SNL Original Cast - Top 10 Sketches (1970s)

We are looking back at the top 10 sketches from the original cast of SNL Saturday Night Live. The 1970s were interesting times and Saturdays were reserved for a cast of colorful characters.
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Chapters:
00:00 SNL Background
00:49 - Thanksgiving Dinner - Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Paul Shaffer
01:49 - Killer Bees - Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner
02:48 - The Olympia Restaurant - John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
03:40 - Word Association - Richard Pryor, Chevy Chase
04:49 - Samurai Hotel - Richard Pryor, John Belushi
05:42 - Weekend Update - Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd
06:31 - Land Shark - Chevy Chase
07:16 - King Tut - Steve Martin
08:16 - Super Bass-o-matic - Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman
08:53 - 2 Wild and Crazy Guys - Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd
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[@tricky2055]

Actually, in that Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor sketch, after Chase escalates the race slurs to finally say the “N” word, Pryor’s responses was , “Dead Honkey.” That was so cutting-edge and hilarious!

[@rocker76m88]

Best SNL cast ever 👌

[@avantegarde7797]

....no question....without a doubt !

[@davidhannum5598]

Dan Ackroyd in the Lupner kitchen as the "Norge" repairman with his too short t-shirt and hairy butt-crack exposed for all the world to see,with Todd and Lisa cracking up the whole time.....classic !!!!!!! remember Mr. Lupner was born without a spine, "God rest his soul" "who wants egg salad"?

[@c.hanley1423]

Ackroyd reprised the repairman at the end of a "Nanny" episode.

[@davidstoyanoff]

That's so funny, I forgot to laugh!

[@kevinmcdonald6477]

@@davidstoyanoff Let's see what's going on with those mosquito bites.

[@Sabrina79]

@@c.hanley1423 I was just thinking about that! 😂

[@BoneCity]

Dan AYKROYD. I hate when people misspell his name.

[@jkcarroll]

I will ALWAYS remember the joke that Chevy Chase told in the very first episode during the Weekend Update skit: "The post office is issuing a new stamp commemorating prostitution in America. The stamp will cost 15 cents, but if you want to lick it, it's a quarter." Freshman year of college, sitting in the dorm lounge watching that, I knew that this was like no other TV show ever!

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@jimrich4192]

.."It's a quarter"...HYSTERICAL!!!! 😅😅😅😅

[@fdoe9184]

Jkcarroll. Over the decades, have used that joke often. A classic. (Just have to keep upping the price)

[@jcisking9622]

Never been the same...greatest cast in snl history

[@nickperez7553]

Love Chevy chase

[@dianafrancisco9689]

AGREED !

[@ManuelDiaz-on7tg]

Gotta agree with you

[@imandan1966]

It's had plenty of great moments since then

[@williammalouhos4142]

at 63 i cant tell you how much i miss that time in my life oh to be back in the 70s

[@mikegike7273]

Dan portraying Julia Childs and has a bit of an accident in the kitchen. Best sketch EVER fer S.N.L.

[@kwqd54]

Save the livers!

[@bobcarn]

And Julia Child LOVED that skit!

[@marcymoir3389]

Mike Gike ....my favorite too......

[@cowboysfan782008]

That was good, but IMO Akroyd played about as good of a 70s sleezy salesman as you could be. Mainway toys for Halloween, "Johnny Invisible" the all black costume. The Bass o matic by Remco, that restaurant where if you want a steak you pick your own cow and stun it...Akroyd was good in the movie Chaplin and a zillion others but to me he was at his best in those first 4-5 yrs of SNL, and really the only one remotely close to as good as Belushi was, though I think they were all amazing and BY FAR the best cast SNL ever had!

[@rockdog2584]

That was my pick for all-time greatest. Never laughed so hard!

[@genapruitt]

Their commercials were hysterical! My favorite was "Shimmer" with Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. "It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!"

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@JWH-01]

My favorite was "Spud Beer"..... the beer brewed for people who can't taste the difference!

[@barleyeducated8714]

Puppy uppers and doggy downers. :P

[@jennypulczinski7204]

@@barleyeducated8714 I still say that! Almost 50 years later!

[@TheTacomaven]

Jewess Jeans!

[@johngilles9371]

back when SNL was actually funny, and worth staying up for!

[@rdecredico]

It;s still funny, perhaps better than ever. Grow the fuck up. Evolve.

[@sinkvenice4438]

@rdecredico That’s an unnecessarily aggressive response isn’t it?

[@rdecredico]

@@sinkvenice4438 No and here is why. We in the middle of a cultural crises right now and one if its symptoms is the revisionism of the past. This modern affliction of pining for the time of our adolescence is a form of mental disorder for some. But for others it is a mental state that has been conditioned and is being manipulated by institutional forces. SNL was NOT funnier when it started. It was myopic and not diverse. Large portions of it were painful, unfunny, and were highly political. People that put energy into false narrative about the past, whether due to nostalgia or something more nefarious, need to be called out and reality must be thrust into our lives instead. The whole ,amtra: "back when SNL was actually funny" is a lazy political meme that exposes its user as a mentally manipulated myope that poses danger to society by not acknowledging the reality of the world we inhabit and thus creates further division among culture.

[@sinkvenice4438]

@rdecredico Um, I think you’re looking into that person’s comment a bit too much. Anyway, it’s entirely a matter of opinion. Comedy is completely subjective, as you know. I just meant you didn’t need to tell him to ‘grow the fuck up’, it’s uncalled for and patronising, no?

[@rdecredico]

@@sinkvenice4438 No, comedy is not completely subjective. What people find funny is subjective.

[@janicemorabeto9800]

Sure would have been great to have this moderator shut up and let us see the and hear the skits!

[@liamroberts9047]

Hello Janice, How are you doing?

[@michelesantucci5424]

Hon. Just open another window and pull up each of the skits, to view them in full.

[@greenteacash]

I agree. Won’t bother with him again.

[@Amanda-ex6em]

exactly- I don't need a narrator DESCRIBING the skit- just play the skit!

[@wisdomoftheearlychristians2037]

Seriously, when you have to narrate a comedy clip to explain it to people; that's really lame. But then again comedy is practically illegal today unless you want to talk about your genitalia like Amy Schumer

[@cameltanker1286]

When Saturday Night Live was actually funny.

[@dalehall2067]

Hasn’t been funny for decades

[@smokeydoke100]

I was going to post those exact same words.

[@LYCANSS777]

'K boomers!

[@smokeydoke100]

@@LYCANSS777 Jealous much?

[@MsSavagechef]

You sound old. That's okay, because so am I.

[@chrispope5230]

I had just turned fifteen, starting 10th grade when SNL started. All through high school, it was probably the only thing that could have possibly made me want to come home by 11:30 on a Saturday night. Legends in action....

[@kattrakee]

You said it for sure when you spoke: “ The 70s were the best” . No truer words have ever been uttered. Right On !!!!

[@dalehall2067]

Jorge it’s politics Laois with a Normas amounts of hate If you think it’s funny you’ll get censored by Twitter or Facebook and it goes on and on. Just hate hate hate

[@powderthumb5959]

Was in high school. Everyone always knew and talked about who the musical guest was going to be. Lots of parties would stop and everyone would sit and watch the show.

[@dalehall2067]

It hasn’t been worth staying up for the watch quite a few years now. Multiple decades

[@robertlivingston1634]

We used to have party's every Saturday night at a friend's parents camp, lots of beer and a shit load of laughs.

[@que3817]

I watched from my college dorm. Then after the show, we'd hit the disco's. Best days of my life.

[@sycpup]

there can't be an SNL top 10 without something from Rosanne Rosanadana!!!

[@tinamarie86]

@tom quigley That was Emily Litella''s line

[@maryjohnson1604]

Loved tiny town read by Gilda

[@SomebodysGrandmother]

Right!! Roserosannadanna was the most looked forward too!! Her and Jane Curtain in anything!

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

There cannot be an SNL top 10.... Impossible!

[@micro4329]

The best skits were Roseanne rosanna Dana n Dan aykroyd doing Tom snyder. Tom even said in an interview with Dan that he did Tom snyder better than Tom snyder. Lol

[@musicianonamission8435]

Part 2 needs to include Rosanne Rosannadanna, Dan Akyroyd as Julia Child, The Coneheads, The Judy Miller Show, and Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood.

[@stephaniehight2771]

Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood was funny, but it wasn't the original 70's cast.

[@laustcawz2089]

Murphy was funniest as Gumby, damnit!!

[@collenegandy3605]

Eddie Murphy was not part of the original cast. He came in the 1980's

[@lynnleclaire5051]

Bill Murray as the lounge singer: the Star Wars song!

[@mohammedcohen]

...The BLUES BROTHERS!!!

[@bigzed8673]

To this day, Gilda Radner is the funniest performer ever to step foot on the SNL stage.

[@kchez110]

Big Zed Emily Litella was the best.

[@Ralphieboy]

can only agree

[@bigzed8673]

Interesting fact: Gilda Radner was the first cast member hired for Saturday Night Live.

[@OISaviour]

Roseann Rosannadanna!

[@JWH-01]

Gilda Radner had so many different characters. John Belushi was funny, but not nearly as funny and versatile as Gilda Radner on SNL. John Belushi was better in the movies and the Blues Brothers shows. .

[@stevedem76]

One of my faves, Todd and Lisa, played by Bill Murray and Gilda Radner. Jane Curtain played Lisa's Mom, Mrs Lufner. Honorable mention to "Mr. Bill", who would take abuse from Mr. Hand, and the evil Sluggo.

[@scottburton9701]

Hands down-The first five seasons of "SNL" were awesome!.

[@kathynorton4103]

You got that right; it was the best cast e er

[@kathynorton4103]

You got that that right; it was the best cast ever,

[@bobsue3639]

What about the "Mr. Bill" episodes with Spot, Sluggo, and Mr. Hands? They made the show what it was and I always looked forward to them.

[@gj8683]

@tom quigley Me, too! I remember wearing it once in this restaurant and a couple from France was there said that it was "tres amusant."

[@astrofrk]

I had a Mr. Bill book with pictures.

[@bigbluegpr]

Fun fact: Mr Hands was the brother of Ellen DeGeneres.

[@kchez110]

And you had to stay up until the end because if (not always) Mr. Bill was on, it would be the last skit.

[@victorsamuleson9505]

Yes yes yes I want to see Sluggo

[@disturbed6128]

My all time favorite was John Belushi imitating Joe Cocker

[@Magravator1671]

Or Gilda as Candy Slice! 🤣

[@tolfan4438]

@Howling Frog I was going to say that. I think that may have been the best musical segment that show ever did. I also really like the horrible Rolling Stones Some Girls segment. Mick had they think the flu and his voice was just cracking and is doing so bad ya had to love it.

[@pattymihalek8282]

Absolutely! Poor Joe Cocker. As I recall, he did not look entirely amused by John B's hilarious (and excellent) rendition!

[@leonardodalongisland]

CLASSIC!

[@peggywoods4327]

Epic!

[@jchow5966]

They were the best!!! I was a young teenager and had to watch every Saturday!!

[@42awww]

I'll never forget the time the Stones were the musical guests! They performed in a few sketches, one being the hamburger shop and the other being Ackroyd as Tom Schneider interviewing Jagger. A priceless episode in the SNL canon!

[@catoob8372]

Mick Jagger was also in a few movies in the following years.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Snyder. I met him in 1978!

[@1Chiccone]

How can we not have Dan A. selling "questionable" Halloween toys such as Johnny Human Torch costumes and Bag A Glass....I still have the Bag A Glass!!

[@DYR]

🤣🤣

[@corksauve4949]

Would have been better actually showing the clips instead of talking about them.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

I know, I've been trying to find the actual full clip of King Tut for years now.

[@SchwarzeWitwe2]

SNL/NBC remove unauthorized uploads.

[@sam9242]

I was just thinking the same time. Big Thumbs Down!

[@DougWolfe]

Agreed. Too bad as I was looking forward to seeing them. Didn’t expect to have some guy captioning everything.

[@danbradley7176]

@@davegreenlaw5654 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrFkqmrh8qJfJY

[@joycependleton589]

The original cast was the best ever! I always looked forward to Saturday Night Live. I always thought Steve Martin was a cast member. Hmmmm ......he should have been. He was one wild and crazy guy!😂💞 I think my favorite skits was when Gilda Radner did Roseanne Roseannadana!😂💞

[@corineusa1454]

THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!

[@ecneb]

At the time of SNL, Steve Martin was the biggest comedian in the USA and was selling out stadiums all over the country. It would have been detrimental for his career to have been a cast member. It worked much better for him to be a guest host.

[@jewgirl952]

When you said, "Yep, the 70s were the best, I cheered!"

[@cattlerancherfromhell7666]

I really liked Roseanne Rosannadana. She always made me howl.

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@laustcawz2089]

Always keeps me in stiches!

[@robertchandler5055]

Todd and Lisa were the best ,I did the noogies and mosquiteo bites on my neighbor

[@RagnarokMic]

"What the hell is that?" is maybe the most simple, and hilarious sketch of all time.

[@obmijnivre]

"Don't put your lips on it!!!"

[@92mrsrdb]

Didn't Steve Martin do that skit? I barely remember. Burned out lots of brain cells in the 70's 😁

[@jeffreyjeziorski341]

@@92mrsrdb Steve Martin and Bill Murray

[@babu357]

Wait. I know what it is!....What the hell is that?!

[@tomc236]

This brings back a lot of fond memories. It was a simpler time when you could just be funny without worrying about political correctness or feeling the need to insert politics into everything.

[@rowdyrx6109]

A Watchman amen!

[@chuckbush2757]

Revisionist history

[@AdrienneAce2]

They also proved that they could be hilarious every time without cussing. Oh, well, there was that one time....

[@babu357]

Actually SNL alwasy had plenty of political sketches. And TV censors kept people from saying what they wanted then.

[@blueskye6372]

Nice memories. 👌🙂💜

[@thomasewing2656]

The entire cast doing "The Bride of Frankenstein" when she wakes up on the slab and starts singing "I Feel Pretty". Hyper hilarious!

[@dmgalgoci7368]

I'm so grateful that my parents let me stay up late to watch SNL. Best SNL ever!

[@justinbeloy5829]

The funniest thing I remember from childhood was Belushi doing the "little chocolate donuts" thing.

[@c.hanley1423]

With the little chocolate doughnuts AND a lit cigarette. "What a day for John Belushi!" .

[@jeffreyjeziorski341]

You know, I did a lot of miles.....and downed a lot of doughnuts. John Belushi, for the gold!!!!!

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Yes very funny. That was a spoof of the Bruce Jenner Wheaties commercials

[@dvvalant]

I loved ex baseball star "Chico Esquela" played by Garrett Morris.

[@stephaniehight2771]

bes-e-bol has been berry berry good to me

[@laustcawz2089]

"Escuela"=Spanish for "school".

[@kaninma7237]

As a third grade kid, I bought the 45 rpm for "King Tut" when it was released. It was not until after 2010 that I finally got to see the SNL performance. Classic comedy!

[@jenniwhittle5688]

Dan Ackroyd as Julia Child is a classic

[@PhilBagels]

The Slumber Party National Face Bank "Well, Excuuuuuuse me!"

[@dona62851]

LOVED the original cast! Truly hysterical! I'd love to see reruns of seasons 1 and 2!

[@babu357]

You can watch them on Peacock. Basic Peacock is free but I don't think you get all of the episode unless you are Premium. You get Premium free with Xfinity. Otherwise it's 5 bucks a month.

[@davidhannum5598]

Don't forget all the amazing musical talent they have featured over the decades, all the big name groups and artists. The Stones, Peter Tosh, Ray Charles, Doobie Brothers,The Kinks and on and on.......Joe Cocker with none other than Bulushi doing a great impression of him

[@mala3isity]

One of the first appearances of the fully leather clad singer with awful stage fright Mary J. Blige, the shocking Sinead O'Connor, Bjork appearing with the Sugar Cubes.

[@chrispope5230]

The Plasmatics were just awesomely deranged. Cutting an old console TV in half with a chainsaw - immortal! Love at the end of the show when the host was thanking their guests and when it got to the Plasmatics Wendy O. Williams said "Don't be a wanker. I hate art! I hate fashion!"

[@bonniec5258]

I loved Lisa Loopner (Gilda) and Chevy Chase and her underdeveloped nation. Also, Gilda Radner as Rosanne Rosannadana-- classic SNL!

[@sandydayoc9421]

Every single one of the cast were perfect they all played their parts very well but my favorite one one time was Todd and Lisa with Gilda Radner and Bill Murray to corny teenagers that loved each other

[@bobaldo2339]

The 1970's were the best in every way - period, exclamation point!

[@jedimasterbatty]

Hard to pick a favorite but i miss the puppy upper & doggy downer commercial. The original cast was amazing!!

[@markmiller7159]

Who can forget the Coneheads?

[@laustcawz2089]

"We're from France!"

[@jeffreydevoti7000]

What goes good with eggs? "Fiberglass!"

[@dr.skulhamr3220]

They spoke for us in many ways. They were our voices in the maelstrom that was the 70's.

[@frankcarlone5130]

They spoke for some of us, certainly not all....

[@frankcarlone5130]

@@dr.skulhamr3220 ??? WTF are you talking about???

[@frankcarlone5130]

@@dr.skulhamr3220 Don't telll me what I have no idea about you lame brained ignoramus. You don't know me. You shut the fuck up yourself. Dickhead

[@DylanStarr23]

@Frank Caroline. Comedy may not be your thing

[@les4767]

You can't limit this list to only 10! There were just too many great ones from this cast....how 'bout... Dueling Brandos(John Belushi and host Peter Boyle) John Belushi's protest to not say the opening line to start the show until his demands were met The Coneheads The Blues Brothers-Soul Man Garrett Morris' perfect impression of Tina Turner-Proud Mary The last mission of the Starship Enterprise John Belushi's editorial on Weekend Update about "The luck of the Irish." Any Roseanne Roseanadana or Emily Litella sketch on Weekend Update Medieval Barber For my money...Samurai Delicatessen was the best of the Samurai sketches.

[@DYR]

😂

[@katie29baj]

Luck of the Irish rant is hands down my all time favorite! And don't forget the 3 part Beethoven skit of Belushi's! Ludwig, you must eat!

[@richardblain4783]

Samurai Tailor was my favorite samurai sketch, especially when the guest host Buck Henry asked Belushi to add a zipper to his pants, while he was wearing them! Belushi gets that demented look in his eyes and whips out his katana. End of scene.

[@avantegarde7797]

Soooo true, those first 5 yrs had so many fine (hillarious), skits.

[@thunderbirdmcfly8657]

They were so funny,thank God for the chance to see all this anytime you want on those apps

[@queenofzen6187]

Dan Akyroyd as Julia Child is fixed in my memory as being one of the funniest skits

[@TheTacomaven]

🤩

[@dylswife8048]

The funniest show ever was the original cast did a special: "what I did on my summer break" .it was funny AF. the only one I vividly remember was Garrett Morris spent his summer break modeling for a guy who made lawn jockeys. I kid you not. 🤣🤣

[@alanvallazza9781]

Unfortunatley if it was a special then not many have seen it since it ran. Not part of the collection of dvds, videos, or streaming packages from the first five years. Just the live shows.

[@c.hanley1423]

"It seemed like last summer cause in fact, that's when it was".

[@bigcolt5256]

that made me laugh, and not the actual show.

[@kurtdietrich5421]

Dan Akroyd and John Belushi did the Blues Brothers.

[@katie29baj]

@@kurtdietrich5421 they were the Blue's Brothers. In fact, the "King Bee" performance was a precursor to them in their suits the film made famous.

[@petermullaney2407]

How about the ad for The Battle of the Network T & A? Dumb me thought it was for real.😁 l couldn't wait to see it.

[@hx823]

Where the h**l is "the Last Voyage Of The Starship Enterprise"?????? That was bloody briliant and much better than some of the skits listed here.

[@juliancrooks3031]

Or the blues brothers?

[@fdoe9184]

Hx823. So very true

[@mikehughes4969]

I saw that first episode. I was seven years old and was woken by my parents howling with laughter. So I went to take a look and ended up watching the whole thing with them. From there on, if I was good all week, did my homework, kept my room clean, etcetera etcetera, I got to stay up and watch SNL. My personal favorite moment was the first performance of the Blues Brothers. Made me a life long fan of the blues. Those were good times.

[@u.s.paratroops4633]

Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber & Judge !!!

[@babu357]

Ah, BrunGilda!

[@u.s.paratroops4633]

@@babu357 "Take a pint from that bird too"

[@pegschwalbach2500]

I loved every skit they ever did!

[@DYR]

😊

[@scottkester7178]

Who remembers that the Muppets had a weekly sketch during the first season of SNL?

[@michaelbuhl4250]

Buck Henry's favorite sketch, and probably mine as well, was the Lord and Lady Douchebag sketch. Also, Henry was injured in the Samurai Stockbroker sketch when John Belushi accidentally cut him on the forehead. In subsequent sketches during that show cast members wore bandages on their heads in solidarity with Henry.

[@suzanna6]

Roseanne Roseannadanna on the great American Smoke Out! Classic and hilarious

[@suzanna6]

@chris younts she was brilliant! My favorite from the original cast ❤

[@georgep7815]

I loved these skits, however, I think there were numerous others worthy of the top 10. IE; Belushi and Ackroyd circumsizing a baby on a test drive of a new car.

[@joannelwatson5066]

Brings back memories... especially two boys in my neighborhood dressing up as "two wild & crazy guys"... we were ten!

[@Rockhound6165]

Sadly the current form of SNL literally craps on the brilliance that was the original cast. Also, I think Attack of the Killer Christmas Trees deserves a mention in this video.

[@lisapelarske1634]

How could they miss Emily Letilla and Rosanne Rosannadanna? The ONLY good SNL was the Not Ready for Prime Time Players

[@rdecredico]

Nagger please. Grow the fuck up.

[@babu357]

I get so tired of hearing that.

[@richardgalli7262]

The 70's was a great decade.

[@DYR]

🕺🏻

[@dalehall2067]

I was young, no money, trying to start a practice. This gave me great entertainment

[@ladamyre1]

Skit that didn't make the cut? Well, there's "Home Movies and the Mr Bill Show", one I think may have given Paul Reubens an idea. Then there's the Coneheads, and I'm very surprised it isn't near the top since it was made into a movie. Matter-of-fact it should have been #1. "We come from France." "Oh well, that explains everything." And lets not forget our favorite representative of the Vatican, Father Guido Sarducci. Arrivederci America!

[@ChrisLichowicz]

The show just went on a steady decline after that cast left.

[@petermullaney2407]

You got that right!

[@szqsk8]

Chris Lichowicz After 1979, the show completely lost its shine.

[@snit22]

Generally yes. However, when Phil Hartman, Darly Hammond, Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers were all on, that was a good cast and good writing

[@brycehiigel235]

Wasn’t a steady decline, it fell off the cliff when the original cast left.

[@Sidetrackification]

true story, im running a 3mile midnight race, this year, I'm trying, planning on running a sub 18 race. A woman in a Killer Bee outfit, passed me with about a half mile to go. She was running Backwards!

[@DoubleDash28]

Was she in the race?

[@Sidetrackification]

@@DoubleDash28 yes she was

[@Sidetrackification]

she turned around backwards as she ran by saying c'mon let's go!

[@heatherr0420]

I haven't thought about Landshark in years, what a great character and I miss the old days of Saturday night Live. There has been a lot of greats over the years, but I think the casts of the first 10-15 years or so we're the best

[@dhouse609]

So lame, why not show the skits? How disappointing.

[@jalanperak]

Yes! Show the skits and get rid of the commentary!!

[@agp7073]

Disappointed

[@taniaPBear]

I know right?

[@ruthwoytsek7750]

Probably because NBC won't let them?

[@leonardodalongisland]

Totally agree

[@lanaashford2192]

You missed my favorite infomercial! The floor cleaner that doubled as a dessert topping!

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@babu357]

I also like Quarry. The cereal made from stone. "Better tasting cause it's mined!"

[@rowdyrx6109]

Great memories,awesome laughs......never to be repeated except for Eddie Murphy

[@zwiftrogue3938]

I'm sure you remember that when this show first appeared it wasn't called Saturday Night Live. It was just Saturday Night. Hence, "Live from New York its Satueday Night"

[@les4767]

They couldn't call it "Saturday night live" at first because Howard Cosell had a variety show on rival network ABC called "Saturday night live with Howard Cosell" first...of course THAT show was canceled after 18 episodes at which point, NBC could use the name.

[@erikolsen148]

@@les4767 “The Not Ready for Primetime Players” was named as such as a tweak to Cosell’s show, which had “The Primetime Players”. (This nominal Saturday Night Live aired at 8 pm.) As it happened, all three The Primetime Players would eventually resurface two blocks crosstown and four blocks downtown, joining their second show called Saturday Night Live; Bill Murray, brother Brian Doyle Murray, and Christopher Guest.

[@erikolsen148]

(Dave Letterman would make exactly the same trip in reverse, leaving 30 Rockefeller Plaza to set up shop in the Ed Sullivan Theater.)

[@dianafrancisco9689]

My ex and I who had been married September 1975 had a party to watch the first episode of SNL ! WHAT A GOOD TIME !

[@bamknm90]

John Belushi in the cemetery."Because,I'm a dancer" skit.

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@genemars5158]

Honorable mention: John Belushi's "Joe Cocker."

[@bluegirlgraphics]

I always loved the Donuts / Wheaties sketch with Belushi, The "it's whipped cream! / No it's a floor wax!" Ackroyd skit and the Exorcist one despite having a terrible fear of that movie LOL

[@laustcawz2089]

"The bed...is on my foot..."

[@escotthollingsworth6074]

The great SNL ads that they showcased, like the famous, "Meatwagon Rescue Set." They made all ads seemed so real. The, "Bel Arabs," with Howard Hessman, was a scream. I loved how the re-did the theme song.

[@GothGuy885]

Man! I remember all these skits and more from the early SNL. those were great times! 😀👍

[@michaelelliott1212]

Candy Slice and The Judy Miller Show: Priceless

[@bvwatcher2]

"Never mind:.

[@PeBoVision]

How can you do an original cast retrospective without Roseanne Rosannadanna??? The death of Gilda Radner was a devastating blow to fans everywhere and the iconic characters she created deserve a segment (or three) in this video.

[@AstiJay]

SNL was like nothing we had seen before. A predecessor, ‘The Carol Burnette Show’ might be the closest to it and it wasn’t close. This was a cast of brilliant fresh talent with writers pushing the envelope. And it was live so anything could happen. I was in my mid to late teens. Saturday nights were spent with my friends drinking a little drink, smoking a little smoke while experiencing SNL together. When the original cast was gone I quit watching. The magic was gone too.

[@imtruth69]

God, the memories. Days of yore my friends, days of yore.

[@timsisco4705]

I can't believe you went through all those episodes from the seventies and never mentioned the Blues Brothers!

[@bernie2231]

I remember a skit in '78 with guest star Michael Sarazzin "Josh Ramsey VD Caseworker". Man, that was freakin' funny! My personal favorite.

[@DYR]

😆

[@semihandyman5711]

“Hey, I read in the paper that you have VD!” Classic!

[@bernie2231]

@@semihandyman5711 The basket ball game PA announcement was a hoot too!

[@mgman2640]

It took me back and that's the way it was,love the memories. I was just looking up the video for the cheeseburger skit, glad I did.

[@rab52764]

I think "Happy Fun Ball" deserves at least an honorable mention, and how can you possibly have an SNL top 10 list without "Blues Brothers"? Thus was back when SNL was actually funny.

[@babu357]

This is from only the original cast. Happy Fun Ball was around the 90's. Great sketch though.

[@peggywoods4327]

I was going to mention the Blues Brothers! What's even more awesome is they took that show on the road - I saw them at Red Rocks right after the movie came out

[@qjo]

Alternate title: How to suck the humor out of classic sketches by "yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak yak"ing non stop.

[@howardgould3745]

Thank you for an awesome video, brought back many great memories.

[@carseye1219]

I was in college at the time. This stuff was so good that bars would empty at 11:30 pm on Saturday nights as everyone went to find a TV. I specifically remember that, when Bill Murray first came onto the show, he was panned as "lame" by most viewers. But, eventually, everyone started to catch on to his unique comic style.

[@gcrichman53]

Weren't there any TV's in bars back then? I was 10 years old when it first went on.

[@carseye1219]

@@gcrichman53 College bars then were not geared for listening to a TV. Music was loud, etc.

[@josephgodfrey8468]

I was always fond of the "hard of hearing" correspondent Emily Litella, but I would definitely put Roseanne Roseanna-danna in the top 10!

[@nhmooytis7058]

And deaf Beethoven!

[@barackmycat9448]

This was real good stuff. No more. Everything sucks!!!!!!

[@Earthneedsado-over177]

Said every crusty old fart in history.

[@Clearanceman2]

It's political now.

[@babu357]

Everything looks good with rose colored glasses.

[@KathleenMalik-mg6tr]

That's great. Actually found the narrative enjoyable as well. Remember also a skit with Belushi as a waiter w/an elderly couple where everyone is misunderstanding each other. Hilarious!

[@Jim-db9bt]

An excellent and very accurate list of what I would call "The Best of SNL: the early years".

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

I wish I could find a copy of a sketch that I think was Lorraine Newman and Gilda Radner; Gilda was in a session with her therapist and starts in with this “what if” - rant that becomes more and more neurotic with each second while she’s twisting and writhing around in her chair - sobbing “what if I get some dizeeeze that nobody has ever heard of before and they don’t know how to treat it?… What if I forget my mother’s maiden name?” etc etc I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe.. anybody remember that one ? Also, I think possibly the first thing I ever saw in my young life of Saturday night live was John Belushi doing his imitation of Joe Cocker singing “with a little help from my friends” and pouring beer all over himself, and having kind of a cerebral palsy seizure spasm thing ...

[@tellemomma9780]

I remember that one and also one where she is with the therapist and asked to pick dolls representing mom and dad and she picks Barbie and Ken and then asked to pick herself and she picks a roll of tape! That one was hilarious as well!

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

@@tellemomma9780

[@aileenfarrol2158]

Roseanne Roseannadanna has 2 hilarious skits on Weekend Update: The guy who writes to her about stopping smoking; the other about Donald Trump with a sweat ball hanging off his nose. Can you find those?

[@i.p.knightly149]

The smoking one was the funniest skit ever. You belong in New Jersey.

[@laserflexr6321]

My favorite Rosanne Roseannadanna skit is the one about racehorses. Oh! Nevermind.

[@daveallman3981]

I believe the sweat ball bit was about Dr. Joyce Brothers!??!

[@aileenfarrol2158]

@@daveallman3981 You are so right!

[@daveallman3981]

@@aileenfarrol2158 Thanks, I might be middle aged now, but I remember watching that LIVE.

[@buzzmantx]

John Belushi training for the Olympics with little Chocolate Donuts!

[@DYR]

😂😂

[@robinboyle5667]

I've been watching SNL since Day 1. Can't live without it now. 😅

[@perry92964]

original cast was the best and every time one left the show suffered just a little more each time till there were none. i used to like the fake commercials and of course mr.bill....OH NOOOOOOOOO!

[@iasimov5960]

Any ten best list of SNL must include Andy Kaufman. Maybe top five. Maybe even top two.

[@altpraize6708]

Brought back so many childhood memories!

[@monkeystank5241]

The spoof on The Exorist was funny with the line, "Your mother sews socks that smell."

[@rgwebb5165]

The bed is on my foot....