Snap Decision - Saturday Night Live

[@NathanielHarari]

The amazing thing is how completely naturally Leslie Nielsen pulls of each and every oblivious comedic character he plays. You absolutely cannot tell that he's acting a part. It's so incredibly smooth. He truly was such a comic genius towards the last few decades of his life.

[@fododude]

And he is relying on the cards! He didn't memorize. He's a natural.

[@jamesschmidlin1127]

Most of SNL cast read cue cards. The truly greats improv

[@TheListenerCanon]

Surely, you can't be serious!

[@wtf1185]

@@TheListenerCanon I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.

[@lasvegassecurity2958]

Leslie said the key to Comedy is to play it like a drama like you don't know it's funny

[@dzsidu]

I don't think there's been anyone in history who could play a dumb oblivious guy better than him. Rest in peace.

[@Alienkiwi730]

Yet playing a serious straight man at the same time

[@nebulousisgod]

He embodies obliviousness.

[@FlappyBelly]

I heard she wasn't dead.

[@jondunmore4268]

Yes, its like this sketch was written perfectly for Leslie

[@davehallett3128]

Dubya

[@ThePete1081]

"It was a simple question, Ive wouldve gotten it. I mean Im the curator if an art museum" "Yes, in Alabama."

[@bigpeeler]

LOL 🤣

[@unicornevil6913]

Leslie Nielsen was an absolute genius. Never played comically, always treated everything like a perfectly normal role.

[@davidwalter2002]

That's why his comic performances worked. He wasn't winking at the audience, letting them know he was in on the joke. He played it as if he was serious. And that's why it's funny.

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Rest In Peace Leslie Nielsen

[@canuckster24]

Absolute king of deadpan

[@TheJasonaut]

Wow, this is a hidden gem! That might be one of the best game show sketches SNL has ever done. So well written and performed.

[@stephencaraway537]

I agree.

[@stephanschmidt2334]

It's great, but not as good as Meet Your Future Wife!

[@SuperJNG18]

The way they build up to someone finally saying "1492" is one of the most brilliantly-timed bits in all of SNL.

[@KvnDWr]

agreed

[@CigarDoug]

Kudos to Jerry. He should be an accountant instead of a school teacher.

[@martinez-shaffer]

​@@CigarDoug🤣🤣🤣

[@reedr7142]

Saw that one coming, but it was still hilarious.

[@abdelrahmanelsheikh5798]

Agreed 👍🏽

[@richardhoover4471]

Leslie Nielson is one of the funniest men in TV or the movies. How he can do and say all those things with perfectly straight face is amazing to watch!

[@unicornevil6913]

One of the funniest sketches ever. Everyone's timing is impeccable.

[@alhillx]

Brilliantly written, and brilliantly executed by Nielsen.

[@kmcq692]

They rehearsed this just the right amount. It’s like each amazing performer is walking their own tightrope, but they are all dependent on each other.

[@dorian4404]

Leslie Nielsen is the best.

[@donnawoodford6641]

Best at being Bob.

[@GrowthruGod]

Perfect !

[@garyrunnalls7714]

Agreed

[@d.soldier3720]

I loved him May he rest in peace. Left us so many laughs

[@humsolo3816]

master of confident chaos

[@Kaddywompous]

Nielsen or Trump?

[@davidhardy879]

@@Kaddywompous " Slow Joe " Biden . Sadly , it's not a joke .

[@BrianRetro]

No one ever gives Nora Dunn any credit for her work on SNL. Talk about being underrated!

[@aarondigby9859]

Nora Dunn and Mary Gross both were underrated.

[@chriscarter8593]

I mean... Underrated is a stretch

[@mccallosone4903]

agreed

[@JIF882]

​@chriscarter8593 why do you say that?

[@GrowthruGod]

“I’ve won nothing” “that’s great”

[@adrock4737]

A lot of old comedy sketches don't seem to hold up that great over time. The context changes, the culture changes, so the humor changes. But this is still just so damn funny.

[@JNMKlover]

My brain can't say the opposite, so the genius of Leslie is 💯. How can he do that? Practice. And sobriety.

[@jedijones]

Partly through being lucky that game shows are still going on in much the same format they had in the '80s. A parody of a show like Moonlighting that no one really remembers wouldn't play so well now.

[@NomadOrgasm]

Had me literally rolling on the floor. Laughing. 🤣🤣 couldnt stop

[@richheardthis8018]

the way he keeps looking at the cue cards no matter what!

[@mwhearn1]

Leslie is the master when it comes to playing confidently dumb in the nicest possible way.

[@philippeh3904]

Judy: I’m a curator of an art museum, I would’ve known the answer. Leslie: Yes in Alabama! Too funny

[@avecmoi9429]

Actually Birmingham has a great art museum. That county votes Dem every presidential election and George Wallace was livid in his hatred of Birmingham. It is NOT typical Alabama and is hated by the rural Whites in the state. The other good place is Huntsville, where NASA is. I used to be the economist for the AL legislature. I was disliked solely for being White and treating African Americans as equals. My early years were in NY and NJ until my father was transferred by AT&T. Unfortunately rural counties have most of the political power by far. They hate just for being moderate. I was in China 12 years and liked it better than Alabama. The blonde lady from SNL went to Auburn University. She is very smart but can play any role. Unfortunately the rural Whites in Alabama like Trump.

[@mewho6199]

The Birmingham Museum of Art is a damn good museum though.

[@mewho6199]

@@avecmoi9429 Don't get it twisted. The museum is great, but the city is just as racist and shitty as the rest of the state .... or the rest of the country. And plenty of middle class, urban and suburban "whites" vote Republican.

[@himi6536]

@@mewho6199 The whole country is pretty racist, but I think it's pretty disingenuous to pretend that most states are as racist as Alabama...or any state in the bible belt.

[@jedijones]

@@avecmoi9429 Voting Democrat doesn't make you not racist. It just makes you into a stupid sheep controlled by people whose entire livelihood is based on manipulating your emotions in order to steal your money.

[@Dr.Reason]

I had forgotten how funny SNL used to be, these old episodes are brilliantly written, performed, and the props are exquisite.

[@philippeh3904]

How is this so funny and yet it’s 31 years old, testament to great writing

[@gavincrump9831]

Keep it in your pants. The game show premise was worn out before this was written out and nothing special happens here. This is a totally basic bit.

[@jas9239]

Snl just sucks now, so watching the old clips is nostalgic and makes you miss the old casts and hosts

[@travershuff5764]

Exactly!

[@Drakijy]

Yeah well, at the time it wasn't that funny. Sure, we chuckled at Nielsen and Lovitz, but it was just filler and we still kept asking ourselves why we even bothered to keep watching the show for so long after Eddie and Joe had left. The mid to late 80s were the dark times of SNL.

[@jas9239]

@@Drakijy history repeats itself

[@reedr7142]

“Yes, in Alabama.” Man, this skit was fantastic.

[@HeartandSoulApothecary]

If 2020 was a Gameshow, this would be it!

[@nabeelamouissaoui4622]

Definitely

[@adamm.6595]

Just wow... 👏👏👏 ... nailed it 👌

[@Kflan1975]

Soooo true! 🤣

[@lmb8243]

😂😂😂

[@SonofGalahad]

and 2021 as well

[@jacobdehaan4114]

I'm laughing so hard I can't breathe! This is hilarious! I lost it when he started saying the wrong answers in the quick cash round 😂😂😂😂😂

[@61Slughi]

This sketch is 8 minutes long with so much stuff going on. Leslie plows through all of it without a hiccup.

[@matthewrogers4588]

The one additional ding after his explanation of the buzzer and the bell kills me! It sets the stage for complete disorder!

[@TemakiTom]

Leslie pulls this off better than any other host EVER could've. One of the greatest SNL skits of all-time. Everybody is so all-in. I love it so much.

[@supremevidspro5427]

Amazed with Leslie neilsen’s performance rest in peace man.

[@okkcomputer]

Nielsen

[@dvdjkaufmn]

"I'm the curator of an art museum" "Yes.. In ALABAMA!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@filmidioten]

I don't know whether to laugh or tear my hair out!

[@philippeh3904]

30 years and it’s still funny, that’s amazing

[@thestonegoose]

Wow, I know a lot more about Greco-Roman mythology than I realised!

[@bluebear1985]

It really was amazing. I mean, who would have thought that the world's tallest mountain was the armadillo?

[@jennycooper8006]

😂😂😅😅 Leslie was a hilarious guy. I miss him dearly 💖💚💜❤️💗

[@robertstalnaker5728]

My family and I had the honor of meeting him on vacation in Hawaii years ago. He’s was so nice and kind to my mother who I think developed a small crush! Lol. Wonderful man 👍

[@jongregory8554]

Maybe he's your dad

[@GameWriterGuy]

"Will you come back tomorrow?" "Shut up." Ha ha just great stuff.

[@seannichols1649]

Somehow, this sketch predicted reality in 2024.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Never seen this sketch, but I love it!

[@dvader3000]

RIP Leslie Nielsen you were such a wondeful actor.

[@FourtyParsecs]

Probably the only SNL sketch where you wouldn't be able to tell if somebody missed their lines or messed something up.

[@ianwallace3082]

This is actually the dress rehearsal version. The version that aired live was a bit more sloppy, and while it was still funny, some of the jokes didn’t land as well. It takes good timing to make this kind of chaos work as comedy.

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

This is SO wonderfully STUPID, I Cannot stop Laughing !

[@porridge57]

Well put. I was trying to express this same thought myself.

[@donnajohnson4459]

Thank you snl. Even here in 2024 when I am having a Debbie downer day,a few skits puts a smile back on my face.

[@donmoore7785]

Leslie Nielsen RIP. Turned to comedy later in life and was outstanding at it.

[@QuassGamer]

Nielsen passed away 12 years ago and still gives me a bright smile.

[@kelkabot]

Oh, my gosh, legends every one. This one was a slow burn for me…barely chuckled at the start and was laughing so hard at the end I scared my dear dog.

[@philippeh3904]

This is so funny, like I can’t believe this is still funny 30 years on. That’s what great comedy is

[@mrwtho07]

When I first saw this sketch and saw it was being presented by Leslie Nielsen, I felt it was gonna be good 😁. Boy, I wasn’t wrong!! 😂 😆

[@KyleRuggles]

These were the best years of SNL I swear! LMFAO!!!!!! Glad these are available now.

[@jas9239]

Yeah for sure..it’s not even watchable now, I still try, it’s just not like it was back in the day

[@KyleRuggles]

@@jas9239 So true, I've stopped watching on the weekly since the early 2000's, since the cast change in mid 90's it kinda went downhill imo.

[@StevenShilling]

Victoria Jackson played a dental hygienist in this the same year she played one in UHF

[@asym52]

Wow. That was superb. I'm giggling uncontrollably.

[@erikgriffith8857]

This game show has the same logic as government forms.

[@valvenator]

Notice how well everyone played their parts. No obvious looking at cue cards. No deviating from the character. Talkin to you Sandler, Fallon, Myers, etc...

[@djm5687]

Adam Sandler has had an extensive movie career. Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers are the long running hosts of talk shows. What exactly has Lovitz, Greenwald, and Jackson done in their careers besides SNL?

[@bobbywhite1645]

When people say they don't know what you're talking about when you say "back when saturday night live was funny" this is what we're talking about

[@orionred2489]

lol, they'd have 12 skits, and one would be good. When someone today says that. they are a butt hurt conservative.

[@loftakis]

Pressed like as soon as the cast appeared.

[@aether8344]

No one even noticed that the lightning round had nothing to do with Greco-Roman mythology

[@mwhearn1]

Oh we noticed. too funny.

[@IskandarTheWack]

Literally the joke homie

[@jongregory8554]

That's where you're wrong.

[@jongregory8554]

...and what's a joke homie?

[@craigturner6084]

You can't do a sketch like that off of cue cards. Genius.

[@ianwallace3082]

Actually, you can. SNL has always used cue cards, because they're constantly making changes, even during the live show. The cast just used to be better at not making their cue card-reading obvious.

[@fredrikcarlstedt393]

This really is an absurdly insane gameshow .

[@ashwinf12]

This sketch represents your typical Leslie Nelson movie, I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote this one. What a Legend

[@dielaughing73]

Whoever wrote it, it was perfect for him

[@icopaseticMHF]

OMG I never saw this before ... Why is it so hard to watch 80's and 90's SNL episodes??!!

[@jedijones]

They make it hard. I mean people complain that the original Star Wars has a few minutes of changes, but half of the '80s and '90s SNL content has no official release in any format. It's all out there on the internet unofficially if you dig a little though. The unofficial copies have gotten easier to find in the last year. Been enjoying Misery II, Tooncinator, The Real World with the eskimo, Brady Bunch vs. the Partridge Family and others recently.

[@TokyoXtreme]

Monster Trucks vs Funny Cars is extremely difficult to find. It was near the end of David Alan Grier’s episode (or James Vanderbeek?), and was an absurd and epic CGI parody of such events. It was made available briefly, for maybe a few months, and has disappeared once again - perhaps forever.

[@Adrian-fe8js]

Leslie doesn’t miss any beats 🤣

[@jongregory8554]

Story goes he beat plenty of misses.

[@Adrian-fe8js]

@@jongregory8554 🤣🤣

[@williammeszaros3382]

I'm an old fart and I've never seen that before !😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lighttningbolt]

why are you old yuk

[@murraystewartj]

I think Alex Trebek would have gotten a kick out of this - you know you're doing well when everybody knows who the parody show is about. RIP Alex and the great Leslie Nielsen.

[@helltotheno.]

This is definitely one of the best sketches of SNL

[@aarondigby5054]

People don't know the creative innovative talent it takes to write , act and deliver in these skits. We'll done SNL

[@Knasteone]

If Frank Drebbin was a game show host

[@soulaymab.y6077]

It takes a real smart head to play the dummy

[@DonTruman]

LOL,that was hilarious. Leslie Nielson was probably the only one who could pull off. And as usual with SNL's best stuff, that was 25 years ago.

[@Beepbeepoutoftheway]

'Well, we all know what that sound means...Don Pardo, what does it mean?' 'I don't know, I've never heard it before' 'Well, it doesn't matter, on to the lightning round!'

[@hirambeamon8421]

Proof that comedy writing/acting is an artform

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I think it has a great Monty Python, absurd nature, to it. But with American characters. Leslie serves up the crazy, and the others respond so heroically, to his Alice in Wonderland world.

[@tryhardgaminghd3166]

I wanna know who keeps the sound effects running.

[@elcapitanogoku]

Me too

[@jongregory8554]

SOMEONE TELL ME! I HAVEN'T SLEPT IN YEARS, MY HAIR AND NAILS ARE GONE, AND I GIGGLE UNCONTROLLABLY

[@bawoman]

oh lord , when her buzzer wouldnt work I couldnt stop laughing,

[@nathansotir5633]

First time seeing this and I'm loving it

[@dugfriendly]

brilliant chaos with complete confidence

[@bluebear1985]

6:15 That sound effect sounds like an out of tune version of the NBC chimes. Maybe Don Pardo just never heard it sound like that before.😁

[@mjanavel]

Actually, the perfect show for 2020 & 21.

[@jedijones]

Yeah, this is like watching Joe Biden host a game show.

[@jongregory8554]

He wishes

[@idbuyanewbmx]

Where has this gem been hiding my whole life?

[@beautiful80sladies22]

Leslie Nielson slapstick......he was awesome

[@YCWworld]

how to make an entertaining game show without ever having to pay any money to the contestants: arrest one, sabotage the other one, and do anything else that is needed.

[@bvZanGr]

Hidden treasure

[@tomitstube]

usually these game shows are just character impersonations, which is funny, but i love how clever this was, and of course leslie nielson is the one to pull it off, the brilliant bumbling and clueless comedian.

[@productwholeslave2122]

When they reveal the first answer there are Two different bell sounds it's stupid trippy funny; that got me laughing, and it didn't stop. Also, i totally thought the same; the Jeopardy sketches are weak compared to this one sketch.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I had no idea Leslie Nielsen was on SNL lol.

[@thevariousartists]

now imagine only 20 percent of today's sketches being at least a little like this one...

[@JNMKlover]

They add filth and innaoropriate culture references.

[@twiceip]

Come on. That with alien abduction, or where they to a fortune teller right before covid.

[@KOSMICKEN09]

Oh boy lol the generation gap

[@jedijones]

@lilbuddha Because he's aware of when Saturday Night Live had intelligent writing?

[@garthsnidpick4151]

leslie ................. what a surprise

[@aarondigby5054]

Mary Gross, Nora Dunn, Lorraine Newman SNL funny queens, love this era.

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

The best game show ever

[@VoidSurfer9]

Yes I'm sorry. You're absolutely correct.

[@2spooky4me35]

Even Leslie is more consistent than British politicians.

[@mattbybee5354]

That's your story stick to it 😂

[@KOSMICKEN09]

I remember this one very well..so silly/funny 😂

[@j.m.turner1756]

Jon Lovitz's body language perfectly embodies every overzealous gameshow contestant.

[@craneanderson2317]

"WHAT !? HOW!?" was exactly what I repeatedly saying while watching this. No one can top Lesley Nelson on playing serious and dumb.

[@kneeman66]

The person who wrote this script also designed the software program for the coronavirus vaccine roll out

[@CajunCraft24]

I like that you use more than one way to dress a bed. Those fabrics look great together ❤

[@catrinacompositions]

And this is how you run a government.

[@friendoftellus5741]

He look like a republican, yes.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

This was the blueprint for the Dotard's White House.

[@housevisand]

astute observation, ser!

[@jamezkpal2361]

😄

[@chinookvalley]

NOT any more!!!!!!!!!!!! Biden/Harris 2020!

[@msvonnegutpunch5384]

6:48 - Me just trying to play on the bumper cars and my bumper car is not working.

[@michaelparylak5649]

Finally, one I never saw. Must have been when I was living in foster care and wasn't allowed to watch SNL

[@johncarubba5439]

Everyone knows Coca Cola is capital of California 😆😆

[@oopsidrankhorsetranquilize6467]

This feels like a fever dream

[@chinookvalley]

Yeah, but it's over now! Biden/Harris 2020.

[@valcristPL]

Amazing.

[@brycetraxler3035]

This is by far the best game show skit ever

[@jeremyalty6693]

Yes... in Alabama 😂😂

[@jimbabbbson7653]

GSN during this and the Common Knowledge sketch: Write that down write that down

[@bluebear1985]

This aired five years before GSN became a thing, so maybe someone was taking notes for a situation like that.😁

[@janebradford3093]

Don’t call me Shirley