You Mock Me - Saturday Night Live

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Snooty Lord Edmund accuses his servants of mocking him behind his back. Aired 01/21/89
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[@christyadams9235]

My mom and I would quote this sketch all the time. I miss her and now the moon is mocking me!

[@Brownsocksflirt]

That is so sweet, hugs!

[@Jamoni1]

Up above in heaven, your mom mocks you.

[@christyadams9235]

@@Jamoni1 you have no idea at the truth you speak

[@stoogefest16]

Ha, caught me off guard with that one. Anyway, god speed to your mum.

[@neissansaber8423]

The last 10 seconds of John Malkovich staring at those two clowns is pure acting.

[@RandomNPC152]

Lmao

[@MichaelDG2023]

It’s very PBS Masterpiece Theater. P. S. This type of heavy dramatic treatment was particularly common in the MT productions in the 80s. This ending displays a polish and sophistication which would be extremely rare to see today.

[@TiqueO6]

I was just about to post about that ending, I always remembered it as one of the highlights of Saturday night live sketch-writing moments. Perfectly realized brilliant way to end that perfect sketch!

[@SKRUBL0RD]

ACTING, BRILLIANT!

[@williamcrowe2576]

That was John Malkovich?

[@TRJ2241987]

This is one of my favorite SNL sketches of all time.....it is truly in its own league.....I don't think Jon Lovitz even remotely glances at a cue card this entire thing. He and Phil Hartmann absolutely loved period piece acting

[@carolyntalbot947]

I'm so glad I found it, this skit is a masterpiece!

[@GHC3]

Really, that is good to know. I like these period pieces too, they really put alot of effort into the wardrobes and props, it's fascinating to look at

[@thomashernandez8700]

Do you have a YT link to the two "gay" guys who helped dress? an upper-class guy in Victorian? England.

[@camogrrl]

I bet lovitz wrote this sketch and that why he knew his lines so well, although Actors even as children memorise thousands of lines. At drama school they would have us ‘off book’ after 45 mins. It’s not that hard

[@TRJ2241987]

@@RealShinyDummy Phil is the painter in this sketch, and was basically recruited to Saturday Night Live by Jon, they became very close friends in the early 80s and often wrote sketches together.

[@tc9660]

The bold effrontery of this video is surpassed only by its brazen gall. It mocks me!

[@lisar3944]

it's simply audacious!

[@lordlightning2339]

Ever so an affront to the buttress of yon majesty. And the posterior of the royal baboon shall not be mocked

[@chipnorthup5354]

RIP Jan + Phil! Thespians + Sketch = Comedic Genius!

[@MBrusaZappellini]

Man that bodice was having a dangerous liaison with gravity

[@nope_no_nunya.]

🤣

[@lindamacduff2566]

Nice one

[@lordlightning2339]

It couldn't constrain the spheres from pleasure

[@lordlightning2339]

It was courted well on a clothed mouth of audacity. So swollen with pride, that the seams seemed to burst with happiness and round the world with curves

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Good one!

[@annalenaz5641]

That look on his face in the last scene tells way more than words could describe his feelings towards those two goofballs!! Love this sketch though it really is pretty sad!!

[@ethelwulfmountbattenderoth2286]

Malkovich has this deliberate, soft and intense delivery. He's kind of scary. Even when he's funny, He's still kind of scary.

[@MyEnemy]

You mock him.

[@John_McDonnell]

Agreed. He's on the same spectrum as Christopher Walken, but maybe dialed up to 11. *Yae, how dare we make a mockery of him!*

[@crazysingingchick]

I agree! Even when he played Lenny in Of Mice and Men and the blind guy in Places in the Heart… he was still kind of scary. And I’m not mocking him or you. I thought I was alone in thinking this. I love him though!

[@sadbanananaboi7800]

I love how Diego Velazquez, a painter at the Spanish court, is presenting Jacques-Louis David's painting of Napoleon Bonaparte, a French emperor, to a clearly British king. And it's happening on American television! Now, if that's not mockery ...

[@lilydarkmoore8769]

They painted over bits of it but you are absolutely right..that was one of Jacques-Louis David's paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps! Just want to say.... your knowledge of art history is very awesome! You get two dozen cool points! 8 )

[@DCFixxer]

@@lilydarkmoore8769 You mock him.

[@mmmtsp]

@@DCFixxer and he will not be mocked

[@peterpiper5064]

0:11 Everyone knows he is but a lowly Lord, not a King... *You mock him*

[@mmmtsp]

@@peterpiper5064 and he will not be mocked

[@alextttttt]

He’s the least angry when he sees true mockery because it confirms he was right all along.

[@MichaelDG2023]

This cast was so brilliant. What a great combination of personalities.

[@redadamearth]

The fact that it ended with the pathos of him staring at them is what elevates this to something amazing. lol

[@robertcringle4865]

I heard in an interview that this was the first sketch written by Mike Meyers.

[@ianwallace3082]

I think Al Franken wrote this sketch, but I do believe it was the first sketch Mike Myers ever appeared in.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

Yes Mike said it was the first time he was on screen in SNL and Franken wrote it.

[@emmagrove6491]

She almost popped out of her corset! She made her exit just in time. But that was the fashion then. It mocks me.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

🎈 🎈

[@lilydarkmoore8769]

@Sicsemperevello Mortemtyrannis Corsets never stopped being great. ; )

[@lilydarkmoore8769]

@Sicsemperevello Mortemtyrannis You are traveling in the wrong crowd. ; )

[@RPG_Angie]

She almost popped out because she didn't have the proper undergarments. Real stays (not corset) would've kept her puppies propped up without slipping out. Their lack of historical accuracy mocks me!

[@realPenrodPooch]

@@RPG_Angie Your impudent, facile, and rather pedestrian critique mocks me.

[@boopah4365]

That dress was mocking Jans chest...😂

[@hlcepeda]

It _smocked_ her.

[@yellowblanka6058]

How he managed to keep it together with Carvey and Lovitz' theatrics behind him, that's professionalism, lol.

[@lordlightning2339]

I would have burst out laughing

[@joelluongo7419]

Concentrating to remain character.. allows the skit its endless charm. ( perpetually )

[@yellowblanka6058]

*edit* - lol, you know, coming back to this sketch and watching it full screen, I definitely see some merriment in his eyes, lol. Never noticed it before.

[@R0ME13]

I bless my loved ones by reciting this skit at least once a month... for over 30 years 😆 Such a classic!

[@StephRae]

I CANNOT say the word "mock" without saying this. It is an affront to when people do not know the reference. I am so glad I can send them to the skit. All time classic.

[@G123.]

I love how Jon Lovitz's letter R rolls almost make Malkovich break character with laughter.

[@pauldearhouse8309]

😅😅 good catch!! True

[@mosart7025]

So my theory is that he felt mocked all the time, but didn't know it was his valets. That look at the end was him running through his previous encounters and realizing what a fool he had been, now that he knows who the real mockers are.

[@foljs5858]

He knew it was the valets and he clearly says so when the last guy points at them doing the real mocking: "Yes, they mock me, but not to my face". He wasn't concerned with being mocked behind his back, but being mocked to his face...

[@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr]

seems valid.

[@John_McDonnell]

This is either an insightful and succinct example of the autism spectrum filtered through an active and functional intellect or a Jack Handey-level of metasatire that's pissing me off. Either way, *you mock me. Varlet.*

[@CheshireFeline]

@@foljs5858 he was talking about the poachers that the groundskeeper was trying to catch.

[@terrydrums]

I love this sketch. I remember watching its original airing. Unbelievably great.

[@filiplahoda248]

Not sure if this would work with anyone else than John Malkovich

[@Theomite]

John Lithgow.

[@evelynwaugh4053]

David Warner, Bill Nighy, and Alan Rickman all have similar sardonic delivery.

[@jimmartin7881]

Not just JM, the list is long.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@jimmartin7881 Yes, of course. Clearly the OP is mocking _the Academy Award nominated_ Mr. Malkovich

[@byronp2311]

@@Theomite I can easily see Lithgow doing this, but he'd take it too far over the top to make it work with the gravitas needed. It would still be funny.

[@ConstantineJoseph]

This is acting Gold and comedy done artfully. I don't think SNL will ever reach such lofty standards again

[@TheChaosLupin]

The use of two cameras in the first part of the sketch makes this piece something really different, even considering the current camera setting for SNL

[@bryanska]

And a gas fireplace? They really went all out for this one. Seven minutes!

[@kmzoilus2486]

Damn Jan Hooks looked GOOD! RIP Jan and Phil 😭

[@vardellsfolly5200]

When the Μoon itself mocks you.. you know you are cursed and doomed!

[@jovangorgi]

Mike Myers is awesome he knows his stuff to perfection. All of them Jon John and Dana . What a great crew. .

[@Ingrid922]

Don't forget Jan.

[@cinqueqwerty]

For me Malkovich is saying this just like „It's beyond my control” - Valmont from Dangerous Liaisons. I love it

[@carolyntalbot947]

I was in love with Malkovich's narcissistic character in "Dangerous Liasons," I must have seen it a dozen times! I was wondering if anyone would mention it here.

[@cinqueqwerty]

@@carolyntalbot947 same 😄

[@gaborvajda6398]

@@carolyntalbot947 the kind who saw it don't comment in utube

[@Ingrid922]

@@gaborvajda6398 I saw it, and I loved it, and John Malkovich. Also, I comment on KZbin. Got a problem?

[@gaborvajda6398]

@@Ingrid922 you mock me

[@neal707]

This skit, elevates comedic acting to brilliant artistry. And oh that rack.

[@fieldert.6231]

John Malkovich did better acting in this SNL sketch than any actor has in a real role in the past 15 years.

[@KronStaro]

they were mocking him at the end, that saddened him.

[@beatmet2355]

This is a sketch that’s unforgettable. All three are Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-rilliant!

[@samanthadrennan]

So glad to find this, one of my all time favorites.

[@KrimsonVagus]

Man those costumes are hilarious. They're like medieval space jumpsuits LOL

[@h9ooo]

Malkovich in long hair is handsome ;)~~

[@lenardgeoferson3420]

whats with the ladies boobs

[@morrownow]

You mock him

[@tonibauer2949]

I was young in the 60’s and seventies and loved long hair on guys. I am an old lady now, and now when I see the occasional good looking young man with long hair, let’s just say, it mocks me.

[@MG-dl3cg]

@@tonibauer2949 🤣🤣🤣

[@elizabethpeters6890]

Have you seen Dangerous Liaisons?

[@foxhazhax4845]

"And take your grotesque caricature with you!!" 😹😹😹😹

[@RandomNPC152]

Legend has it the two jesters never left that room

[@arthurfab8912]

YOUR TEARING ME APART LIZA

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

Quoting from the great bard wiseau I see....

[@rossiwoah]

You're

[@rossiwoah]

Sorry that was arrogant

[@helenabegum8395]

Why Liza, whyyyyyyy?

[@Mr_Valentin.]

YOU ARE MOCKING ME IN SEVERAL PIECES ELIZABETH!

[@shockofthenew]

that dress looks painful!

[@idesirefame]

dana carvey,..... couldn't stop smiling

[@jasanna700]

Those are und were painful

[@jondunmore4268]

It mocks her.

[@MossyMozart]

@shockofthenew - That is because it does not fit her. A real, well-fitted corset would not do that.

[@Sooner757]

@@MossyMozart It restrained her flesh adequately.

[@chefjames3361]

This was actually very deep.

[@kari7403]

Malkovich never changes. How many decades ago was this, and he still looks the same. Sans the hair. Lol

[@laurahall2710]

He's got such a baby face here! So skinny!

[@Ingrid922]

You mock him.

[@MyEnemy]

@@Ingrid922 Her brazen buffoonery, in the presence of such a glorious countenance... she most assuredly mocks him.

[@ollieox9181]

Love this. Never gets old.

[@stevejauncey3086]

The last scene John Malkovich looks like Laurence Olivier.

[@nickyholden861]

Sooo depressing for some reason. Also Malcovich is godlike!

[@kaffir8890]

The moon is mocking me!

[@stevegelano]

I love this sketch... and I WILL NOT BE MOCKED!! 🤣😂🤣

[@rikkijames723]

One of my favorite snl skits.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

All the actors were hilarious, I wondered how they all kept straight faces throughout this sketch. And the harpsichord music was pretty good too. ^_^

[@pronkb000]

Yeah, one thing about this era of SNL is that it was full of pros, who didn't giggle and break every other sketch, nor were they obsessed with trying to get their fellow castmates to break Fred Armisen/John Mulaney-style--they were there to hit their marks and hit their lines and the funny would come naturally. The few times people *did* break in this era (Phil Hartman as Frankenstein, Spade and Applegate in the first Matt Foley sketch) it was all the more memorable.

[@Momo74153]

John Malkovich being Malkovich!!

[@cattheminion]

omg finally i find this sketch again. XD

[@steveconn]

Reminds me of my old theater professor. Good times.

[@R0ME13]

Legend has it, he is still being mocked to this day! 😝

[@michaelh3857]

This was a brilliant performance. BRAVO!!!

[@foxhazhax4845]

this whole skit makes me laugh so good 🦊💜

[@vardellsfolly5200]

John Malkovich sure improvises a lot during this sketch!

[@flowerchild3674]

You mock him.

[@peterle6883]

Favorite snl skit of all time. Love Jon Lovitz.

[@sonjalh]

One of the all time best skits

[@TWW-zk9gw]

The English accents, while exaggerated, are still amongst the best I've ever heard from Americans!

[@MyEnemy]

You mock them.

[@kevincloar2443]

This was some really good acting by everyone in the skit

[@trenthamilton4240]

Might really be the best SNL sketch ever.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

This is a sad sketch,really.Here is a man who is so used to betrayal and..well,yes,mockery by his so called "frieds" that he cannot seperate the snakes from his allies..he actually cannot see the betrayal when it stands right in front of him..what a sad,sad man.

[@extraneus3000]

Things are not as simple as you think. This man is a hundred time fairer and wiser than King Lear. They mocked him because all eyes are on him. Would that they refuse to admit their admiration and praise of him when the public is bearing witness like Cornelia did, this man would know that it is no mockery, but true love and respect. Unfortunately for him, a man in his position, can no longer afford privacy, and thus he must make a fool out of himself in the eyes of friends and foes to keep his soul intact. Or would you rather have him be like King Lear who ended in wretched madness, with his beloved slaughtered and kingdom ruined? This world has privacy no more; you see only the surface of things, one move at a time, and your life may very well end up in a certain tragedy. Try to think several moves ahead of mankind, and with luck, you may secure for yourself a good life of comedy like this man. If you're even better and can think through everything to the very endgame of your death, you may even have the honor of becoming nothing more than a fleeting dream in the eyes of men; then in the end, even death will shake your hand as a long lost friend.

[@cacauldr]

@Vu Nguyen 'If I weren't Alexander, I would like to be Diogenes'

[@vardellsfolly5200]

@@Alexiosization You have been reported to KZbin for hate speech. Alas, this world is filled with racists.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

@@sal2372 You, too, have been reported to KZbin for hate speech.

[@MichaelDG2023]

@@vardellsfolly5200 eloquent analysis above Btw, what did I miss here? It looks like their comments were deleted.

[@jacobdehaan4114]

Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey are hilarious!!!

[@leandrusi4533]

That ending tho

[@heresjohnny999]

kinda reminds me of a monty python sketch, you can see the influence anyway.

[@Alienkiwi730]

There shall, in that time, be rumors of things going astray, erm, and there shall be a great confusion as to where things really are, and nobody will really know where lieth those little things wi-- with the sort of raffia work base that has an attachment. At this time, a friend shall lose his friend's hammer and the young shall not know where lieth the things possessed by their fathers that their fathers put there only just the night before, about eight o'clock. Yea, it is written in the book of Cyril that, in that time, shall the third one

[@stevendavidcox9761]

Lovitz and Carvey behind Malkovich's back as Ministers of Silly Walks. 😆

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

and the number of Mockings, shall be 3. 2, is no goiod, lest ye proceed, to 3. 5, is right out! Now, count to Three and throw the Holy being Mocked, by Hand Gestures Grenade! One, two, five? The Keeper of The Bridge over The Gorge of Eternal Peril mocks Johnny Canal.

[@macorte1972]

Notice, no one appeared to be reading cue cards. Today's SNL the actors do not even look at each other. Their faces are glued to the monitors for there next lines.

[@007nadineL]

because Lorne purposely changes and cuts down all the scripts minutes before airtime to create more stress in everybody. He's a pyscho tyrant

[@XxJ0K3RxX101]

One of the best snl skits

[@jimmartin7881]

I wonder if the writers for The Sopranos was watching this when they came up with the storyline about Tony's painting.

[@carolyntalbot947]

🤔🤯

[@eddietat95]

That painting was even redone by Paulie to look like 'a general' who just happens to wear Napoleon-like garb. Go figure.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Fascinating.

[@scott3343]

I imagine he had his valets beheaded, the artist drawn and quartered, and Lady Tewkesbury burned at the stake after the sketch ended. He looks the sort. He had the groundskeeper flogged for his insolence but let him live. I live in a dark place.

[@moneybags999]

Lol I guess I'm right there in the dark place with you. That expression on his face means his servants will not be mocking him anymore. Off with their heads.

[@rloomis3]

I think you're both right! My memory of this sketch is that it ended with a picture of the two valets' heads on pikes. I guess the folks at the SNL channel decided that was a bit much for KZbin.

[@isabelazar3332]

Wow - this was before he played Rochester in the American premiere of Stephen Jeffreys’ play “The Libertine” (in 1996). Then he played Charles II in the 2004 film adaptation.

[@richreaves1792]

This is so funny...I can't stop watching it over and over again.

[@fhb3]

Lovitz & Carvey just STOLE this.

[@edwardcorrigan9499]

Only John Malkavich could play this one off LMAO, great choice in casting

[@MyEnemy]

You mock him.

[@ktxed]

holy shit didn't know Malkovich was in the good old days of SNL

[@evelynwaugh4053]

I think he frequently hosted.

[@Ingrid922]

He was the host.

[@peterle6883]

John Malkovich. What a wonderful actor.

[@richardvillarreal2463]

DAMN!!! Even during lackluster satires The Malkovich kills it

[@sagadabeans]

The painter stole the easel!

[@rafaelmoura2103]

seems to me like he believes inferiors would wanna mock their superiors, so he believes everyone wants to mock him, because everyone is inferior to him, so the servants are allowed to mock him as long as they dont do it to his face, cause this confirms his beliefs about himself

[@jessmosely6839]

That was just very sad...I felt very sorry for him.

[@leightnite3056]

Wow! That's good theater folks!

[@GHC3]

What a weird way to end it. You can only guess how he responded afterwards....

[@chefjames3361]

He's a blowhard. He'd never really exact revenge on those who mock him outside of becoming very sad.

[@ymichelledent7929]

I just loved the ending! It allows your imagination to keep flowing. Tidy endings literally put an end to the story.

[@Ingrid922]

They died tragically.

[@rloomis3]

I know I'm late to the party here, but... the way I remember it, the sketch ended with an image of the heads of the two "mockers" impaled on pikes. I guess SNL decided that was only ok for late-night TV, and not for easy-access internet.

[@vipaccess-puertorico4462]

Jonh Lovitz and Dana Carver in their prime and you add Phil Hartman, SNL back then was Gold Jerry, Gold!

[@winzt9]

John Malkovich (favourite actor of all time) does not even need to "act" to perform this skit. He is a natural! My favourite skit also of all time on SNL and Malkovich would feel that these comments mock him... xxx

[@DVDVAMPIRE01]

I need John Malkovich in some 80's metal band film. Now that would be entertaining.

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

he even resembles Ian Astbury of the Cult at their Goth beginnings:-)

[@MyEnemy]

@@monikaszymanowska5142 You mock him.

[@jujufr2213]

That was more sad than anything else.

[@gorilla1711]

Reminds me of "i am your motherrrr"

[@TheDanm22]

The world greatest actor. Unmockable

[@blakepotter7937]

Another classic tale of ribaldry.

[@Kay_Far]

This was Mikes first ever sketch as a cast member.

[@hlcepeda]

What? Do you have the effrontery to _Mike me!?_ I will not be Miked!

[@pauldearhouse8309]

The insolence and bold effrontery!! 😅

[@hiflyer53qwc]

Masterpiece

[@anthonygordon9483]

Back when SNL writers were like "You know what ? lets end the sketch here"

[@LadyVoldemort]

Gosh I love Malkovich...so talented and funny... Malkovich, Malkovich...

[@carolyntalbot947]

He's in a class all his own, isn't he?

[@LadyVoldemort]

@@carolyntalbot947 Indeed!!! ❤❤

[@MyEnemy]

You mock him.

[@LadyVoldemort]

@@MyEnemy 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤

[@ceciliasosaleger7714]

I keep hearing people say how much SNL was years ago... and now I get what they mean. On the face of it, this skit shouldn’t work, but the acting was great! Very Monty Python in its absurdity. Loved it!

[@damnyourpasswords]

what a cast...

[@theflorgeormix]

Best of the era

[@dafalzonAUS]

I do so love Bosoms

[@brrrrr256]

They mock me.

[@janetlieb2507]

Brilliant!💙💙🎇

[@lordlightning2339]

The play Tartuffe, in a nutshell.

[@prex4059]

I thought it was ted nugent in the thumbnail 😆😆

[@butcherboy2008]

Bob Tewksbury had a good career. 110 wins. Career ERA under 4.00.

[@jeffw1267]

He was OK, but he was no John Tudor.

[@butcherboy2008]

Thank you for the reply. I got a notification on a video I haven't seen in years. And may I say, Jan Hooks had a hell of a rack