I just watched Bosom Buddies and I saw an episode of Family Ties in the first season where he plays the uncle …. So funny. SO YOUNG. And I saw both the first time around. So I guess we’re all getting older!!! 😉
Wonderful to see vintage content on here again. Not sure if this means Tom will be showing up again but if so I won't be complaining - he was one of the best.
What a flashback-for a few reasons. But going into those electronic shops in the 80s (or dealing with movers) in NYC was a real exercise in verbal jujitsu. You REALLY had to have a tolerance for yelling. And be willing to walk out the door.
He will always be first and foremost a comedian to me...Bosom Buddies and a Fish named Wanda. That's when I fell in love with him as a kid before he got all serious in Philadelphia.
Spending more time on politics and virtue signaling than writing good material is not exactly pushing the boundaries of comedy, it's lazy and hacky. Society can be "woke", that makes sense but there's no place for it in comedy.@@UberLummox
@@leebrock4783 Never was,its easy as hell and pandering. I'm a liberal and felt all those years using Trump as a crutch on SNL was embarrassing and just a way to fill out the time. It can produce good comedy but I would say it's rare.
He is such a nice guy, that if he walked up to you on the street and punched you in the face... You would say... "I'm sorry"😂 "I don't know what I did, but apparently I need to work on it..."
These skits were brilliant. They really captured what the guys that used to run those knock-off electronics stores in Times Square were like. There aren't any left now. Now they have a bunch of souvenir stores that are always "going out of business."
@@mikepette4422 I’m part Persian. So, what I mean is the multiple countries in the Middle East that I have had the pleasure of visiting, including Iran, Israel, and others. In fact I most thought of the corner produce shops in Iran. They don’t even let you touch the produce and make you take blemished produce. It’s hilarious.
Those prices are terrible, even for now! But, 34 years ago, that is insane, lol. Also, a few years ago, when I was working at Walt Disney World, one of the guests told me that I looked like Tom Hanks, which is one of my favorite compliments I have ever received from a stranger.
@@21972012145525 they were ancient then and two were substitutes a1969 transistor radio and a 1959 ten key adding machine. VCRs in the mid 80s were under $200 with many around $99.
There were several years where that would be a bargain for even a basic vcr. Later on the basic ones got cheaper, like a hundred bucks, but in the 1980s, under 200 could be a deal. Gimme that flying erase head, baby!
@@mcv2178 i bought a Sanyo-Beta VCR in 1984 for $150...then a Toshiba VHS in 1988 for $110. In 1990 that was a basic VCR with an offbrand name:$99.99 at any big box store.
This is so SO accurate to the Israeli flea markets I've been to. I was buying a little brass camel figurine and felt that it was too expensive and the seller said "sixty shekel you will have it your whole life!" and shit I couldn't argue with him
This reminds me when I bought my first car. Car stereo salesmen would follow me until I parked in a parking lot, pull up behind me, and open their trunk full of stereos, amps, and speakers. I was a sucker and I bought a stereo that had a funny name but he told me that it was sony guts inside, the unknown name was just to keep the prices down. It was junk that didn't last a week.
Around 2005 I got suckered into buying "Michelin off-brand" tires by a service-station guy who behaved a lot like Hanks in this sketch. I later found out the tires had nothing to do with Michelin and called him on it, and the story changed to "made with the Michelin technique." 🙄
A lot of the skits from those times turned into movies... Yes a lot of the characters here were inspired to the Zohan canteen boy was Waterboy.....you can't forget to mention the great Robert Smigel. Master skit writer
Aww, Phil Hartman calling about the “cd player”. His voice was so gorgeous. Poor guy.
Thought it was him, his voice was/is so distinctive.
His story is just proof that DV is universal and anyone can be a victim.
Hi, he’s Troy McClure
What a perfectly simple description. He was everywhere and it never felt like it.
I just discovered the Sabra’s skits and I can’t get enough of them 😂😂
I have been looking for this skit for YEARS. Thank you for finally putting up on your UA-cam channel!
There are so many elements here that ended up in You Don't Mess with the Zohan
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Smigel wrote the sketch and Zohan if I'm not mistaken.
Sandler also would have had a soft spot for this sketch because it was apparently his first ever SNL sketch.
Smigel is a genius
well Sandler has recycled a lot from SNL in his movies
this has to be what inspired the 'Going out of Business' electronic store in Don't Mess with the Zohan.
yup both written by robert smigel
Totally sony guts
Nah, anybody that's interacted with these cultures know this is how it went LoL
If this were after Forrest Gump, I bet the final item would be a box of chocolates
Wasn’t Crazy Eddie’s the inspiration?
Hearing Phil Hartmans voice makes me happy and cry RIP.
Tom Hanks roots are comedy!
Bosom Buddies!
Actually, his roots are The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in Cleveland.
I just watched Bosom Buddies and I saw an episode of Family Ties in the first season where he plays the uncle …. So funny. SO YOUNG. And I saw both the first time around. So I guess we’re all getting older!!! 😉
That shofar blowing...😂😂😂
Wonderful to see vintage content on here again. Not sure if this means Tom will be showing up again but if so I won't be complaining - he was one of the best.
Gosling is this week
@@LindaC616 I meant either as a cameo, or hosting one of the later episodes this season.
@@kengeorgejones6855 I think season is almost over, right?
@@LindaC616 4 more episodes.
Tom Hanks on SNL was a classic! Those old SNL episodes with him are comedy gold!
Sabra's son must be the owner of "Going Out Of Business Store" in Don't Mess With The Zohan. The "Sony Guts" but has to be a family trait. 😂
We live in a neighborhood with Persian rug stores that have been going out of business for 45 years.
Tom hanks was one of the best hosts on Snl. Love the vintage stuff
Adam, Tom and Dana....those were the days!
The show is still good, the fans aren’t as great as they used to be though
His accent is closer to East Europe than it is to Israel
Waking up on Saturday morning with an SNL episode made me question whether it was Sunday already and I missed a day somehow 😂
Adam Sandler’s very first skit on SNL, unreal. Not embarrassed to say he and Farley are still my #1 favorite actors. Robert Smigel was a genius.
Omgosh , Tom Hanks looks like David Hasselhoff here lol❗️🤷🏻♀️🤣♥️
What a flashback-for a few reasons. But going into those electronic shops in the 80s (or dealing with movers) in NYC was a real exercise in verbal jujitsu. You REALLY had to have a tolerance for yelling. And be willing to walk out the door.
We need an up to date redo of this.
Tom was Marcello, before Marcello existed 😂😂😂Let’s go! Marcello!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
I forgot how funny Tom Hanks could be
He was on Bosom Buddies back in the day very early in his career so comedy's naturally in his blood.
So funny how people forgot about that show and it almost never comes up that he went from tv to film@DateMike22
He will always be first and foremost a comedian to me...Bosom Buddies and a Fish named Wanda. That's when I fell in love with him as a kid before he got all serious in Philadelphia.
@@DateMike22 Bachelor Party, all the way.
@ThatOpalGuy "and the winner is....Paprika! --Oh, thank you, thank you, you've made me the happiest spice in the world!"
Shout out and RIP to Phil Hartman
literally my fav SNL cast member and of course Simpsons when they were funny and not woke af
@@mikepette4422 Wow, ok trumper
Spending more time on politics and virtue signaling than writing good material is not exactly pushing the boundaries of comedy, it's lazy and hacky. Society can be "woke", that makes sense but there's no place for it in comedy.@@UberLummox
@christofferjenzen78 Sometimes, politics is the best target for comedy. Especially nowadays.
@@leebrock4783 Never was,its easy as hell and pandering. I'm a liberal and felt all those years using Trump as a crutch on SNL was embarrassing and just a way to fill out the time. It can produce good comedy but I would say it's rare.
I just adore Tom Hanks. As famous as he is and he is the same genuinely good human being as back in the bosom buddies days.
He is such a nice guy, that if he walked up to you on the street and punched you in the face... You would say...
"I'm sorry"😂
"I don't know what I did, but apparently I need to work on it..."
Phil Hartman: "Where do the CDs go in there?"
Tom Hanks: "LOOKLOOKLOOKLOOKLOOKLOOK"
These skits were brilliant. They really captured what the guys that used to run those knock-off electronics stores in Times Square were like. There aren't any left now. Now they have a bunch of souvenir stores that are always "going out of business."
Omg, Adam was a baby!
Look look looklooklooklooklooklook look looklooklooklooklook…😂
OMD Adam Sandler looks like he's still in highschool in this
Adam Sandler literally took this and put it in don't mess with the zohan for the people in the store.
They all look so young! I didn't even recognize Dana Carvey. ❤️
Even harder to spot than Tom
No haggling; how much you got!? 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂 you take care of your business I take care of my business!
I'm using this to show my 28-year-old friend that Tom Hanks used to be a comedian. She had absolutely no idea.
Show her Bosom Buddies
@@LindaC616it’s more current, but the“black jeopardy” skit with Tom was amazing. 😂😂😂
@askew9976 one if my most favorites ever! Hands down! Sent it to friends who don't always watch, they loved it, too!
Tom Hanks used to be a comedian😮😮😮
@lyngee2357 not many people in those days made the jump from TV to film. He did, Will Smith did, a handful of others.
Don't be telling me my business!!
ok
I get nostalgic seeing all this stuff but what really gets me is hearing Phil Hartman’s voice 🥹
So much of this of this was too realistic!
😅.. 😂😂😂
He looks sooooooooooooooooooooo young!
Strange that this upload and the Price Is Right upload weren't marked SNL Vintage.
This is how shopping often is in the Middle East 😆 Spot on
wait a second are you calling Israel the middle east ? WHAT YOU SAY ? Israel is not middle east ! How dare you ! GET OUT OF STORE NOW !
@@mikepette4422 I’m part Persian. So, what I mean is the multiple countries in the Middle East that I have had the pleasure of visiting, including Iran, Israel, and others. In fact I most thought of the corner produce shops in Iran. They don’t even let you touch the produce and make you take blemished produce. It’s hilarious.
And Times Square for sure!
Love Classic SNL!
Finally- back on UA-cam!!
I love Tom Hanks ❤ this video make My day ❤️ 😂😊
FINALLY! Why did they wait so long to upload this classic?
@ms.genevievehennacy Just because it's a hilarious classic sketch.
@@patrickkellogg6031 Source?
@@UberLummox What?
@@patrickkellogg6031 Huh? Source saying it's 'hilarious'.
Thanks to Smiggel for referencing it on We might be Drunk podcast
"you oughta visit Tallahassee"
"this I will not do"
Those prices are terrible, even for now! But, 34 years ago, that is insane, lol. Also, a few years ago, when I was working at Walt Disney World, one of the guests told me that I looked like Tom Hanks, which is one of my favorite compliments I have ever received from a stranger.
Are they though? Weren't these considered new technology back then? We pay 1000+ for the iPhone
Actual Tom Hanks confirmed.
@@21972012145525 they were ancient then and two were substitutes a1969 transistor radio and a 1959 ten key adding machine.
VCRs in the mid 80s were under $200 with many around $99.
There were several years where that would be a bargain for even a basic vcr. Later on the basic ones got cheaper, like a hundred bucks, but in the 1980s, under 200 could be a deal.
Gimme that flying erase head, baby!
@@mcv2178 i bought a Sanyo-Beta VCR in 1984 for $150...then a Toshiba VHS in 1988 for $110. In 1990 that was a basic VCR with an offbrand name:$99.99 at any big box store.
Lattice and flower background used in SNL skits 75% between 1987-1991.
I like the end when all run thier seprate ways when hear about consumer complaints.
THIS WAS THE BEST SKIT IVE SEEN I COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING
Sundown, we have to close.
Is this where the “Sony guts” joke from Zohan comes from!?
That’s the Sabra Price is Right which is a different skit
Yep
The writer is the same person
how much better would the world be if Phil Hartmann was still alive.
Robert Smigel is a genius!!!
This is so SO accurate to the Israeli flea markets I've been to. I was buying a little brass camel figurine and felt that it was too expensive and the seller said "sixty shekel you will have it your whole life!" and shit I couldn't argue with him
OMG! A classic...I haven't seen this one in 30 years. Tom Hanks, Dana Carvey, Adam Sandler. Hold on for his wife 😅
1990 … Wow!
That's almost 500 bucks in 2024, for a VCR!
This reminds me of Crazy Gideon's Electronics store commercials in Los Angeles, California lol.
OMG! I haven't thought about those commercials until you mentioned them! I totally remember! Damn, I'm old.
We had Crazy Eddie on this coast, their prices were IN! SAAAAANE! : )
Tom Hanks is the best 😂❤
Tom Hanks doing comedy is my favorite Tom Hanks.
Is this the same sound/background music from the recent sketch La Maison du Bang? 😅
probably the reason they thought about this sketch, and put it on UA-cam. Or other way around, they thought about music and this sketch came up...
I remember years ago lots of these stores in the Times Square area of Manhattan all with going out of business signs.
Can't believe they got David S. Pumpkins to do this sketch.
They’re wild and crazy guys 😀
Literally didnt realize it was tom hanks until i seen someone's comment after the vid
That's embarrassing.
@@StarWarsMoments that's just good acting 😂
Jewish David Pumpkins
He's his own thing!
The shofer🤣🤣🤣
My favorite Tom Hanks skit and his character
3:37 - The Sandman's SNL debut performance
That was the Cosby Show.
@@brocktoon8 I mean Debut on SNL
Didn't even recognize Tom Hanks! 😂🤣
Me either.
Today, they'd probably complain about his adopting the accent
Uh sure, why not, a random old sketch upload.
check out 'Don't Mess With The Zohan' and you'll understand.
why not a random Sabra sketch upload right now in this political climate yeah absolutely
How much suck can the old show suck when the new show still sucks suck?
@@UberLummoxstop engaging with the comment section and you’ll stop seeing these videos on your feed.
@@ResidentKen Now that's mighty solid advice. Thanks.
I always enjoy watching Tom Hanks act. ❤
Classic Smigel
You really shouldn't try to back out of a deal if they've already wrapped the item. It's basically already on its way to your address.
This still happens today expect they no longer have commercials! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Disco! Disco!
Yes Disco Disco!!!😂😂
@@gabrielalopetegui The correct response is "Good! Good!" haha
@@icanwatchthevideos 😂😂😂
This has Robert Smeichel written all over it.
The Terminal was a very underrated film
I remember this store.... Very accurate
❤️ Baby Tom ❤️
Sony guts! (Probably Matsushita guts.)
Sounds like a mix of Eastern European and Swedish accent.
Israeli accent
@@starseedswisdom3997
The "Israeli accent" is a Eastern European Accent. Most Jews in Israel are European.
Actually, they are Persian Jews in New York. They're supposed to be doing a Great Neck accent, but it's not working out
@@mmoney416Sabra is a nickname for Israelis....it is the fruit of a prickly pear cactus
And it came from SW US
The man could have been a cast member if he hadn't been a movie star first. What a multifaceted talent.
He would have been amazing as a cast member.
He was on TV first. Bosom Buddies
This reminds me when I bought my first car. Car stereo salesmen would follow me until I parked in a parking lot, pull up behind me, and open their trunk full of stereos, amps, and speakers. I was a sucker and I bought a stereo that had a funny name but he told me that it was sony guts inside, the unknown name was just to keep the prices down. It was junk that didn't last a week.
Around 2005 I got suckered into buying "Michelin off-brand" tires by a service-station guy who behaved a lot like Hanks in this sketch. I later found out the tires had nothing to do with Michelin and called him on it, and the story changed to "made with the Michelin technique." 🙄
Tom hanks and Adam Sandler… Jesus lol ❤😅😅
Blast from the past! 👍
This reminds me of Crazy Eddie from the ole NYC days....
Wow. It's still hard to hear Phil Hartman's voice after all these years.
From the December 🎄 8, 1990, episode of _Saturday Night 🌚 Live._
Tom Hanks, Dana Carvey, and Adam Sandler. I loved Tom Hanks in Bosom Buddies.
Still holds true.
Going out of Business for 20yrs!😆😆
Tom Hanks killed this!
But it seems like you've been going out of business for a long time. 😆
A lot of the skits from those times turned into movies... Yes a lot of the characters here were inspired to the Zohan canteen boy was Waterboy.....you can't forget to mention the great Robert Smigel. Master skit writer
Oh don't call them skits, they're sketches. Lorne gets very upset when someone gets that wrong.
Who thought it was 'good timing' to bring this back now?!?
"No No No No No No! I did not say "SONY GUTS!" I said "Is LIKE Sony guts!"
The Zohan stole the Sonyguts
David Smigel, writer
"Sony guts"
This makes me think of Don't mess with the Zohan.
Those of us who remember Tom Hanks as a comedic actor....we're old!
Would be cool if snl didnt butchered aspect ratio on old vids
Took me two minutes to realise it’s Tom Hanks. 😂😂