Weekend Update on the Death of Chairman Mao (ft. Chevy Chase & Laraine Newman)

[@maxhess3151]

Think The Simpsons is old? Imagine a live variety show that has been running since Chairman Mao and Generalísimo Franco were still (technically) alive!

[@Fonzleberry]

Think, SNL dates back to a time when people thought Chevy Chase was funny.

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Generalísimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[@tomfu6210]

Well, better say among us..

[@Perririri]

Well, God is presenting the news :P

[@GLBizzie]

Fonzleberry Chevy was funny back in the day but idk what happened to him But He became such a prick.. Hated him on Community tbh

[@aniriddhimistry3251]

Pierce Hawthorne in his prime

[@Rougarou99]

No one wonder Pierce is crazy. All the cocaine he did at SNL fried his brain.

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Valeu

[@chrisbales8071]

It's spot on lol

[@rickeydart3040]

@Barok Espinoza PIERCE. YOU'VE HAD THREE FLU SHOTS. THOSE ARE FOR THE DAYCARE CENTRE.

[@deadNightwatchman]

@@rickeydart3040 "I'll be a living gaaawwwwddd." That's what he said.

[@irocjared]

So THATS how they came up with Trisha Takanawa’s voice.

[@dangallagher256]

Right??

[@nighter273]

same voice and style, First thing I noticed

[@eldios3666]

Trueeeeeeee omg 😂

[@isata88]

Came to the comments to write this

[@theunderdog9353]

Bruh I was watching this and was like "huh." Then that woman started talking and I immediately got it 😂

[@fredl.7696]

This show was streets ahead

[@TtotheCizzel]

If you don't get the reference your streets behind

[@nightwingmix1]

@@TtotheCizzel That's what she said

[@notNavindu]

Anyone watching in 1976?

[@user-bm2bb3jt8h]

I am.

[@donttreadonme1619]

You have a time machine?

[@TheIamIrving]

I have one. It can send you back and forwards in time. Also sideways.

[@vegan4theanimals]

Yeah, you fucking idiot

[@sambradley2975]

Navindu Amarakoon I was.

[@kepstein8888]

Lorraine is spot-on with the nasally news-lady thing.

[@larrytate6532]

We have a local reporter on evening news and you could swear she must have studied Larraine’s mannerisms and facial expressions when she is reporting the news. Lorraine is the best.

[@irocjared]

At first I thought she was Trisha Takanawa

[@tubefluid]

2nd cousin to Baba Wawa

[@alosim1541]

“Let’s take a look at the top story shall we?” Just throws it aside lol

[@atomicknight63]

He looked at it, then threw it away.

[@dannywapbang]

"I'm God, and here's the news." LMAO

[@Perririri]

*Jim Carrey has entered the chat*

[@mt22201]

Why is that funny?

[@SpadePyro]

He is such a fucking egomaniac

[@AlkisenSuper]

@@SpadePyro Holy smokes man, it's a joke.

[@freddyrichards878]

@@mt22201 Cause it is

[@covingtonrace1]

Can you see where will Ferrell got the idea for Ron Burgundy???

[@tayylorfierce6823]

Even their voice almost the same

[@gunfighter009]

And seth MacFarlane based Trisha takanawa on

[@dbboykid10]

@@gunfighter009 ???

[@gunfighter009]

@@dbboykid10 compare trisha's voice to the woman in this video

[@davegreenlaw5654]

@@gunfighter009 I was just about to type out the same thing.

[@SaucetinTV]

Damn he looks and sounds completely different in this I couldn't see this Chevy play peirce at all.

[@MyLateralThawts]

I’m convinced it was all part of the act and Chevy was only wearing convincing old man makeup to play Pierce all this time. After all, he IS Fletch.

[@drawitout]

Aging does that.

[@danielstewart7163]

I remember the 1st season of this show. I'd seen some of the first 2-3 episodes and was at a party at some of my friends house. I may be mistaken, because that was many years ago and life has dulled the memory clusters of my brain, but i believe it didn't come on until 1 am or so. The party was in mid stride and about that time most stations in our area went off the air and most people didn't have cable yet. So as the stations were signing off and someone was firing up the stereo i told them to switch to a certain channel and on comes Saturday Night Live, when it was truly live, and we began to watch. Everyone was a little amazed at some of the skits but what really converted them was when they did a commercial and it was so lifelike that people started talking about the product being sold. Then it went straight to an actual commercial that everyone had seen. I then proceeded to explain what we'd all just watched and for the rest of the show the whole house was glued to the TV. There was many joints smoked for the next hour or so and i was kinda interrogated as to what kind of show it was, where it came from and other questions i couldn't answer. I couldn't answer them because I'd only seen it a couple times myself. I made several new friends that night and was given some pretty good deals on substances that i won't go into right now but it was an excellent night. And several nights after that because of said deals i mentioned earlier. I can still see in my mind when i told them to change the channel and that 1st fake commercial came on. It was truly a memorable evening. Long live the 70's.

[@GLBizzie]

Good Story Bro and in real life u are probably like 28/29 and trying to be one of the special people

[@dbboykid10]

@@GLBizzie lmao yup anyone could see that instantly. Cool story tho but yeah definitely not real

[@derbezacesanchez3779]

Staying up nights to watch SNL and the Midnight Special. Chevy knew how to cut to the Chase.

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

I don't get it. :-)

[@crowkid5553]

Chevy chase, chase is his last name, Chevy knew HOW to cut to the CHASE​@@jeffphakenewz8556

[@pepperjackgayming6824]

Ah, this is a great one! It's nice to look back at the classics. R.I.P. John Belushi

[@adamcortright3445]

The joke without a punchline (In New York....) had me laughing out loud.

[@myenemysenemy1043]

Chevy was pretty good looking

[@etme1000]

that was before the Japanese cars

[@gregfaber3417]

@M Harris not him personally but his family owns Chavy Chase bank.

[@mt22201]

@M Harris Fake news.

[@drawitout]

I agree!

[@thedillpickle100]

I had to watch this on the downstairs TV and keep the volume down low. Every once in awhile I'd bust out laughing and Dad would yell, "Shut off that damned TV before I come down there and bust yer ass!". What was funny was Mom started coming downstairs to watch with me. Johnny wasn't on Saturday night. She finally convinced Dad it was the same thing. 😉

[@sambradley2975]

I loved this when I was a kid. Chevy made me laugh.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

Me too❣️

[@x.y.8581]

Missing the end announcement about how all guests of SNL stay at The Blaine Hotel.

[@davebatts4731]

"No, you're not supposed to blow on it - that's just an expression."

[@johnbowes7965]

My favorite!!!

[@DannyBPlays]

the biggest laugh was the easiest, hackiest joke about balls. And people say this was brilliant stuff... okayyyy

[@noodengr3three825]

The spoof on a mystery disease is almost too spot on in 2020

[@AstroJenkins]

Not even remotely, you fucking moron.

[@richardayton6862]

So many of today's performers clearly take inspiration from Chase. Andy Samberg has always reminded me of him, both physically and in his performances. Will Ferrell clearly took inspiration for anchorman

[@penske_material]

Chevy was/is a master of comedy, what has clearly tainted his image is his apparent ego and how people say he's an asshole. We shouldn't judge people we don't know but the fact that almost everyone who's met hates him says a lot. It's a shame, either way, I still love his work.

[@TheListenerCanon]

@@penske_material You're not Penske material.

[@penske_material]

@@TheListenerCanon that's not what Mr Penske has to say

[@missoli]

I wasn't even alive in the 70s but this feels nostalgic to me lol

[@Binks129]

MissOli That's not nostalgia you're feeling then....

[@TampaJay]

MissOli kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIbWn4t6fbOpptk

[@RainintheBrain]

Doesn't young Chevy Chase look a lot like a young Harrison Ford

[@patrickramirez8433]

MissOli oh I must have been 4 maybe 5 at this time myself.

[@milascave2]

miss: There actually is a term for nostalgia for stuff that happened before you were born. I forget what it is, though.

[@dantecaputo2629]

Legend has it, that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead to this very day.

[@cleavisbutkus9373]

This show was so funny when it first come out. I don't remember exactly but I'm sure I was watching these very first episodes and hooked. This was a new type of comedy. You really laughed. Honest humor, unlike the boring mainstream shows.

[@cachickadee]

Cleavis Butkus ...Yes it was very funny. An earlier show, Laugh-In was very funny and different as well. I loved both although I was quite young for Laugh-In.

[@joeysplats3209]

@@cachickadee Laugh-In was full of double-entendres but still funny for a young kid like me. I remember the lovely Goldie Hawn, the pretty, perky girl with the flashy personality.

[@darkswaggboss9059]

U sound like an oldhead tbh this wasn’t even funny

[@robertbeckman2054]

@@darkswaggboss9059 Uh oh, an angry Millennial found their way in here...

[@darkswaggboss9059]

@@robertbeckman2054 not a millennial. This just wasn’t funny oldhead

[@AlfredoPuente8]

They moved his grave last year, we can confirm that he is still dead.

[@davidtoups4684]

That bit with Laraine Newman and John Belushi was very Monty Python-esq.

[@ruthresetar5940]

Mao, Franco, Amin. What a trio.

[@Kayla-vn5pt]

"Tennis without balls"~Legendary words of 1976

[@c.c.244]

screen i.n.,666 Gothic "everlasting Eternal Life,it's the one"

[@janehautanen3824]

You could never get away with that now.

[@mrchopsticks3]

@@janehautanen3824 With Dave Chapelle fighting the good fight, free speech might make a return afterall.

[@cicalinarrot]

@@mrchopsticks3 he has a Netflix special, "free speech" was never at risk and you should definitely google what that means. Spoiler: it doesn't mean "you say mean things about a minority and get criticised on the internet".

[@mrchopsticks3]

@@cicalinarrot Free speech was never at risk as far as the Constitution goes, but it definitely was and IS at risk as far as the media and the Left go. You guys use the ambiguous term "hate speech", which you can't define and actually means anything you disagree with. Even the ACLU, the supposed defender of free speech, said that hate speech should be regulated. Fortunately, the days of the woke are over and we are in the clear as far as you guys limiting free speech.

[@AllanAdamson]

2:50 * correction - legionnaires disease is not foreign, legionnaires disease was first discovered in Austin Minnesota at the Hormel SPAM plant in 1957

[@dumbguymoviereview1644]

Chevy Chase was handsome

[@NilsFerry]

"Guests of Saturday Night Live stay at the fabulous Blaine Hotel in Midtown Manhattan."

[@thegroove14]

Gotta love classic SNL!

[@yamato126]

Is that lady the mom voice on teenage robot?

[@X21Chris]

Happy Birthday to Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase.10-8-43.NY.and also happy birthday to Darrell Hammond.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Love Laraine! She had a lot of good moments in first 2 seasons before being a bit overshadowed by others on the show.

[@Rougarou99]

She was always a bit underrated.

[@jackwalker1822]

Well no one could compete with Gilda but Laraine was always really good. I don't think she was overshadowed.

[@danieldougan269]

She was gorgeous too.

[@Gage-jk4pm]

​@@danieldougan269and she's a voice actress.

[@joe44850]

I am only 47 years of age, but despite my youth, I can appreciate how people were much more easily entertained during the 1970's.

[@cmetube]

"tennis without balls". Lolo lolo

[@tyro244]

“What happened? What happened? She spoke French. Help her!” With regards to Steve Martin, I gave his quote a sex change.

[@TheJedibankai]

Chevy Chase amazing, I was 4 years old.

[@mikeb3172]

Missed a "sorry for my french" reference after coming back from the reporters

[@JS-tk2co]

For those saying they didn’t find it funny, it was all new at that time. It was unique, its not always about the chuckles

[@electrictroy2010]

Lots of sketch comedy shows predated SNL .

[@EazyEstillcruisin]

It wasn’t funny

[@vettech3086]

MISS CHEVY CHASE HE WAS HILARIOUS !!

[@Bookworm-ye9qi]

He's still alive and working

[@davidtaylor9219]

Chevy Chase - I LOVE THIS GUY !!!!! 👍

[@gamebrainthinks1613]

20 fake bucks says that the lady said 32 people in the foreign language.

[@JuanPabloSelvaje]

Gamebrain Thinks Nah. It's just nonsense. In French it sounds like "however... blah blah the shoes blah blah blue."

[@KMM-kx2yn]

Tennis without Balls :"D

[@vysearcadia522]

that intentional index finger in front of the black and white image of the middle finger... while his index looks like it could of been his own middle finger.... was actually a brilliant camera trick considering the tech of that time.

[@zeer9095]

Hey was that the voice of Trisha takNawa?

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

Zeeshan Haider This might have influenced what Alex Borstein based Trisha's voice on.

[@isaac10231]

Zeeshan Haider oh wow

[@jc9005]

Zeeshan Haider was just about to say that

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

Zeeshan Haider The woman who voices Lois is actually the voice of Trisha, but this woman in the SNL clip might be the inspiration for the creation of Trisha as a character.

[@rahsillyyoo]

Michael Scott was not the originator of “That’s What She Said.” In fact, it’s first documented use was with Chevy Chase on SNL in the 1970’s. Then it was used again in the movie Wayne’s World, and made popular again by our favorite TV boss, Michael Scott.

[@brooksnuzum338]

"Tennis Without Balls." Could they even air this stuff these days?

[@micahwright5901]

yes, easily

[@azzonie]

Chevy even said the N word in the sketch of him playing a word association game with Richard Pryor. They got away with a lot back then.

[@makeadifference4all]

I'm not sure whether Chevy spent less time writing the jokes of combing his hair.

[@MegaBakerdude]

Loved Laraine when I was 15. Jane Curtin too. I wish - lol.

[@ivandovranic5834]

I miss the time when you'd laugh from your heart at SNL sketches. Not to mention the time when tennis without balls was taken for what it is; a good joke.

[@Channel66678]

PC has ruined comedy and society. It's such a shame, as comedian's were my entertainment back then. Now, with this PC bullshit, everyone has to hold their tongue and we can't laugh at a great joke anymore, as someone will feel oppressed!😜 Didums. Grow up people.

[@joda2571]

1:11 what a doofy laugh XD

[@flashfocusbruh5144]

“Good evening! I’m God, here’s the news” 😂

[@aliaslisabeth1031]

After this episode, SNL reported that the Mao mausoleum looked exactly like a Chinese takeout food box, with the name "MAO" scrawled across it in red paint.

[@claypage1089]

12:20--He finally got out, became an actor, and changed his name to Daniel Craig.

[@ernesthill4017]

Chevy's real first name is Cornelius. I wonder why his mother hated him, lol

[@Rougarou99]

He was named after his grandfather. The name “Chevy” comes from an English ballad.

[@mattbradford8227]

Brilliant. Its why Chevy Chase was a legend. This is Weekend Update the right way. Did you get that Colin Jost and Michael Che?

[@sobernow11]

A classic weekend update opening. Chevy on phone, "No sis you don't blow that's just a figure of speech" looks up ......

[@filmfreak7682]

So that’s the inspiration for asian reporter trisha takanowa

[@waltzofamaniac3069]

my god Chevy Chase was handsome

[@JohnDrakeMI6]

The Best of SNL always !!!

[@lynn1464]

I agree I don't like the new version they should have left it alone.

[@GLBizzie]

T Missing Link Videos Just shut up.. The Music Stuff is still hilarious and people Can hate on SNL as much as they want but Andy Samberg and that crew during his stint saved SNL once again.. The last two seasons were amazing.. Harry Styles episode from Season 45 or the Paul Rudd and Emma Stone ones from S44.. There is still good stuff on there

[@blahza7240]

The new episodes are fine, but nothing can touch the old ones, they are a real goldmine.

[@EuropeYear1917]

Once again, our top story tonight comes from Madrid, where Spanish authorities have confirmed that Generalissimo Francisco Franco has been resting comfortably for the past 42 years, and is very much still dead. When reached for comment, the Fascist dictator’s close friend Adolf Hitler said Franco has been enjoying his time off from the office of dictator, and plans to remain dead for at least another 42 years. Politicians close to the dictator, who now prefers to go by the name “El Cadaver”, have even hinted that he is planning to travel to see his friend and former German counterpart at his current hideout in Argentina, the Führerbunker South, sometime this summer. Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

[@HashimyHuseini]

HM The Tsar of Russia A monarchist mocking Fransisco France?

[@rileynred7518]

Well he outlasted Stalin, LOL

[@tomfu6210]

Technically, they were not friends...

[@adamtaalam]

Kim Jong-un of North Korea has taken a similar route I guess.

[@TheMissgoodbody]

Weird to hear belushi talk about a sudden death in a hotel.

[@patriciaolsson8588]

love chevy chase

[@codpov7700]

I was in the audience

[@GameyRaccoon]

Really?

[@1401minstrel]

Cool!

[@evatate1539]

a true legend

[@americannomadnews5370]

Tennis without balls.

[@TheSecurityCamChannel]

Ikr. I laughed right away

[@michaeljacobs4546]

I used to watch those when I was a kid

[@pamelaearl7191]

Sublime.

[@salas7146]

l was five years old when they aired this classic SNL

[@akaydontplay]

2023 ! Still golden

[@cicalinarrot]

1976: ahahaha that Amin is such a monster. 2019: did he just call a black person non-human???

[@VinchVolt]

Well more accurately, the joke was that Amin had a public image as an eccentric clown of a leader outside of Uganda, whereas nowadays increased knowledge in the west of his atrocities means that jokes about Amin made during his reign get more criticized in retrospect for trivializing his extreme human rights abuses. I myself think the joke here's still funny if you picture it as dark humor.

[@kyleshiflet7932]

That idi amin joke was funny

[@leescharfstein6783]

What is the Patch on his jacket??? And where can I get one?

[@JBO3022]

Why have most Chevy SNL bits been removed from youtube?

[@1michaelriser]

Because of legalities of proprietary rights, the SNL people want you to pay for them. Chevy Chase wants his royalties.

[@freddyrichards878]

"I'm God, and here's the news"

[@marlonkoegl]

That guy's laugh😂

[@just-Banks]

1:53 was that supposed to be a joke?

[@1984johnson]

Yes. If you knew the time and the reason he said it, it would be funny

[@themightykunal]

Care to explain for those who don't?

[@brianoneill7186]

'Jewels' is a euphemism for 'balls'(a joke about sex-change operations). Sammy Davis Jr. was known for wearing a lot of jewelry (rings and chains). The audience, quite frankly, gave it the laugh it deserved..

[@themightykunal]

Apologies - I misunderstood the timestamp - I was thinking of the one at 2:05

[@brianoneill7186]

Not actually a joke. just a random listing of people who were prominent in New York at that time. Ramsey Clark was LBJ's former Attorney General, who was then teaching at Brooklyn Law School. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a longtime Democratic Senator from New York. Paul O'Dwyer was president of New York's City Council at the time(he had a brother who had formerly been mayor). Bella Abzug was a Congresswoman(known for her no-nonsense attitude...and weird hats), and Abe Hirschfeld was a renowned artist who did caraicatures of celebrities(it was kind of a 'thing' for him to drop in at all the NYC hotspots and sketch people; he also had a lot of his drawings published on magazine covers, particularly TV GUIDE).

[@alexcordogan780]

2:37 Tricia Takanawa voice

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

Yep...good catch, hahaha...

[@fnkycld1929]

CC only weekend anchor that was funny

[@freddyrichards878]

The new ones do have a few good lines to themselves, but for the most part the anchors are just the props after Chevy left

[@do3807]

I'm starting to realise where the delivery for Trisha Takanawa was sourced lmao

[@kaitlinb7531]

no way he just mentioned my ophthalmologist

[@mrchopsticks3]

Laraine is one of the best looking women ever on the show, even if she was painfully thin.

[@sifugurusensei]

I'd say that in later years Jan Hooks was pretty fine. And she was one of the funniest and versatile female cast. She was called the female phil hartman, I think.

[@robertphillips6296]

That was expected!

[@marksoquetjr4693]

It felt like awkward Monty Python watching this segement.

[@Sirtuner]

I LOVE the early years

[@boco1951]

Mao would have really appreciated that Chevy did this announcement!

[@janehautanen3824]

Gold.

[@naginiriddle7091]

I'm Chevy Chase...and you're not!

[@Sadaaaaf]

lmao THE bLACK ORESIDENT JOKE

[@cellpat7392]

Generalíssimo Franco is still in vacation. So is chairman Mao.

[@pdestefano]

At 3:15... Trump on the Rona LMAO !

[@meredithj8175]

This is kinda odd because it corresponds with a bunch of events in my mom’s life. She was 14.

[@B-Mag]

Chevy was great back then

[@Doberdobax]

I can’t believe this is on youtube

[@sumedh17]

Comedy at it's finest.. 😂😂

[@johnmanier7968]

They left out the part where it says "guests on Saturday Night Live stay at the fabulous Blaine Hotel ...."

[@wadsworthaaron]

Pure SNL genius!

[@jacksonterhaar100]

That virus bit got me real uncomfortable.

[@dannywapbang]

Swayzak?

[@kiwibloke1624]

Were you living in 2020 last year mate cause your comment’s scarily relevant

[@boataxe4605]

Even more so now Nostradamus.

[@stvdagger8074]

Why are you uncomfortable? Everything is..... Мій корабель на повітряній подушці повний вугрів.