Riddles of the Universe - Saturday Night Live

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  • Опубліковано 2 лют 2025

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  • @ticklemeelmo73
    @ticklemeelmo73 3 роки тому +20

    Wow. I saw this when it originally aired in 1987. Feeling old. Still remembered the sit-up question.

  • @saytr4
    @saytr4 3 роки тому +20

    34 years later I remember every answer. Best sketch premise ever.

    • @LeadSurge3000
      @LeadSurge3000 24 дні тому +1

      *Yes! Not funny; but VERY fascinating!*

  • @ErikaTBus
    @ErikaTBus 2 роки тому +8

    'What's the grossest thing I ever ate?' 'You don't want to know.' I think about this often, haha - one of my favorite SNL skits!

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor 4 роки тому +23

    Thank you! I’ve been looking for this skit for years!

  • @shanemcfaddenable
    @shanemcfaddenable 4 роки тому +25

    0:37 That laugh stole the show

  • @rishoutfield2043
    @rishoutfield2043 2 роки тому +12

    The truth that "Professional wrestling is real" has echoed in my head for thirty-five years.

  • @dkrom
    @dkrom 4 роки тому +12

    A good slice of life sketch.

  • @Durant1978
    @Durant1978 4 роки тому +13

    The backdrop for the set is Maxfield Parrish's Daybreak

    • @Carolina-4JC
      @Carolina-4JC 4 роки тому +3

      Are you also a Saint?

    • @hd-xc2lz
      @hd-xc2lz 3 роки тому +1

      Much respect to you, sir! A well known but under-appreciated painter and illustrator.

    • @Violets14
      @Violets14 3 роки тому +2

      Love his work. Thanks for reminding me!

    • @LeadSurge3000
      @LeadSurge3000 24 дні тому +1

      *Parrish rules!*

  • @LynnFingerhut
    @LynnFingerhut 5 днів тому

    This sketch has lived rent free in my head for 38 years apparently.

  • @davidbowman5105
    @davidbowman5105 3 роки тому +7

    I still want to know what the worst thing he ever ate was.

    • @gingermckee1811
      @gingermckee1811 2 роки тому +2

      I looked up this skit expressly for this question! 😂 😂 Couldn’t remember the answer-which was awesome btw, the whole butterscotch/earwig/distracted by the football game thing-but the whole premise of there being a potential list of things I have unknowingly eaten in my life has bugged me ever since I first saw it all those years ago! And I’m really, REALLY glad I don’t know my own answer!!!!!🤣🤣

  • @freespeechisdead1565
    @freespeechisdead1565 4 роки тому +6

    Anyone remember when the 'click for more' hyperlinks at the end of the video actually worked?

  • @Carolina-4JC
    @Carolina-4JC 4 роки тому +5

    I love this skit.

  • @abchernin
    @abchernin 7 років тому +14

    Damn goldfish! I always knew something was up with them…

  • @honorablebandit
    @honorablebandit 7 днів тому

    One of the most memorable sketches of SNL that was mildly funny but mattered to me the most.

  • @alexblackburn2021
    @alexblackburn2021 2 роки тому +3

    Lord lord I remember the night this episode came on I was 17 and I felt very adult keeping my eyes open for this one top five of all time easily👍😁❤️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Nomadcreations
    @Nomadcreations 2 роки тому +1

    & 4 "Who's better? Thats a TOTAL Personal Opinion Answer!!!

  • @stephenison5703
    @stephenison5703 2 роки тому +5

    And to think he would have been president after he found the treasure chest 🤦💯

  • @rachelpaul4542
    @rachelpaul4542 Рік тому +2

    Very spiritual and SNL classic

  • @MrDino1953
    @MrDino1953 5 років тому +9

    What questions would YOU have asked? I would ask where all those missing socks went.

    • @kristianfagerstrom7011
      @kristianfagerstrom7011 4 роки тому

      Quantum physics, is there a purpose or did you just get lazy?

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor 2 роки тому +1

      Do we really pick our lives before we get to Earth?

  • @TrumbullComic
    @TrumbullComic 2 роки тому +3

    Always liked this sketch. I hope there's someone like this in the afterlife to answer all my questions.

  • @luishumbertovega3900
    @luishumbertovega3900 Рік тому

    I saw this a loooooong time ago and what I remembered clearly was what they say about Bruce Willis !!! 😂😂😂

  • @AW-vi3df
    @AW-vi3df 10 місяців тому +1

    5:05 they change the formula for Coke because of the war on drugs. The first time it was changed, was specifically because of the war on drugs, because cocaine was one of the drugs that drugs scheduling targeted So cocaine was swapped out for more caffeine-another extremely addictive stimulant drug..
    Willow has changed again when researchers found that that people preferred the sweeter taste of Pepsi . So call Paola reformulated its recipe to be sweeter. Loading it with more sugar in 1985

  • @user-lw8zf3wq4y
    @user-lw8zf3wq4y 3 роки тому

    The angel's eyes are so bright with sparkling 🖤🖤🖤

  • @felicity4711
    @felicity4711 Рік тому

    3:24 Cats. Smooth peanut butter. Neither; they both burn up from the friction

  • @dennistate5953
    @dennistate5953 Рік тому +1

    Lutheran here. Yep.❤

  • @DavidMay-cc1xo
    @DavidMay-cc1xo 6 місяців тому

    I could watch several more hours of John asking questions.
    How many spiders actually crawled into my mouth when I was asleep?
    How many people peeked through my window to see me naked?
    How much urine did I produce?
    Was there anyone I ever knew who got eaten by an animal?
    What's the weirdest way someone has died?
    Why did Juliet dump me? She said it wasn't me, it was her, but it was me, wasn't it?

  • @labanyadatta251
    @labanyadatta251 6 років тому +15

    The funny thing is Dana was raised Lutheran and still probably is.

  • @malkavmind
    @malkavmind 4 роки тому +1

    fun fact: andy kaufman is the olny real alive today

  • @LynnHarrod
    @LynnHarrod 2 роки тому +1

    4:07 That Bruce Willis joke lands a little different today.

    • @dfangirl72
      @dfangirl72 2 роки тому +2

      probably making the " joke " about Bruce willis because they were in a movie called Blind date .John played a crazed ex of Bruce's date Kim Basinger.

  • @cprice7154
    @cprice7154 Рік тому

    I loved this at the time, and love it now. Favorite religion Lutheran

  • @cl759
    @cl759 2 роки тому

    Seeing how my personal goal for today turns out to be jumping all the way to the ceiling, can you make that outro music a bit louder?

  • @ricktherrien8235
    @ricktherrien8235 2 роки тому

    This would have been better suited with the Title "Questions For The Universe?" Not "Ridles Of The Universe"

  • @waylonnicholson371
    @waylonnicholson371 Рік тому

    Don’t know if I should laugh at the Bruce Willis line or feel sad about it.

    • @copywritergena1225
      @copywritergena1225 11 місяців тому +1

      The reason he said that was because he and Bruce were starring in Blind Date together at the time. Kind of an in joke.

  • @Capcoor
    @Capcoor 4 роки тому +11

    My favorite part:
    “Why did they change the formula for Coke?“
    “No one knows.“
    That must be under things known only to God.

    • @bobbyfeet2240
      @bobbyfeet2240 2 роки тому +1

      Even God doesn't get that one.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor 2 роки тому

      @@bobbyfeet2240 God gets everything.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor Рік тому

      On second thought, I see your point.

    • @Capcoor
      @Capcoor 6 місяців тому

      4:53

  • @khalidogilbee1540
    @khalidogilbee1540 2 роки тому

    😂😂

  • @michalrzmichalrz6656
    @michalrzmichalrz6656 3 роки тому +2

    Feels unfinished though.

    • @Nomadcreations
      @Nomadcreations 2 роки тому

      So TRUE, Like a diff ending was part of it

  • @Nomadcreations
    @Nomadcreations 2 роки тому

    I was waiting ............. PATIENTLY; ...................... For some sort Of "Punch Line", ................ Like they then walked off into Evil Darkness.

  • @MiscerVids
    @MiscerVids Рік тому

    What's this actors name, not Dana Carvey

  • @ATMyles
    @ATMyles 8 місяців тому

    I think the audience was also dead.

  • @Jason-vp8nd
    @Jason-vp8nd 4 місяці тому

    UA-cam your cancer to your own self over your own community guidelines by letting videos like this even exists on your platform

  • @erikgriffith8857
    @erikgriffith8857 4 роки тому

    This can't be right. The Stones are clearly better.

    • @thebestforthemost
      @thebestforthemost 3 роки тому +3

      No man, the Knowing All Angel clearly said the Beattles :)