

However, when the routine becomes a competition, the real laughs come out.Īfter the Chris Farley era, Will Ferrell picked up the slack and became one of the funniest members of the late 90s SNL cast. The 80s had barely ended when the skit aired in 1990, and it’s not hard to tell the classic montage music paired with Farley & 80s icon Patrick Swayze during the two’s synchronized dance routine is right out of a John Hughes movie.

Perhaps the only Farley skit to rival Matt Foley’s most famous appearance has to be the Chippendales audition skit. Vans down by the river would never be the same. Matt Foley appeared in a few skits during Farley’s run, but no skit was like the one from Christina Applegate’s hosting episode.Įvery cast member in the scene can barely keep themselves from bursting out in laughter when Farley warns them where rollin’ doobies will have disgruntled youths end up, and we as viewers are right there with them. The late great Chris Farley ( and the late great Phil Hartman, for that matter ) epitomizes the legendary SNL era of the mid 90s, and no skit better proves his greatness than Matt Foley. We’ve gathered our favorite SNL skits on YouTube so you can say the ones you saw as a kid were better. Like so many other shows, YouTube trims the fat with SNL and presents some of the show’s best skits. These days, SNL can be enjoyed in its most efficient form: in clips on YouTube. In any case, SNL isn’t about the seasons, it’s about the show’s iconic skits. SNL has been on the air since the mid-70s, so needless to say, many legends have been made. However, there’s nothing making any season of SNL funnier than the last except for the fact that time makes legends. Every few years when NBC revamps the SNL cast, we hear folks saying yet again, “ SNL sucks now – I remember when this show used to be hilarious.” Image31_w500/2FtgYPCD47IZ1yUgr05Zn87M98o.By: Frankie Stein Revisit the best of ‘SNL’ with these iconic skits on YouTubeĮvery generation has their own golden age of SNL, and each one thinks the show was best when they were kids.

