Sprockets - Saturday Night Live

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Dieter's friend Graus Grek stops by to talk about his recent visit to Euro Disney. Aired 05/16/92
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[@TheScreamingFrog916]

"Your story has become tiresome, Now is the time we dance!" Love that so much! I dance with them at the end. lol

[@ericsteel173]

I had a gig in Germany around this time. A bunch of us were walking around town one night when we heard some music. We walked into a night club, and there was a sea of Dieters in black light. Everyone was wearing the tight black clothes but had face makeup that flouresced in the black light. It was freakiy looking.

[@kabukimanindahouse]

i'm only missing the turtle neck. got the pony tail, glasses and body right. halloween costume?

[@schzti2455]

Berlin? Sounds amazing

[@NachosElectric]

"Sea of Dieters" is poetic.

[@ericbush3399]

@@schzti2455 Nein! Gotta be Hamburg.

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

@NachosElectric, I came to say just this… awesome🙌

[@DemonWarp65]

Seeing this after nearly 20 years makes me happy, like a little girl!

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

Thirty. I'm sorry. When you wrote that, last year, well, yeah... nearly 30 years... I know, I know, I feel the same way... _Party on Wayne!..._

[@r.s.334]

@@hansvonmannschaft9062 sigh.. same here bro.

[@coreycox2345]

Madonna? Whore? Madonna! Whore. Madonna whore! Enuii village? I bet you don't have the Stendhal's disorder over the op happy music. It makes me want to flee and get drunk? I have already spent my $$$$$ and cant take any more. Calculation? See if you can figure it out if you have "Roller Coaster Tycoon."

[@chrisf8855]

Your story has become tiresome.

[@DemonWarp65]

@@chrisf8855 Hmmm, my malaise renders me immune to your scorn. Now, would you like to touch my monkey? Go ahead. Touch him... touch my monkey.

[@ginaberlin5675]

I can’t get over how perfect Woody Harrelson is in this sketch!!!!

[@scottlarson1548]

He also made another great performance on Sprockets as an East Germany avant garde film maker who had embraced the West a little too much after the reunification.

[@johnpastore7685]

He is on the verge of cracking up, but very funny

[@dekelanson5280]

Mike Myers sprockets sketches are amongst the cleverest ever from SNL. Wunderbar.

[@daniellewillis2767]

They were going to make a Dieter movie but sadly the Spy Who Shagged Me had to have Goldmember instead. .

[@user-ex2bo6ub4g]

Ya! Fukengruven

[@awkwardghost7670]

that stupid dance from the end is the most mesmerizing thing I've ever seen, I could watch it for hours

[@mtkmtkmtkmtkmtk]

just imagine Rammstein's 'Mein Hertz Brent" during that scene))

[@patoloco40]

The stupid dance in the end is a reference to Kraftwerk robotic style.

[@Sydroo1969]

Got a dachshund from the city dog pound many years ago and named him Sprockets. RIP little guy

[@droneswarm7888]

Mike based this on a real person he met when struggling in Toronto. He would go to a cheap restaurant and all he could afford was a hot dog, and this waiter was...Dieter. Mark talked to him quite a lot to exploit this guy for comedy "sometime later", so he kept going to the restaurant...after a few times, always ordering Hot Dogs, Dieter said "Your order has become tedious."

[@jamesjames1716]

lol

[@jasoneverett]

Which one was it, Mike or Mark?

[@jonoeschger1552]

That story makes me as happy as a little giiiirrlll.

[@jamesjames1716]

@@jonoeschger1552 lol

[@AlaskaBoyAlex]

okay but where are you getting this information?

[@14bj337]

If they ever bring back Sprockets, I would love to see Flula Borg as a guest. He and Dieter would try to out-German eachother at every chance.

[@tatercorptransdimensional4038]

It sucks that this is the only original Sprockets sketch available. The one with Jimmy Stewart reading his poetry is pure gold. SNL has a bad habit of locking away so much of their archive.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

I think it has to do with publishing. The original theme song was an unlicensed Kraftwerk song. They probably weren’t able to work out an agreement on payment going forward.

[@curian1286]

Search "sprockets" and you'll get several more

[@sokaikat674]

Little kitten, all gray and white...I have looked for that everywhere. Jimmy Stewart 's poetry was great.

[@TRJ2241987]

The one I remember most was 'Germany's Most Disturbing Home Videos'............"ANTS! ANTS!"

[@chrisg7160]

@@TRJ2241987 lol! that is a good one!! Fat man cavorting about in a sprinkler. He loves me, he loves my caribou, he loves me…faaather

[@bastlake]

"For the most part, they convalesce"

[@eastvandb]

My favourite line!

[@AEONRINGS]

That was my favorite line

[@DebNKY]

I love that!

[@bvarsho1]

This was a peak creative period for SNL. A+

[@lowfrequency1180]

I saw this way back with my dad. Only now can truly appreciate it. And I’m convinced that Mike Meyers was one of the best SNL cast members.

[@bronco7087]

Same

[@IMCcanTWEESTED]

Myers and Carvey were king. Phil Hartman was no slouch either. Some of SNL's best.

[@flipjupiter1]

Absolutely. Myers was a beast on SNL.

[@gsvnj33128]

How is him being one of the greatest SNL cast members even a question or needs to be even taken under consideration?! He revolutionized the entire show and paved the way for Sandler, Spade & Farley for even having careers. Mike was added in 1989 after no new cast members for three years. His new "younger" vibe convinced Lorne and NBC to add new younger "exciting" performers. Enter Sandler, Spade, Farley, Rock, Julia Sweeney, Tim Meadows. Mike did that. It was also Mike who recommended Chris Farley out of Second City as discussed in the documentary I am Chris Farley. Mike Myers contributions to SNL are many he's just modest.

[@kamakaziozzie3038]

@@gsvnj33128 your comment has become tiresome. Now it’s time on Sprockets to dance!

[@davidpardue6156]

I dressed as Dieter for Halloween in 1994 and had a stuffed monkey, and went around asking the happy little girls to touch my monkey. It was one of the best nights of my worthless and insipid youth.

[@sgt.thundercok4704]

Well played, Dave!

[@bbbeebs2010]

That sounds like the inspiration for a song by Suede!

[@acglover7349]

Why didn't I do this?!

[@LeCleverName]

I won a costume contest at an obscure nightclub "Tax-Lo" in Baltimore, doing the same. I didn't show Klaus around, but the MC, Simon Phoenix, was curious enough to ask my monkey's name, and when I said "His name is Klaus", the first two rows in front of the stage screamed in a feminine, young way that would've made the Beatles envious. A good night, all around.

[@robynsegg]

Which cracks me up since The Beatles got their start in Germany! 🎼🎵🇬🇧🎸🎸🎸🥁🤵🏻🤵🏻🤵🏻🤵🏻🇩🇪🎶

[@veritastriumphantchurch776]

Been through Germany and yes this is accurate Sadistic, morbid. or as Deiter would say "gorgeous"

[@davidcosta2244]

Back then, it was West Germany.

[@leob4403]

Sadistic? Dude what kind of clubs you frequent 🧐

[@AathielVaDaath]

Keep getting gorgeous

[@krogdog]

Back in the late 90s Mike Myers was supposed to make a movie out of this called “Dieter” with Will Farrell, Jack Black, and David Hasselhoff in supporting roles. Myers wasn’t happy with the script (which he co-wrote) so he backed out of the project. Universal studios then hit him with a lawsuit for breach of contract, to which Myers counter sued for fraud and invasion of privacy. Ultimately they agreed to drop their lawsuits if Myers agreed to do “The Cat In The Hat”.

[@HashMagician]

Thanks for that trivia!

[@patchchrist]

Ohhh. That's why we were subjected to the live action The Cat In the Hat. We got a raw deal.

[@rynehall9990]

So no one was punished, except society🗽🐧😒🐦

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Dieter would have been a funnier train wreck than Dr. Seuss

[@MrSpike320]

Hasselhoff was going to play the villain in the Dieter movie and the plot involved him kidnapping Dieter’s monkey. Myers kept working on the script for a while but just couldn’t get it to work, so he just scrapped the whole project. He had just done the second Wayne’s World, which he also felt was rushed and he swore he’d never go through another experience like that again.

[@mikeoyler2983]

Those dancers at the end really look like Kraftwerk!

[@arturorosado4603]

The one who came with the idea of "Bim Bim The Bastard" is a genious

[@highschoolbigshot]

I remember an episode of sprockets where they had a segment called Germany's most disturbing Home Videos

[@daniellewillis2767]

Fat Man in Diaper was my favourite entry

[@scottlarson1548]

Yes, home videos made by "ordinary Germans like you and I".

[@mvader7188]

ANTS! ANTS! ANTS!

[@fragwagon]

I now realize Dr. Evil is part Lorne Michaels and part Dieter. His autobiographical monologue (that "meat helmets" bit) is very Sprockets.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

The details of my life are quite in-con-se-quen-tial...

[@penknight8532]

I'm convinced Mike Myers stole it from Dan Aykroyd... watch Dr. Detroit and decide for yourself.

[@patrickcannady2066]

A keen insight.

[@riftsalty7562]

@@penknight8532 thought he “stole” it from Dana carvey

[@enemdisk6628]

Ok, this is living in Berlin 2020.

[@AathielVaDaath]

Oddly, it's also the US in 2024

[@gozimusable1]

Too classic. I remember scrambling 4 the TV and drinking in every second of Sprockets at age 12

[@potsyband]

Same here, I would get irritated if Comedy Central cut Sprockets for time in episodes I knew had the segment. I managed to get quite a few on tape through.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

I’ve seen German talk shows. This is........accurate

[@coolcat6303]

Do they have a pet monkey & dance at the end?

[@johnmoldoch1057]

That is... unfortunate.

[@gispel7058]

Forced by guilt this generation of Germans should not have, they have tried too hard at changing their image. No longer proudly being the brilliant innovators scientists and developers of technology, they have to portray themselves as what you see here. Its happened to Japan and other countries as well. Their cultures completly desimated by the usual suspects. Academia, entertainment (music and film), and the fake news media.

[@starwarsrebel2006]

I'm assuming you mean the style is accurate, or are German talk shows in English like this skit? I would think they speak German.

[@gispel7058]

@@starwarsrebel2006 your inquiry has become tiresome.

[@AbsoluteTravisT]

Man, they really predicted Dismaland.

[@eddyp483]

Was just thinking that.

[@deanmcarpenter]

A vague graze upon the concept of Dismaland, but even more politically incorrect and edgy. Dismaland should be rebuilt as a permanent collaboration.

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

There is almost a touch of Dr Evil and Goldmember in this sketch.

[@leestaggers2583]

Well Dr. Evil was raised by Belgians and Goldmember was Dutch so it makes sense.

[@grey9422]

i think it's the eyebrows

[@TheOldHippiebilly]

"Irritant in Residence" is gold.

[@rivotrich7]

I wasn’t into goth/EBM/synthpop as much yet in the late 80s/early 90s when this originally aired, but I am now and these Sprocketz sketches are at least 10 times funnier now! ⚙️😂⚙️

[@catsadilla324]

Woody Harrelson pioneering the haircut that edgy girls got in 2018.

[@tavern2468]

For real

[@tavern2468]

For real

[@msh6865]

Touch it!

[@KCSiebert]

2008*

[@nates.249]

A man ahead of his time indeed!

[@1vw4me]

Woody Harrelson doing his best Peter Steele impersonation here. LOL!!!

[@Vostok7]

Hahahaha! I was thinking Tommy Wiseau, but this is even better.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

@@Vostok7 Tommy wasn't out until 2003.

[@childwaters]

The Syphilitic Museum is PERFECT! Every 19th European artist and intellectual who didn't have TB had syphilis (some had both). I hope there is a special statue to Nietzsche in the foyer, complete with prizes for those who can spell his name correctly.

[@JohnDoe-et8th]

Also, an animatronic Oswald from the end of Ibsen's play "Ghosts," where he suddenly loses his mind due to syphilis and starts to mutter, "The sun--the sun. Mother, give me the sun!"

[@Fuchsfein]

There was the "no noses club" in London of people whose faces had been disfigured by syphillis. Back then they attempted to treat it with mercury which is of course poisonous. We live in better times now I guess. There's an old Scottish ballad known as Child Waters, is that where you took your username from? I'm sorry for the silly question, but the name made me curious.

[@childwaters]

@@Fuchsfein Aha! First person who recognized the source. Props. The lyrics are actually pretty dreadful, but one of the traditional tunes is my favorite.

[@Fuchsfein]

@@childwaters The very first step that she stepped in, It reached up tae her knee, And sighing says this lady fair, This water's nae for me. I made an archive of Child ballad field recordings on KZbin, that's why I'm familiar with many of these old songs. Sadly the only existing sound recordings of Child Waters are of very low quality. Captured on wax cylinder by Dr James Madison Carpenter in the 1930s in Aberdeen. It's fascinating stuff. Maybe my post is a bit random but it's nice to come across the occasional ballad enjoying person online.

[@michaelgpartridge2384]

This is comedy PLATINUM. I could not love this more than I do. Woody obviously cannot keep it together, which makes it all the more delightful! Wow, it’s entirely timeless❤️❤️❤️

[@antonpalo-fredriksson2290]

I live in Berlin. This is painfully familiar. :)

[@erwinlindemann600]

Anton Palo-Fredriksson Why don‘t you move away? It might sooth your pain.

[@mariocaroli7845]

SAME!

[@joshe.1062]

In regards to the various comments asking about the "original" Sprockets theme music, versus the "new" Sprockets theme music: As far as I know, Saturday Night Live never had the licensing rights to use Kraftwerk's "Electric Cafe" to begin with. Instead, the song was played at 45 RPM during the skits, as a way to try and make it slightly unrecognizable; in an attempt to avoid copyright infringement. But it clearly didn't work.

[@dreamquesttv]

Sped up Electric Cafe is the shit

[@mohnjadden7841]

I was wondering what happened to the music in this clip. I didn't know what Kraftwerk was when I first saw Sprockets but goddamn did I like the music. Years later, here we are.

[@bleclercq]

Electric Café is already the shit.

[@graterdeddly9527]

The reference to the Flintstones is out of nowhere except when you ponder that the name of the show is “Sprockets” which must’ve been somehow inspired by Spacely Sprockets from the Jetsons, the counter cartoon Flintstones also from Hanna Barbera. Meyers is definitely of the age where he was watching both shows in reruns as a kid.

[@michaelwalker3920]

Here we come, on the run with a burger on a bun, and dab of coleslaw on the side. Oh your taste we will tickle with cold dill, and all of our potatoes are French fried-fried-fried. Lol

[@omarchandler4983]

*I love Fred FlintSHTONE! You know that I’m a Hanna-Barbarian!*

[@giantskunk]

Woodywas about to burst out laughing the whole time

[@head_in_the_clouds]

Living in Berlin this is every day life...even the look 🤣

[@modtomodern]

Well... yes, that is the point.

[@eastvandb]

​@@modtomodern Still, this is nearly twenty years old.

[@beachem1]

Bwahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@moimeme6533]

@@eastvandb more like 30

[@markfarrington5183]

Ich bin (ein) Berliner...

[@jjm0537]

Woody Harrelson is impressive in this.

[@2ndhorseman]

Woody Harrelson is impressive. Period.😁

[@vickenator]

I think he was in another Sprockets as well, almost funnier in that one!

[@conorsmith8551]

I've seen people in life looking like that 🤣

[@Knightonagreyhorse]

In 1993 the tv series Eurotrash with Jean Paul Gaultier was launched. It would not surprise me if they had seen this sketch.

[@AndrewOxenburgh]

The word predates all of this and refers to rich Europeans working the US. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotrash_(term)

[@dais1151]

That face Mike is doing cracks me up

[@markfarrington5183]

...a direct descendent of John Belushi's twitching eyebrow thing in the Raging Queen sketch?

[@cfrincon]

First time I saw this sketch I nearly pissed my pants in laughter!

[@marlenesheffield8777]

😂😂😂 Absolutely hysterical and one of my all time favorite characters on SNL!! Loved Dieter!! Now we must dance!!!

[@ivorykeez]

Yes, Mara Elon, Yes

[@dewaynehairston6286]

I have been searching for a full sketch of Sprockets for the longest time😊😁❤️

[@stoictraveler1]

Diseased Bear Jamboree omg thats funny as hell.

[@billystar1306]

"Eurotrash? Tell us more".. haha Amazing!

[@geoffhennessy275]

Woody harrelson. Great acting range.

[@AddMoreQuarters]

This is really honestly funny as it is, possibly some of the best acting on Woody's part ever. Didn't think he actually had the range to be anything but Woody

[@mrc6182]

"No Country For Old Men" wasn't very "Woody."

[@jjnorton5306]

That's what I thought.

[@dlewis9760]

True Detective.

[@aracelymoran2504]

+ Wraith Ranger From Beyond LOL he was constantly trying not to break.

[@KimSearch865]

Natural Born Killers??

[@petewheeler7283]

Sprockets was the best. One episode, they had Eddie Munster on and he was disgusted when they started dancing. "I'm getting outta here, you German creeps!" 😂

[@RichV20]

Was that Ben Stiller?

[@jonnuanez7183]

​@@RichV20Yes

[@suzpro8165]

Yeah, that was the first time I saw "Sprockets".

[@pack-wr6nq]

I heard that the original Marilyn... left.... under a cloud...... Well....I don't know about that, but I remember she left under one of the sound guys a couple of times...

[@mrcreosote100]

“You know that I am a Hanna Barbarian” 😂

[@13thsun46]

If that's not already a band name I got dibs!

[@posysdogovych2065]

I noticed they changed the Sprockets theme in these clips. Must have been licensing issues, which is strange because I would have assumed that SNL composed that song.

[@LondonChristine]

The original theme was a sped-up version of Electric Cafe by Kraftwerk.

[@gozimusable1]

Yes i was wondering what was going on w the song too...

[@clouts1400]

The dance moves fitted better with the original theme...shame they changed it !

[@moonbeamskies3346]

@@LondonChristine Thank you I am fascinated by Kraftwerk and now I will check that out.

[@KalOrtPor]

I think Myers got a lot of the idea for coming up with these skits from Kraftwerk.

[@dustinoakley5233]

This was always always my favorite SNL skit when I was a kid.

[@abzd9828]

This sketch was too avant-garde for the philistines to understand.

[@patchchrist]

This is what modern art looks like now😂

[@emmejayeh.5995]

Ralf Hütter must have hit Lorne up for a bundle to use "Electric Café" in perpetuity. Lorne/NBC should've paid it. This doesn't sound right.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Now I want to visit Berlin. LOL

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

They were seriously going to make a movie of this

[@danfarris135]

Still waiting here, better late than never

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@@danfarris135 True!

[@chrischar9428]

Thank God

[@susankramer1206]

Dieter here raising Hecubus' wardrobe. 🤣

[@tbam73]

Gotta say Woody was impressive in this

[@williamm374]

This skit was based on a real German talk show on local Austin TX cable access. Someday I pray someone will upload that show.

[@sonofhibbs4425]

I would LOVE to see that too!

[@michaelfeeney6108]

What’s it called?

[@Boss429..]

It’s too bad we can’t see more of Sprockets.

[@stephenmoscatello8380]

Love this skit , to bad the movie was never made

[@alberte8796]

dieter and stefon would be epic

[@jgfear]

Mike Myers turned down a “ Sprockets“ movie but he approved the “ Cat in the Hat “ and “ The Love Guru “ 🤷‍♂️

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

Watching snl right now, it's too late now, but I'd like a sprockets movie, and maybe even Lothar of the hill people

[@gmar7836]

At least we have Wayne’s world 1 and 2 and all the Austin powers movies. He was good also in “54”

[@travisreed1730]

They could have given him a cameo in "Zoolander."

[@leob4403]

​@@gmar7836the original cut of 54 that is, not the butchered recut

[@KrystyneY]

Always hysterical...and Widdy Harellson was such s good sport!

[@gomerohara7407]

I want to be the irritant-in-residence somewhere

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Yea, I'm pretty much, that at home. LOL

[@gomerohara7407]

@@TheScreamingFrog916 it's good to be useful

[@juliasilles]

Is anyone else here after Rhett told Link on Ear Biscuits that he looks like he belongs in this skit?

[@223ghost9]

Yeeep

[@stacywicks4220]

Me!

[@nicolaslacombe1979]

That's right, bring the good days back... u know you want it!

[@frankperdue6585]

‘ irritant in residence’ 🤘😎🤭

[@TTony-tu6dm]

That should actually be a job here in the US. There are thousands qualified for it

[@praisegod3768]

Hilarious!! This came out at a time when I was pretty familiar with German/European culture, and it seemed SO spot-on!

[@kingtrombone72]

That was hilarious at the 2:46 mark is a photo of the art museum in corpus christi texas 😆😆😆😅😅

[@zoso73]

When Google Images search wasn't available back in the day and any hard copy photo would do. 🤣

[@bobbylee9727]

Every time I watch these old Sprockets clips it brings out the one quarter German in me and I talk with a slightly Hun-like accent for a while...what fun.

[@mercster]

Poke at the Turk is my favorite ride.

[@ryanlhobson13]

How have I not seen this? It’s perfect

[@elliemm557]

LMAO...what's with the audience?? It's like they're taking the whole thing serious!! 🤣🤣😂

[@Hunter_Nebid]

I was stationed near Munich when this came out - our hosts didn't find it amusing, which made it all the more gleeful for which Deiter should be both lauded and chided. 😎😁🇩🇪

[@zeandiaz1791]

I don't know why, but I can't stop saying "Öh, Yabadabadoo! Is that who I think it is?!"

[@Vermiliongod22]

This is one of my favorite memories from my childhood.

[@emitindustries8304]

Timeless brilliance. It was good then; it's still good now; but it'll be better when the "Poke The Turk" ride finally gets built. That ride was postponed due to a lack of Turks, or sticks, or something. Maybe it was fezs. There was a crippling fez shortage around 1999, because fez fuzz factories felt financial failure. Or is it fez felt?

[@cliffedward]

I'm sure Sacha Baron Cohan stole this character for Bruno.

[@modtomodern]

Yeth.

[@lionelhardcastle7271]

I need to check Indeed for an Irritant In-residence post. I'd be sure to make my mark in this field.

[@rmleider]

Mike Myers couldn't be any funnier than he is here..incredible.

[@TheBoko7]

Das ist fantastisch!

[@emichels]

SNL nowadays can't sniff a skit lasting half as long as this one....

[@nelikekex1481]

Don't mind me, I'm just a wanderer enjoying and admiring the genius of Mike Myers on his SNL list this is #76

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

Das ist accurate lol

[@tyrpamplona]

EXCELLENT!!

[@lazy_gamer_dad]

Woody is channeling Trent Reznor and Banksy.

[@nw2094]

I see tones of Tommy Wiseau too! 😂

[@brianvankorn]

Amazing! like the Simpsons SNL predicted decades later Banksy's twisted 2015 Abismaland.

[@ellenchavez2043]

I love the dance!

[@V4Now]

This is ridiculous, i love it😂

[@HashMagician]

This was aired in 1989 !!! Not much changed eh Respect to the creators

[@kelvendyson1508]

I miss these years of SNL!!

[@jockflock8944]

Love Sprockets

[@steveconner794]

is that woodie?

[@RichardGrannonLifeCoach]

Banksy you flipping joke thief!

[@tubenachos]

There are people like this in real life love it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tommyt1971]

If Dieter wanted to be more accurate with Flinstone, he should've said "Flintshtein".

[@danielkeller4300]

haha I love Banksy!

[@KasaiRayquaza]

I may or may not be here after Ken Jennings told Andrew He that his turtleneck made him look like Ken. (I'm pretty versed in OG SNL; I'm surprised I wasn't more familiar with this!)

[@13strong]

This is presumably where Banksy got the idea for Dismaland.

[@HeliPadUSA]

If you were ever in West Germany stationed you've seen east German television and this is spot on