It mostly worked because of Paul Simon’s hangdog facial expression.
In the spirit of the holiday, thanks for posting that. SNL’s monologues were always hit and miss (not including the modern era where nearly everything is miss). But that was a good one.
Not for Canadian geezers, eh?
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The uploader has not made this video available in your country.”
Ooten Aboot: On behalf of my country, I apologize. I expect SNL was just being snotty because deep down they realized that your SCTV schtick was much, much funnier than they usually were.
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It mostly worked because of Paul Simon’s hangdog facial expression.
In the spirit of the holiday, thanks for posting that. SNL’s monologues were always hit and miss (not including the modern era where nearly everything is miss). But that was a good one.
Not for Canadian geezers, eh?
“Video unavailable
The uploader has not made this video available in your country.”
Ooten Aboot: On behalf of my country, I apologize. I expect SNL was just being snotty because deep down they realized that your SCTV schtick was much, much funnier than they usually were.