So aside from the visual humor of the high forehead and tiny hands and the twisted song lyrics, the idea that a family group would include the horribly imperfect little sister was absurd and funny (to me).īut I know what you mean about something not being funny because it isn't grounded in reality. Perfect teeth, hair, clothes, singing and dancing. The Lawrence Welk show was a parade of sugary, wholesome ideal performers, and everything was perfection. You're not wrong for not thinking it's funny, you just didn't think it was funny. So since we don't get it, and in case we are wrong for not getting it, you guys who loved it tell us what was funny about it.please? K) This Brooklyn native played Theo Huxtable’s buddy on The Cosby Show before creating SNL characters such as Opera Man, Cajun Man, and Canteen Boy.Yes, we KNOW the L Welk show! Still isn't funny to us because the joke did not seem to have any grounding in that particular show - or any similar show. J) This Berkeley native and current FOX sitcom star once wrapped his, um, anatomy in a box for an SNL short film with Justin Timberlake. I) A former SNL writer, this Brooklyn native also penned The Wedding Singer and co-wrote the films Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. H) This Toronto native and producer started his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio. G) This actress spent two seasons on SNL, appearing regularly with Kristen Wiig as one of the Maharelle Sisters on The Lawrence Welk Show. Eww.)ī) This actor played the vice president of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric on 30 Rock and happens to hold the record for most times hosting SNL (16).Ĭ) Playing the talk show host Fernando, this Long Island native told guests “it’s better to look good than to feel good” and usually declared, “You look mahvelous.”ĭ) Though she was only a cast member for 18 weeks in the 1993-94 season, this actress returned to host the show in October 2014.Į) This “TV Funhouse” creator and SNL scribe would go on to debut Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.į) SNL’s musical director since 1995, this self-taught saxophonist has played for the likes of Paul McCartney, David Bowie, and the Talking Heads.
*** Match the NYU-affiliated talent with the description below:ħ) Lenny Pickett (adjunct professor at Steinhardt)Ī) When this actress’s schoolgirl character got nervous, she would put her hands under her armpits and smell them! (We know. (Answers are at the very bottom of the page.) Think you’re an expert? Take our quiz to test your own knowledge of the NYU- SNL connection. Many don’t realize what an impact we’ve had on the NBC institution over the decades. Its also been a rite of passage for guest appearances-including, to name a few, politicians Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin, athletes Michael Jordan, Chris Evert, and Peyton Manning, and musicians Prince, Annie Lennox, and Miles Davis.īut aside from SNL's location-just a few miles up the street at 30 Rockefeller Center (in Studio 8-H)-what does all this have to do with NYU?Ī lot, it turns out. 15, 2015 to watch its marathon of a reunion show.Ī peerless cultural force for comedy since 1975, the show has launched the careers of such heavyweights as Tina Fey, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Amy Poehler, and Jimmy Fallon. No matter how old he got, the comedian Jack Benny used to host an annual 39th birthday party for himself.īut for Saturday Night Live, turning 40 was a cause for celebration-especially when more than 23 million people tuned in on Feb.