Possibly the most underrated SNL sketch of all time.

Jon...a comedic master of voices and movement...is perfect no matter what role he plays. This one is perfectly waaaaay over the top. A master.

@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427

Жыл бұрын

"ACTING! THANK YOU!"

"Oh........What you must think of me! I'm being so naughty!" Love his character in this sketch.

This is one of my most favorite SNL skits, with a classic SNL line-up and an amazing host in Tom Hanks!

@LL-fd7xn

11 ай бұрын

I have to admit, maybe Tom Hanks did some Victorian movies (In his early career). However seeing Tom in these sketches are hilarious!

Jon Lovitz is the best part about this sketch!! He cracks me up!!

And that classic Lovitz catchphrase, "Goodbye, everybody. Goodbye!"

@MrGatt5000

23 күн бұрын

OMG! I have been saying it like he has for years, as a flamboyant joke!! And here is the origin!! 😂😂😂

I had this on a VHS tape.. after 30 years I still know every word by heart!

@michaelmcdonald8452

3 жыл бұрын

I selected this knowing I’d seen it before but once it got going, I realized I must have watched it 50 times, I knew every next line!

@michaelmcdonald8452

3 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother still say “don’t! you! BELIEVE IT!” and I had forgotten where it comes from!

@MagnificoGiganticus

9 ай бұрын

Weeell!

One of the best skits ever on SNL. Lovitz is way over the top and makes this hilarious. Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson and Tom Hanks are superb. A classic!

Jon Lovitz achieves immortality with this performance

@Dweller415

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes.

@bazzers

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, indeed. This was easily five times funnier than the audience thought it was. Brilliance. And...*Acting*!

@rickacton7540

3 жыл бұрын

he achieved Azrael Abyss years before that other guy

@circuitsandcigars1278

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing tops John Lovitz and John Lithgow together on SNL ... ACTING !!!

@goodboix3528

3 жыл бұрын

Well put.

Jon Lovitz is masterful in this sketch.

You can see they are having fun with this sketch.

Got to love a little ribaldry now and again! Such randy scamps they are.

@ing360

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know the Asian guys name but he would kill as this character!!!

I remember watching this with my parents and feeling really awkward.

@sidilicious11

3 жыл бұрын

I bet!

@SilentSam69

2 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Jan Hooks... even on another era, she's a real Vicki. RIP, legend!

Loving Victoria's Goldilocks hairstyle!

@mba2ceo

2 жыл бұрын

who is the blonde ?

Netflix has rebooted this series. It's called Bridgerton.

Tom Hanks is 🔥. And Jon Lovitz is everything.

@kevinm1728

3 жыл бұрын

You paint with words.

This was so freaking funny it almost sent me to the hospital

Jan Hooks was very underrated . R.I.P.

@ryanpartlow2961

3 жыл бұрын

She's not dead.....

@themajordudes8194

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpartlow2961 yeah she is

@jimmartin7881

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, she left way too early.

@jerryrichards4300

3 жыл бұрын

She was terrific

@A_Final_Hit

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpartlow2961 She died of throat cancer several years ago.

The tracers on the candles at 4:04 only make this more trippy

@dancarpentersr.9337

Жыл бұрын

You made me go back and check that out. Man!!! Talk about attention to detail!!!

the late 80's to late 90's was the best SNL era. And Victoria Jackson was one of my faves. Probably the best looking female ever on snl. Although jan hooks looked great too. RIP Jan.

@jamesfetherston1190

Жыл бұрын

@@nonnenja2281 Same, also Julia Louise Dreyfus.

@afisemenaborevlaka48

Жыл бұрын

Cheri Oteri

@lazy_lefty

Жыл бұрын

Because that's the most important characteristic of a performer is how good looking they are.......

@kmzoilus2486

Жыл бұрын

@@lazy_lefty go back to school and learn something called COMPREHENSION... then read my post again... and get back to me. 🙄 Yepp it's true.... "common sense.... ISN'T" is absolutely real.

@Nozoki

11 ай бұрын

Too bad she went cuckoo bird crazy.

They should have done more of these. Lovitz was a genius!

Victoria Jackson was Gorgeous!! ☺️♥️

This skit is so much funnier nearly 30 years later. I know the audience wasn't digging it, but I am. Jon is the REAL Legend.

I always wanted to see the false eunuch in the harem skit. I seriously doubt he kept his hands to himself

@williamjoshualucas6503

3 ай бұрын

Don’t you believe it!

I've got this on a VHS "Best of" somebody, I remember it & Jon Lovitz was so great in this role!

All those costumes and sets....impressive😊

When I was younger, I loved Victoria Jackson in this skit. Now, it's all about Jan Hooks.

@tackyman2011

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad about the being dead thing though.

@uncleflansy5621

3 жыл бұрын

@@tackyman2011 True enough.

@jameslarimer9211

3 жыл бұрын

Back when this aired, Jan Hooks was the subject of feverish urges from me. Now after all these years, I see they were not gone, merely forgotten

@drewlovs

3 жыл бұрын

There is still room for Jackson! The innocent girl act came naturally to her and stole the show, and is still worth a marvel.

@mysteryjesus

3 жыл бұрын

I loved them both. But I think the scales tip in favor of that ample bossum.

Why didn't they bring this sketch back when Lovitz guest-starred with Adam Driver? Driver would've killed in this sketch.

@ElTioWaka

3 жыл бұрын

Having Lovitz as H. R. Pickens, lol

I can see Tom Hanks exquisite acting abilities in this one.

@toucansam3

2 жыл бұрын

Except for his English accent, it's beyond awful.

"And we're invited to watch...LET'S! "

Aww... cute young Tom hanks. Took me a while to recognize him... 😆😆

@gregorbaby4269

5 жыл бұрын

He's unrecognisable

My god! is that a young Tom Hanks? And so good to see Jon Lovitz, again. Ah, this brings back such good mamories!

Hard to believe this show was truly funny at one time.

I saw this as a kid and was laughing so hysterically I woke up my parents. I didn't quite get the entire joke, but I knew it was comedic gold.

I've always loved this sketch from the first time I saw it live. Classic.

All these years later I still laugh my ass off at that skit oh the dreary life of a boot black don’t you believe it

Jon is a true national treasure

@john.premose

10 ай бұрын

please just stop. I am on a crusade to end the usage of this absurd expression 'national treasure', wherever I find it.

This sketch originally aired the same week that Super Mario Bros 3 was released in the United States

Tom Hanks once said his face has a handsome side, & the other was a comedy side. Must be using the handsome side here.

How the hell is this 26 years old 😂

@imdjc4

3 жыл бұрын

I still remember the 'cool' kids back then, coming to school Monday and quoting SNL lines from the prior weekend.

@compteofficiel4112

3 жыл бұрын

@@imdjc4 if they could stay up that late, they were cool...i always felt left out of those discussions, sadly.

@56postoffice

3 жыл бұрын

30 now😭

@steveconn

3 жыл бұрын

The passage of time.

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

3 жыл бұрын

31 years and i can, still, sport a modest erection. Now, i shall go "Jacks-on" (and off), "Victoria('s-ly.") Never mind. i forgot my "Hanks"kerchief. Rest, In Peace, Jan Hooks. I Love you (who the hell does not.)

Jon Lovitz's character here is my spirit animal....we seem into the same kind of kink, lol

@MustbeTheBassest

3 жыл бұрын

Do you like possibly getting caught or catfights? 😁

@jasonmagel2069

3 жыл бұрын

Peepholes ? 😯

one of my favorites

yeah this sketch made a man out of me, back in the day

That's a very young Tom Hanks as the bootblack, isn't it?

3:37 Anyone think Emma Stone could play Jan Hooks in a remake of this scene?!

As I look back and rewatch these sketches I'm reminded how incredible Kids in the Hall was.

I just figured out Tom Hanks. He does dramas in movies. Then fulfills his comedic side, which he is just as passionate about, on SNL and talk shows.

@luvmuppets

3 жыл бұрын

At the start of his career all he did was comedy movies.

@TRJ2241987

3 жыл бұрын

Bachelor Party is still the best Tom Hanks movie of all time. And The Burbs is severely underrated.

@TheMattst73

3 жыл бұрын

@@TRJ2241987 I have been saying that the world needs a Tom Hanks Comedy movie.

Serious Bob Hope vibe coming off Tom Hanks here (at times :^D)

Is it really Tom Hanks? He is sexy with hair!

@macmacreynolds8712

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he's wearing a wig. I don't think he ever grew his hair that long.

@tommyriam8320

3 жыл бұрын

@@macmacreynolds8712 You're "pretty sure he's wearing a wig" ? ! LOL Are you blind as well as stupid and/or insane? Of course, it's a wig. Hanks, as anyone with a functioning eyeball along with an I.Q. above that of a turnip need do nothing more than view an image depicting Hanks with his own natural head of hair(there's no shortage of such photographic evidence available for perusal in the public realm ) to see clearly that he hasn't the genetics to grow that length nor texture of scalp hair even in his youth.

@tommyriam8320

3 жыл бұрын

Hanks' own , curly, genetically programmed to thinning, head of hair even by this somewhat early point(the time of this production)had been sufficiently ravaged so as to render whatever lay beneath this prop wig and atop his noggin naturally was hardly anything worth admiring.

@oxpahnakompromatkohtpol436

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyriam8320 You are a real douche! :-)

@Jokaanan

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyriam8320 yOoOu foOl ! Spateth in the eye by me, silly dumpling, for even dreaming to cast a wager that Tom Hanks might'th within rational conception naturally grown such voluptuous brunette thiccitude For HARK! the witch who plucked out both your eyes would know - that Hanks is bald, his head doth glow ! Why, only a meager IQd son of a codsphwip would surmise that telling it straight could end up a lie.

Tom Hanks was definitely the "Fifth Beatle" of the SNL cast in the late 80s and early 90s.

That got way hotter than I thought it would haha

@sidilicious11

3 жыл бұрын

The sexiest thing I’ve seen on KZread!

Damn, Tom Hanks playing a sexy guy? That's creative casting.

Jon Lovitz tour de force performance.

Victoria Jackson was a pretty ordinary actress. Jan Hooks though owns every scene she's in. Her acting was outstanding.

@JasonZakrajsek

3 жыл бұрын

I’m assuming you’ve never seen UHF

@mikeg5397

3 жыл бұрын

Straight men would think differently

@christineherholz9359

3 жыл бұрын

Jackson was terrible on SNL. She was fine when she had time to learn lines.

@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930

3 жыл бұрын

She did pretty good with the accent though. She’s good in this one.

@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930

3 жыл бұрын

This is just a classic sketch. It seems like one Conan would’ve wrote. Wonder if he did? 🤔

I always loved Victoria! So pretty and dingy!

I watched this basically just for Victoria Jackson.

@mandolorion8456

3 жыл бұрын

Haha me too then only thing i thought of was if only Jan Hooks shows up and ''Lovitz'' ohoooooooo

@NightMahar

3 жыл бұрын

Vic Jackson and Norm MacDonald never made millions and were among the greatest cast members over the shows long history.

@TheRealBirdmann

3 жыл бұрын

@@NightMahar he was great in Billy Madison though

@tackyman2011

3 жыл бұрын

@socal rocks Bocci balls! She turned into my grandmuddah!

@anavan7

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad she went kookadooks.

Victoria Jackson's image in the thumbnail made me click this video.

Miss Jackson is a natural comedian !!

@VDH1953

8 ай бұрын

If you're going to go classy with "miss," you ought to use "comedienne" to be consistent.

This bit went right over the audience's head.

@orchdork775

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@cogman62

3 жыл бұрын

@@orchdork775 Listen to the audience reactions. They’re asleep and not understanding the jokes that this sketch portrays. Maybe it’s the language, maybe it’s the context. The sketch is very Monte Pythonesque with subtle, dry humor not slapstick “pie in your face” stuff.

@garymillstein3677

3 жыл бұрын

@@cogman62 They must not have seen it cumming. Er.. A totally classic sketch imprinted in my brain forever.

@sidilicious11

3 жыл бұрын

Over the head and down the crotches.

I quote this sketch way more than I should.

The audience isn't laughing at Lovitz enough

I legit did not understand why he got mad about the threesome until I was in my 30s. The courting process and the chase itself is lost most these days.

@odaydrums

3 жыл бұрын

hehe yeah funny how that works huh?

@hadracks

3 жыл бұрын

I would say the courting process and chase are a lot longer and more complicated than they were in the past.

@RichardX1

3 жыл бұрын

@@hadracks And they involve lawyers a lot more too.

If I had to pick a decade of SNL that was the most solid OVERALL, I'd go maybe 1987-97.

Phil Hartman was one of the best players of all times. R.I.P.

Remember when the actors on SNL didn't LOOK like they were reading cue cards, and actually made eye contact with each other while they were speaking?

Jon lovitz has always been my favorite. I remember lovitz kicking pauly shores ass on MTV during spring break.

We love you, Jon!

Wow, I didn't think Tom Hanks could remind me of Chris Hemsworth.

Reeeemove it!!! LOL

Overacting is sometimes the best acting.

@compteofficiel4112

3 жыл бұрын

I just made my way through 4 hours of Ben-Hur for the first time in years, and you have a good point. How movies and acting have changed since those days..

@DTD110865

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, and if you want a hilarious example of overacting, watch the young girl playing Maureen in this classic ephemeral film: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qImklKSyppDVpLw.html

@andrewfield5656

3 жыл бұрын

Prime example of chewing the scenery

@DunmoresMovieMania

3 жыл бұрын

"Overacting is sometimes the best acting." -- William Shatner

@compteofficiel4112

3 жыл бұрын

@@DunmoresMovieMania as a watcher of old movies even going back to the 1910s i have observed that it is an on-going stylistic evolution...everyone acted that way before movie directors started to realize that movies didn't have to just be filmed plays... it is quite fascinating to watch classic from the different eras, and I highly recommend taking advantage of the Internet's allowing us to do so...in that regard, this is a cool time to be alive.

Lovitz is great

Close your eyes, You can hear Woody (Tom Hanks) cleaning boots.

I just watched "The Favourite" and felt I had to watch this...

Holy shit, good acting and a well written plot!

Now this is theatre!!!!!!!

They should bring this back

Jane Hooks and Nora Dunn as the Sweeney Sisters was golden!

This feels like it should be in the "18th century classics" section of another site

The best host ever.

It is Always Impressive how Lorne Michaels manages to HIRE the very Finest performers. It's always a sad day when a Lovitz,Jackson,Hooks......ect. Leaves the show .

Such a great title.....

I love it, so rrrrrribald!

Victoria Jackson was gorgeous

Lovitz always on point. This was when Tom Hanks was just starting his career after the seasons of Bosom Buddies television sitcom. Forest Gump and Castaway were fresh. It was in a time when Hanks could go shirtless and hear the catcalls of the ladies and SNL was funny.

@JimWhitakerMusic

2 жыл бұрын

This skit pre-dates those movies by quite a bit. This skit is from 1990, Forrest came out in ‘94 and Castaway in 2000.

@toucansam3

2 жыл бұрын

Thai would have been right after Turner & Hooch.

@willtrippe8982

Жыл бұрын

Oh my stars! are you to tell me I've been laughing inappropriately at SNL all these years?

@john.premose

10 ай бұрын

@@JimWhitakerMusic exactly. The op speaks in utter ignorance.

R.I.P. Jan Hooks

Why is Jon Lovitz so funny?!

Mike Myers doing the opening title narration...nice

Jon Lovitz sounds exactly like Chief Blue Meanie :D

Is this just a romance novel reimagined!? Bc Tom Hanks as this character should be written into a novel, please!? Lol it would be awesome.

Today's snl cast and writing staff needs to go back and take a good long look at skits like this one.

2:46 3:40 4:31 Jan Hooks ----- so funny.... MISS HER!!

May God bless you all.

Indeed!

Master Thespian... Ho ho ho! ....... Line!

Victoria was the best.

That candelabra is a beautiful prop!

no obvious staring at teleprompters in the before times.

felt like softporn than a comedy sketch LO

@assmane999

3 жыл бұрын

Worth it just for the Lovitz performance

@hadracks

3 жыл бұрын

Soft core porn often feels like a comedy. There is a very thin line sometimes and SNL treads on that line often (their highest watched skit is a mixup between a porn show and a college class).

2:08

@lawyergirlinct16

3 жыл бұрын

That squeal he lets out from behind the ponytail is hilarious!