Lyle Billup - Saturday Night Live

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Lyle is an effeminate heterosexual man whom everyone assumes is gay. Aired 11/11/89
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[@scottbrandon6244]

I had a teacher in high school like Lyle. Everyone thought he was gay. After I graduated, I found out the teacher had many affairs with female teachers and some mothers of the students.

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

And house and kids!

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

Probably should have found some middle ground there.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I worked with a guy exactly the same effeminate mannerisms as Lyle. Turns out he was happily married with 3 kids. Still is and it's been 26 years. Some people have the effeminate gene but not the actual gay gene

[@hippy282]

Lyle Billup, based on a true story! 😂

[@rebeccao8895]

Sounds like a super Lifetime movie. What are you waiting for?

[@starlite025]

“Bears are gonna kick some ass. YAY!” damn near killed me 😂😂😂

[@DavidLimUX]

that was pretty hilarious...YAY

[@rickrose5377]

This explains so much about the recent history of the Bears.

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Yay bears are gonna kick some ass. Yay bears!! 🐻 😅😅😅

[@brotherlittlefoot2216]

This could have been made into a sitcom.

[@DavidLimUX]

i think they already did...it's called "Three's Company" haha...

[@athiestjesus8133]

It's funny, but I think this works best as a sketch as it's pretty much just milking the same joke.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

Won't happen. That would require having a sitcom with a married father who's a decent human being, with a modicum of intelligence, weighs less than 250 lbs and is also white.

[@57highland]

​@@athiestjesus8133Yes, a situation comedy has a different joke every week, though it dwells on the same "situation."

[@stephaniestrolls]

Love Lyle's catchphrase, "🎵Whaaat!"

[@deenad3562]

I need a whole Lyle movie!!🥰

[@orangemoustash]

Idk bud, that's how we got the It's Pat movie

[@terrycraig6386]

​@@orangemoustash: yeah,really right? Pat was basically the female version of this skit,only more andronious.😊😊

[@DavidLimUX]

@@terrycraig6386 Pat would be pretty relevant in this day and age.

[@auntiesemite9295]

Only Murphy, Rock, Chase, Akroyd, Murray and Ferrel made decent movies after snl, Macdonald was hilarious but nbc squashed his career and Myers fizzled out quick.

[@HoustonEllis-w3h]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@robyoung9968]

Dana Carvey was my favorite ever, all the great characters he’s created, he’s just so funny naturally. SNL was the best for me during these times.

[@dirtydave2691]

Lyle is the Church Ladies brother. She doesn't like to talk about it.

[@richevans609]

Haha

[@michaelparylak5649]

Never thought of that good one

[@laughingachilles]

Now I want to see a sketch with these two. Come on SNL make it happen.

[@olliefoxx7165]

What a cool idea! Would have made a great movie

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

What Planet are you from?

[@ElisandroDeLeon]

"Yum Yum Yummy Beer" I lost it!

[@louisd100]

I use that now in that voice

[@starlite025]

Something about the cat behind him as he says this makes it even better 😂😂😂

[@hippy282]

What I love about this sketch is that despite so many people thinking he's gay he receives no homophobia or bigotry, they just accept him.

[@arugulaempire8779]

No such thing as "homophobia".

[@countryboyred]

They don’t accept him though. Everyone thinks he’s gay but he’s not. That must be really annoying.

[@MarkCisOfTheLoonieLeft]

@@arugulaempire8779 Why is the word in the dictionary then? 'Homophobia' doesn't literally mean being scared of homosexuals, many hypocrites that deny legal injustice, real life abuse and violence, using false interpretations of religion to justify cruelty to humans who are anything but heterosexual.

[@mjp96]

@@countryboyred Whattt!!!!!?

[@countryboyred]

@@mjp96 “Accepting” someone means accepting them for who they are. They don’t accept him. He’s a straight man but they act like he’s gay. Imagine if the situation was reversed and he was a gay man but they insist on him being straight. That wouldn’t be accepting.

[@kjamison5951]

A man who doesn’t mince his words, just his walk.

[@MagnificoGiganticus]

The way he walks over to the phone is killing me.

[@fish9905]

Imagine this skit today? 2024 lol😅

[@jjayala]

My thoughts exactly

[@tem2198]

IM OFFENED THIS IS HOMOPHOBIC AND SOME HOW RACIST !!!! IM POSTING IT ON TWITTER!!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡

[@Rob5215life]

SNL is a great time capsule of the American culture! 30 yrs ago before woke-ism

[@yorickstrangefield2976]

That theme song is a work of comedy art.

[@slowemm]

I love this character. People take life, and themselves, way too seriously these days.

[@michelerich1590]

lmao oh shut up

[@BrianBattles]

Took me a minute to realize that's Chris Evert

[@DavidLimUX]

oh yeah.... i was trying to think who that was!

[@stephaniegormley9982]

She's attractive with dark hair.

[@ScuttleFische]

I miss Jan Hooks. RIP.

[@musix2009]

When did Jan Hooks pass?

[@bellalind6410]

@@musix2009 she passed in 2014 from throat cancer, she was only 57

[@JamesD3399]

Didn't know that until this post. RIP Jan Hooks, she was great

[@mitchellhughes5180]

I loved her

[@FlappyBelly]

Uhhh...she's not dead. You're thinking of Marlon Brando. He died.

[@RichardX1]

Whenever people talk about John Mulaney's mannerisms, I recall this sketch.

[@CharlesLRay-sb4zy]

Yup

[@peterhughes614]

Hey that’s the Van Down By the River set!

[@funkmike]

Ha ha, I think you are right.

[@deenad3562]

*WHaaT?!!*

[@riktov]

There’s no door to the basement where Matt Foley’s been for the last three hours guzzling coffee.

[@losttribe3001]

And, more famously...and after a small redress...Steven Seagal’s house!

[@mjfm4]

Great observation!

[@MrShiffles]

LOL I could imagine Norm McDonald saying this after the sketch... Norm: Hey guys, if you want to cheat on your wife and not have her suspect a thing, ACT GAY

[@kylezo]

RIP.

[@rescot00]

D@mn I heard his voice too with the classic Norm exclamation at the end.

[@stephen-paulortiz768]

Did norm mcdonald really die?

[@scottlarson1548]

@@stephen-paulortiz768 Yes he did, almost every week on Weekend Update. ☹

[@cinegoth4144]

I just read it to myself in his voice.

[@patrickdoring7149]

The theme song is pretty good...and surprisingly a complete song.

[@colbydobbs6399]

Sounds like Manhattan Transfer or something 🤣🤣🤣

[@boopah4365]

Somehow they made "Chrisley Knows Best" 20 years early.

[@RichardX1]

THANK YOU.

[@shandalear3252]

Nailed it!

[@shandalear3252]

Todd Chrisley is gayer than a tree full of owls.

[@tommyboy1675]

My wife loves that show; not sure who has more punchable face, Todd or his son.

[@boopah4365]

@@tommyboy1675 yes..they both do!

[@RockyMtnFuzz]

I like how they live in a ranch style home yet Lyle shouts upstairs to the kids hahaha

[@basilmarasco1975]

Good catch ...

[@funkmike]

Nice call. SNL does cut corners with their exterior shots.

[@Charlie-Charlie-Charlie]

Great observation.

[@scottlarson1548]

It could be a story and a half with a dormer bedroom on the back.

[@kenhoyer8601]

You noticed too.

[@williamsmiler184]

Is there only two episodes!? Damn, I could watch this all day.

[@goatmilk9431]

It's so funny when dude on the phone be tryna make a move on Lyle 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheodoreRizzo]

I thought so too 😂😂😂 the queer had the balls to hit on him over the phone 😂🤣

[@Gallus-gallus]

"Yum yum yummy beer!" - I steel that as my new catphrase.

[@centigradz]

we used to have a male teacher who looks and talks exactly like lyle. he taught us drama and english. his effeminate walk puts any girl to shame. and he used to have an amazing purse that most girls envied. he was best friends with most of the male students in our school and was super bitchy to the female students. he wore shoes with a slight heel and this right hand was always bent at an angle. an year later i found out he had a beautiful wife and two grown up kids.

[@LiamRedmondVideo]

Bullshit haha

[@shehim4345]

+centigradz wow you were just holding on to that for so long, you poured out a little short story here didn't you

[@ALG2602]

he can still be gay you know

[@ashwinericson2523]

Yeah homofobic environments can do strange things to the gay mind

[@stijn4687]

when you live in a town plagued with religious homophobic people, gays usually marry a woman, have kids and lives miserably for the rest of his life

[@dwade6322]

This character was hillarious.

[@NormanNorthman]

How did we never get a Lyle movie?!?!

[@orlandojunior9584]

Isn't it kinda what Austin Powers did? Although he had relationship with women he had many mannerisms that we consider effeminated

[@michaelheath3062]

@@orlandojunior9584Austin Powers also had a 3sum with his future self

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

I watched this over and over when I recorded the original broadcast on my VCR!

[@cincimoney]

Just now realized how cute and handsome Dana Carvey was, and also, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jan Hooks!!! RIP talented and funny lady 💕

[@mjp96]

RIP Jan

[@GoldenCookieYT]

lonney bin

[@kickitlikekirra]

The outtro is the nail in the coffin: "He's asked us to say he's straight and not gay!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@deenad3562]

Poor Lyle...he should be ecstatic in today's times...

[@sophiepooks2174]

@@deenad3562 Why?

[@deenad3562]

@@sophiepooks2174 greater acceptance

[@LisaMitchellGD]

I love how he acts so mortified when someone assumes he's gay and he screams like a girl; " WHAAAATTTT?! " 😱 Wow Mike Myers so young here.

[@cliffbrown1798]

It’s Dana Carvey

[@xak999]

@@cliffbrown1798 He means the kid, but I thought it was Jason Bateman.

[@xak999]

Isn't it Jason Bateman?

[@abubaseet]

@@xak999 No, it's definitely Mike Meyers, but if this weren't an SNL skit I might think it was Jason Bateman for a moment too.

[@LisaMitchellGD]

@@xak999 "He" ? "Whaaaaaaaat ? 🥶" I'm a she lol

[@Earthtime3978]

It’s even funnier when you know you’ve encountered guys like this in your own life .

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Lyle has a different wife and house every time I see this show.

[@jaeboogie2786]

Because they get tired of being his beard and leave. Lol

[@joefelice5062]

He can’t get pinned down to one woman, he’s a rolling stone.

[@brasticus]

Must be all the divorces.

[@mangot589]

Well, yeah! He’s so hetro, he has a different woman every night😉

[@mangot589]

@@jaeboogie2786 They’re not his beards. That’s the point.

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

Jan Hooks was such a hottie, and talented cast member. R.I.P

[@thelatenightfox]

Haha I love how he says "its only for first place" when referring to the game.

[@deenad3562]

Haha! Didn't catch that

[@mitchellseiff6928]

You know any sketch that Dana's in you're going to laugh your ass off!!

[@erikkillmonger5624]

2:35 That walk to the phone...

[@chrisb7142]

TV Guide....when that was the way we used to see what was on TV!

[@pishedbloke]

Damn we need to bring this back in 2024.

[@romeoromero808]

Am so 14 years late on this gold, am rolling 😂🤣👌

[@romeoromero808]

@john wesson even worst!😅😂

[@gsadventures678]

I loved Jan Hooks!

[@internziko]

My gosh Jan Hooks was gorgeous

[@basilmarasco1975]

Always ...

[@NONE2NONE]

WHO WROTE THIS SHIT?! ITS GENIUS!

[@waltdill927]

Humor transcends everything. I'd forgotten how hilarious, and subversive, these sketches were -- and are still. The deeper message, of course, is that human sexuality is multifaceted, unsettling. and beautiful.

[@josephdaly8736]

There is no "message" you weirdo.

[@waltdill927]

@@josephdaly8736 for an idiot, anyway

[@michaelh3857]

Chris Evert on her outstanding and funny performance.

[@armytags]

Whaaaaat???? That's insaneeeee. LOL

[@TomKaszuba]

The house is a one level ranch from the outside and a two story from the inside.

[@23ONEILL1]

Haha classic. That you caught that! 😂

[@acsaudiodramas]

This is brilliant and hilarious!

[@greenmile4233]

Dana Carvey is just one of those brilliant and hilarious people...😂

[@dmenace4life]

On the outside he lives in a one story house but inside it has two stories.

[@gman2015z]

I’d cheat on my wife too if she kept calling me gay and hiring male strippers lol. Am talking about Tim Meadows as a male stripper in one of the versions of these sketches.

[@sindisomoyo6026]

Hahaha I just came from watching that one😂😂

[@vanmoody]

Do you think Tim better keep his clothes on today? I truly doubt he looks as buff.

[@BoycottChinaa]

You are projecting

[@Anna-tj7mp]

I know a heterosexual man who is just like Lyle, haha

[@67marlins81]

Me too, Anna. He was a character when I worked with him 20 years ago, still is.

[@louistournas120]

@@67marlins81 I have had work colleagues which seemed gay to me but then it turns out that they have a girlfriend.

[@67marlins81]

@@louistournas120 Just like Detective Tubbs once said on Miami Vice, "it takes all kinds to make a world".

[@laxman90210]

Whaaatt!!

[@jacijune]

I know a couple of them.

[@Kristina-kb4cu]

i knew a guy exactly like that , i always thought he was gay but he wasn't

[@vanmoody]

Some guys are like this. We had a missionary couple and the husband acted like this but he was straight.

[@demogog3449]

I knew a guy like this as well. He was actually quite the ladies man.

[@mjp96]

there are a lot of guys like that

[@quinnschmidgall7902]

It shows a pic of a ranch house then the inside has stairs

[@basilmarasco1975]

WHAT?!?!?!?!?

[@theplayersclub1126]

that's insane!!!!

[@saragainza3897]

WHY IS THIS BEING RECOMMENDED TO ME JUST NOW, THIS IS GREAT OMG

[@blynch2117]

I forgot how hot Jan Hooks was!!!! WOW 🔥🔥🔥

[@vanmoody]

And very funny. The Sweeney sisters was a good set of sketches.

[@jedijones]

Strange she never married, but I think Kevin Nealon says he dated her.

[@PuadafaProductions]

And he’s such a good father

[@vamsm]

(Lyle on finding out Shingles can be prevented): “Shingles can be WHAAATTTT?!”

[@jonnuanez2843]

Jan Hooks near-wardrobe malfunction at 0:29...mmm hmm

[@demitriemanuel3815]

Yeah, I replayed it several times, lol

[@Vigab48]

Just beautiful .30

[@alexanderh9878]

It wouldn't fly nowadays but, omg, it's so frickin funny!

[@Im_Tellin_Ya]

Back when we had a sense of humor.

[@pyrodiscoflash6115]

Wayne and Garth really changed in The Swish of a Hip

[@carolynsweetASMR]

Absolutely hysterical!🤣🤣🤣🤣this reminds of a teacher I had in high school!

[@brendatrump5163]

Was this a fun audience or what! I would have been laughing my ass offf. What great acting because I would not have been able to do this without laughing.

[@H4I2I2EE]

They need to start making them funny like this again.

[@mirage2645]

It's a bit bland

[@H4I2I2EE]

@@mirage2645 Why are you an effeminate heterosexual? XD

[@darensparks]

​@@mirage2645spoken like a true pillow biter

[@goatmilk9431]

Why do you want to get coffee with me ????🤣

[@basilmarasco1975]

WHAT?!?!

[@lottalove2449]

This actor is too good!

[@ScottParisi]

Lyle should have millions of views.

[@micahclawrence]

Dana Carvey is so damn funny

[@troylowe814]

When I was in school I had a teacher like this, he had the mustache, effeminate mannerisms, we'd see him bicycling around the neighborhood wearing short shorts and leg warmers, but he was married with children. Some men are like this, and I had neighbor like this, one very effeminate man, who was french Canadian was married to a Minnesota woman who you would think was a lesbian. She always wore flannel, kept her hair short and did all the heavy outdoor chores like chopping wood and building a doghouse that you'd usually see the husband doing. They had two kids. Great neighbors, anytime I'd have to leave town the wife would check on my pets everyday and even cut the grass so it looked like someone was home.

[@terrycraig6386]

@@troylowe814: effiminate men always seem to marry very masculine Women it seems.they balance each other out.😊

[@devadii24]

A lavender marriage, that’s what they used to call it when one or both were gay/lesbian and presenting as a straight couple

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Mike sounded so Canadian when he said Gay. Must be that "ay" sound that Canadians love so much

[@nomore2863]

Well isn't that precious...

[@docthemetalfreak]

kind of weird seeing Dana Carvey cheering on the Bears with him being a 49ers fan

[@Mike739107]

LOL, at first I thought you were suggesting Lyle would be a fan of the San Francisco team! 😂

[@Killermike2178]

Well, Bears is obviously a double entendre.

[@HenryRuins]

Why there wasn't more of these these are hilarious

[@TheodoreRizzo]

3:12 “that’s insane on what basis you come to that conclusion?” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

"He's as straight as me...and *probably* you." What are you trying to say, SNL?! That'th INTHANE!!

[@langdonbiggs1596]

Lol. The mustache makes it.

[@originalTD3]

Im surprised SNL hasnt cancelled themselves over this by now

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

It's not because it's not offensive

[@JacobL228]

"Yummy beer." The call of the obvious gay straight guy.

[@timthompson8297]

Maybe not so PC now, but Dana is brilliant.

[@LalisasToxicHusband]

Except for that one part where he threatens to hurt the gay teacher for asking him out, the sketch is still very PC and wholesome and would be just as funny on present day SNL. It’s about not making assumptions based on stereotypes, and accepting people the way they are

[@MeadeFatLoss]

​@@LalisasToxicHusband it's a sin

[@welchce]

Lyle's not gay... He's deeply closeted!

[@vermontmike9800]

Lol...love the Norm reference.

[@welchce]

@Andy Dorannuu do you know what deeply closeted means? So Lyle is telling you he's not gay.

[@welchce]

@Andy Dorannuu she sounds like the type of dirty dog that would insult her in-laws.

[@brandonseger5812]

Dog house?

[@hayleywibbels4105]

What ??? That’s Insane ?!!!

[@jasonmckie4402]

This aged well.

[@TheresaofTheWorld]

The walk 😂

[@danaworley6498]

CLASSIC AND SO FUNNY... LOVE THIS

[@ELVIS1975T]

the music is awesome!

[@WTFisgoingon8]

A skit like this today would get a show cancelled and have CEOs and actors apologizing for weeks

[@TheodoreRizzo]

Lol indeed

[@markythelarky6948]

When my wife and I decided to have a church wedding we had to take a class once a week for six weeks. There were different topics covered and usually it was the priest giving the class. The last class, however, involved the guidelines regarding decorations and it was given by a different couple. I shit you not, it was the Latino version of Lyle and his wife. He was the one explaining the rules and recommending decorations, she mostly helped out. They talked about how they decorated when they got married and about their grown children, etc. I know it sounds awful, but as he walked around the room and talked he seemed so very gay. I'll never forget the look on everyone's face. I wonder what happened to that guy?

[@yorickstrangefield2976]

Jesus Christ, you had to take _six weeks of classes_ just to get married??

[@lynnstlaurent6789]

@@yorickstrangefield2976 from a priest with zero real life experience with children or a spouse .

[@louisemcbride8681]

@@lynnstlaurent6789 get married at city hall.

[@H4I2I2EE]

Kinda made me think of Three's company when Mr. Roper thought Jack was gay.

[@amiblueful]

I worked with a guy like this. EXRREMELY effeminate yet married to a woman.

[@MarkCisOfTheLoonieLeft]

A feminine man someone who is naturally gentle, well groomed, not afraid to talk about anything, or afraid of their feelings is a traditional gentle-man, a very different thing to an effeminate man like Lyle..

[@Mrcfrickie]

I’ve been looking and it looks like there’s only 2 skits with Lyle? It’s f’n hilarious, I wish they would have done more.

[@rr7firefly]

Mike Meyers has a huge head. That becomes obvious when he stands next to Dana Carvey.

[@amberlynnsdirtybrastrap5573]

Okay I was thinking the same thing

[@vermontmike9800]

Can you imagine the heads exploding if this sketch was on in 2020?

[@bennyhaha66]

We are devolving unfortunately, I tried watching a present day episode and I think I would rather be waterboarded.

[@danil7safin]

Well, it's on youtube in 2020 and people in the comments seem to approve. I don't see heads exploding.

[@demogog3449]

It would be fine they make gay jokes all of the time.

[@Saintinthecity-wh9nl]

My fiancée is ten years younger than me and she was quite shocked when I turned it on last night but I said that it isn't a malicious sketch. Times do change however and just because some of us may not be offended by this, others may well be and that has to be respected.

[@sophiepooks2174]

@@bennyhaha66 Yes how terrible.. mocking those who are somehow different to the approved idea of hetero-normative behavior is not as cool as it was then, anyone who thinks the world back then was such a great place for anyone who wasn't white hetero straight acting has the rose tinted glasses on.

[@diabeatit5189]

this sure wouldn't fly today!🤣🤣🤣

[@sophiepooks2174]

Why not? making fun of camp gay men, trans or anyone different has always been popular with those who assume everyone is really a heterosexual who made a; "lifestyle choice", that heterosexual humans who fit a stereotype are superior to all other humans who are in some way different.

[@diabeatit5189]

a few seconds on social media, and you'll see why we can't find humor in anything anymore lol@@sophiepooks2174

[@vickielawson3114]

Couldn't do a sketch like this now.

[@merfwriter]

There used to be a time when people had to hide their true sexuality in fear of being rejected by family or society. So they did what society expected them to do, get married to the opposite sex and have children.

[@ian12346]

He’s just Lyle 😆

[@yellowblanka6058]

Just realized the intro shows a one-story house but then the set has a set of stairs, heh.

[@PceLveHppiness72]

Jan hooks was awesome too

[@bigal6442]

TV GUIDE!!! At 1:52 Now that is nostalgia!!