it's one thing or it's another....'

[@joycampi7233]

Dan Aykroyd's Julia Child is epic!! Christopher Walken's cowbell is pure gold!

[@FoodLoverLand]

I also loved Roseanne Roseannadanna and Land Shark

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

Candy gram! 😂

[@peppertree8244]

​@@hollydatsopoulos7998 Lolol, you got to it first so I 'liked' it for sure! It was so funny how Land Shark would keep using different reasons to be there till they finally opened the door.

[@bozimmerman]

"I'm just a Guppy, ma'am."

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Loved Dan Ackroyd and the Bassomatic!

[@RANDOMNATION907]

Chinchilla-matic too.

[@peppertree8244]

And we all went, "No, is he gonna do thaOHHHHHhhhhhEWWwwwwwwwhahahahahahahahaEWWWwwwwwwwhahahahahahahaha.....!?!!" It WAS a suprise! How could we not watch every week obsessively after that!??

[@Lilo-A]

🤢

[@MuchasGaseous]

Dan was awesome. "Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute" and Irwin Mainway on "Consumer Probe"

[@jomc6734]

"Love that bass!"

[@badbiker666]

One thing not mentioned regarding The Blues Brothers was the amazing band behind Dan and John. Steve Cropper on guitar and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn, who were also in Booker T. & the M.G.'s. The sax player was Lou "Blue Lou" Marini and Tom Malone played the trombone. Those two were part of the regular SNL band and had previously been in Blood, Sweat & Tears. Also on guitar was Matt "Guitar" Murphy, who had performed with many blues legends such as Howlin' Wolf, Little Junior Parker, and Ike Turner. I mean, this was a REAL band, a superstar group of musicians, so it's no wonder that the music that The Blues Brothers played on the show and in the movies was outstanding!

[@truthstillmatters59]

The Blues Brothers had a GREAT band behind them.

[@NYCHFAN]

THIS!

[@angelabluebird609]

YES, YES, YES! Booker T and the MGs and all these musicians are a dream come true.

[@kel13co]

Thank you for the breakdown of the band. Good old days…

[@trinaq]

The Cowbell skit will always be iconic, Christopher Walken will always be a win.

[@lorensims4846]

More Cowbell!!

[@Grace1957-]

I don't know what it is about him but he gives me the creeps. The cowbell skit was hysterical tho.

[@pauladouglas9891]

He said that people used to bring cowbells to the theater when he was performing on stage

[@debbie7505]

How can you forget Emily Litella, ‘never mind’

[@Grace1957-]

I still say "never mind"@@debbie7505

[@lorensims4846]

Oh, but what about the Killer Bees and the Land Shark? The Bees were a favorite Halloween costume at the time. My very favorite part of that "Henry Kissinger" interview was when Baba Wawa asked him what the high point of his career was. He answers, "1973 when I won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War." "And the low point?" "1975, when the Vietnam War ended." I graduated high school in 1975, so this was a delightful treat EVERY Saturday Night!!

[@MoogieB]

Fellow ‘75 graduate. This makes me want to watch the old SNL shows again! More Steve Martin!

[@Grace1957-]

75 grad also. I think my favorite was Emily Latella and Chevy and Jane doing the news. "Nevermind" and yes Franco is still dead.

[@billnolte8644]

Killer Bees and Land Shark were way more memorable than the lounge singer. Or the Mastermind skit. You are so right.

[@peppertree8244]

"We want your lupines. Give us your lupines."

[@jime8532]

also a '75 HS grad. that fall was the beginning and one of the first shows I saw included the spoof commercial at the start of the show (I didn't realize it was a spoof) of the three bladed razor and I thought "well that didn't take long". good times, and I miss them.

[@jboosey2431]

Difficult to choose such a list when limited to 10. Mine would have included Samurai (insert profession here), Wild and Crazy Guys, Killer Bees, Roseanne Roseannadanna and the Weekend Update (only skit still running to this day from the original show). And the number one on my list would be King Tut by Steve Martin. Even though he wasn't a cast member, he wrote it to perform on SNL, and it became the first zeitgeist from the series. Just my 2 cents.

[@MegaBlackViolet]

My favorites from the Samurai series: Samurai Hitman, Samurai Dry Cleaners, and Samurai Hotel, with Richard Pryor. Also, who can forget SNL's version of The Exorcist?

[@markvoelker6620]

Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber Theodoric of York, Medieval Judge

[@wendiepate5983]

Agree 100

[@jack002tuber]

Samurai Delicatessen

[@kristinschermann6581]

"Would you like to touch my monkey?' '.....your story has become tiresome!' Then that Sprockets dance still cracks me up!

[@john15008]

Interesting list. The “Nerds” sketches with Gilda Radner and Bill Murray playing Lisa and Todd should have been included.

[@pam8962]

😂😅The Lubners

[@frankgallego3782]

"Yeah, that was so funny I forgot to laugh!"

[@charlescline8943]

Hiiii Mrs Lubnerrrrrrr

[@john15008]

@@pam8962 Actually, it’s Lisa Loopner and her mother Enid.

[@c.d.9035]

One word: CANDYGRAM! Back in the day, the land shark was all anybody could talk about.

[@waldoparsnip1025]

Ha ! Always great ! , but how about a little ' stunt baby " ?

[@Lilo-A]

🦈

[@ChooseCompassion]

😹😹😹

[@saraeastman40]

What a great list and great memories. We’d always look forward to Mr. Bill, Father Guido Sarducci, Toonces the Cat, The retentive chef, The Richmeister, just silly skits of our youth

[@peppertree8244]

Omg, so many great ones. 'Oh, noooooooo....", Mr. Bill! I even just used Toonces the Cat in a conversation two days ago! Guido Sarducci...so great. The memories! I'm smiling big!

[@acustomer7216]

Awww Toonces and Father Guido😃

[@Yousaywhat58]

​@@peppertree8244 We were such Mr Bill fans, there were advertised Mr Bill t shirts during the program. My husband, brother and I ordered and wore them proudly!

[@peppertree8244]

@@Yousaywhat58 Yaaay!

[@junglejane2824]

We'd all get together at a friend's house, get real high and laugh so hard. It was absolutely hilarious! Ty for showing these! We need more.. These old one's are still THE BEST!

[@chemrebel]

The French Chef is a required Thanksgiving Day watch in my house.

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Anything Dan Ackroyd does is gold!

[@cynthiayarger9757]

Loved “Point-Counterpoint” dueling commentary with Dan Akroyd & Jane Curtain.

[@waldoparsnip1025]

" Jane , you ignorant slut !" Kills me every time .

[@Buggy-su4oy]

It was great when Eddie brought Gumby back in 2019 and even without the green face makeup everyone knew who it was...and he was just as cranky and condescending as ever.😊😊

[@CraftAero]

...and nobody was offended by a black man doing green-face.

[@MissezPremiseHello]

I miss Phil Hartman.

[@sandyl4100]

Me too! I think he was in the top ten talent of all the SNL players. What a horrible death. 💔💔

[@deekay9822]

The Church lady was my absolute favorite skit.

[@kristinschermann6581]

My favorite episode of hers is when she had Dennis Hopper as a guest, and she said "Pearl tells me your new movie Blue Velvet is about an athsmatic gentleman who appreciates fine fabrics" -HILARIOUS!!

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

*Well, isn't **_that_** special?!* 🤨 🤣😂😅

[@CherylSimser]

My fave skit was where the Church Lady plays the drums like a master.

[@gregGould]

The episode with Sean Penn where he punched the Church Lady in the mouth and began fighting her and the Church Lady yells out "Help me Jesus" and then starts winning the fight. Penn was married to Madonna at that time and the Church Lady had insulted her being overtly sexual and that's when he punched the Church Lady character. I've searched KZbin for that skit but have been unsuccessful. I'd love to watch it again.

[@nickelndime5]

Even though it was not a recurring skit, the "Word Association" skit with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor is problem the greatest SNL to date.

[@lorensims4846]

"Ed Grimley" was a character from Second City TV, another top comedy sketch show based around a fictional UHF TV station "Channel 90" that ran contemporaneously with Saturday Night Live. It was from Canada and included "Canadian Content" (which was usually cut out for commercials in the U.S. ) featuring "the McKenzie Brothers." "Edith Prickly", "Gut Caballero", and "Johnny LaRue" were characters who worked at the "station" along with Ed Grimley. Many, if not most, of the stars on this show later became stars on SNL.

[@jdolew]

Yes, let's name some of those Canadian stars too - John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara. Low budget but clever, funny skits.

[@TheTrish0395]

I love Ed Grimley! I was Ed for Halloween one year. And went to a dance at my church. I love that he went from SCTV to SNL with Martin Short.

[@cocoaorange1]

I recall in junior high, when Buckwheat and Bid Bird got shot,that was funny as hell! I loved Church Lady as a young adult!

[@Jimmersaunt]

I saw all of these! I don’t remember exactly when I was first allowed to stay up but it was when the original cast was on. Yep, I’m older than dirt!

[@texas2step266]

My husband and I watched the very first episode of Saturday Night when it was broadcast, in the same year we married. We enjoyed it for many years, but it eventually ceased to be funny. We dropped it decades ago. But next year, it will turn 50, so congrats to those cast and crew who have managed to keep it going. (Our marriage has kept going too, AND it is still funny.)

[@waldoparsnip1025]

I remember the first year , we were jamming , T.V. volume down , and all of a sudden , somebody said " What the hell are we watching ?" Turned the jams off , T.V. volume up , and that was it ! We were hooked . And even then , they would cut to what you thought was a commercial , and it was part of the show ! Hilarious stuff . Star Trek , landshark , and " stunt baby " were my favs

[@texas2step266]

@@waldoparsnip1025 Loved Landshark! The Bees and the Coneheads were also favorites.

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Emily Litella! Gilda was fantastic!

[@fordtruxdad5155]

YES! Violins on TV! Haha!

[@trinaq]

It's crazy how many SNL Skits later became feature length movies, with "Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World" being the best. The trend has since died out now.

[@Firepuma27]

PDD recently did a movie

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@Firepuma27😊agreed

[@siddaye]

@trinaq don't forget night at the roxbury

[@ultrasometimes8908]

The californians needs a fucking tv series!

[@danicegewiss862]

I'd switch Wayne's World with Coneheads.

[@EM-mw2qr]

I remember watching the Dan Akroyd Julia Child skit when I was a kid and laughing hysterically. If you haven't seen the whole thing, his hand starts bleeding harder and harder and there's blood all over the place. So funny!

[@gothhydran2241]

What? No mention of Eddie Murphy's SNL "White Like Me" sketch? Or "Word Association" with Richard Pryor and Chevy Chase? 🤣

[@bluebear1985]

The best Wayne's World sketch they did was when they got Aerosmith to perform the theme to Wayne's World. Party on!

[@kristenwhite2701]

I loved Billy Crystal “I hate when that happens”

[@MegaBlackViolet]

You look MAH-velous!

[@lchapo5469]

The Greek Restaurant 🍔 🍔🍔 Pepsi!! No coke!!

[@CraftAero]

Pepsi on stage, Coke in the dressing rooms.

[@frasermackenzie7275]

The Killer Bees sketches, all of John's Samurai sketches

[@emt874]

Some good choices. I agree on the omission of Roseanne Roseannadanna and I always looked forward to when Mike Myers did "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman".

[@bozimmerman]

"I'm Feeling A Little Verklempt!"

[@lindaopthof9504]

Where is Hans and Franz.?

[@BobMinelli]

I was lucky enough to catch the very first episode with George Carlin hosting. It was a big deal, since i got to stay up late. Now, my daughter wants to be a writer on SNL. If that happens, now THAT would be a trip. Hahaha..Peace! ✌

[@Grace1957-]

I'm 66 years old, most of the time I don't know who the host or the musical guest is but I still watch this awesome show (especially for News Update with Colin and Michael).

[@RLucas3000]

Some of the skits from the last decade or so are just some of the best. The convention of evil scientists! Frozen 2! The Olive Garden commercial!

[@cocoaorange1]

I use to like Tina and Amy!

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Ditto. Been watching since the very beginning. My favorite part now is usually Weekend Update, because I enjoy the chemistry of Che and Jost. The Kate McKinnon years were some of the best recent years, but I think Bowen Yang creates amazing characters as well. SNL has been my Saturday night psychic anchor for so long, I shudder to think what will happen when Lorne Michaels finally retires.

[@Grace1957-]

I definitely miss Kate.@@patriciamorgan6545

[@timberry4709]

@@patriciamorgan6545 "I'm Chevy Chase and your not." and "Breaking news from Spain. Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead."

[@robinaruff8775]

The absolute BEST cast in SNL history.... hands down.

[@IanPunter]

Which one?

[@Buggy-su4oy]

It was funny when Robin played Reagan using a radio earpiece with Phil and he began to get bad reception and started responding with what he heard in his ear.

[@JasonPicker]

How do you not have Matt Foley, motivational speaker?

[@martinphilip8998]

Was he not early enough. I’m laughing just remembering him smashing the table to smithereens. I should use that word more often.

[@jons.6216]

Dan Aykroyd had some other great characters like Leonard Pinth Garnell for the "bad" reviews as well as E. Buzz Miller with Christie Christine played by Lorraine Newman among many others! The first couple of cast sets had many great and iconic moments!

[@watchdog8058]

i miss phil hartman so much! what a tragedy!

[@jimb.7523]

*I always loved SNL from 1988 to 1994. Found that to be the best period, IMO.*

[@BClarke]

That’s a legit list of classic skits. I’d have included Eddie Murphy’s social experiment where he dresses up as a white guy named…Mr. White.

[@acustomer7216]

OMG that was a classic!

[@terireed3740]

I watched the very first episode and I don't think I missed one throughout the 70's. Who remembers Father Guido Sarducci?.. omg and Braaad! ..Oh nooo. It's Mr Bill! I still like SNL but the SNL of the 70s just can't be beat.

[@cheriemcfadden5287]

I remember the Julia Childs skit had me and my mother Crying, laughing, coughing, and cackling all at the same time. It is the first time I experience near death from laughter😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂

[@Charlottlette]

Number one should have been the samurai sketches Belushi did back in the day, those were gold

[@angelabluebird609]

Hot Tub, with Eddie Murphy and none other than Dr. Joyce Brothers, put us into hysterical laughter! All these skits are fabulous! Church Chat and Wayne's World are also favorites. Thanks to all who contributed to this fine work.

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Killer bees. Land shark. Bass-o-matic. Miss Emily Litella. Fake ads (Quarry cereal, anyone?). And who could forget Andy Kauffman's first appearance? The show was still new, we didn't yet know what to expect from it, and we didn't know Kauffman. He came on stage, just him and a phonograph and a record. We thought he was frozen with fear, bombing miserably in front of the country on a live TV show, but it was all part of the sketch. And it was hilarious.

[@jennifer_m.8613]

Love the skits from the 70s and 80s

[@katherinecompton6591]

Actually, I've been watching from the beginning, October of 75. I'd graduated high school the previous June. Age 18, perfect timing for SNL! When it started I watched with my mom. Now I watch with my daughters. 100% fans. 😊

[@thatguy8514]

MadTV. In Living Color. Do those shows too!!

[@rowenapascual1316]

I remember staying up late as a 12 year old watching "SNL" in the 70s, especially the Sigmund Freud bit!!! 😆

[@larksongster]

I remember SNL from its beginning! I was a high school senior, hanging out with my mother, saying good night, when the show came on. I'd heard about it, so Mom invited me to watch with her. We never missed it after that!

[@JacQues58]

We loved Doug and Wendy Whiner. I also remember a Jane Curtin skit where she hosted the talk show 'Idle Chit-Chat,' I have not been able to find it anywhere.

[@susankievman642]

I was 24 in 1975. Never missed a SNL show. They were hilarious! I miss those old routines.

[@ChooseCompassion]

This show is extraordinary in it’s earliest years. It premiered my senior year of high school and finally felt like there was some humor for a bunch of stoners like us. I don’t think they will ever be as stable of talent like this again under one roof. When something can hold up after a half a century you know you’ve spun something into gold. To the cast, writers and crew … THANK YOU! ✌🏼

[@nuschlerclark895]

1970 I was an ICU night shift nurse. We’d get so BORED! So we dressed up in white blankets, make white paper cone heads and conga through the surgical unit. It was nuts…esp when a family member walked in at 0330. OMG!

[@leesashriber5097]

These are the best. Older SNL skits were untouchable. Loved this list!! Thank you.😊 I was actually Ed Grimly for Halloween one year 😂

[@MegaBlackViolet]

Speaking of untouchable, I loved the Untouchables skit.

[@nancyvillines4552]

Thank you for these wonderful memories 💖

[@justineves3588]

Very very great LoL very funny and a lot of fun too very very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 😊❤

[@TheDopekitty]

Feels weird to hear Wayne's World described as an older sketch... I was in my teens then

[@NickCC23]

Some of us "old people" fondly remember the first five seasons of SNL.

[@markcannon3899]

14 years old in 1978 and I was amazed, shocked, surprised, and basically when I wasn't trying to understand the adult content at times, I was doubled over laughing. But I was raised on Second City being a Canadian.

[@earthquake903]

Omg, these are amazing

[@oliviakinter179]

I'm also a big fan of COFFEE TALK!

[@anarey-oktay2683]

I also enjoyed the land shark skits, and anytime Gilda Radner played a 10 year old girl.

[@john15008]

You’re likely referring to Gilda’s Judy Miller character.

[@SmokeyTreats]

Very raw & hilariously creative comedy, unmatched since.

[@justinseymour4341]

This skits will always be funny

[@baudgaud]

Well, this top 10 definitely hit some greats but I think there are some hardcore runners-up which weren't even given an honorable mention. Phil Hartman's "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer." Mike Meyers' "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman." Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey in "Pumping Up With Hanz and Franz." Al Franken's "Daily Affirmations With Stuart Smalley." Absolutely any of Dennis Miller's or Norm Macdonald's "Weekend Update" entries. Almost everything Adam Sandler or Chris Rock did, and almost every skit where Jon Lovitz busted out his tagline, "Yeah... that's the ticket!" Finally, even though they were just one-offs, Christopher Walken's "Trivial Psychic" and Alec Baldwin's Christmas guest appearance on the usually lame "NPR's Delicious Dish" which revolved around his, "Sweet and Salty Schweddy Balls."

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

In 5 years, if you do this exact same list again, I believe in the top 5 will be *Kenan Thompson* doing *"What's Up With That?!"* and *"Black Jeopardy."* 😁

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

I thought that Nick the lounge singer was completely forgotten. It didn't seem all that popular at the time, compared to others not mentioned, such as Mr. Bill or John Belushi's Samurai.

[@101shadeira]

I love coneheads 😂

[@Blitzkrieg1976]

The best of the best!!

[@sandybear61]

I was 13 when SNL started and was totally into it, watching it when I was babysitting on Saturday nights.

[@donnagriffin460]

Great picks! “Land Shark” also a classic - maybe add to another compilation!

[@mikesilva3868]

Hilarious classic skits😊

[@user-ut8kr9oh5l]

Classics, Hanz and Franz....pump you up! Great too!

[@brendah.6366]

Fell in love with bill Murray when he played Todd, the nerd!!! I was around 14-15! Have loved him ever since!!!

[@user-do4so5wp6w]

...Gilda Radnor' s Rosanne Rosanna Danna

[@deacondavidviscount7579]

Hans and Franz was a big SNL skit. And JB’s samurai was hilarious.

[@rastalique8114]

My brother and I found SNL accidentally. Our nbc station played Monty Python at midnight and once there was a delay. We saw the "I can't stop my leg" skit w/ Elliott Gould. We were hooked.

[@ArtamStudio]

Elliott Gould was the NBC executive in the Star Trek skit, Robert Klein did the blues song about his unstoppable leg - "there it goes again!"

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Robert Klein did "I cannot stop my leg", not Elliott Gould

[@Temporal_Assassin]

I think Mr. Bill and the Killer Bees should have been listed. I was introduced to SNL with the Cone heads and Killer Bees as my sister was dating a Latino and they loved it. I introduced my own character in West Berlin while in the Army. His name was Mr. Jackboot, sometimes knows as Comrade Jackboot. I made him out of playdough and he went on training missions with me, where he would get stepped on, smashed by sandbags, and get shot through by blank rounds. He would even scream for help, asking the guards in the East German guard towers to climb the wall and rescue him "Doughboy City" as it was nicknamed, ran along the Berlin Wall as it runs along the East German countryside).

[@grantpenton1850]

I recall a lot of Gilda leading sketches... spoof of WIzard of Oz, puppy uppers and doggy downers:)

[@davidpotter1476]

The French Chef skit was so funny because Julia Child actually did cut herself with Jaques Pepin's knife one time on a live show.

[@conniebabcock4045]

Thanks for the memories. My favorite was the Two Wild and Crazy Guys ❤

[@janehankey3683]

I love the “Sinatra Group” with Phil Hartman as Sinatra, Jan Hooks as Sinead O’Connor, and Sting as Billy Idol (calling Sinatra a “stupid old fart”) .

[@d.j.savick]

Every time Christopher Walken was on playing The Continental, I thought they should make a movie about it. Showing a movie in the first-person view of all his would-be women interests would have been unique and fun.

[@waynechapman9823]

I was 13 when SNL debuted in 1975, so I got to see a lot of the early stuff. I even saw the low-rated mock documentary "All You Need is Cash" when it replaced SNL one week. That Rutles film actually included appearances by SNL cast members like Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and Dan Aykroyd. Too many Americans missed out on something special that night!

[@nitedreamer23]

I was always a fan of the sort of obscure, forgotten skits. The Scotch Boutique comes to mind. Also, Bill Murray and someone else played these ex-cop creeps who still acted like cops in their apartment building.. And I loved Belushi playing a bouncer and telling Stephen Bishop how he hated his song “On and On” and denied him entrance🤣

[@user-vg8yw2yq5g]

1977, if we could stay up, we could watch. No recording. No reruns. If you fell asleep, you didn’t see it. Very, very special.

[@acustomer7216]

And talk about it at school on Monday. The poor girl named Jane after Akroyd said "Jane you ignorant slut!"

[@MG-ot2yr]

The Coneheads clips missed the funnier parts, like Beldar's cover story to explain their strange behavior was "we're from France". Or them eating fiberglass insulation.

[@MegaBlackViolet]

Or the hair dryers, when Jane Curtin was scrambling over the wall.

[@wellmounted]

I liked the Billy Crystal Cuban(?)show host who interviewed guests at his lounge table. "It is better to look good than to feel good."

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

Not one of their best, but one that I remember dearly was a specific installment of a recurring skit on Weekend Update during the Murphy/Piscopo years. It was a pun segment with Tim Kazurinsky as Dr. Jack Badofsky doing puns on a specific word of the day. 99% of the time the puns were so awful that they weren't funny at all and only seemed designed to get a reaction of disgust from Brad Hall. But on one magical night the word was "orgasm" and the skit just slayed. I wish I could find that one online...

[@stevenhines5550]

Coneheads on Family Feud: Q: Something you bite A: Beldar: A trapeze A: Connie: The Big One

[@Gigiphd1]

I was on vacation in Myrtle Beach and watched the first episode. I was hooked

[@caitlingill]

I was watching an snl video when I got this notification and clicked on it

[@philipholder5600]

Not one mention of Roseanne Roseannadana?

[@john15008]

Perhaps because she was a character as part of the Weekend Update sketches. She was hands down one of funniest characters in SNL history.