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  • @DialSforSam
    @DialSforSam 4 роки тому +858

    When Ford passed away in '06, I messaged my brother as soon as I got home from work. His response: "He was not eaten by wolves. He was not delicious."

  • @larryynman3251
    @larryynman3251 3 роки тому +352

    I was a teenager when this sketch was done and I literally was crying laughing so hard on the floor.... "He's a former president, Tom. What are you saying, he's not delicious?"

  • @JHallDaBoss
    @JHallDaBoss 4 роки тому +89

    This is pure gold...I remember keeling over with belly laughter at this when I was a kid.

  • @MusicWithoutReservation
    @MusicWithoutReservation 2 роки тому +174

    “Would I still be the anchor if Zimbabwe invaded us?”
    “Yeah, if you break the Gerald Ford story.”

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 2 роки тому +4

      Hum-bu-hum-bu-we Gerald Ford
      (click click)

  • @chasegrebb7015
    @chasegrebb7015 11 днів тому +11

    As soon i heard the news of Jimmy Carter, it made me think of this sketch! I had a best of SNL Dana Carvey vhs tape that i watched multiple times. This, along with “chopping broccoli” clang around in my head eternally.

    • @cubbyrupers5345
      @cubbyrupers5345 11 днів тому +1

      I thought the same thing!!

    • @crowtservo
      @crowtservo 6 днів тому

      Jimmy Carter shot dead today at the senseless age of 100.

  • @whitey138
    @whitey138 3 роки тому +155

    For all those people that think they are going crazy from remembering this as a Dana Carvey Show sketch, you aren’t crazy (well not entirely). That episode never aired but later that year (1996) Dana hosted SNL and re-did the sketch with Robert Smigel reprising his role as the voice of the producer.

    • @jpiii8887
      @jpiii8887 Рік тому +7

      That's Jim Downey, not Robert Smigel, as the voice/producer.

    • @RocketSauce666
      @RocketSauce666 Рік тому +12

      @@jpiii8887 - and we learned form Strike Force Five that this was written by Steven Colbert and Louis C.K.

  • @dynjarren8355
    @dynjarren8355 4 роки тому +64

    Dana Carvey is brilliant! What a great Brokaw impression! Thank you UA-cam for making this available so I can see it again.

  • @PatrickSilent
    @PatrickSilent Рік тому +89

    As a historian, I can confirm that William Howard Taft indeed died after being viciously attacked by a pack of wolves. Senselessly.

    • @glenbard07
      @glenbard07 Рік тому +11

      Was he delicious?

    • @PatrickSilent
      @PatrickSilent Рік тому +11

      @@glenbard07That part was embellished somewhat. He actually tasted fine. Just fine.

    • @anthonymarshall8311
      @anthonymarshall8311 4 місяці тому +7

      Correct...At the senseless age of 83...

    • @bryanstarkweather
      @bryanstarkweather 4 місяці тому +5

      Before or after he got stuck in a bathtub?

    • @PatrickSilent
      @PatrickSilent 4 місяці тому +5

      @@bryanstarkweather Obviously during.

  • @singlesideman
    @singlesideman 4 роки тому +160

    I had the most hilarious experience meeting Tom Brokaw in the late nineties in West Cornwall, CT, where I lived and worked at the time. He was an avid fly fisherman and had a place there and another in Montana. I was working at one of the very few businesses in the tiny town, a pottery store that had gifts and furniture, and we had an extremely rustic grandfather clock right in front, easily visible through the front door. He popped in one summer morning, surprisingly tall and fair, sans makeup, and looking around nervously as if for paparazzi, inquired, in his inimitable, singular, hilarious way, "How much for the - cl000ck?". I almost fell over, laughing. He was a real life parody of himself. It was a priceless moment...

    • @cbrown8814
      @cbrown8814 2 роки тому +4

      How can there not be more to that story... c'mon, dude

    • @singlesideman
      @singlesideman 2 роки тому +7

      @@cbrown8814 there isn't. It was just a priceless, perfect, hilarious moment.

    • @MelancoliaI
      @MelancoliaI Рік тому +2

      cl000k 💀

    • @singlesideman
      @singlesideman Рік тому +1

      @@fatdaddync that wouldn't have been nearly as interesting, and it would have been predictable and trite.

    • @avlanche7777
      @avlanche7777 Рік тому +2

      Pretty cool, thanks!

  • @afmartin2734
    @afmartin2734 Рік тому +72

    To this day, one of the all time classic skits. We still quote this regularly. Priceless.

    • @ryand5739
      @ryand5739 Рік тому +4

      I drive through an intersection at Gerald Ford Dr. in my town at least a few times a week. I cannot help but say “Ggherald Fhord died today…” every time. I can’t stop myself! I try!

    • @borisivanovmusic
      @borisivanovmusic 9 місяців тому +2

      “You’re not gay now, but one day you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies, and we’re screwed!”
      is one of the greatest comedic lines ever written.

    • @melgor5785
      @melgor5785 8 місяців тому +1

      My 84 year old dad and I were saying Gherrald Fhord until the day he passed away l

  • @NYCBlonde
    @NYCBlonde 4 роки тому +133

    "He was...delishus." Literally crying rn, one of their best ever skits.

  • @Vaporvice84
    @Vaporvice84 3 роки тому +154

    "Gerald Ford is not gonna be eaten by wolves"
    "Taft was."
    "Really? Taft?"

  • @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423
    @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423 2 роки тому +39

    This has been showing up on my suggested list for over a week and I have avoided watching it. Today, because there was nothing interesting to look at I, decided to try this. This is literally the funniest SNL skit that I have ever seen. And I go all the way back to the 70's with this show. this was a creative comedic masterpiece.

  • @aclarkedesign
    @aclarkedesign Рік тому +29

    One of the best sketches ever from the Dana Carvey Show. Glad they redid it on SNL since it they didnt air the last DCS episode.

  • @WTFG78
    @WTFG78 3 роки тому +244

    I remember seeing this sketch live on TV. At the end of the episode before the end credits, Dana Carvey iterated that Gerald Ford was in fact alive and well. Ford went on to live 10 more years afterwards.

    • @FZeroDragon
      @FZeroDragon 3 роки тому +32

      But Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

    • @robertsprouse9282
      @robertsprouse9282 3 роки тому +12

      @@FZeroDragon, not because he was attacked by a Gay lion, either.

    • @seanmurphy26
      @seanmurphy26 2 роки тому +4

      Dude, I was a kid watching this! I remember everything, and I'm dying watching this now!

    • @Zebra_3
      @Zebra_3 Рік тому +1

      @@robertsprouse9282 but was delicious.

    • @cypressneedles
      @cypressneedles 6 місяців тому +2

      ...until he was senselessly eaten by wolves.

  • @Kk-fc5jw
    @Kk-fc5jw 2 роки тому +91

    Robert Smeigel probably wrote this as you can hear his voice! Greatest SNL writer of all time! Genius 🕺🏻

    • @KazKcatta
      @KazKcatta Рік тому +12

      I thought that sounded like Smeigel, saved me some googling. Also interesting tidbit about Colbert.

    • @eyalshachar1831
      @eyalshachar1831 Рік тому +14

      Colbert actually wrote it

    • @ChokeslamToHell
      @ChokeslamToHell Рік тому +1

      He sounds like his George W Bush Conan impression lol.

    • @s.kreusler5081
      @s.kreusler5081 9 місяців тому

      I don't believe that. Smigel actually has genuine comedic talent. By contrast I've known about Colbert since the late 2000s and I've never laughed at anything he's done, it's just one neverending smug sneer of liberal contempt. I think Smigel's a much better candidate for the author, regardless of what anyone says.@@eyalshachar1831

    • @mikefarrington7141
      @mikefarrington7141 9 місяців тому +3

      Colbert and Louis C.K. wrote it. They were guest writing for Dana (they were writers on The Dana Carvey Show at the time).

  • @Kratosx23
    @Kratosx23 2 роки тому +121

    "Today, you're not gay, you know, then one day, you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies and we're screwed!".😂
    Greatest line I've ever heard.

  • @robertromero9488
    @robertromero9488 5 років тому +138

    My favourite was "Gerald Ford shot dead today at the senseless age of 83." 😂😜

    • @lancesmith3574
      @lancesmith3574 7 місяців тому

      Me too!!! I'm not joking at all 😂

  • @bguzewi0
    @bguzewi0 8 місяців тому +14

    This is one of those skits that always stuck with me.

  • @DaDitka
    @DaDitka 4 роки тому +27

    One of the better skits on SNL I have ever seen. Great stuff.

  • @arthurjackson6395
    @arthurjackson6395 8 років тому +210

    "...at the senseless age of 83.". :D

    • @thehunzz
      @thehunzz 5 місяців тому +1

      One line that aged particularly well.

  • @Eggs_is_eggs
    @Eggs_is_eggs 6 років тому +99

    Robert Smigel is the voice of the producer. This was also an unaired sketch from the Dana Carvey Show and re-used on SNL.

    • @freddyrichards878
      @freddyrichards878 4 роки тому +5

      Huh, kinda weird that the show would upload it on their channel. Seems more like something an amateur fan would do.

    • @andrew_owens7680
      @andrew_owens7680 4 роки тому +1

      He could have done the voice of Triumph the Insult Dog. Would have given it an edge.

    • @Eggs_is_eggs
      @Eggs_is_eggs 4 роки тому +12

      @@freddyrichards878 The skit was originally filmed for the Dana Carvey Show but was never aired. They then re-did the skit on SNL so this is the SNL version of the skit.

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 роки тому +4

      Senselessly, did not know Dana Carvey had a Show.

    • @gaussmanv2
      @gaussmanv2 4 роки тому +1

      Ah yes I didn't have to scroll far. I was wondering if it was smigel.

  • @Stubby1085
    @Stubby1085 3 роки тому +131

    “Oh sure you’re not gay right now but then one day you wake up you like men, Gerald Ford dies, and we’re screwed.” 😂

    • @jp-jax
      @jp-jax 11 місяців тому +8

      “Everyone’s hearing about it from Dan Rather” 😂

  • @elainebenes7971
    @elainebenes7971 11 місяців тому +9

    For context this was based on an actual wild satellite feed where Brokaw was pre-recording obituaries.

  • @christopherritsch9244
    @christopherritsch9244 4 роки тому +73

    I'm going on record in saying this is one of the top 5 sketches ever by SNL. "Really Taft?".

  • @pioadventures
    @pioadventures 4 роки тому +28

    "Gerald ford dead today after being senselessly mauled by a circus lion in a convenience store" is permanently etched into my brain from the first time I saw this 🤣

  • @ramzcoldlampin5460
    @ramzcoldlampin5460 Рік тому +7

    Those “alright, alright” transitions are perfection! 😂

  • @jonathanmoxon9894
    @jonathanmoxon9894 2 роки тому +39

    I love how Brokaw appears to find it more probable that Ford would be chopped into little bits by the propeller of a commuter plane versus being eaten by wolves.

    • @williamkoscielniak7871
      @williamkoscielniak7871 Рік тому +4

      Yup! It's a nice subtlety that most of us probably wouldn't notice without repeated listens. This entire bit is just ridiculously well written and executed!

    • @amitbasu7516
      @amitbasu7516 4 місяці тому

      @@williamkoscielniak7871 I mean, when you consider how many politicians have died in small planes.

    • @virgilhodgesjr1524
      @virgilhodgesjr1524 3 місяці тому +1

      And also it was more likely that Zombie Nixon would rise from his grave to strangle Gerald Ford, than Ford being eaten by wolves.

  • @ImmortalBroken
    @ImmortalBroken 3 роки тому +34

    This is easily one of my favorite SNL sketches of all-time. 😂

  • @KatharineDalton-xv5ud
    @KatharineDalton-xv5ud Рік тому +5

    This skit is one of the funniest skits ever produced! It never ceases to make me laugh hysterically, even though I've seen it dozens of times! Dana Carvey is brilliant and whoever wrote the script is outstanding! 😂

  • @vhfreak
    @vhfreak 8 місяців тому +6

    Carvey's delivery of the line "crack cocaine" is so on-point Brokaw.

  • @veromoreno-diaz
    @veromoreno-diaz 3 роки тому +41

    This is one of the funniest sketches ever lol nice job of the writers, excellent delivery by Dana :-)

    • @jeffreyturkell4959
      @jeffreyturkell4959 2 роки тому +2

      This was written for the Dana Carvey Show on ABC, which cancelled the show and wouldn’t air the episode that included this skit.

    • @seanmurphy26
      @seanmurphy26 2 роки тому +2

      @@jeffreyturkell4959 wow! Great tidbit! Who is reading the words back to dana? It sounds like smigel? Or downy?

    • @jeffreyturkell4959
      @jeffreyturkell4959 2 роки тому +2

      @@seanmurphy26 I think it’s Smigel, who likely did the same thing a few months earlier when they did this bit on the unaired episode of the The Dana Carvey Show.

    • @Blackshirt123
      @Blackshirt123 Рік тому +3

      @@seanmurphy26 It's Smigel. The sketch idea came from Colbert, who was watching a CBS news feed in the building of Dan Rather reading off a bunch in advance of Reagan's death. Colbert and Smigel started riffing on the ideas, then Louis CK added a few touches to it.

  • @MisterGarak
    @MisterGarak 2 роки тому +66

    "Gerald Ford shot dead today, at the age of 83."
    "Add the word 'senseless' in there."
    "Gerald Ford shot dead today, at the senseless age of 83."
    My favorite part in the whole skit. I couldn't stop laughing.

    • @RayoAtra
      @RayoAtra Рік тому +3

      same. always been my favorite joke from the bit.

  • @jbanks979
    @jbanks979 2 роки тому +16

    The narrator is Robert Smigel yes? One of the all time classics of sketch comedy whether SNL Or Dana Carvey show.

  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 4 роки тому +65

    "Tragedy today as Gerald Ford was eaten by wolves. He was delicious." Still cracks me up after all these years XD

    • @wvu05
      @wvu05 Рік тому +2

      "Don't you think that's superfluous?"

    • @charlesgreen8703
      @charlesgreen8703 6 місяців тому +1

      @@wvu05 “It’s a former President Tom…what are you saying,he’s not delicious?”

  • @InfinitelyQurious
    @InfinitelyQurious 3 роки тому +12

    I remember watching this bit live when I was a kid, and I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

  • @derpaderh9269
    @derpaderh9269 4 роки тому +30

    Who would have ever guessed that Ford would really die ten years later at the senseless age of 93?

    • @DaDitka
      @DaDitka 4 роки тому +3

      Took me by surprise, I can tell you that!
      Lol

    • @asill.6668
      @asill.6668 2 роки тому +2

      Lol

  • @davisanderson4274
    @davisanderson4274 Рік тому +29

    Possibly the number one SNL clip of all time. Its impossible not to laugh

  • @joemagnus5085
    @joemagnus5085 Рік тому +6

    This is comedy gold

  • @Redhead77
    @Redhead77 4 роки тому +132

    "It's a FORMER PRESIDENT, Tom, what are you saying? He's *not* delicious?"

    • @liquid6901
      @liquid6901 4 роки тому +3

      Gerald Ford being mauled by a circus lion at a 7-11 is "on-brand" as we say!

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 роки тому +1

      LOL...and that line was delivered so well.

    • @woodykelleher9253
      @woodykelleher9253 3 роки тому

      Okay?!

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 2 роки тому +1

      I know really?

  • @daveguy11
    @daveguy11 4 роки тому +65

    I keep telling you people, Dana Carvey is an f'ing genius.

    • @angelofverdun456
      @angelofverdun456 4 роки тому +3

      What do you mean, “you people”?

    • @daveguy11
      @daveguy11 4 роки тому +7

      @@angelofverdun456 You, specifically.

    • @angelofverdun456
      @angelofverdun456 4 роки тому +2

      @@daveguy11 oh... thank you!

    • @katedalton7103
      @katedalton7103 3 роки тому

      He is. This sketch was hilarious! I don't know how many times I've watched it. t keeps me laughing every time

    • @markdaniels7174
      @markdaniels7174 2 роки тому

      What’s with calling us “you people,” you freakin’ racist! 😉
      Yes, Dana Carvey is goddamn GOLD!

  • @JamesCanDoAnything
    @JamesCanDoAnything 3 роки тому +11

    When you start a propeller airplane engine, you always have to yell out "clear," like with a defibrillator. Just in case Gerald Ford is standing there.

  • @jean-marcrocher1463
    @jean-marcrocher1463 8 років тому +135

    Lost it at "Taft was."

    • @StevenEveral
      @StevenEveral 6 років тому +15

      Really, Taft? 😂

    • @joecoupon8299
      @joecoupon8299 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, now I gotta google it...

    • @svavarkjarrval8757
      @svavarkjarrval8757 4 роки тому +4

      @@joecoupon8299 Checked it and seems it's not true unless wolves somehow invaded his house.

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 роки тому +8

      @@svavarkjarrval8757 Wolves invaded his House, senselessly. Sans Leashes, as well.

    • @carlbutler2212
      @carlbutler2212 3 роки тому

      Unknown soldiers tomb since WW2..big Winston Churchill fan

  • @orvilleblackman8043
    @orvilleblackman8043 4 роки тому +20

    I always end up in tears laughing watching these old SNL classics . Carvey, Hartman, Mc Donald, Nealon, Kittan, and all the women,,Otteri etc...funny as hell

  • @robinrichards72
    @robinrichards72 4 роки тому +17

    When Ford died, the announcement came at 1130pm on a Saturday. I was watching NBC. It took me a minute to realize it was real and not Dana Carvey!

  • @dee9575
    @dee9575 5 років тому +66

    "Stunning news...as Richard Nixon's corpse climbed out of it's grave and strangled Gerald Ford to death" and "Gerald Ford was mauled senselessly by a circus lion in a convenience store" 🤣🤣 Thanks for the belly laughs Dana!

    • @katedalton7103
      @katedalton7103 3 роки тому +6

      I love the photo of Richard Nixon as he crawled out of his grave and strangled Gerald R. Ford. That one had me on my ear!
      Tha

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 роки тому +6

      You could totally see Nixon revived by his burning rage at all of humanity and doing this.

  • @stephenl6758
    @stephenl6758 3 роки тому +24

    I love the guy feeding him stories. “It’s a former President- what are you saying, he isn’t delicious?”

  • @ksmoker27
    @ksmoker27 4 роки тому +11

    So funny. In his interview on the Late Show, Carvey credits Colbert with writing this sketch.

  • @jgrey8959
    @jgrey8959 Рік тому +9

    I enjoyed this today, at the senseless age of 52.

  • @TheNN
    @TheNN 4 роки тому +42

    Well Tom Brokaw is now retiring, so I'm just here remembering this classic sketch.

    • @ctbadger
      @ctbadger 4 роки тому +2

      Same!

    • @zacharykim5596
      @zacharykim5596 4 роки тому +2

      Me 3

    • @Alphatau1823
      @Alphatau1823 4 роки тому +3

      Meyers did a joke about the teleprompter being how he found out and it immediately made me look up this sketch lol!

    • @rossberger295
      @rossberger295 4 роки тому +1

      Dittoooooo

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 4 роки тому +13

    2:26 - great. Now I have to look up if Taft was eaten by wolves (for the record - he died in his bed...eaten by podiatrists).
    This was one of those sketchs I had to pause because I was laughing so hard.

  • @jankarlsson8341
    @jankarlsson8341 9 років тому +42

    One of my favorite skits from SNL, great stuff!

    • @mauktenbrink9211
      @mauktenbrink9211 5 років тому +6

      Did you know this sketch was actually from the Dana Carvey show? This sketch was part of the last episode, that was never aired. You should look up old sketches from that show they're hilarious.

    • @dansoderburg1854
      @dansoderburg1854 4 роки тому

      @@mauktenbrink9211 ha ok thank god I was like this isn’t from snl, thought I was getting Alzheimer’s in my early 30s

    • @zplapplap
      @zplapplap 3 роки тому +1

      @@dansoderburg1854 I saw the skit on SNL when it was first shown. Interesting to learn that it was brought over from another show.

    • @robertsprouse9282
      @robertsprouse9282 3 роки тому

      @@mauktenbrink9211, he first, or secondly, did it on SNL.

  • @Jaymindrew1990
    @Jaymindrew1990 4 роки тому +5

    2:36. “Tragedy today as former President Gharall Foard was eaten by wolves . . . he was delicious”. LOL 😂

  • @Toast960
    @Toast960 4 роки тому +23

    Pure genius from Robert Smigel, Stephen Colbert, and Louis C. K.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 роки тому +1

      They wrote this?

    • @Toast960
      @Toast960 3 роки тому +6

      @@squamish4244 Yup. This sketch actually came from the old Dana Carvey Show. The episode it was supposed to be on never aired so they put it on when Carvey hosted SNL. Colbert saw Dan Rather doing a lot of pre-tapes for potential news stories and mentioned it to Smigel, who then took that idea and began expanding on it. Colbert and Smigel wrote the first draft and Louis added the more oddly specific things like "chopped into bits by a plane," etc.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 роки тому +1

      @@Toast960 I didn't know Colbert wrote for SNL, but it doesn't surprise me. He is IMO the funniest Late Night comedian. I know he has writers, but some of the humour sounds like it came right from him. I also like that he does his own sketches, which Jon Stewart didn't do, he never came out from behind that desk for some reason (he does now).

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 3 роки тому +1

      @@squamish4244 in a round about way, this sketch is repurposed from an entirely different show. Colbert had a failed audition for SNL shortly after that and Tracy Morgan was chosen over him

    • @stedr
      @stedr 3 роки тому +3

      That line about "one day you wake up, you like men, gerald ford dies, and we're screwed" I could hear it in CK's voice, had to be him

  • @arianprofit
    @arianprofit 3 роки тому +13

    Comedy for me growing up wouldn’t have been the same without Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman. (Throw in John Ritter and Eddie Murphy). My skits, sitcom, and movies. My favorite Standup came later in life. Chapelle.

  • @Kylefassbinderful
    @Kylefassbinderful 4 роки тому +7

    This is such a classic. To this day I always think of this skit when I see old Tom Brokaw clips

  • @senororlando2
    @senororlando2 3 роки тому +4

    @1:59 master class in keeping it together

  • @JosePerez-vz1qq
    @JosePerez-vz1qq 2 роки тому +11

    The off-screen director is hysterical.

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 2 роки тому +3

      That's Robert Smigel.

  • @annikala
    @annikala 3 роки тому +4

    I frequently say “Gerald Ford” out loud in the voice and no one ever knows what I’m referencing

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket Рік тому +2

    I am not sure any SNL sketch has ever made me laugh this much.
    ✌️

  • @katydalton4759
    @katydalton4759 4 роки тому +3

    I can't stop watching this! One of the funniest sketches ever!

  • @glenbard07
    @glenbard07 4 роки тому +28

    I wonder if Gerald Ford ever saw this.

    • @sayhibobbi
      @sayhibobbi 6 місяців тому +1

      Not before the wolves got to him.

    • @Jantv81
      @Jantv81 5 місяців тому +1

      @@sayhibobbiRight? He was delicious!

  • @glenndespres5317
    @glenndespres5317 4 роки тому +5

    I remember watching this live. It’s still a riot.

  • @2010gt1
    @2010gt1 4 роки тому +93

    Oh come on, Gerald Ford isn’t going to be eaten by wolves.
    Taft was.
    Really? Taft?

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 роки тому +7

      Every time I hear Taft in any context whatsoever I say "Really Taft"?

    • @Redhead77
      @Redhead77 3 роки тому

      @@clebo99 SAME!

    • @liquid6901
      @liquid6901 3 роки тому +1

      I dunno, that's quite a task for the wolves!

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 2 роки тому

      @@clebo99 me too. Too bad it don't happen that often

  • @potterpotty01
    @potterpotty01 Рік тому +3

    aparently this was co-written by Stephen Colbert as discussed on the strike force five podcast.

  • @danab7626
    @danab7626 8 місяців тому +2

    The straight man set ups and banter are as funny as Carvey!

  • @waylinvanhalen
    @waylinvanhalen 12 днів тому +4

    Carter died today ...brought me here 😅

  • @stvp68
    @stvp68 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorites

  • @YoussefE.
    @YoussefE. 6 років тому +136

    The Dana Carvey Show, anyone?

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 роки тому +1

      Me....

    • @PunkNStein
      @PunkNStein 4 роки тому +1

      Watch the show, already is one

    • @mazukakai
      @mazukakai 4 роки тому +3

      I prefer this version, which was the original one.

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah I remember his show back in the 90’s. It not only had lots of crazy, over the top, skits but crazy titles as well. Like the “Taco 🌮 Bell 🛎 Dana Carvey Show”. It was utterly ridiculous but always made me laugh. It also featured future comedy stars like Colbert and Louis CK. Incredibly, that show only lasted 1 month before it was cancelled.

    • @LS-td3no
      @LS-td3no 4 роки тому +4

      This was one of the best ones ever. Totally cracks me up. Under appreciated in my book.

  • @gaussmanv2
    @gaussmanv2 4 роки тому +30

    When gerald ford died, this is all I could hear. He was delicious.

  • @locksmithdb5987
    @locksmithdb5987 Місяць тому

    Everytime I hear the name "Gerald Ford" I think of this skit. Dana NAILED the Tom Brokaw impersonation!

  • @camillemckenzie3235
    @camillemckenzie3235 Рік тому +1

    For some reason this makes me think of how the BBC anchors have black suits and ties on standby in case there's a death in the royal family or government

  • @billmcdonnell79
    @billmcdonnell79 2 роки тому +3

    Gerald Ford really died on December 26, 2006, ten years after this SNL sketch and a day after Christmas 2006 making Christmas 2006 his last Christmas ever.

  • @johnhowland974
    @johnhowland974 2 місяці тому

    Came here from "Strike Force Five" Podcast, where Steven Colbert talks about what inspired him to write this sketch. Had never seen it before, hysterical😂.

  • @ZigbertD
    @ZigbertD Рік тому +2

    I think some current news anchors would be smart to pretape breaking announcements that during the Zimbabwean invasion, Tom Brokaw was eaten by wolves at the senseless age of 83 and with his dying breath, declared in Shona, "I'm gay". You know, just in case.

  • @rickyrydell
    @rickyrydell 2 роки тому +8

    Is that Robert Smigel voicing the off-screen prompts? This sounds like a bit he would have written.

  • @dallenYT808
    @dallenYT808 2 роки тому +1

    2:19 “ just read it !” Hahahahahaha

  • @psychshell4644
    @psychshell4644 5 місяців тому +1

    I remember crying with laughter while watching this sketch😂

  • @StevenEveral
    @StevenEveral 6 років тому +24

    'Gerald Ford dead today from an overdose of crack cocaine.'
    Dead. 💀🤣
    On another note, this video has been on UA-cam for almost five years as of 2018, and it only has about 7K views? That's a damn shame.
    Edit: Near the end of 2022 this video now had over 210K views. Good to see it's getting recognized for the brilliant bit of comedy that it is!

  • @stephenabellon2742
    @stephenabellon2742 7 років тому +17

    That "he was delicious", nixon and gay part though

  • @serpentines6356
    @serpentines6356 2 місяці тому

    I think one of the reasons this is so hillarious is because Dana Carvey is so good at staying in character while we hear the laughter as the stories become so increasingly absurd.
    Great job!
    I think Ford was a really good guy too.

  • @justynetubbs211
    @justynetubbs211 2 роки тому +9

    "Gerald Ford was chopped into little bit by the propeller of a commuter plane"🤣🤣🤣

  • @JamesEnsor
    @JamesEnsor Рік тому +1

    To this day, I LITERALLY cannot think of Gerald R. friggin Ford without thinking of this sketch.

  • @KvnDWr
    @KvnDWr 3 роки тому +2

    How does this not have more views??????

  • @blues1001-g5b
    @blues1001-g5b Рік тому

    I love how the pictures change, i.e., wolves, lion, Nixon.

  • @StarWarrior91
    @StarWarrior91 3 роки тому +1

    I remember first seeing this on the Dana Carvey SNL dvd set. Laughed til I cried

  • @EST84x
    @EST84x 5 років тому +33

    That sketch written by Stephen Colbert, no less.

    • @Tordogor
      @Tordogor 3 роки тому +4

      This shows that Colbert used to be funny in the past ...

    • @rafaelsoltren7402
      @rafaelsoltren7402 3 роки тому +1

      I can’t stand Colbert

    • @MarkLipka
      @MarkLipka 2 роки тому +1

      *I believe this was written by Robert Smigel.*

  • @ChokeslamToHell
    @ChokeslamToHell Рік тому +1

    Robert Smigel lol, you can hear his George W Bush impression from Conan in his normal voice.

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 Рік тому +1

    "Gerald Ford" is the key to doing the Tom Brokaw voice

  • @jimmiddleton2206
    @jimmiddleton2206 3 роки тому +1

    Pod Save America has me watching this for the first time. Amazing.

  • @KatherineXIX
    @KatherineXIX 2 місяці тому

    Why is this one of the best SNL sketches of all time?

  • @burakkasal1621
    @burakkasal1621 6 років тому +41

    I can't believe the view count.
    People still can' t appreciate Dana Carvey Show Humor.

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED 3 роки тому +2

      My favorite bit was Carvey playing Strom Thurmond and Bob Smigel playing Bob Dole. Carvey also plays Ted Koppel. ua-cam.com/video/XAkBQ3Z-SVY/v-deo.html
      Today's SNL is a humorless shit-show. Stop Now Lorne, Still Not Laughing.

  • @zacharykim5596
    @zacharykim5596 4 роки тому +21

    “... Heighty-three.”

  • @Shin-Blade
    @Shin-Blade 3 роки тому +1

    My goodness, this is hilarious! This should have more views... 🤣🤣🤣

  • @SignatureStampsFan
    @SignatureStampsFan 3 роки тому +3

    I remember crying laughing when this aired.

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando 5 місяців тому +1

    I found out today that Wolf Blitzer really ought to have banked a few "Joe Biden ends his campaign" announcements, instead of being caught on the hop having a cocktail, which he had tweeted! 😂

  • @kevinfrank8164
    @kevinfrank8164 28 днів тому

    I saw this for the first time in the toilet the other day and laughed until I cried and pooped. I can’t claim the sketch made me poop, but it def made me cry

  • @Locomamonk
    @Locomamonk 10 років тому +148

    "Today you're not dead, you know? Then one day you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies and we're screwed!"

    • @AdhamOhm
      @AdhamOhm 4 роки тому +14

      And everyone's hearing about it from Dan Rather.

    • @Nickname10344
      @Nickname10344 4 роки тому

      69th like

    • @xyzzyxyzzy2
      @xyzzyxyzzy2 4 роки тому +10

      95 people upvote this, and he got the quote completely wrong.

  • @BlaineStewart123
    @BlaineStewart123 4 роки тому

    I was telling someone about this sketch just yesterday. And then it randomly pops up today. Nice.

  • @clebo99
    @clebo99 4 роки тому +4

    I had no idea this was first shown on Dana's show and redone on SNL when he guest hosted.

    • @dansoderburg1854
      @dansoderburg1854 4 роки тому

      Ok now it makes sense. I’ve been posting all confused like “this was on some bootleg Dana carvey show I saw a while ago” and was like wait the timing is all weird and they didn’t do the Gerald Ford was eaten by a lion bit