The internet it largely trash, but the ability to find this sort of thing on UA-cam is the one thing I truly love. It's so good to be able to go back and see this stuff which would otherwise be lost to time.
I'd LMAO so hard as a kid watching this. I've looked everywhere for this ever since and have not been able to find it ANYWHERE! Thank you so much for posting! ❤❤❤❤❤
I saw that crosswalk bit from 12:51-13:11 only once on TV when i was young. I haven't forgotten it in over 35+ years, and it randomly pops into my head now and then. Finally got to see it again. Classic.
@@paulyguitary7651 Those were awesome! I remember a few "If you cut through a gas station to avoid a red light you are an EssoAsso"😂. The other one that stood out to me because I did it all the time when I was a kid lol "when at the movies, you hold up a Jujubee to the movie theater screen to determine it's color is called - Jujuspection". Lmao. 🤣😆
So glad this has been uploaded here, it was on from 1983-1990 and Stuart Pankin was probably the most recognizable of the cast. He's been in a lot of movies and TV shows!
The one guy on this show became an accomplished voice actor, being in countless cartoons. Rich Hall is another interesting person. His retrospective series on BBC is well done.
I have no idea why, but the part at 45:15 has stayed in my head since I saw this at 10 years old. When the guy looks at President Regan's food and wants to grab a piece of toast HAHAHAHAHA
As soon as I saw Anne fiddling with her swimsuit at 23:00, I knew this was the skit where she was trying to wave the old politicians over and they were too dumb to get it. It's been 40 years and seeing the first half-second of that footage brought it all back from the archive in my head. I was 12 when I first saw this. I have zero memory of anything else in this compilation but I had instant recall of her in the green bikini. That's the thing about this show, somebody burned the midnight oil finding any excuse to get Anne Bloom into a swimsuit, and I highly approve.
I remember an episode where a guy walked up to a gas station and asked if there was anything he could do to make $5 and the guys said well you can go around back and stack those tires and then they should miles upon miles of millions of tires the guy came back around and said nevermind 😂😂
One of the two reasons why the news isn't NEWS anymore-it's entertainment😢 (the other was when CBS launched "60 Minutes" in 1968; as what Jesse Ventura pointed out to Google in 2011).
I loved the Sniglets, hehe last one I remember was Esso Asso, its a person who cuts through a gas station to bypass a red light.... EDIT LOL watched the whole video and it actually had the Essoasso, excellent clip, thanks.
The skit at 6:24 is the one I remember the most from this show. Another one, also starring the same guy, is about the Sleep Fairy who helps you go to sleep. I didn't see it in this video. Anyway, we see a guy trying to go to sleep, so the fairy shows up and sprinkles some "sleep dust" over the man to help him go to sleep. Just as the fairy is about to go out the window, the man jostles around a bit, so the fairy goes back and sprinkles a bit more. The man seems to be going to sleep, so the fairy starts for the window again. Again, the man moves around, indicating that he's not falling asleep. This time, the fairy is irritated and goes back to the man. Cut to the next morning and the police are there investigating the death of the man who now has a GIANT pile of "sleep dust" on his head which apparently suffocated him! I laughed so hard as a kid.
@louguzzo4977: I feel sorry for Genz and am glad I'll be dead long before this shit gets much more out of hand. Just glad I was able to enjoy the 70s 80s & 90s while I did.
That's funny because some of the writers from this show went on to write, or had written for SNL like Greg Daniels, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, Tom Schiller, and Conan O'Brien.
I used to watch this on HBO, back in the day, always looked forward to sniglets. I think the only one I actually used all these years was "musquirt" that watery stuff that comes out first when you use mustard. These are actually pretty educational since you get a historic snap shot of stuff that was going on at that time, one thing in this one, that was brought up a couple times, was the smog problem in LA, I hear people now complain about emissions regulations in California, yet it was those regulations that got rid of most if not all of that serious smog problem back in the 80s. also interesting is how, politics really hasn't changed much since then.
Even though I must have seen all of these at the time, I am lolling. 😂 These bits really hold up despite being something like 35 years old.. Just substitute Syria - or Palestine - for Lebanon. 🥺
I absolutely LOVE how they mocked and ridiculed Reagan on this show back in the day, all they had to do was show actual footage of the man saying and doing his usual stupid things, hahahahah!
3:01 so...they actually tied a baby to the front bumper of a car and drove it thru traffic? Wow. (The baby is waving, so unless it was a robot baby in the 80s, then 😮😮😮!!!)
No joke. When I watched this in high school, I used to joke that you could take a piss, grab yourself a drink and a snack from the kitchen, and sit down with time to spare before the actual show started.
Amazingly, I could relate to this show as a small kid who found the news frightening and politics boring. The show brought levity to both and wasn't raunchy, biased or pretentious but hilariously goofy. It was just FUN, which is sadly no longer allowed.
This is crazy for some reason it popped in my head after not seeing it more than 30 years ago this is great I missed this stuff when people knew how to take a joke not all these Pansy woke Community c***
This video is 2 years old and ends with an ad for a Richard Lewis stand up special. RIP Richard, you brought a lot of humor into this messed up world
RIP to you when you die.
Was his lasting contribution to Murican English the thing where you extend the last syllable of your main point?
RIP
Everyone loved Richard. BOKU BOKU
So good! I had completely forgotten about this program
The internet it largely trash, but the ability to find this sort of thing on UA-cam is the one thing I truly love. It's so good to be able to go back and see this stuff which would otherwise be lost to time.
My goodness, I watched this and realized I’ve been quoting these skits for 40 years
Thank you Rich Hall for your outstanding contributions to the English language
And your likeness to Moe from Simpsons
He continues to surprise me. I saw him first on Mock the Week and looked into him further. I was NOT disappointed.
I was little when I saw this for the first time. Wow! what a blast from the past.
I believe “Inside the NFL “ followed this show.
@@chriskazaam896would you be willing to go on record with that assertion?
I Allways use 2 watch this & the hitch hicker all the times, on H.B.O.,MIss all of them.😊😅😂❤
memories unlocked
I'd LMAO so hard as a kid watching this. I've looked everywhere for this ever since and have not been able to find it ANYWHERE! Thank you so much for posting! ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! I used to watch it every week back in the day and I totally forgot it even existed til now! Real comedy, I missed you!!
I totally remember this show. I forgot all about it until I watched this video!!! 😮
Me too, I loved this show in the day😂😂😂
I saw that crosswalk bit from 12:51-13:11 only once on TV when i was young. I haven't forgotten it in over 35+ years, and it randomly pops into my head now and then. Finally got to see it again. Classic.
Wow, I forgot this show existed,,, I was young,,, . definitely a pioneering show ,,, freaking awesome burning henry like that 👍
THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVED THIS SHOW!!! 😊😍😍😍😍
Same here I'm so glad someone posted this!! So many satire news shows own their creation to NNTN!!
Wow i remember NNTN!!!!! Loved it as a kid, despite not fully understanding it as a 10 year old lol. Thanks for the upload!
Me too. I was around 12.
Same here, I remember seeing this in 1988, being around 12 years old. Thanks again.
Yeah same but I was mostly in it for the Snigglets
@@paulyguitary7651 Those were awesome! I remember a few "If you cut through a gas station to avoid a red light you are an EssoAsso"😂. The other one that stood out to me because I did it all the time when I was a kid lol "when at the movies, you hold up a Jujubee to the movie theater screen to determine it's color is called - Jujuspection". Lmao. 🤣😆
@@fiercecamaross pushing on a pull door: a doork
childhood memories for sure
It's nice to see this show without the fuzzy snow on top of it 40 years later.
I get that...lmao
Brilliant. I was laughing out loud!!!!
So glad this has been uploaded here, it was on from 1983-1990 and Stuart Pankin was probably the most recognizable of the cast. He's been in a lot of movies and TV shows!
Sadly, Danny Breen died a few years ago.
That sucks. His skits were always funny as hell, esp Uncle Flubby. R.I.P.@@sha11235
thanks for sharing this, I loved this show.
You're welcome
Holy sheesh I totally forgot about this show.
This was one of my absolute favorite things about HBO or just cable in general.
How did I forget about this? I was 15 when this was on 😮
Sniglet: A sniglet (/ˈsnɪɡlɪt/) is an often humorous word made up to describe something for which no dictionary word exists.
Thank you, Rich Hall
Need to have a youtube channel starting it back up
OMFG I forgot about this show 😂😂😂😂 I watched this all the time
The one guy on this show became an accomplished voice actor, being in countless cartoons.
Rich Hall is another interesting person. His retrospective series on BBC is well done.
Man i forgot about this show.
I have no idea why, but the part at 45:15 has stayed in my head since I saw this at 10 years old. When the guy looks at President Regan's food and wants to grab a piece of toast HAHAHAHAHA
haha..I still reference that myself. I came here looking for the Ring Around The Rubber commercial, and yes, it's here!
I'm with you! I still say "I am so huungry...." in Kissingers' voice!
OMG! My whole family does the Kissenger I'm so hungry!!! Flippin hilarious 😂😂😂
I will...quick!...grab a bite of toast!
I love the Crosstalk sketch, where they argue about everything, even the ads at the end. And the guest is just sitting there ignored.
So, so, so good!
This show was great, i used tape each episode on VHS in my youth.
I remember watching NnTN back when I was a kid. Even if I didn't get all the jokes, I found it funny. Now, decades later, I it's even funnier!
The Anne Bloom green bikini has been burned in my mind for decades. And that is a great thing.
22:58
As soon as I saw Anne fiddling with her swimsuit at 23:00, I knew this was the skit where she was trying to wave the old politicians over and they were too dumb to get it. It's been 40 years and seeing the first half-second of that footage brought it all back from the archive in my head. I was 12 when I first saw this. I have zero memory of anything else in this compilation but I had instant recall of her in the green bikini. That's the thing about this show, somebody burned the midnight oil finding any excuse to get Anne Bloom into a swimsuit, and I highly approve.
What a show.
Danny Breen was my favorite guy on that show.
I loved the live from the western White House segments.
23:00 They found any excuse to get Anne Bloom into a swimsuit, and I highly approve.
One of the greatest reasons to have HBO back in the early 80s.
I remember an episode where a guy walked up to a gas station and asked if there was anything he could do to make $5 and the guys said well you can go around back and stack those tires and then they should miles upon miles of millions of tires the guy came back around and said nevermind 😂😂
Boy, we had fun back then...😅 Good times!
Yep, I forgot about this one but I did watch it a few times back in the day.
In our house this was right up there with second city and monte python.
“Does all the dishes and still has time for her favorite hobby, drilling for cobalt.”
Nostalgic
Flippin hilarious!!! 😂😅😂 Back when people still had a damn sense of humor!
YES!
I remember the old Toon Town cartoon show on KCAL channel 9 in Socal hosted by Danny Breen
Was the regan thing true? I know at the end he had dementia?
“You with the handkerchief, YOU’RE OUT!”
Today people would be offended with this program, and HBO probably would pull the plug. As a kid I used to watch this show all the time.
This is much more funny than I realized at the time.
Ah, good old childhood 😅
Actually better than the “real news.”
Lucy Webb reminds me so much of Cecily Strong
Came here to write exactly this!
Memories
One of the two reasons why the news isn't NEWS anymore-it's entertainment😢 (the other was when CBS launched "60 Minutes" in 1968; as what Jesse Ventura pointed out to Google in 2011).
Maybe the progenitor to The Daily Show.
Come to Lebanon
I loved the Sniglets, hehe last one I remember was Esso Asso, its a person who cuts through a gas station to bypass a red light....
EDIT LOL watched the whole video and it actually had the Essoasso, excellent clip, thanks.
20:26 soooo 80's 😂😂😂
main theme link? I want to hear the end of the song.
The skit at 6:24 is the one I remember the most from this show. Another one, also starring the same guy, is about the Sleep Fairy who helps you go to sleep. I didn't see it in this video. Anyway, we see a guy trying to go to sleep, so the fairy shows up and sprinkles some "sleep dust" over the man to help him go to sleep. Just as the fairy is about to go out the window, the man jostles around a bit, so the fairy goes back and sprinkles a bit more. The man seems to be going to sleep, so the fairy starts for the window again. Again, the man moves around, indicating that he's not falling asleep. This time, the fairy is irritated and goes back to the man. Cut to the next morning and the police are there investigating the death of the man who now has a GIANT pile of "sleep dust" on his head which apparently suffocated him! I laughed so hard as a kid.
When people understood that a joke is just a joke.
Amen show this now and the woke sjw's would have a stroke.
@louguzzo4977: I feel sorry for Genz and am glad I'll be dead long before this shit gets much more out of hand. Just glad I was able to enjoy the 70s 80s & 90s while I did.
@@johnyzero2000define woke
@@johnyzero2000shut up, you have no clue what you are talking about.
@@tylerkeller8869everyone will be glad for that too because you contribute nothing.
We used to be funny! What happened that the world is so cynical now?
56:00 - Impressive list of writers.
Today SNL should take notes...this is how you do comedy.
That's funny because some of the writers from this show went on to write, or had written for SNL like Greg Daniels, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, Tom Schiller, and Conan O'Brien.
@HueyRocks23 TODAY's SNL should take notes... This is how you do comedy.
Sniglets were the best
17:48 My family has done this one as an inside joke for years
I used to watch this on HBO, back in the day, always looked forward to sniglets. I think the only one I actually used all these years was "musquirt" that watery stuff that comes out first when you use mustard.
These are actually pretty educational since you get a historic snap shot of stuff that was going on at that time, one thing in this one, that was brought up a couple times, was the smog problem in LA, I hear people now complain about emissions regulations in California, yet it was those regulations that got rid of most if not all of that serious smog problem back in the 80s.
also interesting is how, politics really hasn't changed much since then.
My favorite scene (not sure if it's here) was when Mitchel Laurance was duplicated dancing dressed in different colors as Menudo.
God I miss the old world
Me tooooo
Back when you could joke without offending someone 🤭
The 'essoassole' LMLBO!!!
Tom Parks
4:36 Who is that kid? Doesn’t he become more famous later on?
Anne Bloom was such a babe!
Even though I must have seen all of these at the time, I am lolling. 😂 These bits really hold up despite being something like 35 years old.. Just substitute Syria - or Palestine - for Lebanon. 🥺
This show is 60% opening credits.
When TV was actually funny.
I absolutely LOVE how they mocked and ridiculed Reagan on this show back in the day, all they had to do was show actual footage of the man saying and doing his usual stupid things, hahahahah!
We need this again for the Blue Reagan in the WH these days.
@10:20 George Costanza precursor!!!!
34:00 Oh my gosh, I have been looking for this segment for AGES. I remember thinking this was so damn funny back in the day!!
4:55 🤣
3:01 so...they actually tied a baby to the front bumper of a car and drove it thru traffic? Wow. (The baby is waving, so unless it was a robot baby in the 80s, then 😮😮😮!!!)
They actually strapped a baby to the hood of the car....wow
Menudomania is prophetic
Well, apparently, HBO and The Kids in the Hall shaped my sense of humor.
worlds longest intro..
No joke. When I watched this in high school, I used to joke that you could take a piss, grab yourself a drink and a snack from the kitchen, and sit down with time to spare before the actual show started.
They opened with jill and joe biden
Amazingly, I could relate to this show as a small kid who found the news frightening and politics boring. The show brought levity to both and wasn't raunchy, biased or pretentious but hilariously goofy. It was just FUN, which is sadly no longer allowed.
I liked the earlier intros with Eric Clapton.
I miss the sniglets
This is crazy for some reason it popped in my head after not seeing it more than 30 years ago this is great I missed this stuff when people knew how to take a joke not all these Pansy woke Community c***
Conan O'Brien was a writer!
Today's news is more of a joke.
24:29 Reagan doesn’t look too bad for around 70 years old
Al Gore's Rhythm & Blues Band
Making fun of religion is great. The detergent and the Simon Says ones are awesome!
You can see Conan’s fingerprints on a lot of these…
Back when tv was funny
Before enforced Diversity