Saturday Night Live dug deep into its vault this week for a 1991 episode, one with a Racine connection, albeit brief.
In the skit, Steve Martin is hosting a TV game show called Suckerpunch and Kevin Nealon is "third contestant, Bob Van Arks from Racine, Wisconsin." Blink and you would have missed it.
Bob doesn't do very well. In fact, he doesn't say or do anything, except -- you could see this coming, right? -- take a suckerpunch.
The skit was nothing to write home about. Don't take my word for it, here's a transcript. Nealon later delivered the news update; somebody should have slugged him again. (Maybe it was funny 16 years ago? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose: There was a President Bush joke, but it referred to Poppy, not W.) Thirty-three years of SNL transcripts are HERE.
The cast in 1991 comprised some of SNL's greats, including Madison's Chris Farley, Phil Hartman (both dead within the decade), Dana Carvey, Victoria Jackson, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler. Some of the other skits this week held up pretty well, and James Taylor was the musical guest. Sweet Baby James made it all worthwhile.
I caught this last night too, DH didn't, the baby was making too much noise. You're right, blink or look away and you missed it! It was a stupid skit alright.
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