Darren is right. One of the funniest SNL skits ever is the Christmas NPR radio spoof (57MB MPEG Video). It's amazing that the actors were able to keep straight faces.

Darren, thanks for the reminder. I had forgotten how damned funny that skit is.

Posted by jzawodn at December 21, 2004 08:07 PM

Reader Comments
# Kevin said:

Ok, now, that was relatively kind of funny. Mostly because it was Alec Baldwin. Thanks for sharing, Z.

on December 21, 2004 11:30 PM
# Greg K. said:

Schewty balls...that stuff might have been funny in oh about fourth grade.

on December 22, 2004 12:43 AM
# David said:

Thanks - I needed that. Now my five year old son is staring at me wondering what I'm laughing at.....

on December 22, 2004 02:58 AM
# Doug Burkhalter said:

I agree entirely, that's one of the best skits in SNL history, the best Christmas skit I've ever seen, and quite possibly the best skit in it's era (aka: SNL: The Unfunny Years).

on December 22, 2004 04:32 AM
# D said:

Nope. The cowbell skit is the funniest.

on December 22, 2004 10:23 AM
# Your Pal said:

The skit is a good diversion as we kill time waiting for vacation to start, although I got past that level of humour in 7th grade.

on December 22, 2004 10:28 AM
# Adam Vandenberg said:

The best Christmas skit was Happy Holidays from Tarzan, Tonto and Frankenstien.

on December 22, 2004 03:32 PM
# Charles said:

Jeez, are you people all too young to remember when SNL was actually funny, back before 1980? Doesn't anyone remember the classics, like Belushi's Samurai Tailor, or Dan Akroyd's Bassomatic?

Anyway, the all time classic SNL xmas sketch was "A Holiday Wish" by Steve Martin.

http://www.whysanity.net/monos/holiday.html

I don't know if it really makes sense as text, you really need to see Steve perform it, he really puts his heart into it.

on December 22, 2004 08:43 PM
# pb said:

Blue X-mas is pretty good:
http://www.wesroth.com/video/index.htm

But you gotta like the cow bell:
http://www.emlyn.net/archives/000139.html

on December 22, 2004 09:41 PM
# Mike Wills said:

That is hillarious!

on December 23, 2004 10:38 AM
# said:

this is truly one of the funniest skits ever preformed, i've seen it so many times, and i still laugh

on December 23, 2004 05:18 PM
# said:

this is truly one of the funniest skits ever preformed, i've seen it so many times, and i still laugh

on December 23, 2004 05:18 PM
# said:

this is truly one of the funniest skits ever preformed, i've seen it so many times, and i still laugh

on December 23, 2004 05:18 PM
# said:

this is truly one of the funniest skits ever preformed, i've seen it so many times, and i still laugh

on December 23, 2004 05:18 PM
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