Lyle, the Effeminate Heterosexual - Saturday Night Live

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Lyle, the effeminate heterosexual, can't get enough of the swimsuit issue. Aired 04/11/92
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[@linziRyan1965]

“Listen you little Queen!” 😂

[@gallery7596]

"WHAAAAT!!!!" 😄

[@sheydoll]

I died laughing 😂😂

[@lindajean803]

😂😂😂

[@ParDiss-e4i]

Maybe she's lesbian...

[@Dupa-yash]

🤣🤣🤣🥴 that part gets me the most!

[@mitchcroskell8665]

I saw this skit when I was in 4th grade. On the following Monday I then proceeded to mockingly call my friend a heterosexual during recess. None of us knew what the word meant (the joke of the skit definitely went over my 4th grader head at the time), but it had the word “sex” in it, so we all assumed it must be bad. My friend then vehemently denied the accusation and another kid overheard all this and told on me. For this I received after school detention during which I tearfully insisted to my teacher that I didn’t mean it and that he wasn’t a heterosexual. My punishment was to call my mom and explain what I had done and then to look the word up in the dictionary and discuss it with her. This was a sufficiently mortifying experience to make me learn my lesson. I have to think now that every adult involved in this situation must have been inwardly laughing to themselves at my childish naiveté about sexual terms.

[@knbsd3876]

Mitch Croskell ...Hahaha...what a great story! I remember doing something like this when I was younger too!

[@Tubalcain422]

I was caught masticating in the cafeteria. To this day I can’t get away from the nickname “choo choo”.

[@roberto3151991]

@@Tubalcain422 ...masticating? 0_0

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@roberto3151991 Chewing.

[@roberto3151991]

@@nicholasmaude6906 I thought so I just wasn't sure if they meant something different or not... Autocorrect is a bitch. 🤣🤷‍♂️

[@larrydirtybird]

I’ve known a few guys like Lyle. With each I spent months feeling sorry for him that he is so deep in the closet and ashamed of his sexuality, and then after a while it dawned on me, Holy shit he really is straight!

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

"I spent months feeling sorry for him"

[@billyin4c514]

Yup, the desire to rut birds is very strong. Even if the guy is a little swishy, his sex drive might be to put it where it counts.

[@007ndc]

I'm no biologist or sociologist but there are a wide range of types in the billions of humans. Butch gay men and effeminate straight men are part of that variety. Despite the variety in the end we all want to be loved and content.

[@lorio5003]

i made this mistake before and the guy wondered why i would even think that! he owned a jewelry store and had that high pitched voice, mannerisms and everything. and liked women. funny what we piece together from society!

[@ErinDeNis]

I had a friend in college who thought he was gay, so he said, but he was really touchy feely with us women. The people said he was always checking my a$$ out behind my back, and grabbed it one time. I didn’t know what to think. Then one day his gay bestfriend, who knew him better than anyone, stood up on the greyhound bus for a trip we were taking and said, “You know ain’t really gay.” 😆😆 I was like, “I knew it!” But homeboy swore he was gay and still dated men.

[@AbbasIdris]

I grew up with a guy who happened to be extremely good looking and effeminate. Most people thought he was gay, but he was as straight as a ruler! All his older siblings were girls and he was just copying their mannerisms!

[@pinkishdiamondz]

I can definitely see that happening. Makes sense.

[@danielc1978]

Haawhaaaatt?!

[@luciaconn6788]

In an emergency my bff ended up sharing a hotel room w/ a cute little bleach-blond guy w/ all the mannerisms. We left, never found out HIS back story other than he was Mormon. He really poured it on. Watchout girls they're out there.

[@michaelpaul721]

Nope. Doesn't happen that way

[@indoorsolutions7154]

@@luciaconn6788too funny , I have seen the lil 🤔fellas make off w the booty(treasure😉) many times……. If I had to bag a dude, that’d be my first choice.

[@RESphoto]

After the theme song and about 20 seconds into the skit, I had to stop it and marvel at seeing Kevin, Phil, and Chris together. I am forever amazed at how good we had it in those days and those personalities will never be replaced.

[@fredbozo8488]

Well put… SNL for many years has been nothing but a pathetic former shell of itself.

[@altarancho]

Those guys were nobodys back then, they went on to do great stuff because they got discovered on snl. That’s how it always goes. Snl is good right now and y’all are just nostalgic for when staying up late was a big deal.

[@RESphoto]

They were brilliant despite being 'nobody's. They later did great things because they were brilliant. I am nostalgic because they were brilliant; I was in college at that point, so I'm pretty sure I'm not reminiscing because I wanted to stay up late.

[@BenThere_DoneThat]

Tbh I get the same way seeing a sketch with Wiig, Hader, Armisen, Samberg, Moynahan

[@cmg25]

Same. 😢

[@LisaMitchellGD]

I love how he acts so panic stricken and hides the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, as if his wife ( who thinks he is gay) is going to be so angry that he was looking at it

[@mrchopsticks3]

Yeah, its best to ignore the plot holes while watching this.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

@Mr. Chopsticks that isn't a plot hole, that's part of the joke. he's so nervous about his wife finding out that he is checking out other women, meanwhile she thinks her husband likes men lol

[@Skr8955-f3c]

But, treats her like his mom? @@thecensoredmuscle563

[@vicvega3614]

​@@thecensoredmuscle563lol man the wife is the one who got the male stripper I almost fell out of my chair laughing. I remember watching this skit live, Lyle was a recurring character like Pat and massive head wound Harry. But this skit is way funnier now that im older

[@jedijones]

@@vicvega3614 He was barely recurring. It looks like he only appeared twice.

[@ChrisZ70]

Dana Carvey said in a recent podcast that he did stuff on SNL that couldn't be done today, and said "I don't even want to mention" what they were. I know he was referring to this.

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Yet, it’s a funny reality based on a lot of truth exaggerated. There are more gentle, relatively effeminate, guys like this that aren’t gay and everyone assumes they’re gay and even pushes and SHOVES them to be gay, and that’s wrong.

[@BenWeeks-ca]

@@SRose-vp6ew I know an older guy like that in his 80s or 90s. He seems like an innocent child of the 1930s and 40s with no awareness of how he comes across. A real sweetheart though.

[@squirrelbutler2119]

and...do those guys enjoy all that pushing and shoving and wrestling and oiling up before the big meet? meybe they're gay?@@SRose-vp6ew

[@supme7558]

​@@SRose-vp6eweveryone is gay

[@schmui]

​@@BenWeeks-ca "A real sweetheart though." Why "though"? You described him as a sweetheart.

[@Zippy994]

Everyone goes on about the original cast being the best, but this group was amazing. The level of talent and the writing were unbeatable.

[@LannieLord]

BINGO!! And they go on about the Eddie Murphy cast (I don't find Eddie Murphy funny- at all) . SNL reached its PEAK from the late 1980s thru the early 1990s ! The Phil Hartman / Nora Dunn cast thru the cast from this sketch.

[@chrish2112]

​@@LannieLordNobody needs to listen to anything you have to say about anything ever if you don't find Eddie Murphy funny. Leave the planet.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

The original cast was the 3rd best after the late 80's-early 90's and the mid 90's to early 2000's

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

​@@chrish2112 Reported!

[@chrish2112]

@@jarlwhiterun7478 Congrats, Karen.

[@dimitravasileiadou9771]

I can't believe they made a skit based on John Mulaney

[@kentconklin7294]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha ! 100% !

[@davedrust6378]

Ha!

[@Kaddywompous]

I heard he’s into bulls.

[@marceloromero4515]

Omg!! You're right!

[@karmabum21]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn lmao

[@johnbaugh2437]

I knew a high school music teacher years back like this. He was married with three kids. He was also a tail gunner in bombing missions over Germany in WW2. I could never really see him being such a badass, but he was. He told me when he shot down German planes, he’d look and see if a parachute came out. He said he’d feel relief when he saw the parachutes open, but many times it didn’t. He then just shrugged and said it was War. He was was very nice and gentle. I was very sad when he died.

[@johnnybeaver4093]

Jesus.

[@trollking99]

Cool story

[@walterramirezt]

Maybe he was also attracted to men. Gay/bi men can also be brave. First of all, it takes guts to be yourself.

[@johnbaugh2437]

@@walterramirezt oh i agree. Maybe he was. Who knows. My point is basically that stereotypes shouldn’t define a person.

[@walterramirezt]

@@johnbaugh2437 agreed

[@sitcomsTV]

Lyle looks like Flanders from the Simpsons.

[@pacnwguy9056]

Dana Carvey was one of the best SNL cast members of all time.

[@MrNocvill]

Ofc the got Dana to do it

[@indoorsolutions7154]

Agree ! Choppen broccoli-hee!

[@pacnwguy9056]

@@indoorsolutions7154 I think Church Lady was his most beloved character, but do you recall the Hans and Franz sketch when he french kissed the tv camera lens? I was so grossed out but it was also hilarious. 🤮🤣

[@ViN1988-m6w]

Yes he could do anything or anybody. Top 3 on my list.

[@MusicMama5.0]

No effing doubt he needs more recognition.

[@airfoilengine3799]

I know a man just like this. Wife, four daughters and acts just like Lyle. Pianist for our church, hot rod and aviation fan. You'd swear he was a flamer, but nope - just gentle. Total Saint too.

[@2Niche4U]

haha...sure

[@timd5301]

Pianist for the church lol

[@lawrencemcstephens308]

He was a fan of hot rods, eh? 🤣

[@michaelpaul721]

Jaaa riiight

[@hoppes9658]

Does he play the organ?

[@ammonweser4839]

It's funny that none of his straight male friends think he's gay, but all the women and gay men do.

[@jasonlieberman4606]

It might have something to do with going nuts over the swimsuit edition with his friends, but no one else sees that side of him

[@KillerOrangeCat]

Coming from a gay man who is always confused as straight, you underestimate how naive straight men can be. Not a criticism just an observation

[@LisaMitchellGD]

Good point lol But the Mailman does lol

[@LisaMitchellGD]

@@jasonlieberman4606 that must be what it is lol

[@Monad01]

@@KillerOrangeCat Well fair enough, but if you are masculine, and don't portray feminine attributes, how would they know?

[@TheDarkestMarcus]

Back when every SNL character had their own theme song.

[@justintime1343]

Except Matt Foley.

[@radioactive_moose]

I think Gilly was the last one to have one.

[@robertfitzgerald3118]

The relapse guy...

[@NomadAngie]

Back when they had original recurring characters.

[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

As it should be.

[@sonyan9712]

RIP Chris Farley and Phil Hartman 😢💔 💔 two of the greatest to do it

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

And the other SNL cast members, who went before their time. Like John Belushi and Gilda Radner! Cheers from Canada Home of SCTV AKA The Canadian SNL! Check it out, if you get a chance. Many members moved on to SNL. Rick Moranis, John Candy and you get Eugene Levy too!

[@dewarsbramangus]

And Norm NcDonald!

[@rmartin7558]

"She's married to Richard Gere." "I heard he's a flamer." LMFAO

[@SirLancelotsSpear]

What does it mean? Flamer?

[@candideggplant1575]

@@SirLancelotsSpear gay

[@robertfitzgerald3118]

No, he's just loyal to his gerbil...

[@frankvasquez1662]

That had me rolling!!! 😂

[@mariaa.5829]

Did not Richard Gere- a straight male- suffer a bad rap?

[@christopherorlando206]

and to make things more confusing .. he married Pat!!

[@bryanchrist8876]

Right!!

[@tangibleandroid285]

Astute observation yo

[@eddystar9816]

I don't get it, is PAT HIS snl SKIT WIFE OR REAL WIFE?

[@surrealcereal603]

LOL!!! Right on!!

[@jamesanderson348]

Good one!

[@leedesposito7347]

When he said Richard Gere “I heard he was a flamer” I almost choked from laughing

[@devadii24]

That hamster 🐹 story really went viral in the 90s 😂

[@thomashernandez8700]

gerbils@@devadii24

[@maryshaffer5675]

Hamster tale

[@genxx2724]

@@devadii24 Gerbil.

[@devadii24]

@@genxx2724 oh yes, my mistake 🤣

[@djbille4283]

I remember watching these back in the 90’s, Dana played the part perfectly!! Always so humorous!!!!

[@orlandojunior9584]

Dana died deep ditch diving

[@theYguy300]

I had a teacher who was just like that and would shock people when they'd find out he's straight and married lol

[@seanphillips9523]

6:5 odds that teacher was a down lo ho

[@nightmoose]

well...he's married, anyway

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Yea it happens a lot esp. with celebrities who are effeminate as Hell but they are straight. To me they are living a lie but anyway lol A guy like writer Michael Chabon is VERY effiminate and he actually talked about it on the show 20/20 on ABC. He said he had many gay friends because of that, they too all thought he was gay. lol

[@dntskdnttll]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 Michael Chabon is extremely deep in the closet.

[@paulatiredofthisshit]

Sorry, but if you're a guy and you're acting like that, you're not even trying to hide. You're just doing it for comedy.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Haha, even in this bit part Chris Farley is hilarious: "You know I never get tired a' LOOKIN' AT THESE WOMEN!" the way he says that cracks me up.

[@mariebernier3076]

Gonna CRY!

[@cosmicmauve]

Me it's "Man! look at Ashley Montana!" followed by the physical expressions. lol! Just gets me. He's all in.

[@en7252]

This could've been a great sitcom to watch

[@bp9808]

I actually think the humor in the sitcom "Frasier" is kinda based on this idea. The characters of Frasier and Niles are based on a gay couple, but they're written as straight brothers.

[@ruialexandre6197]

This and The Ambiguosly Gay Duo cartoons!😂

[@errcoche]

I had a friend who would qualify as this. His dad died when he was a baby and he was raised by his mum who had him when she was in her 40s. It could be quite confusing and he would deliberately camp it up at times.

[@JerseyDevilJerseyGirl]

Ahhhh back when the SNL cast members didn’t deliver lines while staring 35 feet off into the distance

[@philosopher1a]

LOLOLOL yeah really

[@gailfountainatl]

The new skits have cue cards

[@DARWINZOO]

My favorite season

[@larrydirtybird]

I noticed that too! I also thought about that while watching The Carol Burnett Show recently. Their skits were 20 minutes long and they memorized all the lines. If they were glancing at cue cards it wasn’t even noticeable.

[@DivaLis515]

RIGHT. And not one character broke the whole time even though this is outrageously funny and funnier than MOST of what is on the show right now. Actually being a professional comedian used to be in style.

[@dwigs]

And now we have "Chrisley Knows Best" 🤷🏽‍♂️🤣

[@dynjarren8355]

Good point! The dad is definitely effeminate and yet he’s married with children. I laugh out loud when he says something effeminate.

[@eben8999]

😂😂😂

[@gingerbee6719]

That chrisley is def a CLOSET GAY. HE HAS AN ARRAIGNMENT WITH HIS WIFE....

[@rubyrush3751]

First thing I thought of

[@gingerbee6719]

@KoldTony Debonaire Well he won't admit to it. Isn't that considered still in the closet?? I know it's obvious, but.....🤤

[@theodorep1612]

My Dad's baby boomer cousin's husband was a super effeminate straight man. He had a very effeminate way of speaking. He was a hairdresser who ran a shop inside his home. He was also a part-time wedding planner. He was married with 7 children, and his wife was a somewhat masculine farm-raised woman.😅 She 'wore the pants' in the relationship. 😊

[@panhandler21]

'wore the pants' is the most retarded f****** phrase of all time. everyone wears pants.

[@dntskdnttll]

There are a LOT of genuine heterosexuals who just have fem (male) or butch (female) personalities and would probably be really suited for each other. But it's pointlessly mocked and stigmatized. Skits like these mocking it are a big part of how kids learn the shame early and try to get rid of their actual personalities, totally pointlessly. When really they could accept themselves and find somebody who matches them.

[@Nikybeez]

​@@dntskdnttll​​If you think kids are learning things from spoof skits on SNL, then you should think of yourself as a parent who needs to scapegoat others because you fear failing as a parent when your kid acts like a jerk. And then remember that lessons like that are learned at home, from you and your family. They hear much worse at school and online. It's YOUR job to teach them how to recognize poor behavior and not copy it. It's also YOUR job to teach them what comedy is, and have them learn the word, "subjective", as in "comedy is subjective". It's okay if they find things darkly humorous and it's okay if they don't find things funny. It's NOT okay to pretend that if they want to say offensive jokes because they actually hate others, that it's because of TV and not because your kid is just an ahole(if your kid is being homophobic, check yourself on what you've been saying - tree meet apple). This show isn't a part of "how kids learn" anything, and most certainly not a "big part." Try taking responsibility for your offspring instead of shifting blame to others due to your apathetic and cowardly approach to parenting.

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Actually don’t think the skit is negative towards people who don’t fit the stereotype, I actually think it defends them. Kids are getting pushed as if they “have” to be gay or trans based on sexist stereotypes and that’s actually disgusting that it’s being forced on kids who haven’t even gone through puberty yet to think they could possibly be in the wrong body and a surgery or hormones would fix it. The statistics actually say the opposite, it’s transitioned and passing individuals that realize it didn’t solve any of the problems and it’s those who transitioned that are harming themselves even while accepted and passing as something besides what their genetics are.

[@Brian-xp3uy]

And the strap on

[@brutewarrior]

"Don't put me in any of your gay sketches" - Norm

[@williambatson2514]

and then Norm was in that sketch with RDJ about singing gang members ala West Side Story. "OH no, that can't be good!" 😂

[@WarofThoughts]

When did he say that and to whom?

[@mikelisacarb]

I have come across more than several men like this in the music and theater world. One gets the impression that they gravitated to that community because it allowed them to be who they were. Otherwise, everybody would just be so uncomfortable around them that they couldn't enjoy life.

[@jbak87]

Theater, fashion and and the beauty industry has a lot of gays. I don't know why, but we've always dominated those areas.

[@black_sheep_nation]

And being a woman from the beauty, theatre and dance world, I can attest that the straight men (picture Tolkien's; Aragorn) were superior lovers. They got laid more than any regular club barfly. Men and their toxic machismo are stupid. Nothing's changed. It's a turn-off.

[@billyin4c514]

​@@jbak87I love all those things but I'm very masculine, very very masculine! Lol! All jokes aside I really do love those things , and I'm heterosexual. I just see them as creative outlets.

[@bobbyologun1517]

@@jbak87 i think the same reason jews were tailors and polish were butchers. certain spaces were socially allowable so they took over.

[@jbak87]

@@billyin4c514 So are painting, drawing and writing.

[@markmullen1852]

We all have met someone like Lyle. And when you meet his wife, you're shocked.

[@TheRacboys]

Don't deny it lyle.

[@GrnXnham]

I LOVE humor that laughs at stereotypes!! This was back when this was allowed and SNL was actually funny.

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

LOLOL I recall watching this with my wife 2 months before we got married, spring 1992 SNL was great

[@3joewj]

"Was"

@@3joewj Yup anything with Phil Hartman.

[@andrewtunk5143]

Yea it seems after that crew was done with snl it started going down hill

[@3joewj]

@ Spade, Farley, Sandler, Carvey, etc

[@theramblers2747]

Wazzzes

[@ldchappell1]

I like George Constanza's method for proving his heterosexuality. "You wanna have sex right now!!?? Come on baby, let's go!"

[@jeffkilgore6320]

I like George’s method for proving anything.

[@aryamansingh08]

But his father's gay

[@ruialexandre6197]

"I think it moved, Jerry!"

[@chrisfoxwell4128]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[@randall9000]

I was cleaning the house, and then yadda yadda yadda, there’s a statue in my bum

[@gabrielortiz1648]

Love it when he kicks out his friends and tells them that he has the real deal

[@MissBoop-iq2it]

Ageless and hysterical! We love you, Dana!

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

The singining telegram premeditaded by his loving wife just killed me:-). The funniest and most desirable thing about this skit is its total acceptance!

[@ember-brandt]

It subverted stereotypical expectations AND his family was accepting, this is brilliant writing. Dana Carvey is an absolute legend.

[@shinbakihanma2749]

This is one of Dana Carveys best series of skits. I remember this when I was a kid. HILARIOUS.

[@sharonrigs7999]

SNL has 2 Golden Eras The 70's classic cast and the early-mid 90's

[@LannieLord]

The 1986 - 1994 cast is MUCH better and all the skits HOLD UP. Unlike that STUPID Land Shark sketch. And the STUPID KILLER BEES sketches.

[@sharonrigs7999]

@@LannieLord I love all the old fake commercials 🤣

[@stizzlelikeasausage410]

I love how everyone was so accepting of him thinking he was gay

[@stuartewoldt1513]

Can you imagine if they didn't ....

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

@@stuartewoldt1513 no why not? Lol

[@SIKE01]

like Mr. Roper

[@stizzlelikeasausage410]

@@stuartewoldt1513 well then that would just be most gay people irl🤷‍♀️

[@mariagrace817]

Why wouldn't they be excepting of it ? I'm so confused by your comment? How should they have acted?

[@LoganHunter82]

The amount of offended people in this comment section is too damn high! I'm gay and I find this actually funny. Yes, you couldn't make these kinds of skits these days anymore, but people! You have to understand that when this was made, it was different times. And I'm guessing that the people that are most offended by this skit, are not even gays/lesbians/trans/etc.... themselves. Here's an advice for you all: STOP BEING OFFENDED FOR US! WE WILL FIGHT OUR OWN BATTLES!

[@drinkyourtea]

To be honest I've met heterosexual guys younger than me who are like this.

[@NihilSineDeo09]

I wish all gays were chill like you, man

[@TTony-tu6dm]

Well put. As Bill Maher said - you can’t be more offended than the people who are being offended. Besides, it’s a JOKE

[@nachtegaelw5389]

I’m not exactly offended, but I am uncomfortable. And I’m gay. “Walks like a girl, talks like a girl”, etc., it’s sexist and conflates gender with sexuality.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

@@nachtegaelw5389 Yes, and that’s what makes comedy so difficult. Is the laugh coming from the affectation or from the situation? I think for comedy we have to have a little leeway. But we don’t have to tolerate out and out offensive material. Just my opinion, of course.

[@copywritergena1225]

Lindsey Graham: The Young Years.

[@michaelvanvolkenburg7207]

so true.....the Lincoln project should use this.

[@Tonia682]

💀

[@lokijordan]

Lindsey Graham was *never* young.

[@hutch1197]

Lindsey Graham was never heterosexual.

[@cflo1386]

Lmao

[@mtnbound2764]

omg this is hilarious, why cant we have this type of comedy today.

[@HisNameIsRobertPaulson01]

Too many pussies.

[@LisaMiller-mo8dm]

the skit makes fun of peoples' seeing their world in stereotypes and their surprise when the stereotypes don't hold up. the skit is brilliant; as it really is directed at the audience's own stereotyping, not just that of the other characters' (those in the skit who assumed he was gay because he he had some stereotypically feminine behaviors) Not sure why it wouldn't go over today.... maybe because we want to think that we've evolved past thinking in stereotypes.

[@courtneycartwright4975]

Dana carvey is one of the funniest men to ever do comedy. Nobody can tell me otherwise.

[@daveman5860]

I don't know,,, who could it be?,,,, SATAN!!? 🤨))

[@beachem1]

Spot on, Courtney 👍🏻

[@undercoverhamster2549]

Well, that's insane!!!

[@dazem8]

choppin broccoli was my favorite song as a kid 🤣🤣🥦 iykyk

[@jacobmaldonado6406]

Look how he smokes the cigar

[@TiberiusStorm]

I worked with a guy who sounded like that. We were always so shocked when he'd talk about his wife and kids.

[@thenightporter]

A person can be gay and married to the opposite sex and have kids. 🙄

[@digitalwoodspace3060]

@@thenightporter and a man can be straight with an effeminate voice. A married man with an effeminate voice doesn’t mean deep in the closet gay man like you are implying. 🙄

[@shaaronie]

@@digitalwoodspace3060 Tony Randall?

[@davidwhitman1472]

@@shaaronie Tony Randall's voice was not effeminate. It was a bit high at times but he didn't sound like a woman. Though Elinor Donahue's voice was a bit deeper register than his. Klugman and Randall's voices meshed well together though they were quite different.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

Y'all in here doing in depth analysis over voice pitch and tone. @@davidwhitman1472

[@Inspadave]

More effort was put into the theme song for this sketch than what goes into the entire show these days.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Nah, you are just old and left your sense of humor in the 80s, along with your waist line and last good erection.

[@noneofyourbusiness302]

@@SKa-tt9nm damn! That was mean! Are you a queen?!

[@ernestpaul2484]

Did you notice also that it seems more money was put into production/stage-skit settings back then than it looks like now? Hell of a crew of comedians at that poker table.

[@vladstad8102]

@@bill_lumbergh and booze don't forget the booze

[@mr.b7586]

Talent, more talent.

[@mjverostek1278]

This era was the best cast of all time.

[@Silverado1st]

I met a soldier from Michigan in Iraq who was about 95.5 percent effeminate. Talking about shopping for curtains, new wall paper for his dining room and matching pillows for the couch... In a super feminine voice. So I didn't say anything, were all soldiers and defending the country, putting our lives on the line and it didn't matter to me, as long as he was well trained in his field. So the chat went on for a good five minutes, then he mentions his wife. I did a double take at the ring on his finger lol. But he was a very chill guy, friendly and nice to talk too. I've had a ton of gay friends over the years and quite a few that came out to me. I think because my ex-wife had a bunch of gay friends and knew that it wasn't an issue with me. It's been 17 years now and this skit just reminded me of him lol God bless him and all our soldiers. Hope he's doing well, Michigan was going thru a wicked bad unemployment crisis back then.

[@robbieracer3294]

Michigan still is...a lot cutting back and laying off, the auto industry is a joke now, bad quality and hugely overpriced

[@misham2563]

Never saw these skits with this character while I was watching snl as a young man but as a adult I think these are hilarious. Especially when he says whattttttttt!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Reminds me of the "All in the Family" episode from Season 1, where Mike's somewhat effeminate friend Roger, was straight and Archie's friend, the burly ex-football player, was as gay as a sunbeam.

[@toms4442]

The set remind me of All in the Family, the front door is right next to the closet even the staircase. Even the wallpaper looks a little reminiscent of that time

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@toms4442 It's almost a clone, true.

[@Tactical_Therapist]

That was a great episode!

[@hutch1197]

Sunbeams are gay? That changes everything!!!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

@@hutch1197 Seriously, gay used to mean happy. There was an episode of "The Golden Girls" in which Sophia, Dorothy's mom said Blanche's brother was as gay as a picnic basket.

[@maryem8263]

I’ve known a few guys like this. They do exist. It really throws ya off 😂

[@TiagoGomez-hb9te]

Explain please…

[@belasco2]

Wow these older skits really make the recent ones look like grade school drama club. I had a teacher who everyone thought was gay ( and he was) in the small hick town I lived in. So he married the butchest woman in town and they bearded for each other.

[@bobbyologun1517]

🥵🥵🥵

[@loringjohnson7797]

It's actually his brother Ned Flanders who's gay.

[@chuckwilliam4746]

Okilly Dokilly

[@yeralrightboah887]

lol

[@lukemcguire6363]

Uhh...Ned IS NOT gay. Get a clue

[@loringjohnson7797]

@@lukemcguire6363 Are you serious? It was a joke.

[@graciellamasya1561]

Hahaha

[@Debonair.Aristocrat]

"How very dare you!" "Who Dear, me Dear. No Dear."

[@shrew76]

+Fletcher DeMaine I was thinking exactly about Derek!

[@missmex7876]

shrew76 me too!

[@ElijahElijah-rk2rw]

lil britain

[@nuneatonolly]

@@ElijahElijah-rk2rw The Catherine Tate Show

[@spankynater4242]

Next time ask me about a carburetor or something.

[@carveylover]

I love this man. Obsessed. There have been very people who are as funny as Dana was on this show. Bill Hader might be up there.

[@youngstowncomiccon5677]

He's my fave SNL cast member ever.

[@Skr8955-f3c]

BillHader!!!

[@LittleMissShyGamer]

Lyle's voice reminds me of Mr.Slave from South Park.

[@visitjessiechan]

Jesus christttt....

[@richwheeler2854]

Mr Queermo more like it.

[@libitariq5524]

I

[@RoyRogersMcFreely28]

Ooooh Jees-Chriiiiiiist

[@willisfritz4562]

No more like Mr. Queermo from south park

[@machtnichtsseimann]

That's actually one of the best and most creative theme songs for a sketch ever on SNL...( most of the time they phone it in ).

[@Reggie2000]

I honestly thought my dental student who worked on my teeth at a dental college was super flaming. He talked even a bit more extreme then this. Then one day his cute wife and three kids came in to see him. Was he in denial, or was I just wrong. Only time will tell. 😂

[@pinkishdiamondz]

Lol I know, I hate these situations. Honestly, you may never know until the children are all grown up. Sadly, a lot of people play the long game.

[@jeffmorris5456]

Lindsay Graham's best SNL appearance!

[@worfsonofmogh1154]

Senator Ladybugs (like only if you get that most disreputable reference)

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

That's not why Lindsey gets no respect @@worfsonofmogh1154

[@JavierGonzalez-oe1qq]

Dana Carvey-Bay Area native...born in San Carlos. One of his best "one man skits". He should have done straight drama in the movies...He had the chops...as a standup, still one of the best.

[@alukuhito]

My brother-in-law is an effeminate heterosexual, and I've also had friends in the past that I swore were gay, but ended up being hetero. Very strange. I'm a hetero guy, but I don't really care what someone's sexual orientation is, so I kind of overlook those little personality traits, but it can be a bit jarring when you expect someone is gay to end up being straight.

[@JK-br1mu]

Gay people are a very small % of the population, but they're always talked about, so people look for it where it isn't, and think more people are gay than are actually out there.

[@girlbossincorporated]

im effeminate and bi

[@EduardoPelonso]

Actor Joel Grey, was also an "effeminate heterosexual", married, etc, until he came out like in his 70s...

[@alukuhito]

@@EduardoPelonso That would be funny if later my brother-in-law came out as gay.

[@panhandler21]

​@@girlbossincorporatedtotal b******* I don't believe you. you're just a sinning man. that's all

[@trevor69er59]

One of my favorite SNL skits, along with the cowbell one! ☺

[@carriesullivan1786]

The dad from Chrisley Knows Best acts just like this.

[@thetarotdetective3363]

Lol was thinking this

[@carriesullivan1786]

@@thetarotdetective3363 😂

[@russellsimien7936]

I swear I've never really watched that show that much, but I still couldn't believe it when I found out he was straight. Mind blown

[@robnorwood3591]

Ha! My wife said that too.

[@MrKarmapolice97]

I don’t care what anyone says that Chrisley dude is gay, I mean I don’t care, I’m gay but yeah he is hiding behind his wife and kids

[@EvitaFreeman]

What in the Christley knows best is going on here 🤣

[@RoeLuv1]

When I first saw the Christley’s I thought of this sketch

[@KenyonClemonsNY]

💯

[@keeganthorpe]

You’re shady and I love it🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesanderson348]

Girl please😉

[@johnpatterson4272]

Dana Carvey is a master of comedy. He could take a weak story-line and make it work. That's how the pro's do it. Take note late-night TV talk show hosts.

[@robertglancy4474]

Late night is a lost cause.....when the jokes are only directed one way it's obviously political and bias and unfunny. To be honest it's what SNL is now so I don't watch it anymore either. I do like these old clips though.

[@johnjohn-rj7gh]

Shut up you Trump f#ck. Diaper Don is going to jail.

[@garth_garthalgar]

That theme song alone is worth the price of admission.

[@TheLWord75]

One of my favorite SNL characters! So happy to see this online.

[@JC-MindsEye-777]

I knew a guy like this in college about 30 years ago. His girlfriend was gorgeous, looked like a model, but he was extremely effeminate. I heard they got married and I imagine their life is something like this. 😂

[@johnroscoe2406]

Doesn't rule out him being gay. Might have been a convenience thing. For all you know, maybe SHE was gay...

[@charliesierra6919]

Cool that his wife is Pat. Now that would be a funny skit.

[@ambientrelaxingandhealingm7552]

That's a hilarious concept! They don't create them like that anymore ...

[@jamiehess4211]

Mary Stuart Masterson was such a cutie.

[@AudioInklined]

Hell yeah she was.

[@horseman942]

Some Kind of Wonderful!

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

@phillydisco Her middle name _is_ Stuart.

[@jamiehess4211]

@@pattydonohue5452 Haha, no problem.

[@gigilaroux762]

He’s like that Chrisley guy on the E! Channel.

[@April235E]

I didn’t turn the channel after Botched went off and Chrisley came on, which I’ve never seen one second of before now. I was like, who is this man and why isn’t he living his truth and why can’t anyone around him see this?

[@whitelily227]

😂😂😂💀

[@jhusmc96]

Hell yeah he does lmao!! Good call!

[@ProfessionalDad]

Still think that dudes deep in the closet

[@manofthehour6856]

@@ProfessionalDad WHAT???!!!! That's INSANE!!!!! (hahahaha!)

[@ticnatz]

Can't believe I never saw this skit before. 90's SNL was my thing. Wow, how funny !!

[@bassage13]

There were several of these.

[@LannieLord]

1990s SNL was THE BEST out of all the eras.

[@tonybino01]

Absolute comedic legends on this video.

[@scottbrandon9390]

I had a teacher in high school who was like this. He looked like Freddie Mercury. Very effeminate in the way he talked and mannerisms. But he was very straight. I found out years later that he had affairs with at least four of the hottest female teachers in the school.

[@smurf902]

I met this guy I knew immediately was gay and one of my friends is engaged to him. Ow and one of my mentors actually told her straight up "he's gay, u shouldn't marry him," and she just won't listen. I think nowadays these str8 women somehow love these fem guys posing as straight. They're less threatened by them. Always been a few here and there

[@robotroadrage]

Funny enough Freddie himself was bi (still prefering guys but he wasn’t not into women).

[@millsykooksy4863]

Lmaooooo

[@PhoggHawk]

Freddie had plenty of affairs with hot females too, I hear. He leaned toward men mostly, though.

[@cyrannodb]

gay guys get all the best pussy

[@alexanderh9878]

I worked with a guy like that. He was new and after a couple of months he happened to mention his wife. The rest of us almost fell on the floor!

[@smpeace2683]

Some of them only marry to have children. Don't be shocked.

[@AYVYN]

Can’t exactly talk like a German Politician when you just got hired Lmao

[@valkirie19]

When his wife thought he was gay, I died 🤣😂🤣😂

[@AnnaPxx]

😂😂😂

[@bobbyologun1517]

WHAAAAAT

[@professorwiggins3290]

My wife is a former college athlete, is taller than me, curls more than I can, doesn't know how to apply makeup, hates cooking, loves her zeroturn mower and chainsaw. I love cooking, talking with women, Jane Austin and romcoms. The chainsaw scares me. I hate hunting and fishing. But we are 100% woman and man and have several children. We just don't care a bit about stereotypes.

[@codyquinn8646]

I can't remember the last time I genuinely laughed like this at snl

[@zoso73]

Of all the comedic stars on SNL for 45 years, Dana Carvey was the best, IMO.

[@jedijones]

Facts.

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Phil Hartman*

[@thebadloser]

I've worked with two different guys over the years that I would've bet my house on were gay. Both were flamboyant, camp and effete but I was wrong - both were happily married with kids. Guys like this do exist - especially in the world of advertising!

[@bsquared4604]

they weren't happy.

[@spankynater4242]

OMG, I've been looking for and waiting for Lyle to be uploaded!!! I'm so excited!

[@TheHungarianchick]

I had friend like Lyle. He always joked that when he was coming down the conveyor belt towards the , it was going to be his turn to be gay, but then the phone rang. 😂

[@tonyktown]

I have seen this in over 30 years...and it's JUST as funny as it was then. MAN you couldn't make this now.

[@tomdonahue4224]

I remember when guys like that were referred to as a "Southern Dandy."

[@jmitterii2]

Still are.

[@Zamigirl]

Wow! There's a new name for it! Gotta put that one in my list of euphemisms.

[@caballero3601]

Now I know what to call the kinds of men I'm attracted to, other than "metrosexual". Thanks!

[@gailenefuller8330]

My boss asked me if on of the servers had sugar in his shoes.i said what the hell does that mean.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

Ah, yes, the days before the war of Northern aggression.

[@KellBC1]

The world needs more of this.. to many sensitive babies in the world

[@daniellehall9679]

Turns out every body was right about him. Then Lyle went on to change his sex and became the Church Lady.

[@TrudyPatootie]

Danielle...hahahhahah... ***Brilliant***

[@wolfshanze5980]

Well his wife's name is Pat...

[@StaitiJr]

Mm!

[@shamusmcwright2640]

Well isnt that special

[@Juicedude502]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@joeconcepts5552]

Wow, the amount of time and effort put into that theme song! 😂😂

[@LalisasToxicHusband]

Simpsons quality theme song right there

[@bp9808]

The best part about it.

[@Rgoid]

Lyle is what TV Tropes calls “Camp Straight”

[@Zamigirl]

Who was that guy on Frasier who was a flaming queen and tried to hide it? There were two of them as I remember it.

[@horseman4now]

Descriptive term!

[@Nozoki]

@@Zamigirl David Hyde Pierce (Niles) and Dan Butler, the guy that played the super macho sports show host, are both gay irl.

[@zenith_zenith]

my favorite type of character

[@crazyfox9oh]

@@Zamigirl Chesterson, the British guy

[@applescruff909]

This was from the Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue episode aired on 3/21/92, not 4/11/92 as the description says. Masterson plays Lyle's daughter.

[@23ONEILL1]

Good catch. She's great

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Thanks. I knew that wasn't Sharon Stone, but I couldn't place her. I thought it was Mare Winningham at first. Nope. How do these clowns not know which episode this is from?

[@laurasmith14]

I KNEW it was Mary Stuart Masterson

[@kickitlikekirra]

Dana Carvey is just the best. 🙌🏽 Also, Tim Meadows was rocking that bod!!!

[@bobbyologun1517]

i had no idea!

[@marysilvergirl6025]

I always thought Tim Meadows was fine

[@folarinosibodu]

Tim Meadows is ripped

[@amorfatiloveyourfate]

Amen

[@karaokekidd9330]

And also...unwaxed...but yeah, he has some definition...I just would've shaved...though maybe hairy is funnier, ultimately! And yes, I'm talking about his crotch, and no, I'm not gay...not that there's anything wrong with that! Seinfeld!

[@iluop3623]

So hot

[@vsen7]

When you aren't gay and nobody knows it!!

[@tokol7147]

V Sen hit me.

[@vsen7]

To Kol bang. Done.

[@ROT695]

V Sen Funny thing is that was my life in college. Took me months of being there until someone saw me with my girlfriend and asked if I was straight. Apparently everyone thought I was gay. Still not entirely sure why 😂

[@SlumberBear2k]

story of my life.

[@louisefontana8037]

What a Fabulous TV Theme Song!!!!

[@josephmassey3435]

And this was the inspiration for the "slap you silly" guy from South Park, the high school musical episode lmao

[@oftenwrongphong]

The poker game scene warms my heart...in the company of just men--Bros being bros, accepting him for who he is....seems like they never even question his gender like his family does, which makes it more hilarious

[@vol_opt]

It's not the gender they'd be questioning. It's the orientation.

[@oftenwrongphong]

@@vol_opt You're right. Bout damn time I knew the difference.

[@JoaoGabriel-th4xy]

They are bro's, they know he isn't homossexual. Bro's aways know.

No they probably think he's gay too.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

@@JoaoGabriel-th4xy so a bro can't be homosexual? Y'all are weird af

[@BR-gz3cv]

Who knew Lindsay Graham had his own SNL sketch?? You go girl!!

[@thomashernandez8700]

Best post today!

[@swill1020]

Zinnnng!

[@exitscreaming4637]

Claudine Gay did I'm sure

[@zzzut]

I’m gay and I have always thought that Lyle was one of the funniest characters on SNL. Absolutely nothing offensive there. Just good silly humour with none of today’s PC crap.

[@judiththeis4476]

PAT is his wife

[@zzzut]

@@judiththeis4476 Actually, Pat’s friend was Chris (Dana Carvey). Maybe Lyle was their threesome partner!

[@Celeste-hl1kw]

When did anyone who’s actually queer say this was offensive? The only thing worse than a pick-me is inventing drama to look like one.

[@carlosacta8726]

😭😭😭😭

[@TheFogLakeshore]

This is one of the first depictions of gay by a non-gay man where the subject was not how gays are hilarious to laugh at, but gay is still funny, just another human characteristic. That's all this is. Dana would be criticized today for the coarse pace between his mime and the dialog. Today, there would be a lot more art between the phone call and the fingernails and the lisp and black dancer. But somebody had to display the physical acting and the *different* situation the first time, and it's not coarse. There are multiple band-new bids here. There is no antecedent to live stage TV to the ostensible mid-american audience, with feedback. This performance turned out to be a tour de force. Dana did mean it as a gay rights piece but he didn't know how, and there is zero f*ing chance he could do this now. The predicate, by the way, is It's Not Bad To Be Gay, and that's a new predicate at this level. Take traditional, at the time, gay situations based on the predicate it's NOT bad. You literally cannot do gay without an external predicate today, in the past few years mawkishly overdone, and that would noise-out the signal. People dont' realize this isn't a flavor or style or moral choice. Fucking with the predicates of jokes kills comedy technically.