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The 50 Best ‘SNL’ Sketches of All Time Saturday ... Murphy’s Mr. Robinson taught kids about the gritty realities of inner-city life in America—drug deals, theft, unpaid bills, and looming ...
In 2014, Rolling Stone ranked the sketch No. 10 in their list of the 50 "greatest Saturday Night Live sketches of all time", [3] while in 2011, Paste ranked it No. 5 in their list of the 10 "most shocking moments" [4] — an opinion shared by VH1. [5] Don Cheadle declared it one of his favorite sketches, [6] as did Keegan-Michael Key [7] and ...
But there is a smart married comedy ... From any source — Abbot & Costello, Monty Python, “Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia,” “Chapelle’s Show.”
From the ever-catchy "Domingo" song to John Mulaney forgetting names, we rounded up the best sketches from NBC's "Saturday Night Live" Season 50.
The sketches even led to a fanzine and appreciation gatherings, where fans would dress up as the characters. [1] In 2004, in a poll on its website, Channel 4 voted Acorn Antiques the seventh best comedy sketch of all time. [10] In 2005, Acorn Antiques was turned into a West End musical (see below).
In 1999 and 2000, the first two series of Smack the Pony won the Emmy Award for the 'Best Popular Arts Show', and all three series were nominated for Bafta awards. [1] Two sketches from the show made it onto Channel 4's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches, the first being Saying Goodbye at number 39 and Singing Match at number 22. [6]
For example, a 1993 obituary of comedy sketch writer Michael J. Musto (1919–1993) states that, shortly after Abbott and Costello teamed up, they paid Musto $15 to write the script. [14] Several 1996 obituaries of songwriter Irving Gordon (1915–1996) mention that he had written the sketch.
The sketch is widely held to be one of the most iconic sketches of the Two Ronnies. It was voted by the British public as the funniest comedy moment of the seventies in UKTV Gold's When Were We Funniest?. It was placed fifth on Channel 4's list of the fifty greatest comedy sketches of all time. [6]