Debate '76 - SNL
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- Ann Wrabel (Karen Black) moderates a debate between a medicated President Gerald Ford (Chevy Chase) and Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd), with questions on Ford's visit to Poland and Carter's Playboy interview. [Season 2, 1976]
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For those wondering: the needle in his arm is a reference to the Swine Flu vaccination he publicly received in a photo op
I got that shot, I was never so sick in my life!
Thank you for that information. The needle sticking out of his arm made me suspect he secretly did hard drugs, but it didn't fit his profile.
I'm just surprised a Republican took a vaccine
No it's the covid vaccine
Reminded me of jokes about Biden leading up to his 2024 debate…
So a guy named Chevy is playing a Ford
Somehow seems natural?
Wouldn’t be surprised if the third nominee would’ve been named Ferrari...
good one
Haaaardy haaarr haaarr!
Get the ball, Liberty.
I'm 99% sure Belushi was actually bumping coke during this sketch.
They were all openly smoking weed, and some were openly doing coke.
LastFanStanding12, well I’m 100% sure because I knew the guy that sold it to him. I tried to stop the sale, but was unsuccessful.
i'm 100% he was bumping coke during every sketch
100%
May his drunk soul RiP
Chevy looks like a conservative Jim Morrison
one of several~
Rush Limbaugh being another
to portray Jim Morrison.
I like how the candidates actually stop talking when their time is up.
true...
this aged wonderfully
Crazy, huh?
Lies again? 1 + 3 HDB
It was a different time.
When Chevy Chase was going to play Ford, they decided to simply have him go out as is -- no impersonation, no special makeup, no special bald cap. It worked brilliantly.
Chevy doesn't do impressions
When comedians were funnier than actual impersonations of our leaders.
Did it?
What made them decide to do it that way? I'm genuinely curious.
It wasn't brilliant, Chase just wanted to make fun of Ford because Ford was republican. It wasn't funny at all actually.
Is this the "back when the show wasn't political" thing I'm always reading about?
@Jim Johnson We also didn't have a misanthrope like Trump as president.
uh, no it was back when they made fun of both sides...
Jim Johnson “hugely successful”, “making the country great”? Man, who knew all I had to do in life was just say that I was successful until enough people believe it? Need to strike while the iron is still hot on that one and while people are still willing to believe.
Hell, if I raised money, or took donations to “support Trump’s hugely successful presidency”, I could probably just make an easy living.
This is back when SNL used to criticize both political parties and wasn't trying to be biasedly political.
@Jeff Maylor When Jimmy Carter (Dan Ackroyd) says to Jane Curtain, "Right now in my mind, I'm wearing a leather mask and licking your face," is supposed to be a mark of presidential behavior?
SNL didn't attack them as being "bad people." They didn't even make fun of their politics. They took their personal foibles and had fun with those.
Can't you tell the difference?
... the eternal question "Why?", that has plagued philosophers from Socrates, to Saint Thomas Aquinas, to Bob Dylan.
Dan Akroyd's Carter is fantastic.
Boring & terrible
He had the mannerisms and the vocal style pretty much on point.
hell no.
Did you mean Character?
I think in some of Dan's impersonations of Carter, he used the phrase, "I plan to have a lusty, busty administration." LOL
I’m in awe over the way they would call out Ford, Kissinger and the support of the overthrowing of Salvador Allende in favor of Augusto Pinochet. The way Chevy calls out specific tortures is brutal. Love this sketch so much
This is back when SNL was funny and didn't get so political. Oh wait...
Point taken
What’s the point?
Darth Traya it’s always been biased? How’s that a better thing? At least this isn’t 100% propaganda, looks like they lost a lot of comedy as they did that.
No, this is back when they’d only get political during an election year, not like today when there’s a political skit every episode...
@@Cinicraft00 God you people are dumb.
“Last year I went to the Capitol of Poland. Offset, Milwaukee is a beautiful city.” LMAO best line.
im from Poland.This is brillant.
im from milwaukee!
@@nutsackmania I live here! That line was funny
Did you get the second Polish joke
Sounds like something Joe Biden would say 😂
1:00 "i can name that tune in 4 notes" ;)
No, no Mr. President!
Get the ball, Liberty.
He could have beat Shazam
The Needle in his (Chevy Chase) arm was supposed to represent the Swine Flu Vaccine.....Wow times never change!
I was scrolling through the comments hoping someone would explain that. Thanks.
They sure put a lot of effort in making Chevy Chase look like Gerald Ford
He's barely recognizable.
LMAO - I always wondered about that, but its kinda funny how there was zero effort to do makeup, etc.
That's what was so funny about it.
Chevy Chase...that's all you need!
Same thing for Carter, and later on for George Bush Sr. The first spot-on impersonation I ever saw on SNL was probably Phil Hartman's Reagan.
Lol, look at the credits. Every line is some sort of joke or reference. XD
Under Carter's Special Consultants: *Mr. Peanut*
Under Carter's Dental Consultants: *Dr. Seuss*
Ford's Wardrobe: *A MISTAKE*
Carter's Makeup by *MICK JAGGER*
Coin for Coin Toss
Provided by
United States Treasury
Use Money Today!
LMAO
Coin toss, provided by THE US MINT
Carter had support from Gregg Allman etc
Ford had support from
The Captain and Tennille etc
Lmao!
Who was Dr. Lloyd B. Westman?
"At this moment, in my heart, I'm wearin' a leather mask and breathin' in your ear"
Is that all you're wearing? LOL
When I was young I thought,” how old they all looked” now I’m old and think,” how young they actually were.”
Absolute truth... hahaha
Gerald Ford was a septuagenarian from birth
Me too ..but I was 9 they were old..now at 49. I see how young they were.💙
Chevy was really good looking too.
Wetdewlap oh ha me, too! At 67 nowI watched the very first one sitting on my sister’s water bed after smoking a joint! Alas both are gone from my life ha
Chevy Chase physical comedy will always break me. Love the glass and pitcher gag.
It's insane to think that this show was on when Jimmy freakin' Carter wasn't even the president yet. Holy SHIT this show has been going on for a long time.
It started when Nixon was President.
Sadly, it hasn't been funny for a long time.
Been going on too long.
@@raymondthebrotherofperryma1403 the show first was broadcast in October 1975. Ford was President.
@@LAwithCB Maybe I'm thinking of Laugh In or Hee Haw. 😳 Probably Laugh In.
This is literally more intelligent than a modern debate. From either party.....
brad metcalf - I must disagree. The current debates are weird in format, but those are some very intelligent people.
@@janetownley You remember that Trump is in the modern debates?
Just wait until the 2020 debate
Was just thinking that...
August V, history is also wacky.
Jane Curtain was smoking hot.
@Cody Polar. Dan Aykroyd!
and Jim Belushi was smoking pot!
One of the original SNL writers said Jane had an "icy Tippi Hendron quality."
Joe Randolph And Garret was smokn Aces Crazy out of his mind!!!
Jane was good but Karen Black here was the real hottie but is dressed very down like a librarian.
Oh the good old days of SNL!! Miss them.
Dan Akroyd’s Carter impression is hilarious lol!
Despite the low budget, lack of makeup artists, etc. it's really nice to see a time where they had to really stretch the reality to make it funny. The real debates were so serious, professional, cordial, and fact-based, that it required a lot of work to make a sketch out of it. After the 2021 debate the material had already wrote itself for them.
Also a little work for the AUDIENCE. What I love about art is making me work to understand it. As a musician and a terrible visual artists, I prefer WIT and SKILL. And this, even though elementary in its parts, is what makes it SOOOO stimulating.
That had me laughing out loud. Very sharp writing. You don't often get references to the US supporting the overthrow of a democracy and the installation of a brutal dictator.
Allende was a commie and Chile was much better off without him
This skit continues to be a favorite. Gerald Ford trying to fill that glass = mood.
I did not expect the coked out Rolling Stone reporter to have real questions.
6:20. Sniffles.
Always thought of all SNL history, Dan Akroyd was the best!
He was by far the most talented. Chevy Chase once said that Aykroyd had more talent in his little finger than Chase had in his whole body, which was true enough, but it was nice of Chevy to say that.
Looking back, you'd have to rate him higher than Belushi and Chase. He definitely held it all together. He could play any part. Chevy and Belushi got famous faster, but lAykroyd was in practically every sketch and he had many hilarious recurring characters--the Festrunk brother, E. Buzz Miller, Irwin Mainway, the fast talking TV pitchman, Beldar Conehead. He was the man.
Akroyd did amazing impressions of both Jimmy Carter & Richard Nixon - he had great range.
I'd give it to Phil Hartman, but Aykroyd was certainly funny in the before times. Blues Brothers is one of my favorite movies, loved it since I was a kid.
Jane was a gorgeous woman. No question.
Ugh you beat me to it, she was so hot, smart, and funny.
Back then you could get away with saying that. Now days sluts every where would be offended, lol.
Who’s Jane?
@@nath-wp7xp Well, the title of this video was "Debate '76 - SNL". what that refers to are: The year 1967, the Presidential debate and Saturday Night Live. Now, a quick internet search would give you the cast of SNL from 1976, and upon further investigation, you would find that "Jane" was, in fact comedian and actress Jane Curtin. You may also kow her from her appearance on the television program "Third Rock From the Sun". Find more information on the IMDB - www.imdb.com/list/ls054334049/
Jane Curtain.. another play on 'JC'.. Like Jimmy Carter is as well. It's all actors acting, in politics.. They love to mock the Christ meme.
The Hilarious thing is that Chevy did not looked and/or acted like President Ford in SNL.
He played President Ford only because He was Chevy
LOL!!!! This stuff is just golden!!!
Yeah, reminds you that SNL used to be funny.
Chevy Chase isn't even trying to impersonate Gerald Ford.
SingleTax Agreed, it’s a terrible impression. Ford was intelligent and a former football player - hardly a clumsy buffoon. And of course Chevy looks absolutely nothing like him.
This is typical Chevy Chase during the one and only season he was on SNL. Chevy Chase never looked like anyone but himself.
It's not supposed to be an exact copy. It's a character that points out Ford's buffoonery.
Dan Akroyd's portrayal of Jimmy Carter wasn't meant to be an "exact copy" either. The point is that he at least *tried* to impersonate Carter, whereas Chase basically played himself.
Not exactly. Dan Aykroyd was the utility player in the cast, he impersonated a lot of people. Chevy simply had a different kind of humor and appeal.
Clark W. Griswold running for president.
ClarkWGrisJr that's what would happen in that world
@MEGATRON At least Clark Griswold was ONLY an incompetent buffoon who actually seemed to mean well. Now we've got "president' Biff Tannen. Literally: www.nme.com/news/back-to-the-future-writer-reveals-biff-tannen-was-inspired-by-donald-trump-2560286
I love that they use actual, and clever, jokes in this instead of just using the lazy route by putting the emphasis on the characters being idiots
Note to current SNL writers: THIS is how you do political satire. Note, this sketch uses something we used to call humor, two farcical presentations of candidates, making fun of both sides, not a one-sided bitter portrayal of one candidate.
The current SNL is purely one-sided garbage. I will never watch it again.
@@enoffz8021 SNL has not been consistently funny IMO in over 30 years. The thing that made SNL a hit when it started out, I don't see it any more.
"Coffee provided by: Joe DiMaggio" did anyone spot that?
Yes. It was after
Governor Carter
eye contact teacher
John Denver
Lol
But does he dunk his doughnuts?
this was when SNL didn't have the actors try to look and sound exactly like the characters but rather the writing was intended to amplify quirks of the characters and let the jokes do their thing lol.
But that's exactly what Phil Hartman's Clinton did. And Dana Carvey's George H Bush. And Will Ferrell's Dubya. And Alec Baldwin's Trump........
Ryan Doyle did you read my comment? I said back in the day when they didn’t have them look or sound. 🤔🤔
Did you read mine? Baldwin's Trump is the same thing.
EXACTLY.
It seems like a "you had to be there"
I used to watch this show every Sat. night, couldn't stop laughing and I was only 11 at the time. Best lineup ever.
All by itself among all the SNL lineups of cast members. And the writers were hysterical .... !!!
I didn't know Karen Black could be funny. She's practically McKinnon-esque in this scenes.
That type of smiling crazy eyed character has been a commonly used humor device or "trope" since the 1950s. McKinnon is just the current person known to do it all the time.
Fine too.
@Christopher Marlowe Hey don't be pissed because Shakespeare is more famous than You. Geez!
@@rockhero2274 I want you to know I appreciate that joke
@@captaingymshorts 👍👍
Every one on one political debate from now on should feature simultaneous closing comments.
They usually make no sense, it's all bullshit anyway, and it's far more entertaining.
“And of course I had to call a few secret service men to come in and spin that desk around while I put the bulb in” Fucking dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Right? OMG that one killed me.
@@TheRealColt45 I just cannot place who the moderator of the debate was. At first glance I thought that it was Lorraine but it must have been the host that week.
Chevy Chase was brilliant as Gerald Ford, he does not need to imitate or impersonate nor remotely look like him, he is playing 'the attitude'.
That’s just Chevy Chase.
@@TKinfinity01Yeah Right !!! Also, there is a thing named imagination. Use it !!!
@@luishumbertovega3900 no need to take it personally, it was just a joke...
@@TKinfinity01 It's ok, Blessings !!!
SNL should bring back all the actors for living former presidents in a sketch for the Biden inauguration.
Politics has not changed a bit!
Fun fact: Chevy Chase was considered for the role of Han Solo for Star Wars (1977). Yeah, let that sink in after watching this.....
Hahaha I loved the original cast and SNL was sometimes shocking to the era. The current president can't take a joke, wanted to have SNL investigated; what if he was portrayed with a syringe sticking out of his arm? Politicians have been & in a free society will always be fodder for comedy.
except when the politician is featured in a traditional political cartoon in the NY times AND they are part of that special tribe.
The only part of this that made me laugh was the credits... "Governor Carter's Eye Contact Teacher, John Denver" ... "President Ford's Wardrobe, by mistake"... "Governor Carter's make up, by Mick Jagger"...
I love how Saturday Night used to bash Democrats and Republicans. Now they only bash Trump and have lost their comedic edge. It's so predictable...
To be fair, Trump is a mobbed up, racist con-man with a history of sexual assault.
Glen Long You do realize what you just said???
When SNL was absolutely hilarious and the cast beyond brilliant.
"transsexuals in politics" wow so you guys have been at this for a while huh
Karen Black is funny as fuck. How’d I miss that?
2:42 "Milwaukee is a beautiful city" lol
From capital of Poland (Warsaw) he went straight to Milwaukee 😂
I just Love Chevy Chase,. absolute GOLD for comedy and real entertainment. He stands for everything the silver screen was made for.
I think this is great! SNL didn't take themselves so seriously back then. They were more counter-culture. Nowadays all bets are off.
Or did we just brush this off back then, but now are offended?
@Jim Johnson but it's more than possible when the one you're portraying or mocking is so hateful. It actually becomes a responsibility.
The secret service had to spin the desk around to screw the light bulb in... now that's classic. I wonder if some old skit comedy people did these things with the Lincoln Douglas debates?
Presented to those who say that SNL didn’t use to be political.
Chevy's answer to the question at 4:19 is amazing
Wish there was some of the stuff with Aykroyd doing Nixon. Priceless.
LOL the sketch with him yelling JEWBOY! at Belushi playing Kissinger was fantastic.
@@AdonisJones That is classic!!
"My book only 19.95. " AS they drive a wooden stake thru Nixons heart.
omg Eric Idle
BTW if any of you youngins were wondering about the syringe it was a shot at Ford's panicked policy response to the Swine Flu outbreak.
John Barleycorn Thank you:)
Original cast SNL was legendary.
Back when SNL relied on intelligent writing and not cheap swearing and dumb dirty jokes
Karen Black was everywhere in the 70's- great actress, she was brilliant in The 1974 Great Gatsby movie
This made more sense than either Trump or Biden did in the debate I just watched tonight.
A Chevy playing a Ford.
"Ms. Montgomery, I must be honest. You are a very attractive women. And right now in my heart, I am in a leather mask breathing in your ear!" Wow how TV has changed!!!
That's mild nowadays.
A very different Saturday Night!!
Nothing like the original crew. Funny how they don't even try to hide that Belushi was a snorter.
I was told there would be no math.
Where does he say this?
@@noahsragow2892 During a long, complicated economics question from Jane. Watch Chevy's eyes glaze over.
@@noahsragow2892 it's from another debate, with these same players doing Ford and Carter. They ask chevy something about the federal budget and Chevy, as ford, replies, 'I was under the impression, there'd be no math'. Lol
@@waynej2608 (haltingly) "It was my understanding that there would be no math."
Boy what I wouldn't give to have either of those guys for president again. They may not have done much good, but they also didn't do much harm.
Ford was level-headed, in spite of his rather public gaffes. He would've done just fine if he had been elected to a full term. Carter meant well but his style of leadership simply wasn't suited for the presidency.
undertered: yea. He was humble and had no majer prsonaity dsorders. That just dosn't cut it for a modern American president.
Opinunate ted Indeed. Carter's done a lot of good in his life, and will continue to do so, it's just that his manner was, unfortunately, not the best suited for the presidency.
Carter is was a strange case of a president. A Navy nuke sub commander. A 1 term Governor of GA that came out of nowhere to win the presidency. And really sucked as a president. In my opinion, during his presidency, Carter presented no clear vision of the future for America. In 1976, after the loss of the Vietnam war in 1975, all the Watergate bullshit, and the energy crisis, America was floundering and really did not see a bright path into the future. Love it or hate it, Reagan moved America into the future with vision that most Americans supported.
This country was not based on "suited for President" This is what everyone misses.
Just another example of why the original cast will forever be the best cast.
0:44 Jane Curtin was a beauty.
Mans thirsty for some back to the past coochy
Aykroyds Carter was quite brilliant, even though it never came near the true Carter. :D
I remember a time when presidents could be parodied on SNL without causing injury to fragile egos. And then, along comes Trump.
Luckily for America, we’ve traded President Trump for Biden… 😶👍🏻
Young Chevy looks surprisingly similar to Andy Samberg
This is so damn funny. Miss the original SNL.
When the hell did carter have a mustache?
connor M Dan Akyroyd refused to shave off his mustache.
The same time that Dan Aykroyd had one. It was real real thin.
Also Ford didn't have a full head of hair.
And not too long after, neither did Chevy.
MICHAEL SOWELL They easily could have taken a piece of latex and put it over and used makeup to blend it. They did it for Martin Lawrence's various characters on his show that didn't have moustaches.
“The Chilis”
How is nobody laughing at that? 😆
The ' 76 election, ironically , possibly, tragically, was my first election eligible to vote. I still feel ripped off, due to the fact that my only choices, were between Governor
Dan Akroyd and President Chevy Chase.
@@laurazepam8382 swine flu vaccine?
@@laurazepam8382 There was a Swine Flu outbreak in '76 and Ford's administration pushed hard to get a vaccine out. The needle is representing the swine flu vaccine shot.
When SNL was fun they made fun of everyone and did it with respect and even the people that they made fun of laughed with them
@@tbewin are you one of those guys that always wears tinfoil on their head?
fast and furious happened dipwad, there were whistleblowers, it was also proven about the immigrant kids being sent to traffiking rings by the obama administration; and its pretty obvious clinton engaged in dubious stuff with epstein
@@tbewin ...you need a hobby.
you have one apparently, sticking your head in the sand lol
@@tbewin coming from the guy whose head is stuck up his own ass.
Sad how so many of these comments are so nitpicky, completely missing the point of the sketch.
Well it is UA-cam after all.
My favorite part is honestly in the credits at 8:05 "Coin for Coin Toss Provided by United States Treasury. Use Money Today!"
Golden era of SNL!
Chevy did a Great Joe Biden here.
2:02 To be Obama.
Man, I miss the League of Women Voters running these things!
To all the people that have commented about the lack of political humor on SNL in the 70's. Duh. It was always political and counter-culture.
Yes but in those days they took shots at everyone not just one person all the time. Plus they never seemed to be against Obama when he was in office.
@Brandon Johnston Ford fell down like one time and chase made it a joke and got a lot of miles out of it. It's funny. But Trump just gets bashed and it's more hate than funny. I wouldn't call Trump stupid either. He's a billionaire and the president. He gets criticized on everything. Imagine that. Honestly imagine if you got criticized for everything you said or did.
Exactly. I don't think people get that.
Govenor Carters special consultants
Bob Dylan
Andrew Young
Warren Beatty
Sen.Ted Kennedy
Greg Allman
Mr. Peanut
George Meany
😂😂😂
Crazy how Chevy Chase didn't even try to impersonate Ford, let alone look like him.
Well, carter had no mustache..
This sucks
I was 9 years old when this came on and would sneak downstairs way after my bedtime to watch it. I didn't understand the parts that would be expected for a 9 year old kid not to understand but found it hilarious nonetheless 😀
5:32 so Carter is the original Joe Biden.
I miss the time when S.N.L. was doing Satire and comedy
Yes, SNL certainly never does political satire anymore, and definitely hasn't since 1976. It's not like their most famous skits for the last 20 years have always revolved around political satire
I was told there would be no math.
You know trump will say that eventually.
0:42 MOST BEAUTIFUL SNL CAST MEMBER EVER!!! ;)
This skit proves the cast doesn't have to stare at the cue cards while doing their lines. I wish today's cast would stop doing that.
The fake past is better than the real future
5:47
“ I want to say right now that you’re a very attractive woman 👩🏼 “
I AGREE SHE WAS AND SHE STILL IS
AND LUV HER HAIR😍 TOO
That water gag absolutely killed me. Was that based on something that really happened?
Someone should mash these up with actual debates so the younger folks can fully appreciate them.
6:48 "Mr. Cake" lmfaoooo Belushi was doing coke on that desk and couldn't even deliver his lines. Chevy called him out and they ended the skit that's why the host started laughing.