I heard this when I was a kid, one time, late at night... and I have been singing the lyrics in my head ever since. 20+ years later I finally look it up... and I got the lyrics 90% correct. That's how good this is.
He did this at his SNL audition. Then it appeared on the show. Then he perfected it in this special. And in every other iteration, it’s always a killer.
An absolute CLASSIC! This will go down in history as one of the funniest comic routines ever. I have to watch this at least once every two years or so. Dana Carvey’s genius will never grow old.
Never gets old!!!! Love this. I actually learned to play this on piano .... so when the wife is cooking broccoli I always play this . I think she’s getting tired of it lol
It reminds me of that Yahoo commercial with the Eric Clapton song “Wonderful Tonight.” The wife is getting ready... choosing an outfit. And the husband starts playing “Wonderful Tonight” and has the part “she’s wondering what clothes to wear” on loop. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same! TH-cam really is a time machine. I love that I can be sitting here smoking a j and remember this weird memory of a broccoli song that I used to sing with my grandparents.
He has the ability to make you anticipate a laugh, without him even saying a word. In all his skits he appeared in, the second he appeared, the audience was ready to laugh, cuz he knew, and we knew, he was about to do and say, some crazy, funny sh*t. This guy is a gift to the world. Thank you, Mr and Mrs Carvey! (:
I was just at the store and was buying broccoli and started singing this and my kiddo was like “why are you singing that” and I just smiled. Thank you Mr. Carvey for this gem.
That's what made the Carol Burnett Show so dang hilarious, for the most part. And when the cast members of SNL break character...OMG, it's the funniest!
I started singing this at the grocery store when I walked by frozen chopped broccoli..it was absolutely unconscious, and I didn't notice for two more aisles!! But everyone else did lmao
Oh yeah, ever since first seeing this skit on SNL years back, this song'd come to mind and I had no choice but to sing it whenever I was making dinner! Broccoli or not! ;-) Love ya, Dana!
Broccoli must be one of the most boring vegetables ever grown...this skit makes it fun to eat. I live in an area where it is widely grown, used to pass large fields of it being grown and burst into the lyrics!
This is pure comedic genius. So many songs I listen to and think, that sounds like it must be some profound lyric but then you actually read them and they read like a line in the local newspaper, lol.
I was cutting brocoli floretts from stems for the first time in 2019 when this song popped in my head! Love ya Dana Carvey, Happy New Year! Thanks for the memories!
GUYS!!! This is my old TH-cam Account lol. I just happened to to think of this song while i was eating Broccoli with Cheese, watched this video, and realized it's MY video i posted a long time ago bahaha. Glad to see all the comments. I don't upload anything anymore, but thanks for the views :) (Yes, i know Broccoli is spelled wrong in the title)
I remember when I was a little girl playing with my food toys. When it came to pretending to cook broccoli my grandmother used to sing chopping broccoli which I had no idea where it came from, but tonight I went out to eat and ate broccoli. My mom started singing chopping broccoli. My dad asked “where’s it from?”! My mom answered, “Saturday night live.” Now I know where this song came from and I’ve been trying to search it for a long time.
Someone posted just a picture of a cutting board with a knife and a bunch of broccoli on Reddit the other day and immediately this song came to mind and it's been "choppin broccolah-ha" all day ever since in my head 😅
This song...this fucking song, every time i hear it it makes me stop what im doing and think about lifes meaning. Why are we here? What is my role in the big picture? Will this woman ever have enough broccoli? You know, deep shit like that.
Goddamn, if there is one video I have been going to since TH-cam was Alice it’s this. Saw him live and was scared to ask him a question. He is a god to me, but I wish I had enough nuts to tell him he saw me through so many depressions and he made me feel happy… within great with anyone with terrible depression like me
I heard this when I was a kid, one time, late at night... and I have been singing the lyrics in my head ever since. 20+ years later I finally look it up... and I got the lyrics 90% correct. That's how good this is.
Stg same story here lmao
Me too
I was a grown up. He did it on SNL. Today i was chopping broccoli and it had to be listened to again.
Glad I'm not alone lol
ME TOO
He did this at his SNL audition. Then it appeared on the show. Then he perfected it in this special. And in every other iteration, it’s always a killer.
An absolute CLASSIC! This will go down in history as one of the funniest comic routines ever. I have to watch this at least once every two years or so. Dana Carvey’s genius will never grow old.
Did you know he used it for his SNL audition?
Man I remember watching this when I was like 12 years old on the couch at my foster family's house. Good times
Music nowadays can't beat these classics.
One of the greatest songs to come out of the 1980s, hands down.
2024 and still listening n watching this.. Great time period of comedy.. comedy been dead for a few years
Never gets old!!!! Love this. I actually learned to play this on piano .... so when the wife is cooking broccoli I always play this . I think she’s getting tired of it lol
Dude!! That’s hilarious!
@@CarinaPiersay I’m here all week 😂
It reminds me of that Yahoo commercial with the Eric Clapton song “Wonderful Tonight.” The wife is getting ready... choosing an outfit. And the husband starts playing “Wonderful Tonight” and has the part “she’s wondering what clothes to wear” on loop.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@CarinaPiersay that’s funny 😁
Haaaa! Hilarious. My friend and I used to sing this in the halls randomly in high school. All the so-called cool kids were like, what?
I’ve been meal prepping and have had this on repeat for the last 5 hours
Perfection.
Sounds about right!
Hahaha 🤣
4 years later and same
To this day it has got to be one of the funniest videos of all time. He nails it so squarely on lyricists.
OMG!!!!as a kid we use to listen to that song all the time!:)
Same! Brings back memories.
Same here.... it was Hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me and my mom always singing this around the house haha
Same! TH-cam really is a time machine. I love that I can be sitting here smoking a j and remember this weird memory of a broccoli song that I used to sing with my grandparents.
Love this! Hard to believe Dana Carvey is such a talented musician and comedian. He's definitely one of the greats.
Why is it hard to believe someone is talented? That makes no sense.
Legend has it she’s still chopping broccoli
My dad showed me this when I was young and years later I still love it
My friends and I watched this nonstop back in the mid 90s in high school. We had the entire show basically memorized 😂
He has the ability to make you anticipate a laugh, without him even saying a word. In all his skits he appeared in, the second he appeared, the audience was ready to laugh, cuz he knew, and we knew, he was about to do and say, some crazy, funny sh*t. This guy is a gift to the world. Thank you, Mr and Mrs Carvey! (:
And we knew that he knew that we knew.
I was just at the store and was buying broccoli and started singing this and my kiddo was like “why are you singing that” and I just smiled. Thank you Mr. Carvey for this gem.
At 3:46 he cracks himself up ;^) love it when a comedian cracks their self up .. reminds me of the ole carol Burnett show!
That's what made the Carol Burnett Show so dang hilarious, for the most part. And when the cast members of SNL break character...OMG, it's the funniest!
My wife just asked me what i wanted for a veggie with dinner. I proceeded to start singing this song. Now I'm watching this. Dana, you legend!
I started singing this at the grocery store when I walked by frozen chopped broccoli..it was absolutely unconscious, and I didn't notice for two more aisles!! But everyone else did lmao
Oh yeah, ever since first seeing this skit on SNL years back, this song'd come to mind and I had no choice but to sing it whenever I was making dinner! Broccoli or not! ;-) Love ya, Dana!
Lol keep it up the world needs more laughter😊
@H. A. no sadly
My sister came and picked me up from work and turned this on. I laughed the whole way home.
Man I remember watching this with my family when it premiered. We were friggin dyin. This is a great stand up special.
My mom and I laughed so hard at this back in the day! Classic and never gets old! 🤣
This is the greatest thing and I hope I never forget it.
Broccoli must be one of the most boring vegetables ever grown...this skit makes it fun to eat. I live in an area where it is widely grown, used to pass large fields of it being grown and burst into the lyrics!
One of the most memorable bits of 90s comedy for me.
My favorite bit from one of my favorite stand up specials durring the golden ages of Comedy Central
This is pure comedic genius. So many songs I listen to and think, that sounds like it must be some profound lyric but then you actually read them and they read like a line in the local newspaper, lol.
Everytime I chop brocolli I sing this little ditty.
Every time I even hear the word broccoli...
RavenWingSoar159 He looks like Scarface at 1:53😂
Couldn't agree more. *starts chopping broccoli and singing*
Buying, chopping it, eating it....broccoli has had its own theme song for decades😂😂
SAME! My daughters -21 & 18 yo-still giggle!
CLASSIC. Love Dana Carvey. One of the all time greats. I've been doing stand up for 10 years and Dana Carvey Rocks.
He’s underrated. Still makes me laugh my butt off.
Dana Carvey is my most favorite funny guy EVER!!!!! I Love Him So Very Much!!!!!
still choppin' broccoli in 2021, timeless classic
I was in sixth grade when this premiered and even then I laughed til I cried... I still do now. Great special with a killer ending
Saw him perform this in a concert at Tulalip casino in washington state. Luv me some church lady but laughed the hardest at this.
About 3 yrs ago I sort of sang along for my 2 daughters(now 20 & 17) and they ltao!
One of the funniest things I ever heard as a kid. Love Dana.
My sister just sent this to me. We saw this when it first aired on SNL and to this day we laugh out asses off when we sing it!!!! 😅
this still makes me laugh hysterically today in 2018..xo
I was cutting brocoli floretts from stems for the first time in 2019 when this song popped in my head! Love ya Dana Carvey, Happy New Year! Thanks for the memories!
Just starting singing this while eating some broccoli... literally every time. Lol
one of my favs of alllll time
My sister sent me this and as soon as it started so many memories came back. I was kid when i watxhed this. I started signing with him. 😂 good times.
every time I hear Foreigner's "cold as ice" I have to rush home and watch this video.
one of the best skits. brilliant.
I can never listen to STYX ever again because of this song....
Critic's Choice was one of the funniest specials I ever saw!
This never gets old!
I am old and still sing this song in my head.
I do work in a kitchen so it feels right 😂
NEVER GETS OLD!
Dana is absolutely the best!
The audience who has no idea what song they are about to hear, until he actually says "chopping broccoli" :P
So good!! I remember this fondly from my childhood.
Will NEVER forget this song😂❤
I heard this way back in high school, listening to Dr. Demento late at night.
One of the best stand up routines of all time lol
I love him. Soooooo much talent - the look on his face tell the whole story. And he actually sounds good singing.
Watching in 2022 like it's the first time. Ah, the memories. 🤣
oh my gosh brings back memories, the funniest skit from the 90s!
My all time favorite song! 😁
My dad showed me this song like 5 years ago, and totally forgot about it till today
91 broccoli haters now! Still great years later!
GUYS!!! This is my old TH-cam Account lol. I just happened to to think of this song while i was eating Broccoli with Cheese, watched this video, and realized it's MY video i posted a long time ago bahaha. Glad to see all the comments. I don't upload anything anymore, but thanks for the views :)
(Yes, i know Broccoli is spelled wrong in the title)
This had me just rolling 🤣 😂,what a talent
This song has lived in my head since I was like...12
I sang this at work, I'm a prep chef, the people around me gave me funny looks.
I remember watching this special regularly on Comedy Central and just waiting to get to this point of the show.
I agree with Steve . The lyrics are complex yet resonate with the average soul. Such talent !! 😂
The cat bit! ❤️😂 🎹
Live in San Fran. Legendary stand up show. Legendary
he is so funny.i absolutely love him
2023 THIS. Never. Gets. Old. 🤘🤣
If u listen in 2020 ur a legend.
Greatest ever. Period. And still. Hilarious. Love it
I remember when I was a little girl playing with my food toys. When it came to pretending to cook broccoli my grandmother used to sing chopping broccoli which I had no idea where it came from, but tonight I went out to eat and ate broccoli. My mom started singing chopping broccoli. My dad asked “where’s it from?”! My mom answered, “Saturday night live.” Now I know where this song came from and I’ve been trying to search it for a long time.
Pure comic genius!
This is still HILARIOUS!! 🤣🤣🤣
Still one of my favorite songs 😂😂
42. Remember watching this as a teen. Comedy Central special, I believe.
😱😱It’s Just Boots🐱🐱
🔪🔪Chopin’ 🥦🥦 Hilarious
🤣😂😜🤪😂🤣
One of my favorites, this when no one was offened
I took a call from a patient last night. She kept calling the doctor Dr. Broccoli. The rest of my shift I was singing doctor broccoliiii 😂😂.
Someone posted just a picture of a cutting board with a knife and a bunch of broccoli on Reddit the other day and immediately this song came to mind and it's been "choppin broccolah-ha" all day ever since in my head 😅
My daddy was one of those guys that didn't like anything odd, we watched this whole special performance and he loved it! "CHPPIN BROCCOLI!"
This still lives rent free in my head, especially when I’m chopping broccoli. 😂
This song is genius!
This song...this fucking song, every time i hear it it makes me stop what im doing and think about lifes meaning. Why are we here? What is my role in the big picture? Will this woman ever have enough broccoli? You know, deep shit like that.
3:26 sounds like Van Morrison imitating the Price is Right wheel!
Goddamn, if there is one video I have been going to since TH-cam was Alice it’s this. Saw him live and was scared to ask him a question. He is a god to me, but I wish I had enough nuts to tell him he saw me through so many depressions and he made me feel happy… within great with anyone with terrible depression like me
I love Dana Carvey.
Best ballad ever
This always reminds me of the band STYX 😎
Sounds like suite madame blue
Every time I see broccoli I sing that song!
This is my families absolute jam😂
Just ate some broccoli and instantly thought of this
2024 anyone? 😂😂😂😂😂
2025 🤣
Childhood memories ❤️! Still hilarity ensues 😂🤣😂
I'm a chef... this bit gets said in the kitchen 4-5 times a week
Oh yes. This hits me in my ....upper and lower chakras (not sorry, cauliflower)
The cat would be playing the piano and you realized it sounded really good, lmao I remember this back when It first came out, good times.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES 😂😂😂