This was a genius sketch. I can’t believe I’ve never seen it before. Underrated sketch.

@PapaLu08

4 ай бұрын

Same, I love all the mafia movies and can’t believe I’m just now seeing it too.

@JustWasted3HoursHere

4 ай бұрын

I love how he starts coughing, singing and blowing his nose when they're squealing on him.

@turbo8628

4 ай бұрын

Was thinking the exact same thing!

@brianshaker1885

3 ай бұрын

Yeah it is... I was wondering how they were going to do such a common theme, especially from thay era. And they pleasantly surprised. Very funny concept, executed well.

@KidoRus

3 ай бұрын

​@@PapaLu08цц

Angelo was then forced into the Witness Protection Program, assumed the name Frank Reynolds and moved to Philadelphia.

@isaiahpero7837

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltozzi3112 Yeah. No wonder he had do many connections for illegal sweat shops, drugs, meats, and various other illegal activities over the years to make all his money.

@michaeltozzi3112

4 жыл бұрын

@@isaiahpero7837 I heard a lot of good people died in that sweat shop.

@gibbsm

4 жыл бұрын

he was also at chappaquiddick

@Lucky_Chase

4 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!!😂😂😂

@bryanaa196

4 жыл бұрын

Makes a lot of sense.

Whoever wrote that and came up with the idea deserves a lot of credit.

@eatgarbage4649

3 жыл бұрын

@juhoismi Conan was hired a few episodes before this, so it's entirely possible. But so was Greg Daniel's and Bob Odenkirk, and that's just the new hires. I would love to know who wrote it though! As a sheer guess, I'm going say A.Whitney Brown since he appears in the sketch? I will take any counter offer though

@Kurewt

3 жыл бұрын

@BANNED WTF are you talking about. You couldnt make this better.

@chrisdeep8417

3 жыл бұрын

Occasionally you get one of these good ones.

@h.e.pennypacker4567

2 жыл бұрын

Foggetaboutittt!!!

@user-qo7wf9mk2f

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oauk0aprnNK_mNY.html

"Don Marcese, what is this, a big drug move?" "No, if this was a drug move we'd go straight to you."

@oitallef1

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jasonbenoit1888

Жыл бұрын

Whole thing was an exercise in demonstrating how it can go, if you feel like your back is to the wall, you make ignorant decisions in a panic, and then try to hard. Like a set of keys lying on the coffee table and you've already made at least a round or two through the house looking.

I love the look on his face when they tell him they bought off the judge.

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

Priceless, right?

@lancelotto475

Ай бұрын

*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays*

Danny Devito made that feel real. Thats gravity none of the other actors had. The man is a treasure from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi, Always Sunny, comedy, drama...he is the man.

@Inlinetodie

2 жыл бұрын

...Twins...the Bear...

@jamesrowden303

Жыл бұрын

@@Inlinetodie ...Your momma...you're the munted twin...

@sybotrybo1609

Жыл бұрын

Death to Smoochy!

@Mike-zy8in

Жыл бұрын

The Penguin my guy...go KZread - are you a good person by living waters

@jack1394

Жыл бұрын

That’s Martin Weir you’re talking about. 😆

...I still remember the headlines - "Cop with eight kids slain"

@torridd

3 жыл бұрын

What a manhunt that was!

One of the best written sketches of all time

@alvexok5523

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, lol, it is funny

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

I agree. Brilliant skit. Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th November 2023.

@charliecili

4 ай бұрын

@@MundiaKamauyou don’t have to sign off every comment.

I love how he coughs into the wire everytime they incriminate him LOL

@HarlemWorld45

4 жыл бұрын

Big Swarzarelli's House facts 😂😂😂

@Gynecologist

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that too

@CraigChristism

3 жыл бұрын

That's.... that's the joke...

@ORam...

3 жыл бұрын

@@CraigChristism I thought I was the only one thinking that.

@lydialillico7596

3 жыл бұрын

Very funny

"You done so many, you losing track?" LOL!

@Mike-zy8in

Жыл бұрын

lol bro go KZread - are you a good person by Living Waters

"I finally get to meet the guy who shot Lt. Patrick Ryan, NYPD, oh boy..."

That was upsetting. Damn Devito is such a great actor, even in a sketch.

@davidjohns7321

4 жыл бұрын

Devito gave an Emmy worthy performance.

@Lootroq

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me your avatar isn't Lil Kev zoomed in?

@nebulousisgod

4 жыл бұрын

Lootroq You’re damn right, it is

Lol. He busts out into full opera and no one bats an eye😂😂😂😂. 3:42

This is one of the best skits SNL has ever done. So perfect.

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

I agree. Brilliant skit. Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th November 2023.

I still get teary eyed every time I see a Phil Hartman sketch, clip, old Simpsons episode... I loved everything I saw or heard him do and still think of how unfair his kids' lives became that day. I was watching the news and praying it wasn't really happening. 🙏

@Slop_Dogg

9 ай бұрын

A true tragedy. He’s forever appreciated & missed.

@VenusNouveau2005

4 ай бұрын

nothin' fails like prayer!

@sdivine13

2 ай бұрын

​@alexaldrich3997 I dunno, theres always the freak occurrence where they're answered and all ends well, unlike internet atheists who die in their mommies basement

When Angelo breaks out in song, it was too much lol

This is an unusually clever sketch. It holds up really well.

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

The late 80s were awesome years for SNL. Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Mike Myers, etc...

@TheodoreRizzo

Жыл бұрын

The 90’s were another great line up of comedians as well

What an absolute MASTER CLASS is COMEDY WRITING!! This Sketch could’ve Very easily been made into a Mob Comedy/Drama Movie!

That's the darkest SNL skit I've ever seen, also one of the best

@kingflappy4827

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant the best. SNl i have seen

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

postaffe agreed but it's funny though 😊

@admiralman1472

4 жыл бұрын

That was dark to you? Not only that....the darkest?

@siddhantdash9894

4 жыл бұрын

see the most evil invention by the rock snl

@josephmitma520

2 жыл бұрын

@@siddhantdash9894 yes!!!

Holy shit that was an amazingly awesome sketch. I think that has to be my most favorite to date.

@only257

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Randolph it's a great skit😜

@ftswarbill

4 жыл бұрын

@@only257 HAHAHA crap you are correct!

@IcelanderUSer

4 жыл бұрын

You’re able to find even an ounce of humor and you call it the best ever. That’s the state of snl. Totally boring and not funny.

@toucansam3

4 жыл бұрын

Not my favorite, but very good. The late 80s is when SNL was at it's best, even better than the 70s.

@lino580nunya5

4 жыл бұрын

It’s way up there 😂😂😂

So this is fat Tony's story before he moved to Springfield, right

@birdmantd

4 жыл бұрын

Fat Tony, is that you? Fat Tony?

@eskimoto4417

4 жыл бұрын

lololololol

Gotta love how Phil Hartman starts to sound like Bela Lugosi by the midway point of this sketch.

This is so good. Just the looks on Danny DeVito's face are amazing.

@Hashbeast

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I say every time I watch IASIP

Ah the old days where people actually memorized their lines or at least weren't just visibly staring directly at the cue cards

@Robocoppat

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right. The only funny people on SNL today is Chris Redd and Kate McKinnon.

@Somebody-Somewhere-

4 жыл бұрын

@@Robocoppat Cecily Strong is pretty good to.

@llVIU

4 жыл бұрын

I'll say... on every single SNL nowadays, every single actor has to read the cards

@Robocoppat

4 жыл бұрын

@juhoismi I don't think Kenan is funny at all. And never has been.

@greenAbbot

4 жыл бұрын

I’m old. I can’t just enjoy something from my time without having to whine about how bad kids are these days, with their cue cards and their hopping and hopping (not even music) and their saggy pants. And why don’t they ever visit?

How is this sketch not considered one of SNL's all time greats? It's far and away better than their normal stuff and the concept is great. Also how has it not been ripped off a hundred ways in nearly 40 years?

killer slow burn from DeVito in this bit. they'd never try a sketch with this pacing today

@romanramirez7847

2 жыл бұрын

While I like modern SNL, I do agree. If they did do a sketch like this today, it would suffer from the Mikey Day/Streeter Seidell sketch template of explaining the joke to the audience rather then us figuring it out ourselves.

@clarklarewjones

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@travisolson4556

Жыл бұрын

This is a good point. I enjoy the sketches of today, but I don't think an audience would sit through a setup, long enough for a good payoff. It seems like comedy today is hit after hit after hit and no setup.

Seeing Lovitz & Hartman plus Nealon & Carvey is what I remember as a child. Sadly, no child growing up now will have such fond memories

you know I just gotta put it out there, that 3 years of prison time doesn't seem that bad compared to death.

@Blingchachink

4 жыл бұрын

mark janson yeah

@AngryTurds

4 жыл бұрын

Sure, if you’re into sodomy! All the sex you can handle. And then some. Then more. So they tell me. 😅

@uverpro3598

4 жыл бұрын

Naw he’d serve his time in a much more cush Federal prison. But that’s also part of the joke, he flipped over a short term stint (which his friends got him out of anyways) and ended up getting in far worse trouble. So he wasn’t desperate, which makes him more sympathetic, he was just stupid. Which is funny.

@seangregory1314

4 жыл бұрын

3 years for multiple counts of murder/drug trafficking...I gotta meet your lawyer lol

@lulzalfest

4 жыл бұрын

@@seangregory1314 originally it was just 3 years for tax evasion.

The GREAT Phil Hartman. RIP.

back when cast members actually practiced and remembered their lines

@jumwill1456

Жыл бұрын

Stop stealing comments😂😂😂

@alvexok5523

Жыл бұрын

DeVito was funny, in SNL and in Twins and Ruthless people

@el34glo59

Жыл бұрын

Stop it. Devito screwed up like 10 times

@mydude8731

Жыл бұрын

Back when snl wasn't so woke

@ReportTheHackers

Жыл бұрын

@@mydude8731 Oh man, everywhere snowflakes from both sides vomiting crap from cable news du jour. Left or right, you can all go eat sh1t. If you don’t like something don’t watch it. Spend all your damn time complaining about it like its a team sport. Get a real hobby dipsh1t.

This is such a great sketch. The writing & acting are so kick ass!

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

I agree. Brilliant skit. Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th November 2023.

It can actually be perceived as a serious matter if you consider that those mobsters were tipped off about Danny Devito wearing a wire and set him up.

Back when they didn't stare at que cards the whole time.

@rastaba4529

4 жыл бұрын

JJWalker exactly

@elmud

2 жыл бұрын

Cue.

It still upsets me to this day that Phil Hartman was murdered. Dude was a comedic genius. Had perfect comedic timing. One of my favorite SNL alums. 😢🤣♥️

@saturnocyrus1873

4 жыл бұрын

You hit the nail on the head. Hartman was brilliant. I even liked HOUSEGUEST that he did with Sinbad. I watch a lot of Joe Rogan who of course worked with Phil on the show News Radio and he has always maintained that Phil was an extremely nice guy in real life. Apparently his marriage was as bad as it could be. Joe has said that woman treated Phil like shit all the time even demeaning him in front of his friends and colleagues to the point of making people uncomfortable.

@TotallyRadical

4 жыл бұрын

@@saturnocyrus1873 I like Houseguest too! Phil and Sinbad were HILARIOUS. I'm not surprised about his wife. Based on the stuff I read back when it happened she sounded crazy...which I guess you have to be to do the horrible shit she did. RIP Phil 😢♥️

@phillipmorgenthaler

4 жыл бұрын

Also an amazing voice actor, Troy Mcclour was one of the best Simpsons characters ever

@tonibauer2949

4 жыл бұрын

I know. It still actually hurts in my gut and makes me tear and angry to think of the unfairness and terrible loss.

@lulzalfest

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aven-Sharma1991 okay, incel.

That was Classic! But I still miss Phil Hartman, even after all these years :o(. Such a talented comic - Phil was one of the best, wouldn't you all agree?

@robertcarldecker

4 жыл бұрын

Loki's Buddy totally. Gone too soon😭

@liama4199

4 жыл бұрын

He’ll always remind me of Houseguest and Jingle all the way. It’s crazy about his wife. I had no idea.

@TotallyRadical

4 жыл бұрын

He was one of my favorites! The man was a comedic genius. I always think about the time he got into Rap Music on NewsRadio or when he did the Malt Liquor advertisement. 🤣🤣🤣👍RIP

@bwelb7567

4 жыл бұрын

Loki's Buddy absolutely

@tonibauer2949

4 жыл бұрын

I just loved him. Was sick when he died so unfairly and prematurely. I think unfrozen caveman lawyer was brilliant, and maybe my fave skits of his.

The way he coughs in the direction of the wire as they're all spilling the beans on him and by the end he's singing into it, blowing his nose, coughing profusely! *HILARIOUS!*

Classic! Everything rocks with Danny DeVito.

Remember that time you made cat soup for your sweatshop workers in Vietnam?

@MCWaffles2003-1

4 жыл бұрын

Pepperidge Farm remembers

@kevinwalter2674

4 жыл бұрын

Guy dies, put him in the soup!

@bryantcurtis2665

4 жыл бұрын

I found me another Curtis can’t believe it.

@wvman2374

4 жыл бұрын

hey! a lot of good men died in that sweatshop

@txjet6

4 жыл бұрын

I was making money hand over foot. Literally!

That was.. surprisingly original and hilarious! Ah, the good ol' days of SNL.

@kellyomalley1873

4 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@vika0194

Жыл бұрын

The simpsons copied this bit in the episode when Homer missed paying his taxes. He went to Moe's and this exact thing happened.

@barryallen871

11 ай бұрын

Even when this aired people were talking about how they missed the good ol' days of SNL.

@barryallen871

11 ай бұрын

​@@vika0194There's a chance that they both were partially written by Conan Obrien.

"So i started blasting" - Frank Reynolds

I’ve not laughed that hard in a long time. I mean, tears came down when they said he shot the police LT.😂😂😂😭😭😭

The worse wire tap ever...... poor Angelo

Imagine all the comedy we will never see with Phil Hartman!

@kari7403

4 жыл бұрын

So true. I'm glad we got what we did from the guy. He certainly left his mark on the comedic world. One can only speculate on what kind of giggles, chuckles, guffaw, and drinks spit from mouths in sudden, unexpected moments of hilarity, that we are missing out on, because of an insane woman. At least he was sleeping when it happened, amd didn't have to suffer the unimaginable terror of seeing his inevitable death. 😣😢 RIP Phil Hartman. It may have been over 21 years since the murder, but you're far from forgotten. Thanks for the laughs.

@aliarshad3012

4 жыл бұрын

You fucking ignorant cockroach

@fruitypeebils

4 жыл бұрын

@@aliarshad3012 wait wut

Stil holds up! Such a great sketch!

Oh shit young Devito, the greatest, the taxi man.

The sketches back then seemed more like an actual movie skit today just seems so proppy and cheap idk if that makes sense

@stevenferruzza7928

4 жыл бұрын

Your above reason could be a reason snl skits are not as funny as it used to be. Don't focus on the props focus on the script, rehearsal, writing, and time. It shouldn't matter how famous or not the movie star is. Now In my opinion the only funny parts are the cold open and weekend update. The last funny opening monologue was fred armisen. A few years back and maybe adam Sandler this past season.

@applejax1984

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Ferruzza well for one my comment was not intended to be mean or what not i have a dry and sarcastic sense of humor I know what type of humor I enjoy but if something doesn’t make me laugh or entertains me why would I watch it?! So of course I’m going to focus on what I prefer to watch 🤨 famous or not I’d still watch it but let’s be real these are classic stars that back then weren’t as known as they are now sooooo

@Met182

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! And also, did it look at any point in this sketch that someone didn't remember their line, was reading from a cue card or wasn't totally in character? Nope. These days some of the people on SNL aren't even looking at the person they're supposed to be talking to because they're looking dead ahead at the cue card they're reading from.

@p-squash7341

4 жыл бұрын

It makes complete sense. Snl sucks now. It's unwatchable

@elloowu6293

4 жыл бұрын

I agree and I think it might have a little to do with the older cast and writers going on to be big names in TV and movies. Also our newer TVs give shows that glossy SOAP OPERA look. That's why newer SNL looks so fake. We're watching a sketch show on HD.

Oh my god, Davito killed this. As well as, many other things apparently...........

@TheCalico72

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Lol, hilarious sketch. "What kind of illegal stuff are you guys into now?"

This is pure comedic gold. This world would never try to do things like this again.

@MundiaKamau

6 ай бұрын

Comedic gold it is.

@kaydgaming

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say never. They just don’t have the same kind of writers

@tylergoldie446

5 ай бұрын

@@kaydgaming well they should find some then lololol

I need to see a mafia movie, starring Robert Dinero, Al Pacino, and Danny DeVito! Why has this not happened yet?! Make it happen someone! And, of course, do not forget Joe Pesci!!

Fantastic! So much legendary talent in a hilarious skit

Long live the memory of the late, great Phil Hartman. xoxo The Clarences

This is why it never pays to be a snitch.

@Hashbeast

4 жыл бұрын

Snitches get britches

@felixhaggblom7562

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hashbeast In Swedish we say golare har inga polare, which kinda means yellers got no fellers. Hey I made i rhyme in English!

it's nice to see a solid SNL sketch that actually has a punchline, very rare.

The skits back then were like a mini sitcom why can't snl come back to these days

This is one of snl’s all time best sketches.

Lovitz, Hartman, Carvey and Nealon. Damn, awesome. And nobody laughing and looking away and ruining the skit. These guys were the goods. And Devito made this skit great.

I love Tony Danza. He sure has changed a lot since Who's the Boss!

@reeemoooo8356

4 жыл бұрын

Gar An Tony Danza? lOl where?

This is classic comedy at its finest. Note how they even memorize the lines, u don’t see that nowadays. I wish Danny was this young on its always sunny

Only if they had made this a tv series or a movie instead of a sketch, id still be watching today

"we bought off the judge, you got nothing to worry about, hahahahahaha..."

Angelo is going to prison forever lmao! Very funny skit

HAHA Phil Hartman’s mobster accent sound more like Count Dracula HAHA

I'm a long time fan of SNL and this is one of the few sketches where I don't see any obvious cue card reading that makes the actors look weird. I think all SNL sketches should be done this way, like in "In Living Color".

I like how you could see the Boom Mic for a second in the scene 😂

Now that was acting! No studder, no looking at cue cards, no laughing, just perfect comedy. Snl will never be like this again.

The writing was so much more genius back then still lmao

@tonibauer2949

4 жыл бұрын

Josh Taylor it was great. But, check out the alien encounter video with Kate McKinnon. She is a treasure and that skit is insanely creative and hilarious.

I remember the headline, "Cop with eight kids slain." That shouldn't make me laugh but I'm crying here. 🤣🤣

Cop with 8 kids.. only unsolved cop murder.. 😆😆😆 Snl was so good back then

I died when DeVito started singing 3:48

From the frying pan into the fire , that comes outta trying to snitch .Even Danny's stumped .

Most underrated skit 😂😂

Lets just say that Angelos plan backfired.

Surprising he hasnt hosted since then with his Sunny success

@TheSlashTraxNetwork

4 жыл бұрын

he hosted at least once in the 90's when chris kattan was on there

Louie, Frank, Get Shorty, and this. Helluva resume.

The guy goes in wired up.n he gets snitch on...lol

This must have been when Frank decided to move his operation to Nam.

I wonder if this sketch is used when cops get trained for undercover work? Kind of like when I used clips from Airplane when doing pilot ground school instruction.

@Guitfiddlejase

3 ай бұрын

I like that.

Plot twist: they were all wired 😂

Who needsa a wire when there's clearly a boom mike listening in at 0:54

@sweatygenius

4 жыл бұрын

Wow how in the world did you spot that :O

This was an amazing skit. I wish the skits today were as good as these.

"Femmina!" 😂😂. Mala femmina, love that song, especially Jerry Vale's version.

DeVito does great in these mafia sketches.

Omg that's hysterical 🤣🤣

Love John Lovits and Dana Carvey in these old SNL skits these two were great in the movie Lost in Paradise! They played kleptomaniac's and brothers to Nicolas Cage.

@Davepool-hs7vr

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, I remember that movie

After this, he had to fly to Burma and start Wolf Cola.

I remember this one now. Funny... I thought I’d never get to see it again. Never thought they’d rerun SNL.

This was a great of all-times sketch!!!

@cupcakes7015

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Brasky Likewise 😭 9/6/19

no one reading their lines. remembering everything

If this was a deal,we would go right to you.... 😂

The funniest skit I ever seen on snl …gold!!!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

2:45 It looks like he intentionally leaned in towards him to say that as if he suspected he was wearing a wire.

I think this is the funniest snl sketch I've ever seen.

“What is it? 30…40 hits?” I bet he’s regretting not taking 3 years!

Looks like he’s got two more cops to take care of

I wouldn't be surprised if Danny DeVito wrote this one it has some serious like Always Sunny type humor going on

Great sketch and quite telling. 📺📽️🎬🎭

“So What kinda illegal stuff you guys into now?”

This was beyond great. Danny DeVito is pure Gold.