He looks like he could be Pennywise's jaded brother.

@nyekeishamarshall670

3 жыл бұрын

Damn once you see it; it can't be unseen!!!! LMAO

@jll9697

3 жыл бұрын

I guess we know what happened to Georgeie

@nyekeishamarshall670

3 жыл бұрын

@Noir Path pennywise is the clown from the movie IT

@Deuteromis

3 жыл бұрын

@Noir Path I hope that's a reference to Steven King's Dreamcatcher novel.

@sammygriffith9198

3 жыл бұрын

Or he could be Nelson the other brother of the joker

I love how the audience wasn't sure whether they should laugh at that 7-year-old girls joke 😂😂

@tripwire4727

3 жыл бұрын

It was creepy as hell 😳 💀

@honoreeeldridge6510

3 жыл бұрын

Rdhhhvgo86y hi hbjn bbq

@jamesgoldring1052

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, way too dark Ronald McDonald should be a jackass, not a full blown gross twisted psychopath,

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the seven year old girls joke was funny! That sort of thing does happen you know!

This truly felt like i was watching an actual play. Actors learning lines and delivering them with emotion. Good stuff.

@brody5711

3 жыл бұрын

Fr

@brody5711

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsmefrisco who?

@BlackoutPatriot

2 жыл бұрын

Snl anymore they stare at cue cards the whole time

@janelliot5643

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackoutPatriot I wouldn't mind at all if they could get some good writing in there

"You don't deserve a break today..." If 2020 could talk, that's what it would've been saying since February.

I met Joe Piscopo when I was a waiter at a banquet hall here in NJ and Joe was there for his niece's first communion party. He came into the kitchen to say hi to everybody.

@StevieDamnit

3 жыл бұрын

If there's ever a place to run into Piscopo, it's NJ.

The 7-year-old girls' joke would never fly today.

@j2times2006

3 жыл бұрын

Fuck that. That shit was funny. Acting like a Rockstar waiting for backstage ass. But since he was a mascot for kids... Aww forget it.

@alamandrax

3 жыл бұрын

You're both right.

@tobiaspain

3 жыл бұрын

That WAS a bit cringe

@419Models

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobiaspain Exactly!

@NothinginMind503

3 жыл бұрын

It fell flat then

JOE PISCOPO.. Man what a talent !!🤩👍🏻👍🏻

@riffmaster56

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Joisey. You from Joisey? I'm from Joisey.

@ziggy12657

2 жыл бұрын

Joe should’ve hosted SNL after he left the show in Season 9.

1983. 37 years ago. Love this.

@cupcakes7015

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise ☺😆 12/15/2020

Live-action Krusty!

@nicholasrogers7276

4 жыл бұрын

Krusty with his booze

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

Wonder if Matt Groening saw this.. predates Simpsons.

@yamatotakeru9078

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglaslowe5 TRUE

@williambenson1477

3 жыл бұрын

krusty wishes he was this tough.

@MaximumCarne

3 жыл бұрын

@@douglaslowe5 Bozo the clown predates this

What I noticed is how little they read the cue cards. Or if they did, it wasn't so obvious

In the summer of 1982 I worked briefly at a McDonald's. One day, we had a "Ronald" visit the store to put on some kind of show for kids. Everyone on the crew was told not to talk to the Ronald guy. I saw him slumped in an office chair in the back of the store, with those giant shoes on his feet. No make-up or wig, just the costume and giant shoes. I didn't say a word to him. He looked unhappy and unhealthy -- white guy in his 30s or 40s. I wanted to ask him, "how difficult is it to walk around in those shoes?" He looked like he would've rather been anywhere else.

@FrenkMelk

3 жыл бұрын

This is actually really insightful and telling of the corporate culture back then, thanks for the input!

@joemartinezjr828

5 ай бұрын

That was my dad

@art23428

3 ай бұрын

Cool nobody asked

@art23428

3 ай бұрын

@@joemartinezjr828i doubt it

This is one of those videos you reflexively want to thumbs-down because that clown is such a horrible bastard; but then, you realize; this is a great skit and you wish you could give it eleven thumbs-up.

Piscopo was true comedy talent. Just a few words or a funny face was enough

One of the few comedians who peaked without ever having a high point.

Gee, actual acting and not just standing there staring at the cue cards throughout the whole sketch.

@jdbrown111

3 жыл бұрын

was just thinking the same thing.

@onepman

3 жыл бұрын

didnt notice that until i read your comment..it does add a lot of authenticity to the skit. you feel like youre watching actual theater rather than rehearsal. maybe back in the day lorne was less concerned about accuracy in line reading, so they could improvise some and be more natural.

@JockoV

3 жыл бұрын

The script was pretty weak and not very funny but it's jarring to see how much more professional the acting is compared to today. This is a great example of peak SNL kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4OAqMF9Z628irA.html

@vincenzodimeglio2975

3 жыл бұрын

And no one's trying to hold in laughter and chuckles word after word.

@katemiller7874

3 жыл бұрын

I know I love it

Joe Piscapo is one of the best comics to ever be on SNL. I loved it when he did the sports news on Weekend Update. Funny stuff.

@PittsburghMarky

Жыл бұрын

Joe Piscapo Saturday Night Sports is legend

@user-ik8ok9qh2u

Жыл бұрын

Was that Piscapo playing RMcD?

LOL at the 1:22 mark of this video..."I think I need a little secret sauce."

they memorized their lines...pretty good acting

@fozzybear8878

3 жыл бұрын

When SNL was professional.

@anthonyariola9884

3 жыл бұрын

Ronald McDonald is cool .....😂

@BopaBola

3 жыл бұрын

@@fozzybear8878 bro youd not last a second in that position...they wrute sketches all fucking week and get a day to rehearse....

@fozzybear8878

3 жыл бұрын

@@BopaBola So in the past they memorised lines, and now they read them off cue cards to the left and right. Totally fucking unprofessional.

@aaronsmith5433

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, more people need to get on their aśś about this. Compared to this perfectly performed skit, today's shows look like dress rehearsals of slits that didn't make air! I still say Piscapo would be the best gov. Nj ever had.

Man I love these old SNL videos the actors were so much better they actually memorized their lines. If you watch the new SNL you can see the actors looking at the cards they don’t even look at each other in the faces when they’re talking to each other there staring up into the distance at the cue cards

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

This skit was made back in the days when actors had talent. There is no way comedy of this magnitude can be produced today!

@aaarod75

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrylbradshaw3527 Yeah just look at the quality of everything. The way these people act this way different from the way it is nowadays you can actually tell that they are reading off of q cards now. It doesn’t get any better than this

see how they memorized their lines back then? Actual professionals

He looks like he is a combo of Pennywise and Peter Dinklage. I think that's Christopher MacDonald dressed up too

wow ronald poured that drink without even looking and without spilling a drop. wish I could be that coordinated

@evilovesperry

2 ай бұрын

Become an alcoholic

Joe Piscopo was brilliant on SNL. In this video he was playing a cynical Jerry Lewis-type character.

@jimperry4108

3 жыл бұрын

his lewis was top notch. Plus, Sinatra. Nobody did that better.

@StewPudasoe

3 жыл бұрын

Joe piscopo sucks..sorry! Pompous ass!

@E-BikingAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

No. He was playing Ronald McDonald.

@willminkorea2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@E-BikingAdventures No kidding. Watch a movie called "King of Comedy" that came out the same year that this SNL episode was created. Maybe then you'll understand what's happening in this skit.

@E-BikingAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

@@willminkorea2010 . Lighten up. I was joking!

Only sketch writers grasp that Joe was great in this AND Tim Kazurinsky was PERFECT glue to advance the scene

Nice to see a SNL skit where the actors are not staring at the cure cards.

@caiocmartino

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, comedians were healthy enough back then! :-)

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

Comedians actually had talent back then!

This skit will mchaunt my dreams.

@garyreid6165

3 жыл бұрын

The sketch in which guest Susan St. James does called Ronald McDonald & Wife was a comedic homage to the show McMillan & Wife with Rock Hudson and Nancy Walker.

I would recognize Joe Piscopo, even with paint on his face!

I just watched "the founder" movie, and if it's even slightly real then this skit nails it.. Because the portrait of the founder they made was almost just like this.

I need my special sauce🍸🍷

@kennethwood88

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Beam 🥃

for anyone who questions piscopo's talents this is a fantastic example, I always come back to it

@Jhymnbeau

3 жыл бұрын

He was truly phenomenal. It's such a shame that his career pretty much flopped after SNL. Personally, I blame the steroids. Thank goodness it wasn't heroine - again. :-(

Joe Piscipo had the same career-trajectory as Chris Kattan; both were standouts in their casts with relatively popular recurring characters, but neither could make the jump to a post-SNL career.

@wallacewilliams3942

3 жыл бұрын

Actually Chris Kattan got hurt and broke his neck in a skit and noone knew for 6 months, before he had to succumb to mulitple surgeries and his career was over because of it.

@alexf.6521

3 жыл бұрын

@@wallacewilliams3942 actually i just looked him up on imdb. he has had tons of work in the last few years. and has at least 3 ongoing projects right now

@mayhemjr.803

3 жыл бұрын

Piscopo's post SNLcareer was much better than Kattan's, come on now!

@virginiapicker

3 жыл бұрын

Kattan is now selling custom video greetings through this online company that has a bunch of older actors, singers athletes doing the same thing www.cameo.com/chriskattan?qid=1609368940

@mwillblade

3 жыл бұрын

@Noir Path I'm sure you have your flaws.

The true essence of mcdonalds 😂

@paulblodgett4072

3 жыл бұрын

Lol true

@andrewharper1609

3 жыл бұрын

Arteriosclerosis?

All of my expectations of Ronald McDonald are crushed 🤣🤣😂🤣😂 joe piscopo was hilarious 👍

why the hell is this showing up in my recommended now????

@christianmendoza6844

3 жыл бұрын

I was watching the Inauguration ceremony on Capitol...this was in my recommendation next

@markshaw2009

3 жыл бұрын

cuz u is gay and stupid.

1:20 7 Liquid Secret Sauces on the table.

Behind the scenes of the Joker movie

@phyrestorm999

3 жыл бұрын

Behind the scenes? I thought this was a deleted scene.

Joe Piscopo solid actor, shunned by Hollywood for standing up for himself and being honest instead of being a whiner like he was depicted as

I saw this as a little kid and it really opened my eyes.

@inamartina9985

2 жыл бұрын

How it opened your eyes

Mayor Mc"Cheese didn't support the$15.00 hr minimum wage increase for his Employees @ McDonald's.🍔🙍‍♂️🙍‍♀️

@brianhassett1994

3 жыл бұрын

$15 per hour to flip burgers. That's funnier than SNL.

@timhuggins7069

3 жыл бұрын

Because he knows no one will pay $10.00 for a big mac

@rathersane

3 жыл бұрын

Come the revolution, Mayor McCheese will be first up against the fryer.

freaking love this so much. Joe knocked it out of the park. Fav part when he gets all smug about a commercial. classic.

At least they weren't looking at the cue cards the entire time, like they do nowadays.

@StarWarsMoments

3 жыл бұрын

Try it. Go ahead.

joe piscopo's angry ronald mcdonald is great

looks like the joker - he'd be a good actor for it.

@jll9697

3 жыл бұрын

It is the joker..😒

Joe and Eddie saved SNL

@RichV20

3 жыл бұрын

They kept in on life support, but didnt save it as it was almost axed again in 1985 when they left.

@hubbali666

3 жыл бұрын

@@RichV20 hmm your right.

@williambenson1477

3 жыл бұрын

joe was snl...

3:03 - funny swipe at one of the McDonalds slogans as a comeback when the writer says give me a break.

This skit the concept is genius "mcdonald's clown as renowned and respected actor" but it just didn't come off somehow..had so much potential!

he played that perv like a boss

The way he walked in the door frustrated lol

Piscopo coulda done a great Joker!

@fakeoldtoughguy768

3 жыл бұрын

Easily but they got that old guy Nicholson

One of the best acted and executed SNL skit ever!!!

The clown makeup makes Joe look almost handsome.

@MarvinMonroe

3 жыл бұрын

How dare you

@johnwalck3133

3 жыл бұрын

....almost....

@stormlighter82

3 жыл бұрын

They’re copying David letterman’s segment when he fires Gerard.

That got dark

1:22 don't we all need some secret sauce

I think this skit was happening around the same time Paul Mooney was trying to get hired as a writer, now imagine if only have Lorne Michaels would've taken that gamble ..

@TheAnxietyCloset

3 жыл бұрын

1983 was the Dick Ebersol era.

Joe Piscopo is SOOOO underrated!

Forgot how great Piscopo was on SNL. Love this lol

2:10 did anybody notice that a mcnugget fell down

@tryhardgaminghd3166

7 жыл бұрын

I'd pick it up and eat it.

@bernicebernardino5230

7 жыл бұрын

Lego Brick bbeva and Dave

@douglaslowe5

3 жыл бұрын

5 second rule

You don't deserve a break today, lol. Nobody remembers that ad campaign from the 80's?

@nope_no_nunya.

3 жыл бұрын

I do. I LOL at that line!

@waamiq360

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@sevenskj

3 жыл бұрын

@@nope_no_nunya. what is it?

@sevenskj

3 жыл бұрын

oh crap i hope brian dont see this before i get a chance at replying to his original post!

@thomasfilmer9717

3 жыл бұрын

My old ass does lol

Lol. I thought it was Tim Curry that was playing the clown.

@mjfreaklove

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

They actually learn their lines back then instead of reading them right off of a queque card like they do today.

@kkofthefunkoffv3

3 жыл бұрын

They've always had cue cards though.

@pinkystinkeye5120

3 жыл бұрын

Jeanine Garafalo stated in one interview she memorized all her lines, which if u watch her u can tell she does.

@zapkvr

3 жыл бұрын

Rubbish. People were using cue (mind your spelling) cards in the fifties. We used to call them idiot cards

@geoffreysiehr3939

3 жыл бұрын

Grunthos The Flatulent User name sounds pretty appropriate. Auto populate idiot. If you really think they do a better job today than they did back then you’re a complete idiot. Their eyes never leave the que cards today.

@BopaBola

3 жыл бұрын

Most of the cast today is constantly writing all week with a day to rehearse skits alomg with planning weeks ahead. Its not fuckin easy and its more involved than it used to be. Old members who came back to host even recognised that.

I could just hear the record scratch when he asked if the 7 year olds were girls lol. Times have changed

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

Times haven't changed that much. Seven year old girls are still seven year old girls.

@doubler713

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrylbradshaw3527 stay under the bridge troll.... 🤦‍♂️

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

@@doubler713 I could go underwater and be ahead of you! In the meantime, go look up the word "humor" in the dictionary. You might learn something new!

SNL FINALLY decides to unlock this video and it blows up.

@Piggy-Oink-Oink

3 жыл бұрын

back when SNL wasn't t the Big Corporate Bitch it is now. Now let's see them upload those hidden Tom hanks Israeli "Sony Guts": sketches.

This is exactly how I imagined Ronald McDonald once he was off camera, just a bitter and hard drinking clown with little tolerance for anyone's nonsense! Show business can be rough stuff, look what happened to Rose McGowan.

@preservethe80s62

3 жыл бұрын

The actor who played him was. There's a reel of outtakes floating around where all he does is bitch about everything.

@bubbaguy4411

3 жыл бұрын

@@preservethe80s62 Ok...so..have a link?? Seriously, because this sounds like BS...

@preservethe80s62

3 жыл бұрын

@@bubbaguy4411 look up "ronald Mcdonald outtakes" on KZread. The version that's up now has some of what I'd seen before but with an annoying "you make me feel so young" track playing over much of it. Spoiler alert - at one point he feels up the ass of an old lady

@bubbaguy4411

3 жыл бұрын

​@@preservethe80s62 Ahh...my apologies. I made the assumption you were referring to Joe, not Squire.

@yorickstrangefield2976

3 жыл бұрын

@@preservethe80s62 I looked it up, but I didn't see Ronald "bitching" about anything...got a link to that?

This angry Ronald got nothing on Racka Racka's angry Ronald :P

You want fries with that slap in the face???

actually , being Ronald is one of the toughest jobs there is , the rules and conduct codes are insane .

Man, "Higgins" is married to Julia Louis-Dreyfus....

I wonder how Ronald reacted when McDonald’s took him out as the face of McDonald’s and what he’s doing now? 😆 😆 😆

I can just imagine McDonald's were thrilled with this from SnL And used this skit in their McDonald's children's promotional program

i never realized how good Joe Piscopo was!

McDonald as an IT agent

1:52 all that jaw work 😂 dude was so funny.

That was Joe Piscopo wasn't it? He and Eddie were the only reason to watch that season!

All those liqour bottles 😂😂😂

They should do another sketch of him as McDonald.

Sweetchuck was a SNL regular for 3 seasons ?!

Another one I'd never seen. Genius! I hope I'm wrong but the actor who played Ronald McDonald? I think he's a Trump Ranger now!

Pispoco was awesome

Ronnie on that secret sauce..lol

it seems like they actually knew their lines and rehearsed back then. It's so obvious that they're reading off a cue card these days.

@sunnyjohnson992

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I’ve noticed that too!

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

Sunny Johnson - so did Brando.

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

all he has to do is act naturally

Freakin Piscopo! This is still funny af.

Why can’t we get SNL Seasons 6-29 on Hulu? Seasons 1-5, and Seasons 30-47 are on Hulu. It’d be nice if we could see all the seasons.

This makes me think of that fantastic Bill Burr bit. “Listen. If you can’t get your drunk ass down here by 11am, you’re getting a fucking burger.”

@65coupestang

3 жыл бұрын

"IDIOTS I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS 🤣👍👍.. !!"

@meadster308

3 жыл бұрын

If you want pancakes at 3pm, ask your mom.

And they wonder why Mickey D's got rid of the clown.

@boataxe4605

3 жыл бұрын

They haven’t completely, they still have the Ronald McDonald house.

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Ronald McDonald got a job in the Biden Administration. It is a perfect place for clowns.

2:44, no way he’d go for that!

"How old?" "...7" "...girls?" LOL

@TacShooter

3 жыл бұрын

What kind of #pizzagate shite was that?

@TanukiOkiyo

3 жыл бұрын

That took a dark turn quick

@nope_no_nunya.

3 жыл бұрын

😳

@darrylbradshaw3527

2 жыл бұрын

I don't normally like pedophile jokes, but that one was funny!😃😃😃😃

Never meet your heroes!

@Redmenace96

3 жыл бұрын

No joke. Your heroes are human. In long years, have met some back stage. Some nice neutrals, and some very childish. Never impressed me as much as their music. That's ok.

Ahhh.. "those were the days..." lol

"Secret Sauce!" 😊

I didn't know any Dick Ebersol era SNL clips were on KZread because I didn't look for them.

Stephen King watched this and then wrote 'IT'.

Why are people saying IT? Information Technologies? I guess they mean It?

That's Joe Piscipo as Ronald McDonald.

It is my imagination or there is an actor from police Academy series in this scene?

@ceefrea

3 жыл бұрын

It's Sweetchuck!

@thecircledk8597

3 жыл бұрын

YES!

@jamespfitz

3 жыл бұрын

Ask Jeeves.

@sha11235

3 жыл бұрын

This was before he did Sweetchuck for 3 films.

So that’s Joe Piscopo......😀

Love this one

Piscopo!!! Lol

I thought Pennywise jacked Ronald McDonald in 1980’s. Go figure clowns got a impeccable personality.

Love this one!!!

That was so creepy. He says how old guys says 7 he's like girls..ahh wtf

@mikejohnson3338

3 жыл бұрын

@The Bank Robber Joker wouldn't fly today? are you kidding? this skit aired very recently: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hXiJps56ddmboLg.html

@williamshaw9047

3 жыл бұрын

One of the first popular SNL characters was named Uncle Roy (Buck Henry), who would babysit two little girls (Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner) and take pictures of them lifting their skirts up, posing it as a game, or encourage them to play Buried Treasure, where they would rummage in his pants pockets for candy. In the final Uncle Roy sketch, the mother comes home and thanks Roy for being so helpful, adding, "You're one in a million" and Henry looks at the camera and says, "Oh, there's more of me out there than you might think."

@mikejohnson3338

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamshaw9047 Here's ol Buck's justification for those sick sketches: They were written by women. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqaFvLGLmKW0pJs.html

@robertjohnson8250

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikejohnson3338 There's still a big difference between the 2 though... when considering how the age difference in the "Pocohantas & John Smith" skit was actually factual Just sayin'... that's probably why they did it & got away w/it or didn't care, cause it's TECHNICALLY not really a joke, but rather true

@mikejohnson3338

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertjohnson8250 point taken (but only because you're a fellow Johnson)