I would much rather my child get his broken glass from a reputable company than picking up filthy glass bits from off the street where you don't know who's been playing with them!
I agree. When I was a kid growing up in Northern Idaho, I got my broken glass from throwing rocks through windows in the abandoned logging mill by the lake (now a world famous golf course), and I can tell you the security guards were quite dangerous! If my mom could have afforded to buy some shards from the toy store instead, I would have been a happy kid!
My favorite and I think the most clever sketch was when Ed Asner Played the head of a Nuclear plant, and before leaving for a long vacation , was telling the crew "remember, you can't put too much water in the Nuclear Reactor".
My dad who was born in 1954, claims that he once bought a baby alligator in the mail and his parents never found out about it because he kept it in the basement
This was one of the funniest holiday themed sketches. You should see the Halloween version. My favorite was the "Invisible Pedestrian" costume: A totally black outfit with a mask that restricts vision.
According to Aykroyd - Irwin Mainway and E. Buzz Miller are actually cousins. AND Irwin Mainway is also a cousin to Todd O'Connor,a as played by Chris Farley in the SuperFans sketches. (Da....BEARS!). Whether Miller and O'Connor are cousins remains to be seen...depends on their parents and uncles and aunts and who's on which side...
I'm grateful..no matter what my mom said, at 5 years old to 14, I stayed up with my dad to watch it every week, then I became the school's reenactment of all the skits, so I had to practice the voices, and remember the scripts(no lie my friend that works on Practical Jokers from grade 6-8th would dress in a suit with a briefcase to school and i would dress like Buckwheat)...which the theatre teacher when I hit 9th grade caught wind, I would spend 4 years living almost in the Auditorium, and my Theatre teacher soon drove me to school, and I had all the keys...they made a deal with him at the end of 10th grade, keep him inside you're walls and we will give him Cs on everything...this was the 80s..and everyone jocks/ preps, which we were a tiny rich school was all jock preps,new if they wanted to try something, they had a safe place to go, and someone who would keep their mouths shut...my dad wanted me in the USAF, and i did, I long time,but I sent in a lot of skits and one of the most conserversal was the one i did,and the way the showed it was my skit,was by putting my address on the prescription bottle..i think its banned...
Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk! ...'ya know, so Barbie takes a knife, once in awhile. Ken gets cut.' I love the early SNL, I always go on about John Belushi and Gilda Radner. They were great, but if I'm really honest, my favorite was Dan Akroyd. His takes on sleazy pitch/ad men, cable access hosts, Tom Snyder, etc, always had me howling with laughter, the most. Ty for the vid! 😎👍👏👏👏👏👏
I met Dan Aykroyd once and told him he was the greatest sketch comic in the history of television. He was somewhat embarrassed, but I meant it. Genius.
This character certainly is an Americanization of a recurring character in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hilarity always ensued whenever one of the Pythons would guest or cameo on SNL
Exactly! Kid be careful it's a bag of glass. When we were kids, you didn't have anything but your imagination, the element of danger, peer pressure that stemmed from the possibility of being humiliated and coerced into something questionable to avoid public exposure and a lighter you found at the bus stop. Computers are more dangerous lol!
I remember this one from when I was a little kid. Dan was always my favorite of the original cast. Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk was THE toy to have Christmas '76.
(H)Eyyy (or "Ay") ! if the kids get hurt by the blade, there won't be some Happy Days, when they find themselves, either at a hospital or at a school's nurse office... featuring Candice Bergen (the "Murphy Brown" sitcom); the daughter of Edgar Bergen (a ventriloquist for characters, like Charlie McCarthy)...
How bout this one..Lawn Darts. A gigantic steel dart little Johnny throws up in the air...teaches em how gravity and stuff works, uhhh know what I mean? ......Wait that was a real toy.
43 years, ago, people were polite/kind,respectful, enough, for to "Capitalize", someones Damn Name, therefore, yes; i do feel old, in that respect. (Edit) Also; thank you, for asking
I remember when even high school parties would kind of slow down a bit at 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays, right after the local T.V. news. Couldn't miss the opening of the show, and the "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Then we'd talk about the show on Mondays. Good times, and a _much_ better SNL.
Candice Bergen was Incredibly Beautiful, Love Her. First SNL Generation Was My Favorite (1974-1980), NBC Almost Cancelled SNL in 1980. By That Year SNL Was on Syndication All Over the US.
Actually 75-79...Chase, Aykroyd, and Belushi were all gone before the 5th season. And SNL was NOT being syndicated as early as 1980. Edited RERUNS were being shown on NBC...NOT syndicated... The first syndicated episodes were likely NIck at Nite in the mid-to-late 80s...
@@starwarsrebel2006 Oops. Yeah...my bad! I was toggling between two conversations about Aykroyd...one about Irwin Mainway...and one about "Jane, you ignorant slut...". Sorry.
Lawn darts anyone? Kids throwing up in the air skull/skin piercing weapons while your opponent stood right next to the ring! LOL I'm still here. Kids back in the day weren't treated as idiots like they are today.
Randomly thought of this after about 8 years while watching YuB play Sister Location. Probably because of the phone guy, and the whole phone bit, and the fact that he says "Hello, hello," like Scott. Childhood classic.
The kid down the street got the game "Good Grenade, Bad Grenade" for Christmas. A box of numbered mini grenades, a pair of dice, one helmet, and a portable blast shield. His dad was showing him how to play, and 3 months later, his mom was back on the dating scene.
"This is certainly a very sad situation. One of the precious joys of Christmas warped by a ruthless profiteer like yourself." Part of what makes this so funny is that it isn't far from reality.
@@dryjazz And it's often the case that the funniest comedians are the most depressed, unhappy people around. Robin Williams. Could anyone have ever imagined he was in so much pain?
I would much rather my child get his broken glass from a reputable company than picking up filthy glass bits from off the street where you don't know who's been playing with them!
I agree. When I was a kid growing up in Northern Idaho, I got my broken glass from throwing rocks through windows in the abandoned logging mill by the lake (now a world famous golf course), and I can tell you the security guards were quite dangerous! If my mom could have afforded to buy some shards from the toy store instead, I would have been a happy kid!
😂😂
@@ryanrickerts5982 🤣🤣
"Teaches em' about light refraction" such genius. I never caught that before.
And prisms!
Dan Akroyd is the goat when it comes sleazy characters! Especially love the Blender Skit!
He's not just the goat, he's the goat in the moat with a boat!
Who's got the crack?
Super Bass-O-Magic 76. Classic.
A bit too much blood for me. SNL always pushed the envelope.
This is easily one of the best early SNL sketches.
Those folks were brilliant.
It was actually funny back then.
HEAR, HEAR!
It's always been lacklustre, unfunny and sophmoric
My favorite and I think the most clever sketch was when Ed Asner Played the head of a Nuclear plant, and before leaving for a long vacation , was telling the crew "remember, you can't put too much water in the Nuclear Reactor".
It’s the funniest SNL bit ever, to this day.
Toys like these provided hours of fun for those of us growing up in the 70s and 80s. Kids of all ages love Bag O' Vipers!
I actually remember scandal about toy companies stuffing stuffed animals with dangerous things.
I prefer Happy Fun Ball.
We had so much fun playing with blasting caps, back then.
@@jonSM99 Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Getting the Sulphric Acid refills could be a bit frustrating, but it was always worth the effort.
We put a label on every bag: Kid be careful Broken Glass!
I have been a proud investor of Mainway Toys for many years. I am currently doing 5 to 10 years for fraud. All thanks to Mainway Toys.
😂😂
We’re just packaging what the kids want ya know 😂
My dad who was born in 1954, claims that he once bought a baby alligator in the mail and his parents never found out about it because he kept it in the basement
This was one of the funniest holiday themed sketches. You should see the Halloween version. My favorite was the "Invisible Pedestrian" costume: A totally black outfit with a mask that restricts vision.
That was the same sketch as 'the human torch' which was lighter fluid and a bunch of rags.
@@13572danube Yikes!
@@13572danube Flame on! Light up the night!
"NOT FER BLIND KIDS"!
I can't find a link to the Holloween sketch on youtube. That was hilarious
One of my all time favourite sketches. Dan Aykroyd plays such a good scumbag.
Ahhh, the golden and best years of SNL, Dan Ackroyd one of the best still! Loved his E. Buzz Miller character too!!
Wasn't he the cable access host, interviewing strippers from the 'coach and pole'?A local club. OMG that stuff still has me roaring!!
According to Aykroyd - Irwin Mainway and E. Buzz Miller are actually cousins. AND Irwin Mainway is also a cousin to Todd O'Connor,a as played by Chris Farley in the SuperFans sketches. (Da....BEARS!). Whether Miller and O'Connor are cousins remains to be seen...depends on their parents and uncles and aunts and who's on which side...
Bag O’ Glass is what had me dying! Imagine nowadays…Bag O’ Syringes! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This one is such a classic
Teddy Chainsaw Bear🐻
This is one of the greatest snl skits in its history. I had to come back and watch this gem 😂
Saw this when it came out. Simply the best. “Doggie Dentist and Johnnie Switchblade”
"The full name is Johnny Switchblade Adventure PUNK" 😆
tears running down my face. always love this
I'm grateful..no matter what my mom said, at 5 years old to 14, I stayed up with my dad to watch it every week, then I became the school's reenactment of all the skits, so I had to practice the voices, and remember the scripts(no lie my friend that works on Practical Jokers from grade 6-8th would dress in a suit with a briefcase to school and i would dress like Buckwheat)...which the theatre teacher when I hit 9th grade caught wind, I would spend 4 years living almost in the Auditorium, and my Theatre teacher soon drove me to school, and I had all the keys...they made a deal with him at the end of 10th grade, keep him inside you're walls and we will give him Cs on everything...this was the 80s..and everyone jocks/ preps, which we were a tiny rich school was all jock preps,new if they wanted to try something, they had a safe place to go, and someone who would keep their mouths shut...my dad wanted me in the USAF, and i did, I long time,but I sent in a lot of skits and one of the most conserversal was the one i did,and the way the showed it was my skit,was by putting my address on the prescription bottle..i think its banned...
Bag-O-Glass! Classic! 🤣🤣 And I'd forgotten about the the Bag-O-Vipers and the Bag-O-Sulfuric Acid.🤣🤣🤣
A classic one is when he had the New Jersey school lunch contract
“ ravioli stuffed with chalk”
What the hell am I going to do with a bag of broken glass? 😂😭🤣 I've always loved this sketch.
"Bag 'o Glass". One of my mother's favorite references to early SNL days. "Kid...Be careful...BROKEN GLASS". Yeah that warning label oughta help. 😉
My all time favorite SNL Christmas skit
Irwin Mainway, maker of Happy Fun Ball, still legal in sixteen states.
He definitely predicted the toy phone choking hazard.Score one for Irwin Mainway.
Hey, he's got the consumer at heart, ya know.
So barbie takes a knife every once in a while 🤣🤣🤣
Ya know
Or Ken gets cut
Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk! ...'ya know, so Barbie takes a knife, once in awhile. Ken gets cut.' I love the early SNL, I always go on about John Belushi and Gilda Radner. They were great, but if I'm really honest, my favorite was Dan Akroyd. His takes on sleazy pitch/ad men, cable access hosts, Tom Snyder, etc, always had me howling with laughter, the most. Ty for the vid! 😎👍👏👏👏👏👏
I've always thought Belushi was overrated. Outside of his eyebrows he really had nothing. Ackroyd, Chase and Murray we're the true geniuses.
Hey kid be careful, broken glass.
Comes with a plastic helmet & a real m1 rifle lmfao God this never gets old
Dan Aykroyd is a comedic genius who channels his autism and tourettes into an amazing superpower
I met Dan Aykroyd once and told him he was the greatest sketch comic in the history of television. He was somewhat embarrassed, but I meant it. Genius.
stfu
This character certainly is an Americanization of a recurring character in Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hilarity always ensued whenever one of the Pythons would guest or cameo on SNL
@@dryjazz Yet, he's Canadian.
Anne Beatts wrote this.
I definitely played with Dangerous Toys. I still survived with all 10 fingers and 9 toes. 😉
And Ten Boots!
I was interested in exothermic prompt chemistry .... kaBOOM!!!
Lawn Darts and BB guns alone would likely kill thousands of today's youth if they could get their hands on them.
I killed my twin with a yard dart
Man, toys in the olden days were fun.
What kid wouldn't be delighted by their Bag O' Sulfuric Acid?
I still have fond memories of my Bag O'Asbestos.
My Bag 'O muriatic acid, was never half the laughs.
Exactly! Kid be careful it's a bag of glass. When we were kids, you didn't have anything but your imagination, the element of danger, peer pressure that stemmed from the possibility of being humiliated and coerced into something questionable to avoid public exposure and a lighter you found at the bus stop. Computers are more dangerous lol!
Ha, ha, ha ha, hahahahaha!!! I'm going to get me some tissues now, hahahaha!!!
LOLOLOL
Knowing that Farley openly stole Aykroyd's cadence, vibe and accent from this and put it in 'Da Bears' sketch just takes it to another level.
Interesting observation! Did you know that Irwin Mainway and Todd O'Connor are ACTUALLY cousins??? See Aykroyd on the SuperFans sketch in 1998...
I'm so early Dan Aykroyd still has a full head of hair
I remember this one from when I was a little kid. Dan was always my favorite of the original cast.
Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk was THE toy to have Christmas '76.
I've been trying to find "tele-psychic" another Dan Ackroyd classic !
Johnny Switch Blade Adventure Punk is a modified Fonzie Doll.
No, The Hell You Say.
(H)Eyyy (or "Ay") ! if the kids get hurt by the blade, there won't be some Happy Days, when they find themselves, either at a hospital or at a school's nurse office... featuring Candice Bergen (the "Murphy Brown" sitcom); the daughter of Edgar Bergen (a ventriloquist for characters, like Charlie McCarthy)...
Did you sit, on it?
ayyyyy
@@kshinokevin Lots of extraneous info there that we all know.....why??? LOL
How bout this one..Lawn Darts. A gigantic steel dart little Johnny throws up in the air...teaches em how gravity and stuff works, uhhh know what I mean? ......Wait that was a real toy.
"The 70s."
Haha yeah you can’t purchase the true lawn dart sets in many states now.
yep, we had them as kids, then one day they were gone...
Childhood memories.
They were called Jarts, and I sold a vintage set a few years back to a collector for quite a hefty sum.
"Kid look out broken glasssssss." LOL
I bet after kids play with Bag o' Sulfuric Acid, the Mr. Skin Grafter toy probably comes in handy. 😁
this is 43 years ago... feel old yet? the beautiful host is candice bergen. thought i'd mention that since she isn't even in the credits.
I want a do-over. Beginning 43 years ago.
A fine actress, and gorgeous!
43 years, ago, people were polite/kind,respectful, enough, for to "Capitalize", someones Damn Name, therefore, yes; i do feel old, in that respect. (Edit) Also; thank you, for asking
@@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 okay boomer.
tomitstube Yes, Candice..........the Radical, Liberal, Left-Wing Democrat who makes my blood boil! A really nice lady?
One of the best skits ever done!
And ones ever not just the SNL Christmas ones
43 years later - and this guy is the President!
Ahhh Bag of Glass, right up there with my Legos and Whirlybird. Those were the days . . .
This is one of the funniest characters on any sketch show anywhere ever!!!!
😆😂⭐❤
This is always a favorite of mine. i quote it all the time.
This is my favorite Dan Aykroyd SNL skit of all time.
One of the best skits. True classic.
This reminds me of everyone’s dad growing up in Chicago
I just love Dan Aykroyd
I was in high school when this was on SNL. Still hilarious today!
I remember when even high school parties would kind of slow down a bit at 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays, right after the local T.V. news. Couldn't miss the opening of the show, and the "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" Then we'd talk about the show on Mondays. Good times, and a _much_ better SNL.
It is kind of like the Monty Python "Whizzo Candy Company" sketch, in that the manufacturer refuses to make products that are safe and conventional.
I JUST mentioned how the Pythons inspired and influenced 1970s humor, leading to great guest host and cameo bits on SNL!
Teddy Chainsaw Bear🤣😂
Thank you for uploading this.
To this day I’ll call things “bag o glass.” Some ppl get it. 😂
My all time favorite SNL skit
Johnny switchblade adventure punk was my favorite happy days character
I have been looking for this video for months. That being said these toys sound awesome.
Candice Bergen was Incredibly Beautiful, Love Her. First SNL Generation Was My Favorite (1974-1980), NBC Almost Cancelled SNL in 1980. By That Year SNL Was on Syndication All Over the US.
...and smart act too..
@@finddeniro Yes, Smart Beauty
Actually 75-79...Chase, Aykroyd, and Belushi were all gone before the 5th season. And SNL was NOT being syndicated as early as 1980. Edited RERUNS were being shown on NBC...NOT syndicated... The first syndicated episodes were likely NIck at Nite in the mid-to-late 80s...
A joke in 1976, and 48 years later this is literally every major American corporation's public relations department.
When I was in grade school. We would get Free books for RIF. We all wanted to get the books "Truly Tasteless Jokes"
I'm gonna ask Santa for a Teddy Chainsaw Bear this season
Me too
December 1976. Dan Ackroyd was only 24 years old.
Umm....okay. Except that this is 1978. So......??
@@bradyguy7701 Nope. This aired on December 11, 1976.
@@starwarsrebel2006 Oops. Yeah...my bad! I was toggling between two conversations about Aykroyd...one about Irwin Mainway...and one about "Jane, you ignorant slut...". Sorry.
This and Julia Changs bleeding are my favs off D.A!!
SNL hasn't been this funny in a thousand, thousand generations...
LEGENDARY.
I love the Fonzie doll switchblade!!!
hey you can have it for 1.98! That's cheap! I dare you to find a cheaper bag of glass anywhere!
Lawn darts anyone? Kids throwing up in the air skull/skin piercing weapons while your opponent stood right next to the ring! LOL I'm still here. Kids back in the day weren't treated as idiots like they are today.
OMG !! Classic! I remember when SNL was tasteless and great !!
Wow! These were some of my FAVORITE toys to play with when I was a kid!
~JSV
johnny switch blade adventure punk from a Mego Fonz action figure lmao
One of the best skits ever!
Every Irwin Mainway bit was hilarious; my favorite is probably the Halloween costume sketch.
The bag-o line. 🤣
Back in the days when they didn't force the Studio audience to laugh like they have to now for live shows.
I remember when my parents bought me the Mainway, "Bag O' Dicks"
And there's the one where Mainway defends the school lunches he provides.
I want the consumer probe with Halloween costumes. That’s the best 1
Comedy gold!!!bag o' coke..he's buttered up like a turkey..love it
Still one of the funniest skits in SNL history.
NEED those sunglasses!
I used to take the end off the arrows and sharpen them in a pencil sharpener. It all went downhill from there.
"Ya know?" 😂😂😂
The ONLY reason this skit works is Danny. He created a shady type of guy. The look, the voice, the attitude. A VERY underrated performer on this show.
Ya know
Ironically, we’re banning toys today that are “dangerous” for reasons Mr. Mainway has just demonstrated.
I love that Irwin has not just one but two pinky rings.
who wouldn't want a back of knifes for christmas?
Randomly thought of this after about 8 years while watching YuB play Sister Location. Probably because of the phone guy, and the whole phone bit, and the fact that he says "Hello, hello," like Scott.
Childhood classic.
Johnny switchblade lol 😂
Teddy Chainsaw bear 😂
Dang the "Bag O' -" line of products is bigger than i though "Bag O' Sulphuric Acid" 😂😂
The kid down the street got the game "Good Grenade, Bad Grenade" for Christmas. A box of numbered mini grenades, a pair of dice, one helmet, and a portable blast shield. His dad was showing him how to play, and 3 months later, his mom was back on the dating scene.
This skit makes me cry laughing every single time😂
Vintage SNL > Modern SNL
General Tranh's Secret Police Confession Kit. 🤣
Geez! Candice was stunningly beautiful! Aykroyd got all the funny lines in this skit but my eyes were glued to the beauty sitting next to him.
"This is certainly a very sad situation. One of the precious joys of Christmas warped by a ruthless profiteer like yourself."
Part of what makes this so funny is that it isn't far from reality.
The more you study / do entertainment, the more you realize that humor is based on truth. Sick humor mostly pushes our buttons by being outrageous
@@dryjazz And it's often the case that the funniest comedians are the most depressed, unhappy people around. Robin Williams. Could anyone have ever imagined he was in so much pain?
"...or Ken gets cut."
Ken definitely ran away as soon as he saw Johnny Switchblade
Toys were us..😂
I still use my Bass-o-matic. Gray fishy protein shakes YUM
I remember playing with my bag o sulfuric acid for HOURS