Tom Brokaw Pre-Tapes - Saturday Night Live

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  • @DialSforSam
    @DialSforSam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    When Ford passed away in '06, I messaged my brother as soon as I got home from work. His response: "He was not eaten by wolves. He was not delicious."

    • @davidgalinat4257
      @davidgalinat4257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      He's a former President, you're saying he's not delicious?

    • @keithandrew2705
      @keithandrew2705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So funny!!!

    • @jamallugo6544
      @jamallugo6544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is that what u saying he not delicious?

    • @mariaelenabartesaghi6322
      @mariaelenabartesaghi6322 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg so funny.

    • @grant8917
      @grant8917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just a little bit of salt and Garlic and FORD would taste absolutely Devine!

  • @larryynman3251
    @larryynman3251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +327

    I was a teenager when this sketch was done and I literally was crying laughing so hard on the floor.... "He's a former president, Tom. What are you saying, he's not delicious?"

  • @singlesideman
    @singlesideman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I had the most hilarious experience meeting Tom Brokaw in the late nineties in West Cornwall, CT, where I lived and worked at the time. He was an avid fly fisherman and had a place there and another in Montana. I was working at one of the very few businesses in the tiny town, a pottery store that had gifts and furniture, and we had an extremely rustic grandfather clock right in front, easily visible through the front door. He popped in one summer morning, surprisingly tall and fair, sans makeup, and looking around nervously as if for paparazzi, inquired, in his inimitable, singular, hilarious way, "How much for the - cl000ck?". I almost fell over, laughing. He was a real life parody of himself. It was a priceless moment...

    • @cbrown8814
      @cbrown8814 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How can there not be more to that story... c'mon, dude

    • @singlesideman
      @singlesideman ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@cbrown8814 there isn't. It was just a priceless, perfect, hilarious moment.

    • @MelancoliaI
      @MelancoliaI ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cl000k 💀

    • @singlesideman
      @singlesideman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fatdaddync that wouldn't have been nearly as interesting, and it would have been predictable and trite.

    • @avlanche7777
      @avlanche7777 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pretty cool, thanks!

  • @JHallDaBoss
    @JHallDaBoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This is pure gold...I remember keeling over with belly laughter at this when I was a kid.

  • @NYCBlonde
    @NYCBlonde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    "He was...delishus." Literally crying rn, one of their best ever skits.

  • @afmartin2734
    @afmartin2734 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    To this day, one of the all time classic skits. We still quote this regularly. Priceless.

    • @ryand5739
      @ryand5739 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I drive through an intersection at Gerald Ford Dr. in my town at least a few times a week. I cannot help but say “Ggherald Fhord died today…” every time. I can’t stop myself! I try!

    • @borisivanovmusic
      @borisivanovmusic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      “You’re not gay now, but one day you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies, and we’re screwed!”
      is one of the greatest comedic lines ever written.

    • @melgor5785
      @melgor5785 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My 84 year old dad and I were saying Gherrald Fhord until the day he passed away l

  • @MusicWithoutReservation
    @MusicWithoutReservation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    “Would I still be the anchor if Zimbabwe invaded us?”
    “Yeah, if you break the Gerald Ford story.”

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hum-bu-hum-bu-we Gerald Ford
      (click click)

  • @whitey138
    @whitey138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    For all those people that think they are going crazy from remembering this as a Dana Carvey Show sketch, you aren’t crazy (well not entirely). That episode never aired but later that year (1996) Dana hosted SNL and re-did the sketch with Robert Smigel reprising his role as the voice of the producer.

    • @jpiii8887
      @jpiii8887 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's Jim Downey, not Robert Smigel, as the voice/producer.

    • @RocketSauce666
      @RocketSauce666 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jpiii8887 - and we learned form Strike Force Five that this was written by Steven Colbert and Louis C.K.

  • @dynjarren8355
    @dynjarren8355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Dana Carvey is brilliant! What a great Brokaw impression! Thank you TH-cam for making this available so I can see it again.

  • @WTFG78
    @WTFG78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    I remember seeing this sketch live on TV. At the end of the episode before the end credits, Dana Carvey iterated that Gerald Ford was in fact alive and well. Ford went on to live 10 more years afterwards.

    • @FZeroDragon
      @FZeroDragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      But Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead

    • @robertsprouse9282
      @robertsprouse9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@FZeroDragon, not because he was attacked by a Gay lion, either.

    • @seanmurphy26
      @seanmurphy26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dude, I was a kid watching this! I remember everything, and I'm dying watching this now!

    • @Zebra_3
      @Zebra_3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertsprouse9282 but was delicious.

    • @cypressneedles
      @cypressneedles 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ...until he was senselessly eaten by wolves.

  • @bguzewi0
    @bguzewi0 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    This is one of those skits that always stuck with me.

  • @Kk-fc5jw
    @Kk-fc5jw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Robert Smeigel probably wrote this as you can hear his voice! Greatest SNL writer of all time! Genius 🕺🏻

    • @KazKcatta
      @KazKcatta ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I thought that sounded like Smeigel, saved me some googling. Also interesting tidbit about Colbert.

    • @eyalshachar1831
      @eyalshachar1831 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Colbert actually wrote it

    • @ChokeslamToHell
      @ChokeslamToHell ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sounds like his George W Bush Conan impression lol.

    • @s.kreusler5081
      @s.kreusler5081 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't believe that. Smigel actually has genuine comedic talent. By contrast I've known about Colbert since the late 2000s and I've never laughed at anything he's done, it's just one neverending smug sneer of liberal contempt. I think Smigel's a much better candidate for the author, regardless of what anyone says.@@eyalshachar1831

    • @mikefarrington7141
      @mikefarrington7141 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Colbert and Louis C.K. wrote it. They were guest writing for Dana (they were writers on The Dana Carvey Show at the time).

  • @PatrickSilent
    @PatrickSilent ปีที่แล้ว +81

    As a historian, I can confirm that William Howard Taft indeed died after being viciously attacked by a pack of wolves. Senselessly.

    • @glenbard07
      @glenbard07 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Was he delicious?

    • @PatrickSilent
      @PatrickSilent ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@glenbard07That part was embellished somewhat. He actually tasted fine. Just fine.

    • @anthonymarshall8311
      @anthonymarshall8311 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Correct...At the senseless age of 83...

    • @bryanstarkweather
      @bryanstarkweather 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Before or after he got stuck in a bathtub?

    • @PatrickSilent
      @PatrickSilent 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@bryanstarkweather Obviously during.

  • @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423
    @whyhasgooglemessedwithmych1423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This has been showing up on my suggested list for over a week and I have avoided watching it. Today, because there was nothing interesting to look at I, decided to try this. This is literally the funniest SNL skit that I have ever seen. And I go all the way back to the 70's with this show. this was a creative comedic masterpiece.

  • @aclarkedesign
    @aclarkedesign ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One of the best sketches ever from the Dana Carvey Show. Glad they redid it on SNL since it they didnt air the last DCS episode.

  • @Vaporvice84
    @Vaporvice84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    "Gerald Ford is not gonna be eaten by wolves"
    "Taft was."
    "Really? Taft?"

  • @arthurjackson6395
    @arthurjackson6395 8 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    "...at the senseless age of 83.". :D

    • @thehunzz
      @thehunzz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One line that aged particularly well.

  • @Kratosx23
    @Kratosx23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    "Today, you're not gay, you know, then one day, you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies and we're screwed!".😂
    Greatest line I've ever heard.

  • @DaDitka
    @DaDitka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One of the better skits on SNL I have ever seen. Great stuff.

  • @robertromero9488
    @robertromero9488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    My favourite was "Gerald Ford shot dead today at the senseless age of 83." 😂😜

    • @lancesmith3574
      @lancesmith3574 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too!!! I'm not joking at all 😂

  • @Eggs_is_eggs
    @Eggs_is_eggs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Robert Smigel is the voice of the producer. This was also an unaired sketch from the Dana Carvey Show and re-used on SNL.

    • @freddyrichards878
      @freddyrichards878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Huh, kinda weird that the show would upload it on their channel. Seems more like something an amateur fan would do.

    • @andrew_owens7680
      @andrew_owens7680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He could have done the voice of Triumph the Insult Dog. Would have given it an edge.

    • @Eggs_is_eggs
      @Eggs_is_eggs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@freddyrichards878 The skit was originally filmed for the Dana Carvey Show but was never aired. They then re-did the skit on SNL so this is the SNL version of the skit.

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Senselessly, did not know Dana Carvey had a Show.

    • @gaussmanv2
      @gaussmanv2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah yes I didn't have to scroll far. I was wondering if it was smigel.

  • @Stubby1085
    @Stubby1085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    “Oh sure you’re not gay right now but then one day you wake up you like men, Gerald Ford dies, and we’re screwed.” 😂

    • @jp-jax
      @jp-jax 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      “Everyone’s hearing about it from Dan Rather” 😂

  • @ramzcoldlampin5460
    @ramzcoldlampin5460 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Those “alright, alright” transitions are perfection! 😂

  • @ImmortalBroken
    @ImmortalBroken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This is easily one of my favorite SNL sketches of all-time. 😂

  • @pioadventures
    @pioadventures 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "Gerald ford dead today after being senselessly mauled by a circus lion in a convenience store" is permanently etched into my brain from the first time I saw this 🤣

  • @davisanderson4274
    @davisanderson4274 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Possibly the number one SNL clip of all time. Its impossible not to laugh

  • @KatharineDalton-xv5ud
    @KatharineDalton-xv5ud ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This skit is one of the funniest skits ever produced! It never ceases to make me laugh hysterically, even though I've seen it dozens of times! Dana Carvey is brilliant and whoever wrote the script is outstanding! 😂

  • @jean-marcrocher1463
    @jean-marcrocher1463 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Lost it at "Taft was."

    • @StevenEveral
      @StevenEveral 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Really, Taft? 😂

    • @joecoupon8299
      @joecoupon8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, now I gotta google it...

    • @svavarkjarrval8757
      @svavarkjarrval8757 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@joecoupon8299 Checked it and seems it's not true unless wolves somehow invaded his house.

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@svavarkjarrval8757 Wolves invaded his House, senselessly. Sans Leashes, as well.

    • @carlbutler2212
      @carlbutler2212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unknown soldiers tomb since WW2..big Winston Churchill fan

  • @christopherritsch9244
    @christopherritsch9244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I'm going on record in saying this is one of the top 5 sketches ever by SNL. "Really Taft?".

  • @joemagnus5085
    @joemagnus5085 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is comedy gold

  • @veromoreno-diaz
    @veromoreno-diaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is one of the funniest sketches ever lol nice job of the writers, excellent delivery by Dana :-)

    • @jeffreyturkell4959
      @jeffreyturkell4959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This was written for the Dana Carvey Show on ABC, which cancelled the show and wouldn’t air the episode that included this skit.

    • @seanmurphy26
      @seanmurphy26 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jeffreyturkell4959 wow! Great tidbit! Who is reading the words back to dana? It sounds like smigel? Or downy?

    • @jeffreyturkell4959
      @jeffreyturkell4959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seanmurphy26 I think it’s Smigel, who likely did the same thing a few months earlier when they did this bit on the unaired episode of the The Dana Carvey Show.

    • @Blackshirt123
      @Blackshirt123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@seanmurphy26 It's Smigel. The sketch idea came from Colbert, who was watching a CBS news feed in the building of Dan Rather reading off a bunch in advance of Reagan's death. Colbert and Smigel started riffing on the ideas, then Louis CK added a few touches to it.

  • @jonathanmoxon9894
    @jonathanmoxon9894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love how Brokaw appears to find it more probable that Ford would be chopped into little bits by the propeller of a commuter plane versus being eaten by wolves.

    • @williamkoscielniak7871
      @williamkoscielniak7871 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup! It's a nice subtlety that most of us probably wouldn't notice without repeated listens. This entire bit is just ridiculously well written and executed!

    • @amitbasu7516
      @amitbasu7516 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@williamkoscielniak7871 I mean, when you consider how many politicians have died in small planes.

    • @virgilhodgesjr1524
      @virgilhodgesjr1524 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And also it was more likely that Zombie Nixon would rise from his grave to strangle Gerald Ford, than Ford being eaten by wolves.

  • @elainebenes7971
    @elainebenes7971 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    For context this was based on an actual wild satellite feed where Brokaw was pre-recording obituaries.

  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "Tragedy today as Gerald Ford was eaten by wolves. He was delicious." Still cracks me up after all these years XD

    • @wvu05
      @wvu05 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Don't you think that's superfluous?"

    • @charlesgreen8703
      @charlesgreen8703 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@wvu05 “It’s a former President Tom…what are you saying,he’s not delicious?”

  • @jbanks979
    @jbanks979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The narrator is Robert Smigel yes? One of the all time classics of sketch comedy whether SNL Or Dana Carvey show.

  • @MisterGarak
    @MisterGarak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    "Gerald Ford shot dead today, at the age of 83."
    "Add the word 'senseless' in there."
    "Gerald Ford shot dead today, at the senseless age of 83."
    My favorite part in the whole skit. I couldn't stop laughing.

    • @RayoAtra
      @RayoAtra ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same. always been my favorite joke from the bit.

  • @Redhead77
    @Redhead77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    "It's a FORMER PRESIDENT, Tom, what are you saying? He's *not* delicious?"

    • @liquid6901
      @liquid6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gerald Ford being mauled by a circus lion at a 7-11 is "on-brand" as we say!

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL...and that line was delivered so well.

    • @woodykelleher9253
      @woodykelleher9253 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay?!

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know really?

  • @daveguy11
    @daveguy11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I keep telling you people, Dana Carvey is an f'ing genius.

    • @angelofverdun456
      @angelofverdun456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What do you mean, “you people”?

    • @daveguy11
      @daveguy11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@angelofverdun456 You, specifically.

    • @angelofverdun456
      @angelofverdun456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@daveguy11 oh... thank you!

    • @katedalton7103
      @katedalton7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is. This sketch was hilarious! I don't know how many times I've watched it. t keeps me laughing every time

    • @markdaniels7174
      @markdaniels7174 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What’s with calling us “you people,” you freakin’ racist! 😉
      Yes, Dana Carvey is goddamn GOLD!

  • @dee9575
    @dee9575 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "Stunning news...as Richard Nixon's corpse climbed out of it's grave and strangled Gerald Ford to death" and "Gerald Ford was mauled senselessly by a circus lion in a convenience store" 🤣🤣 Thanks for the belly laughs Dana!

    • @katedalton7103
      @katedalton7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love the photo of Richard Nixon as he crawled out of his grave and strangled Gerald R. Ford. That one had me on my ear!
      Tha

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You could totally see Nixon revived by his burning rage at all of humanity and doing this.

  • @vhfreak
    @vhfreak 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Carvey's delivery of the line "crack cocaine" is so on-point Brokaw.

  • @derpaderh9269
    @derpaderh9269 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Who would have ever guessed that Ford would really die ten years later at the senseless age of 93?

    • @DaDitka
      @DaDitka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Took me by surprise, I can tell you that!
      Lol

    • @asill.6668
      @asill.6668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

  • @orvilleblackman8043
    @orvilleblackman8043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I always end up in tears laughing watching these old SNL classics . Carvey, Hartman, Mc Donald, Nealon, Kittan, and all the women,,Otteri etc...funny as hell

  • @InfinitelyQurious
    @InfinitelyQurious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember watching this bit live when I was a kid, and I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe.

  • @stephenl6758
    @stephenl6758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I love the guy feeding him stories. “It’s a former President- what are you saying, he isn’t delicious?”

  • @robinrichards72
    @robinrichards72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When Ford died, the announcement came at 1130pm on a Saturday. I was watching NBC. It took me a minute to realize it was real and not Dana Carvey!

  • @jankarlsson8341
    @jankarlsson8341 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One of my favorite skits from SNL, great stuff!

    • @mauktenbrink9211
      @mauktenbrink9211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Did you know this sketch was actually from the Dana Carvey show? This sketch was part of the last episode, that was never aired. You should look up old sketches from that show they're hilarious.

    • @dansoderburg1854
      @dansoderburg1854 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mauktenbrink9211 ha ok thank god I was like this isn’t from snl, thought I was getting Alzheimer’s in my early 30s

    • @zplapplap
      @zplapplap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dansoderburg1854 I saw the skit on SNL when it was first shown. Interesting to learn that it was brought over from another show.

    • @robertsprouse9282
      @robertsprouse9282 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mauktenbrink9211, he first, or secondly, did it on SNL.

  • @JamesCanDoAnything
    @JamesCanDoAnything 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When you start a propeller airplane engine, you always have to yell out "clear," like with a defibrillator. Just in case Gerald Ford is standing there.

  • @TheNN
    @TheNN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Well Tom Brokaw is now retiring, so I'm just here remembering this classic sketch.

    • @ctbadger
      @ctbadger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!

    • @zacharykim5596
      @zacharykim5596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me 3

    • @Alphatau1823
      @Alphatau1823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meyers did a joke about the teleprompter being how he found out and it immediately made me look up this sketch lol!

    • @rossberger295
      @rossberger295 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dittoooooo

  • @ksmoker27
    @ksmoker27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    So funny. In his interview on the Late Show, Carvey credits Colbert with writing this sketch.

  • @arianprofit
    @arianprofit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Comedy for me growing up wouldn’t have been the same without Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman. (Throw in John Ritter and Eddie Murphy). My skits, sitcom, and movies. My favorite Standup came later in life. Chapelle.

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2:26 - great. Now I have to look up if Taft was eaten by wolves (for the record - he died in his bed...eaten by podiatrists).
    This was one of those sketchs I had to pause because I was laughing so hard.

  • @jgrey8959
    @jgrey8959 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I enjoyed this today, at the senseless age of 52.

  • @senororlando2
    @senororlando2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    @1:59 master class in keeping it together

  • @Toast960
    @Toast960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Pure genius from Robert Smigel, Stephen Colbert, and Louis C. K.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They wrote this?

    • @Toast960
      @Toast960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@squamish4244 Yup. This sketch actually came from the old Dana Carvey Show. The episode it was supposed to be on never aired so they put it on when Carvey hosted SNL. Colbert saw Dan Rather doing a lot of pre-tapes for potential news stories and mentioned it to Smigel, who then took that idea and began expanding on it. Colbert and Smigel wrote the first draft and Louis added the more oddly specific things like "chopped into bits by a plane," etc.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Toast960 I didn't know Colbert wrote for SNL, but it doesn't surprise me. He is IMO the funniest Late Night comedian. I know he has writers, but some of the humour sounds like it came right from him. I also like that he does his own sketches, which Jon Stewart didn't do, he never came out from behind that desk for some reason (he does now).

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@squamish4244 in a round about way, this sketch is repurposed from an entirely different show. Colbert had a failed audition for SNL shortly after that and Tracy Morgan was chosen over him

    • @stedr
      @stedr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That line about "one day you wake up, you like men, gerald ford dies, and we're screwed" I could hear it in CK's voice, had to be him

  • @Kylefassbinderful
    @Kylefassbinderful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is such a classic. To this day I always think of this skit when I see old Tom Brokaw clips

  • @danab7626
    @danab7626 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The straight man set ups and banter are as funny as Carvey!

  • @2010gt1
    @2010gt1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Oh come on, Gerald Ford isn’t going to be eaten by wolves.
    Taft was.
    Really? Taft?

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Every time I hear Taft in any context whatsoever I say "Really Taft"?

    • @Redhead77
      @Redhead77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clebo99 SAME!

    • @liquid6901
      @liquid6901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I dunno, that's quite a task for the wolves!

    • @joseph_b319
      @joseph_b319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clebo99 me too. Too bad it don't happen that often

  • @stvp68
    @stvp68 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorites

  • @StevenEveral
    @StevenEveral 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    'Gerald Ford dead today from an overdose of crack cocaine.'
    Dead. 💀🤣
    On another note, this video has been on TH-cam for almost five years as of 2018, and it only has about 7K views? That's a damn shame.
    Edit: Near the end of 2022 this video now had over 210K views. Good to see it's getting recognized for the brilliant bit of comedy that it is!

  • @Jaymindrew1990
    @Jaymindrew1990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2:36. “Tragedy today as former President Gharall Foard was eaten by wolves . . . he was delicious”. LOL 😂

  • @katydalton4759
    @katydalton4759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't stop watching this! One of the funniest sketches ever!

  • @JosePerez-vz1qq
    @JosePerez-vz1qq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The off-screen director is hysterical.

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's Robert Smigel.

  • @YoussefE.
    @YoussefE. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    The Dana Carvey Show, anyone?

    • @clebo99
      @clebo99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me....

    • @PunkNStein
      @PunkNStein 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch the show, already is one

    • @mazukakai
      @mazukakai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I prefer this version, which was the original one.

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah I remember his show back in the 90’s. It not only had lots of crazy, over the top, skits but crazy titles as well. Like the “Taco 🌮 Bell 🛎 Dana Carvey Show”. It was utterly ridiculous but always made me laugh. It also featured future comedy stars like Colbert and Louis CK. Incredibly, that show only lasted 1 month before it was cancelled.

    • @LS-td3no
      @LS-td3no 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was one of the best ones ever. Totally cracks me up. Under appreciated in my book.

  • @gaussmanv2
    @gaussmanv2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    When gerald ford died, this is all I could hear. He was delicious.

  • @glenbard07
    @glenbard07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I wonder if Gerald Ford ever saw this.

    • @sayhibobbi
      @sayhibobbi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not before the wolves got to him.

    • @Jantv81
      @Jantv81 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sayhibobbiRight? He was delicious!

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am not sure any SNL sketch has ever made me laugh this much.
    ✌️

  • @glenndespres5317
    @glenndespres5317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember watching this live. It’s still a riot.

  • @potterpotty01
    @potterpotty01 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    aparently this was co-written by Stephen Colbert as discussed on the strike force five podcast.

  • @justynetubbs211
    @justynetubbs211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Gerald Ford was chopped into little bit by the propeller of a commuter plane"🤣🤣🤣

  • @ZigbertD
    @ZigbertD ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think some current news anchors would be smart to pretape breaking announcements that during the Zimbabwean invasion, Tom Brokaw was eaten by wolves at the senseless age of 83 and with his dying breath, declared in Shona, "I'm gay". You know, just in case.

  • @billmcdonnell79
    @billmcdonnell79 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gerald Ford really died on December 26, 2006, ten years after this SNL sketch and a day after Christmas 2006 making Christmas 2006 his last Christmas ever.

  • @annikala
    @annikala 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I frequently say “Gerald Ford” out loud in the voice and no one ever knows what I’m referencing

  • @locksmithdb5987
    @locksmithdb5987 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Everytime I hear the name "Gerald Ford" I think of this skit. Dana NAILED the Tom Brokaw impersonation!

  • @psychshell4644
    @psychshell4644 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember crying with laughter while watching this sketch😂

  • @johnhowland974
    @johnhowland974 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Came here from "Strike Force Five" Podcast, where Steven Colbert talks about what inspired him to write this sketch. Had never seen it before, hysterical😂.

  • @KvnDWr
    @KvnDWr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How does this not have more views??????

  • @rickyrydell
    @rickyrydell 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Is that Robert Smigel voicing the off-screen prompts? This sounds like a bit he would have written.

  • @serpentines6356
    @serpentines6356 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think one of the reasons this is so hillarious is because Dana Carvey is so good at staying in character while we hear the laughter as the stories become so increasingly absurd.
    Great job!
    I think Ford was a really good guy too.

  • @stephenabellon2742
    @stephenabellon2742 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That "he was delicious", nixon and gay part though

  • @EST84x
    @EST84x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    That sketch written by Stephen Colbert, no less.

    • @Tordogor
      @Tordogor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This shows that Colbert used to be funny in the past ...

    • @rafaelsoltren7402
      @rafaelsoltren7402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can’t stand Colbert

    • @MarkLipka
      @MarkLipka 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *I believe this was written by Robert Smigel.*

  • @burakkasal1621
    @burakkasal1621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I can't believe the view count.
    People still can' t appreciate Dana Carvey Show Humor.

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My favorite bit was Carvey playing Strom Thurmond and Bob Smigel playing Bob Dole. Carvey also plays Ted Koppel. th-cam.com/video/XAkBQ3Z-SVY/w-d-xo.html
      Today's SNL is a humorless shit-show. Stop Now Lorne, Still Not Laughing.

  • @blues1001-g5b
    @blues1001-g5b ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how the pictures change, i.e., wolves, lion, Nixon.

  • @zacharykim5596
    @zacharykim5596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    “... Heighty-three.”

  • @StarWarrior91
    @StarWarrior91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember first seeing this on the Dana Carvey SNL dvd set. Laughed til I cried

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Gerald Ford" is the key to doing the Tom Brokaw voice

  • @JamesEnsor
    @JamesEnsor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To this day, I LITERALLY cannot think of Gerald R. friggin Ford without thinking of this sketch.

  • @jimmiddleton2206
    @jimmiddleton2206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pod Save America has me watching this for the first time. Amazing.

  • @dallenYT808
    @dallenYT808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:19 “ just read it !” Hahahahahaha

  • @Locomamonk
    @Locomamonk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    "Today you're not dead, you know? Then one day you wake up, you like men, Gerald Ford dies and we're screwed!"

    • @AdhamOhm
      @AdhamOhm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And everyone's hearing about it from Dan Rather.

    • @Nickname10344
      @Nickname10344 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      69th like

    • @xyzzyxyzzy2
      @xyzzyxyzzy2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      95 people upvote this, and he got the quote completely wrong.

  • @camillemckenzie3235
    @camillemckenzie3235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For some reason this makes me think of how the BBC anchors have black suits and ties on standby in case there's a death in the royal family or government

  • @BlaineStewart123
    @BlaineStewart123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was telling someone about this sketch just yesterday. And then it randomly pops up today. Nice.

  • @KatherineXIX
    @KatherineXIX หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is this one of the best SNL sketches of all time?

  • @janicknorman9396
    @janicknorman9396 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Zherald Ford, dead da'day lol

  • @s.kreusler5081
    @s.kreusler5081 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is my pick for best SNL sketch of all time.

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I found out today that Wolf Blitzer really ought to have banked a few "Joe Biden ends his campaign" announcements, instead of being caught on the hop having a cocktail, which he had tweeted! 😂

  • @SignatureStampsFan
    @SignatureStampsFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember crying laughing when this aired.

  • @aaronsahonta554
    @aaronsahonta554 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nick Mason of The Weekly Planet loves this sketch 😂😂

  • @johhue
    @johhue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the top 5 funniest SNL skits of all time

  • @clebo99
    @clebo99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had no idea this was first shown on Dana's show and redone on SNL when he guest hosted.

    • @dansoderburg1854
      @dansoderburg1854 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok now it makes sense. I’ve been posting all confused like “this was on some bootleg Dana carvey show I saw a while ago” and was like wait the timing is all weird and they didn’t do the Gerald Ford was eaten by a lion bit

  • @ChokeslamToHell
    @ChokeslamToHell ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Robert Smigel lol, you can hear his George W Bush impression from Conan in his normal voice.