"Now I've done it! I've cut the Dickens out of my finger!" Classic!

@GlueC

5 жыл бұрын

Been quoting this for decades. That's why I'm on youtube right now instead of in the garage still.

Fun fact: Julia Child thought this skit was hilarious and would proudly show her personal copy of it to guests at her parties. She was able to laugh at herself, which is truly the best kind of humor.

@maskedmarvyl4774

4 жыл бұрын

Surprisingly, Julia Child didn't even know about it for many years and a friend sent her a copy of it. How could someone have not told her about it for all that time? I guess they all assumed she knew about it.

@lowyieldforeffort6996

3 жыл бұрын

People now: all this drag and gore on network TV! They never showed that stuff back in the old days. Me watching this sketch: Are you sure? 😏

@michaelcornett444

3 жыл бұрын

Julia was serious about cooking and teaching people to cook, but she also had an enormous sense of humor about herself and what she did so that even she could laugh at the disasters that happened on her show and learn from them. A good example for people today.

@sickheadache9903

3 жыл бұрын

You Are 100% Correct, Julia would Whip this skit from SNL and show it off to her Close Friends at her Dinner Partied, Jacques Pepin..(Best of Dear Friends Since 1961) Avis DeVoto, Charles Gibson...(Had a Cool Crush on Charlie) and On and On..

@WellnessRosterHQ

2 жыл бұрын

The best part of some of her episodes. The times things don't go as planned. She was always able to laugh about it and move on and make something terrific out of her mistake . Probably why so many people loved her.

Hands down one of the all-time best. I love how "Julia Child" keeps talking even as she's bleeding to death.

@daviddave7392

3 жыл бұрын

Funny, I just pulled this up, thinking about Thanksgiving and turkey, and I thought about Julia Child bleeding to death over her chicken in this skit. :)

@Vaporvice84

Жыл бұрын

Hands "cut".

Interesting Fact: The REAL Julia Child loved this skit so much, that she shown it to her parties.

@eminusipi

4 жыл бұрын

This is my all time favorite SNL skit. There is a back story to an incident where the real JC cut her hand and appeared on a morning show with a bandaged hand. Jacques Pepin told the story but between his accent and the noisy recording I couldn't understand half of what he said. But it is based on a real incident.

@borderlineiq

4 жыл бұрын

@@eminusipi Indeed it is. Child cut herself, bound it up and kept her hand behind her while she finished filming the segment. Afterward, she had to be taken to have stitches to repair the cut. She was a great performer and every bit deserving of her fame.

@naomithomson2975

4 жыл бұрын

Julia child died in 2004 this came out last year

@borderlineiq

4 жыл бұрын

@@naomithomson2975 Yes, you are correct. This was posted to KZread in 2019, but if you read down just below the video, it is correctly labelled as recorded from Season 4 of Saturday Night Live in 1978. Child in fact called Akroyd in person to thank him for the hilarious send-up. She was a great sport.

@rollastoney

4 жыл бұрын

Okay Wikipedia

If I close my eyes i only hear Mickey Mouse talking lol

@ianbaker672

5 жыл бұрын

Look up Julia child. Very amazing chef with that kind of voice

@MrLyosea

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Stelter*

@synia9053

5 жыл бұрын

@krock this really does sound like Mickey mouse

@obiwankenobi661

5 жыл бұрын

if i close my eyes i can almost see michael palin

@RyanDMoore

4 жыл бұрын

Mickey Mouse on nitrous.

i still recall watching this as a teenager LIVE and laughing so hard, i was crying.....man, was SNL really stocked with talent back in those days

@mimlo7534

Жыл бұрын

Me, too. As I recall, the real Julia Child had recently actually cut her finger during a show taping, and bandaged it and continued cooking. Dan Aykroyd did a brilliant parody.

@marlaerwin3610

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Individually and in combination, that cast/era has never been equaled.

@rimrunz1795

9 ай бұрын

Yep. I was sitting on our couch, at my house, with my mother and close friend, spring '79, and all of us were laughing to th point of pissing. Different times.

@donaldgodwin3419

5 ай бұрын

@@marlaerwin3610not even close

@ljc71

3 ай бұрын

@@mimlo7534well she died in 2004, and this skit released in ‘95, so I guess it depends objectively on your definition of recent 😂 Although, it’s a possibility she did cut herself on air. If you’ve watched enough of “the food channel,” it’s an infrequent occurrence but not unheard of,

This is, bar none, my absolute favorite Aykroyd sketch, his delivery still cracks me up. Finally it's on the official channel because this is up there with King Tut and Belushi's Samurai as some of the most iconic SNL stuff ever

@felicitydolores6648

5 жыл бұрын

I just keep thinking he sounds like Mickey Mouse

@rosecrow1545

5 жыл бұрын

My fav of Achroyd is the male prostitute

@KG-VanityInKnickers

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, Mr. Tulip. This and his Bass-O-Matic had me roaring with laughter.

@jacksaccount5848

5 жыл бұрын

Rose Crow Fred Garvin is the best

@katiezee2

5 жыл бұрын

@@KG-VanityInKnickers 'mmmm! that's good bass !' hahah

"Oh God, it's throbbing!" My favorite sketch ever. Bass-O-Matic is a very close second. Comedy genius and it still holds up!!

@davidlafleche1142

Жыл бұрын

"Oh, this phone is a prop, it doesn't work!"

this was the skit that solidified Dan Aykroyd as an SNL Legend and brought Julia Child new viewers too

How I love Julia still. She made haute cuisine universally accessible; one didn’t have to study at the Cordon Bleu to utilize the techniques of the French masters. She was endearing, self deprecating, and so wonderfully encouraging. She opened up worlds of flavor, and her sense of humor allowed her to laugh along with us. Julia, you are dearly missed.

@gladtobeopenminded

2 ай бұрын

She was a good teacher and very sweet!

I remember seeing this "live" and just about having a heart attack from laughing so hard. Thanks for posting!

@GeneBurnett

5 жыл бұрын

@internet god Yup...62 this summer...So I was 21...

@GeneBurnett

5 жыл бұрын

@internet god Well, not too sad. We got to see some of the funniest shit ever as it was broadcast for the first time. ;~)))

@maskedmarvyl4774

4 жыл бұрын

@Internet god , .......so your comment was really about yourself. I somehow suspected it....

@RobertC4458

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeneBurnett Yep. Right there with you. Well, almost. Except - I am 63 now, so when your comment was made ( 2 years ago ) I would have been 61 ( so I was 20 when this skit aired. )

@tednorton5150

2 жыл бұрын

Those were the days. We're bloody ancient, Mate

It's true that the best form of flattery is to be imitated. Julia Child actually loved this and I heard that when she invited people over for dinner that she would play this skit for them. Such a classy lady all the way around and Dan Ackroyd did such a great impression of her. It shall go down in comic history.

@borderlineiq

2 жыл бұрын

That is just how great she was. Her cuisine at times may have been high brow, but she was no stuffed shirt. The homage was priceless, and it captured her indefatigable spirit, as the exaggerated incident actually sorta happened, and Julia soldiered through it, concealing the cut and carrying on with the episode until she had to go to the ER after. How rare that dedication is in people, period, much less celebrities. Kudos to her.

@Jimmersaunt

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that, but I believe she was a classy lady.

"A Cracker, a Ritz Cracker, a Sa...haaltine" LOL

Aykroyd nailed the depiction of Julia Child! The movements, the voice,- everything LOL- my God it was hilarious!

@jerramaurice7836

Жыл бұрын

I just came to realize how fake the right hand looks and they way the fingers didn’t spread out like on the left hand & the fact how he was holding up his right arm until he got the signal to make the fake hand bleed

This is a master class on committing to the sketch.

Julia Child LOVED this. It was just her kind of humor. She would be doing a chicken (at home, not on her show) and she'd hold up the liver, yell "Save the liver" and fall over laughing.

I remember watching this on SNL when I was a kid back in the 70s. There were very few TV channels and no VCR. I always looked forward to Saturday nights when I could stay up late to watch TV which had a lineup of Monty Python, Benny Hill, Saturday Night Live and Second City Television. Much simpler but very enjoyable times.

This is possibly the greatest SNL sketch ever. I quote from it constantly!

Dan Ackroyd was the greatest comic talent EVER on SNL. His broad range of hilarious characters are too numerous to list here. His raw wit and energy were unbelievable. Legend.

@Boudica234

5 жыл бұрын

@The Motherfucker legends as well. RIP Gilda.

the weird thing about Dan is that he was always the crazy one on SNL, but in the movies, his best roles were the straight/mellow guy i.e. blues brothers, trading places, ghostbusters

@dasboot211221

4 жыл бұрын

Fred Derry neighbors?

@wobatus

4 жыл бұрын

Even Driving Miss Daisy

@cultfilmfreakreviews

4 жыл бұрын

@@dasboot211221 but in that case they went intentionally opposite by having wild man belushi as the mild mannered keese

@riverraisin1

4 жыл бұрын

My Girl...

@conspiracyx8916

3 жыл бұрын

Tommy Boy

Simply brilliant. One of the top iconic vintage SNL skits. Ackroyd was perfect satire.

She certainly said words like "saltine" oddly. I miss her.

@michaelwertzy9808

4 жыл бұрын

"She", that's precious! Which "her"?

@seantimmons5900

4 жыл бұрын

Is Michael a moron? Because I think he's a moron.

@raydonahue1978

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelwertzy9808 Julia Child

@michaelwertzy9808

3 жыл бұрын

@@seantimmons5900, when I behave like a jerk you can tell when I've had a few too many. Peace and keep well

The "blood" was gross but that wig style really complimented the shape of Dan Aykroyd's face. Very flattering.

@darrylswrinkledmarineshoes752

3 жыл бұрын

Ya know there's a chicken with that blood but hot sauce on it ohh it is so good I can't remember the name but oh it is good

Anyone ever says “I cut the dickens out of my finger I know my mind would go straight to this sketch!” Classic Dan Akroyd! This still makes me laugh so hard I get a bellyache!

I think what also makes this so great is that it probly shows the exact advice that Julia would give if she actually did cut her hand in the kitchen. If the apron doesn’t staunch the flow of blood and you need the chicken bone tourniquet you better move on to 911 in a thoughtful methodical stepwise approach. Hilarious.

This was the very 1st episode of SNL I ever saw. I was about 11, alone, and watching random late night TV. I knew immediately it was some kind of parody of Julia Child, but when the blood started spurting my jaw dropped. It was the most shocking and funny thing I had ever seen in my young life. I didn't even know what I was watching but I was hooked.

@texastinman7639

2 жыл бұрын

Then you should check out Monty Python- Salad Days.

@marlaerwin3610

10 ай бұрын

That was the age I discovered SNL too - the PERFECT age. 🤣

I'm 25 years old and somehow these 70s skits make me feel right at home, they're hilarious and I get the reference too lol

@34Witchdoctor

4 жыл бұрын

Same! I'm 24 and these are hilarious!

@c.coffee3035

4 жыл бұрын

28, and somehow I have so much nostalgia for these and then have to remind myself I wasn't alive. So so funny

@hilaryapril7043

2 жыл бұрын

I'm almost 72 and a half...you folks have great taste!!!

@abibb27

2 жыл бұрын

@@hilaryapril7043 I love that these videos can bring us together, and we can share some laughs 💖 😊 💖

@michaelparness2896

Жыл бұрын

Love this. A group of random anachronisms like ourselves. Definitely have memories of watching this on air even though It predates my birth by two decades! Something oddly but wonderfully comforting about these 70's and early 80's bits

I've watched this again & again over years. It's timeless...never gets old. Classic.

My favorite SNL sketch, hands down, it never gets old unlike me.

"Save the liver" Hahaha! Dan Aykroyd does an excellent job portraying Julia Child, who loved the sketch so much that she would show it to her friends at parties. Awesome!

I keep thinking of Julie & Julia from watching this skit

@lintamustafa9514

5 жыл бұрын

SAME!!!!

@mrspicolli

5 жыл бұрын

This came first

@meaux7274

5 жыл бұрын

That’s why I looked this video up.

@punklover99

4 жыл бұрын

The only good part of that movie

@borderlineiq

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Child did not care for the movie and disliked being depicted in it, unlike the skit which she called to praise in person.

In an interview, Julia said she thought it was one of the funniest things she ever saw! BTW, at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, there is another funny video, this time starring Julia Childs herself, as she demonstrates the beginning of life on the planet by making "Primordial Soup."

@maskedmarvyl4774

4 жыл бұрын

"Save the aminos! Don't throw them away!!"

3:15 Oh, this phone is a prop! It doesn’t work!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aykroyd just kills me in this!!! OMG, I'm in fits as soon as he/she 'cuts the Dickens out my finger' and starts spurting blood everywhere. It gets funnier as it goes on - just brilliant!

Please don't forget to "Remove the giblets" And Please "save the liver"

@raisa_cherry33

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂

Dan Ayckroyd is hilarious! A great actor😁

This is my very first memory of SNL. One Saturday night at age 11 I decided to see what was on after Real People, and just stayed up, and this came on. I laughed my ass off. And to think that it was live, 41 years ago already, a piece of iconic comedy history. Thank you so much for posting this - it was, in a way, my bar mitzvah.

@bradyguy7701

Жыл бұрын

LOL...were you watching Wednesday Night Live?? Real People aired on Wednesdays. And you stayed up for 2 /12 hours??? Maybe a special Real People that aired LATE on a Saturday night...?

@singlesideman

Жыл бұрын

@@bradyguy7701 it might have been the pilot, and no, it didn't run for 2 1/2 hours - there were other shows after that but they weren't memorable. I don't know why you're arguing with me about this.

this sketch showed that the original cast of SNL were definitely "not ready for prime time",and we loved them for it.

Classic SNL......never ever gets old! Yes, Julia loved this.....may she rest in peace.

This skit works so well, because it's a loving spoof of Julia Child's "plow through and don't let anything stop you" attitude as a beloved icon of the USA. I can understand why Julia Child got a kick out of it.

I've seen this sketch countless times over the years. Still makes me laugh hard.

this was the first of the excessive-blood-loss gags

@TimeLord675

5 жыл бұрын

None compare to this one, though.

@royboy56100

4 жыл бұрын

Monty Python picnic scene with tennis is gross too!!!

@RandallChase1

4 жыл бұрын

They recently tried again with a Christmas skit... but this was the best!!

@chatryna

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, I did not get it.

@nickwheeler5396

4 жыл бұрын

The acupuncture scene with Kristen, Aidy and Jason!!!

Solid gold never gets old..

OMG....this really could not be funnier.......the sight gags when she lacerates her hand are great...LOL

According to a 2021 documentary, what triggered the writing of this sketch was two appearances on television in which Child appeared with a bandaged finger - and said it was from cutting herself while cooking. The accident required a trip to the hospital. Stiches were required. 😬

Probably my favorite SNL skit ever, very pythonesque.... Love how the blood looks real.

I am old but I will always remember this 1. RIP Mom.

Julia had great talent and a sense of humor. It's said she showed this skit to her friends.

I met Julia Child in Culinary school and spent an hour and half with her. I asked her about this skit and she said it was great fun and she couldn't stopped laughing.

Jesus these skits make me feel so nostalgic, and I didn't even live through the 70s/80s

@szqsk8

4 жыл бұрын

Britt G. Man you missed out, especially the 70s ( from what I can remember of them with all the weed, hash, opium, ludes and Thai sticks!)

@stealthskater5674

3 жыл бұрын

Long live old school 😎🤘✌️👊✊

@victorhiggins9636

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus loves you

One of the MOST memorable lines ever IMO! Ive said this ever since this skit! LOL "Now I've done it! I've cut the DICKENS out of my finger!"

One of my favorite skits of all time.

This was the very first SNL skit I ever saw. I was 6. I never laughed so hard before. It was the funniest,craziest thing I had ever seen up until then.

Evidently Julia Child loved this skit, so I won't feel bad that I cannot hear her name without thinking of this skit and laughing!!!!

I saw this sketch live. I was in high school, and for whatever reason, I was home, and my parents stayed up. My mother was about to turn in, when she saw "The French Chef" opening card. Oh my gosh, did the three of us laugh. You can see Akeoyd trying to coax more "blood" out of his right hand.

Awwwww Dan Aykroyd brings me back to the best of times, best cast, happy healthy & safer,...the good ol days!!!!

@randylara9911

5 жыл бұрын

hung well Dan didnt do drugs nor Jane

I laughed so hard that I cried ....this is by far one of the best sketches 😭😭😭

OH YEAH...I remember this episode well. Watching it with my sister and our dog as kids in the 70's. No matter what I was doing , I would always be sure to be in front of the TV on Saturday night as a kid and young teen in the 70's . By Far the Best years of Saturday Night Live . The most memorable cast. Jane Curtain , Dan Akroyd, Lorraine Newman , Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi , and Garrett Morris.

My friends and I first saw this when we were in college mid-1970s. As you can imagine, nothing like this had ever been seen. It’s no exaggeration to say we nearly died!!!

OMG I remember this skit so clearly after all these years! 🤣

Why are you all spinning? I think I'm going to go to sleep now....bon appetite!

@evelynnfantasma13

3 жыл бұрын

SAVE THE LIVER!

"S-s-a-altines"

Interesting that at 6ft 2 in, Julia was actually taller than Dan Aykroyd. What a character she was. I remember my mother watching and enjoying her show and appreciating her sense of humor.

what a Legend is Dan Aykroyd!

"Save the chicken liver!" That's become another one of my favorite non sequiturs! I've loved this skit since I first saw it on the original show. Now, THAT'S comedy!

This was when I would watch SNL every Saturday. All of the characters on this show were exactly that…CHARACTERS.

Julia liked this skit and showed it to her friends 🍗

Oh My God! That's so funny that Mr. Dan Aykroyd did his best sketch character of Julia Child respectively with Elwood Blues. LOL! 😂😂😂😂😂

Absolute classic. Almost any member of SNL's later cast would be breaking long before the end of the sketch. Fallon, for instance, couldn't even make it half way.

When I first saw this over 40 years ago I was 8 years old. I was like, Why's everyone laughing? She's bleeding everywhere.

If I recall correctly, this is an exaggerated version of an episode of her show where she cut herself and soldiered on. While the show ultimately became famous and put PBS on the map, it was a very low budget show where they couldn’t afford to do multiple takes and, unlike today’s cooking shows, wouldn’t have had a supply of prepped chickens and such on standby. So you had to do one take and be done, and if something went wrong (like you cut yourself) you just dealt with it and moved on.

I bet Julia Childs had a good laugh at this. She had a great sense of humor

@ddlee202257

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Julia Child reportedly loved this sketch so much she showed it to friends at parties. True story!

Saw this skit live at a friend's birthday party while we were all in high school...laughed so hard we were all *crying!* Her mother had ZERO sense of humor, so her disapproving stare at the screen just made us laugh all the harder!

My brother just cut off a finger today and I sent this to him. He laughed hysterically. It could be the video or the pain killers or a combination of both, but he laughed. Thank you to SNL when it used to be funny!

I remember watching this for the first time, live on my tv, with an old outdoor antenna. The reception was always better late at night. Anybody remember turning the pole trying to "fine tune" the station?

@RaymondHng

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. We had a rooftop antenna with an electric antenna rotator. The control box would be a loud click noise once per second as the antenna turned.

I saw this in the CNN documentary with my parents last night and I was laughing. Dan in Drag, I thought I’d never see the day! I also loved her voice, especially the, “What’s missing in this picture? The goose!”

Watching a PBS show on Julia Child and it reminded me of this SNL skit

I can watch this clip all day long and still laugh.

I saw this skit when I was fifteen and was stunned by all the blood. Then after Julia passed out and the closing theme started running I almost died laughing. The next morning over breakfast, I tried reenacting it for my whole family.

Every time I fix a chicken I have to use and then explain my 'save the liver' joke.

Still hilarious OMG ! Grew up with these skits! 🤣🤣🤣

On the topic of Dan Aykroyd and his comedic brilliance, please upload the Halloween Consumer Report sketch.

@sully3010

5 жыл бұрын

Invisible pedestrian

@Tom53Tech

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJmBy7CKmcnAk7A.html

@mikelazenka3534

2 жыл бұрын

Mameway

This comedy can only be found in 'A Space in Time" Thank You Aykroyd!!!

Remember seeing this one when it first came out SNL. Dan Aykroyd in one of his better skits, smoked a little weed and we were on our way for the evening!!!!

@rcrhinehart66

5 жыл бұрын

Rarely watched SNL with friends without a bong involved.

@moonglow1311

5 жыл бұрын

@Amy Sternheim That's okay Amy, as long as the people that were watching it weren't sober...!!!😀😁

Dan Aykroyd is a national trreasure

There are three things I require to be watched in my house on Thanksgiving: the Macy's parade, the NFL games, and this skit.

I freak'n love me some Dan Aykroyd❗️

Oh my gosh I love Dan Aykroyd so much, I’m obsessed with him.

Lmaooooooo y’all play too much!!!!! 😂. I miss Mrs Julie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I remember all of us at the house watching this live....................we smoked a lot of this funny stuff hand rolled....... and soon we were all, honestly, ROTFLOFAO!

Holy moly! Was this funny or what? Boy did they make us laugh back then. Thank you for posting it

I was 14 and I laughed so hard I started crying!!!!

Always 💜 Dan Akroyd, reminds me of my father I didn’t know. This is Christmas morning. Thanksgiving morning too.

I can't part out a chicken or rabbit without saying in my Julia Child voice "Save the liver!" LOLOL.

I could watch this a Million times and want to watch it another million times. EXCELLENT !!!!

Julia laughed at this. RIP my love....

Modern SNL sketches don’t even come close to these laugh out load like The French Chef.

@BeatlesCentricUniverse

3 ай бұрын

In truth, many of the sketches in the first several seasons are extremely unfunny and hard to watch these days. But as you say, this one is still very funny.

I just showed this to my son, who is 26 and never experienced the full joy of SNL during its apex in the mid to late 70s. He got a real kick out of it. I told him about the early days where an SNL skit would be followed by a fake commercial like the one for "Doggie Downers" or "Tryopenin" and that really blew his mind.

Dan Aykroyd is a brilliant actor.

I dressed up as Dan's version of Julia for my baking speech the other day and everyone loved it

@moneyman1995100

3 жыл бұрын

Did you remind them to save the liver?