Longest SNl Skit
TOP 40 MAN
shortest was one with eddie Murphy in the early 80's
Stoneco864
>shortest was one with eddie Murphy in the early 80's
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What one is that
Robert Kennedy
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> I was just wondering what the longest SNl skit ofall time was? I know the
> shortest was one with eddie Murphy in the early 80's
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The longest (and, at the time, most expensive to produce) was Miles
Cowperthwaite, a pseudo-Dickensian bit featuring Michael Palin and the
original (circa 1979) cast. It required multiple sets on a ship and ran
about 15 minutes.
There was also a thread running through a Robert Klein-guested show,
possibly the same year, about giant radioactive lobsters that (on and off)
went through the whole episode, but it kinda sucked. A similar show-long
thread with Francis Ford Coppolla in (I think) 1985 aired, but neither of
these are exactly skits.
A very long and ambitious sketch about Fred Silverman's fianl days in the
NBC bunker was written, cast, budgeted, etc. for the '81-'82 season, and was
supposed to feature a guest appearance by John Belushi as Silverman.
Michael O'Donoghue wrote it and everyone thought it was the most brilliant
piece of satire the show ever considered running. Dick Ebersol cancelled
it, as Silverman appeared to be an inappropriate target (He had been
recently ousted as the head of NBC and was at that point no longer a player
in network television). Probably a wise choice. Had it run, it would
likely have been the longest SNL skit.
Bunezuela
- JFK
RFK wrote:
>The longest (and, at the time, most expensive to produce) was Miles
>Cowperthwaite, a pseudo-Dickensian bit featuring Michael Palin and the
>original (circa 1979) cast. It required multiple sets on a ship and ran
>about 15 minutes.
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>There was also a thread running through a Robert Klein-guested show,
>possibly the same year, about giant radioactive lobsters that (on and off)
>went through the whole episode, but it kinda sucked. A similar show-long
>thread with Francis Ford Coppolla in (I think) 1985 aired, but neither of
>these are exactly skits.
>
>A very long and ambitious sketch about Fred Silverman's fianl days in the
>NBC bunker was written, cast, budgeted, etc. for the '81-'82 season, and was
>supposed to feature a guest appearance by John Belushi as Silverman.
>Michael O'Donoghue wrote it and everyone thought it was the most brilliant
>piece of satire the show ever considered running. Dick Ebersol cancelled
>it, as Silverman appeared to be an inappropriate target (He had been
>recently ousted as the head of NBC and was at that point no longer a player
>in network television). Probably a wise choice. Had it run, it would
>likely have been the longest SNL skit.
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The Karanator
>Cowperthwaite, a pseudo-Dickensian bit featuring Michael Palin and the
>original (circa 1979) cast. It required multiple sets on a ship and ran
>about 15 minutes.
Was that the one where they kept calling themselves "manly men" but they were
actually all gay?
Kara
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>forever.
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I loved that skit, Garrett in drag was always funny.
CooLGuY2000
AmandaLiz
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>>The longest (and, at the time, most expensive to produce) was Miles
>>Cowperthwaite, a pseudo-Dickensian bit featuring Michael Palin and the
>>original (circa 1979) cast. It required multiple sets on a ship and ran
>>about 15 minutes.
>
>Was that the one where they kept calling themselves "manly men" but they
were
>actually all gay?
>
>Kara
Yep...John Belushi played a gay pirate, if I can remember right. I actually
kind of loved that sketch:-).
Amanda
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~~Ethan Hawke, Reality Bites
Goodman
ran so long it had an actual commercial break.
ciao,
Michael G.
(token non-scorpio)
Bunezuela
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>It wasn't a skit but one of Albert Brooks' short films from the first season
>ran so long it had an actual commercial break.
Was that the one that was modeled after the old-style movie news reels? I was
thinking about that the other day because Albert's hilarious movie The Muse
(1999) came on cable.
Amagansett Waves of Grain
>I was just wondering what the longest SNl skit ofall time was? I know the
>shortest was one with eddie Murphy in the early 80's
One long SNL skit that I recall very clearly was the talk show skit from the
Christopher Walken/Joan Osborne episode of January 1996. It was WAY TOO
LONG,
even when it re-aired during the show's rerun.
Amagansett Waves of Grain
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THEUS712
long.
Douglas North
was very long. <<
Don't get me started on the Jason Patric episode. Don't EVEN get me
started! =) Seriously though, I would have to agree with the person who
said "Pepsi Syndrome". I think it's something like 19 minutes. Maybe 17,
I'm not sure.