Samurai Hitman - Saturday Night Live

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @honeyfitz3791
    @honeyfitz3791 Год назад +170

    If you watch some of the famous Samurai movies from Japan you will realize how brilliant Belushi's acting was. He not only captured the physical behaviors (like they way he handled the sword) but his "fake" Japanese perfectly captured the way the samurai spoke in these movies: a harsh low-pitched sound made by forcing air up from the diaphragm. He SOUNDED like a Samurai. And yes, the constant scratching is a Toshiro Mifune trademark. Samurai were upper class and were always very clean, except when they became "Ronin," masterless Samurai who, after being defeated in a war, lived in poverty and filth. That was the type of Samurai that Mifune loved to play. Belushi was a genius who lived too short a life. Drugs took him.

    • @DinorwicSongwriter
      @DinorwicSongwriter 11 месяцев назад +2

      You need to stop abusing yourself in your mother’s basement and go socialize with real people.

    • @NebLleb
      @NebLleb 10 месяцев назад +9

      John Belushi truly was the light that burnt out twice as fast shining twice as bright.

    • @kiddetroit8403
      @kiddetroit8403 10 месяцев назад +6

      Samurai Deli

    • @Matthias-sl6jr
      @Matthias-sl6jr 8 месяцев назад +2

      Movie Red Beard is basically Samurai Doctor surprised they never that skit

    • @odysseusrex5908
      @odysseusrex5908 7 месяцев назад +2

      Drugs didn't take him, he took the drugs.

  • @peabarter_3074
    @peabarter_3074 10 месяцев назад +34

    I never missed an episode of SNL then. It was classic. My friends and I would drink beers and watch when we were in high school. 😂

    • @williamfrazier3310
      @williamfrazier3310 20 дней назад

      The whole series is on Peacock. I missed a few episodes, I am in the process of catching up with them.

  • @StarWarsMoments
    @StarWarsMoments 2 года назад +112

    I love that this very scene was playing in the bar in Lost in Translation. Bill Murray watching his young self in a sketch about a samurai....in Japan.

    • @GuidoBatt
      @GuidoBatt 2 года назад +3

      Really? I missed it. I'll pay attention next time I see LiT.

    • @StarkIller-df7gw
      @StarkIller-df7gw 7 месяцев назад

      Yeah that was a cool touch!
      😎 👍🏻

    • @urbanapache2
      @urbanapache2 28 дней назад

      Whaaaat!! gonna look out for it

  • @davidnicholson6680
    @davidnicholson6680 3 года назад +281

    Belushi scratching his neck is a subtle reference to Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo. I love it.

    • @cbiancardi9233
      @cbiancardi9233 Год назад +7

      He actually styled his character after Toshiba mifune’s samurai

    • @richardm6985
      @richardm6985 Год назад +3

      "subtle" ehhhh :P
      Glad he did it though

    • @natwolf687
      @natwolf687 Год назад

      ​@@richardm6985You seriously being braggy and condescending 'cause you watched an old samurai flick?

    • @richardm6985
      @richardm6985 Год назад +7

      @@natwolf687 this is your brain on triggered

    • @chethammer
      @chethammer 7 месяцев назад

      It would be nice to think that, but more than likely, it was an effect of all the cocaine he was doing in those days.

  • @jeffholliday8304
    @jeffholliday8304 3 года назад +198

    Since Belushi was using a real sword you can see Dan Aykroyd trying to stay out of the way that’s a very dangerous sketch

    • @bonwatcher
      @bonwatcher 2 года назад +23

      Just ask Buck Henry who got hit with it while hosting (Samurai Stockbroker) and sported a bandage on his face, so the cast followed suit and everyone wore bandages.

    • @Ophelia_Pain
      @Ophelia_Pain 2 года назад +7

      OMG that's right he did use a real 🗡️. I forgot about this.

    • @stycord9995
      @stycord9995 2 года назад +1

      @@bonwatcher Yeah! I remember that when it aired.

    • @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687
      @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687 Год назад +5

      +++
      OMG. I'm shure this Samurai could kill JOHN WICK while drinkin a Pepsi ! 🤣🤣🤣
      +

    • @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687
      @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687 Год назад +1

      @@Ophelia_Pain
      +++
      OMG. I'm shure this Samurai could kill JOHN WICK while drinkin a Pepsi ! 🤣🤣🤣
      +

  • @davidgraham2673
    @davidgraham2673 3 года назад +57

    Don Kirschner, had his Rock Concert show, and Don Cornelius had Soul Train. It was brilliant that they made them off to be Mafioso Family leaders.
    Thats why you hear the crowd clapping. They caught the reference to these guys. I remember both shows.

    • @batya7
      @batya7 2 месяца назад

      THIS!
      How could I ever explain this to my kids so they understand the joke?

    • @davidgraham2673
      @davidgraham2673 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@batya7, Have them watch a season of Soul Train and Rock Concert, along with two seasons of SNL (because one is never enough for the Original).
      Then they'll understand.
      If not then give them Cheeseburger-Cheeseburger two Pepsi's, no coke. 😁😎😁

    • @davidgraham2673
      @davidgraham2673 2 месяца назад +3

      ​​​@@batya7, PS, you getting the reference made my day.
      I worked a Mafia wedding about 30 years ago, and it was awesome. They spared nothing, and went all out.
      Thus was a resort hotel on the Pacific ocean in San Diego.
      Several Don's got there early with their wives, and asked me to take care of their wives with great drinks so they would be undisturbed.
      I told them "No problem; I make the best Long Island Iced Teas, and Magaritas in the world".
      (I was very cocky back then)
      The Dons each started me off with $20 bills, with the promise of more to come
      The wives loved my drinks according to the Dons.
      The Dons gave me loads more money, and said "Bring your girlfriend to our restaurant, and we'll style you out. Your girlfriend will love it.
      Don't bring a dime, not even for a tip".
      What a memorable time.

    • @batya7
      @batya7 2 месяца назад

      @davidgraham2673 They're a whole nother generation! I don't think they'll listen to Mom. I don't even think they'll laugh at Killer Bees! 🙄
      PS- cool story with the Dons. Except for the criminal element,

  • @opensourcecurrency
    @opensourcecurrency 3 года назад +92

    The skit is amazing- Belushi steals the show as usual with a mix of understatement and inanity... But the writing was superb. I remember watching it when it aired- the "Don Cornelius and Don Kirschner" line was so well set up you knew it was going to be an instant classic.

    • @victorsamuelson3589
      @victorsamuelson3589 2 года назад

      I love Belushi But the writing leaves something 2b really funny it’s clever but the writing at best C minus

  • @kathleenmckeithen118
    @kathleenmckeithen118 Год назад +42

    This was back when Saturday Night was so funny I was glad to stay up for it!! My favorite John Belushi will always be him as a "Killer Bee" 😍

  • @karaDee2363
    @karaDee2363 3 года назад +77

    This is back in the days when I enjoyed the entire show from start to finish

  • @benkeel2966
    @benkeel2966 3 года назад +111

    I miss the 70's. Great time to be a kid.

    • @stephenmiller3939
      @stephenmiller3939 2 года назад

      Viet Nam spoiled it for some of us unfortunately.............

    • @natwolf687
      @natwolf687 Год назад

      ​@@stephenmiller3939Is that what you guys had instead of happy childhoods? Viet Nam?

    • @stephenmiller3939
      @stephenmiller3939 Год назад

      I was born in 1950, @@natwolf687 my childhood was great. Best time ever to grow up.

  • @diddymuck
    @diddymuck 4 года назад +105

    don cornelius - host of Soul Train; don krishner - music producer and host of late night music tv show.

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane 4 года назад +8

      Indeed sir - notice all the laughs when those two names are used in the sketch. Today's SNL audience - crickets

    • @kemart537
      @kemart537 4 года назад

      So.....old school ?

    • @rickacton7540
      @rickacton7540 4 года назад +1

      thought he said Kushner

    • @mantia39
      @mantia39 4 года назад +1

      No shit?!

    • @jsngallery
      @jsngallery 4 года назад +1

      don corleone - head of the five families and offer refuser, NY

  • @Confused_Philosopher
    @Confused_Philosopher 3 года назад +27

    Loved the Samurai sketches along with the Land Shark and Mr. Bill they were the best.

    • @mscir
      @mscir 2 года назад

      The Samurai Deli was great too. He we was so funny.
      ruclips.net/video/UB_z_Tc5cs8/видео.html

    • @jamesreid8638
      @jamesreid8638 7 месяцев назад +2

      Let us never forget the Killer Bees.

  • @MrEab2010
    @MrEab2010 4 года назад +102

    Dan Aykroyd played the smarmy CEO in every 70's tv crime series to perfection.

  • @rpblank6768
    @rpblank6768 Год назад +6

    Great impression of a Teppanyaki chef by Belushi. And the scene used a real griddle like in the Olympia Restaurant scenes. That's commitment!

  • @Stoney1959
    @Stoney1959 9 месяцев назад +7

    I loved watching these guys during my college days. A must every Saturday night.

  • @bgaona
    @bgaona 4 года назад +89

    That sword made an awfully clean cut through the vegetables for a prop... between that, the knives and the live grill, this skit looks pretty damn dangerous!

    • @rocknrollcannibals
      @rocknrollcannibals 4 года назад +5

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane 4 года назад +14

      Oh yeah - no way in the world they would use this amount of realism in a skit today. It was amazingly dangerous - notice how far Ackroyd, Murray and Morris move away once he starts demonstrating

    • @lionelfuller6824
      @lionelfuller6824 4 года назад +4

      Brian Gaona, It's Attack of the John Belushi the Comedy Samurai Warrior.😉

    • @KurtI2525
      @KurtI2525 4 года назад +12

      In Samurai Delicatessen, Buck Henry got cut in the forehead, and in the next skit he was in, he was wearing a bandage.

    • @bgaona
      @bgaona 4 года назад

      @@KurtI2525 Geez... Yikes!

  • @georgesealy4706
    @georgesealy4706 3 года назад +27

    It was so good back then. I would never miss it. Now, I don't even think about it.

  • @scottburton9701
    @scottburton9701 3 года назад +20

    Loved Belushi-He was one of a kind!

  • @jaydubya3698
    @jaydubya3698 2 года назад +21

    When Belushi breaks the chopsticks with emphasis...classic.

  • @gabanjoman
    @gabanjoman 3 года назад +24

    I've missed you John there is no replacement for this man's humanity
    Thank you thank you thank you.!

  • @stranraerwal
    @stranraerwal 6 лет назад +75

    Belushi absolutely nails it ! Thanks, great master !

    • @CindyBarg
      @CindyBarg 3 года назад

      Always...the King of Saves!

    • @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687
      @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687 Год назад

      +++
      OMG. I'm shure this Samurai could kill JOHN WICK while drinkin a Pepsi ! 🤣🤣🤣
      +

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Год назад +9

    John Belushi was so hilarious. Hr was so dang talented. To bad we lost him too soon. Miss those days

    • @erikawhelan4673
      @erikawhelan4673 7 месяцев назад

      🎶 It started back in high school / so cool, king of the scene / you found that making people laugh / was more than just a dream / the public took right to you / like flies to a pile of shit / so funny and smart, so talented / but success just couldn't fit 🎶

  • @deohboeh
    @deohboeh 11 лет назад +58

    We need a Samurai Hitman movie!! I cannot stress this point enough! It is imperative for the movie industry to show this form of innovation to bring in the originality that the audience deserves.

  • @billwhelpley6825
    @billwhelpley6825 4 года назад +37

    Love the dark and light cabbage. They wouldn't throw that in today.

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 3 года назад +1

      yes they would. The pathetically unoriginal " they wouldn't do this today" BS.

    • @billwhelpley6825
      @billwhelpley6825 3 года назад +1

      @@mizzury54 the only thing more pathetic than your comment was your parent's unoriginal idea to procreate

    • @MLBlue30
      @MLBlue30 3 года назад

      @@billwhelpley6825 shut up complaining snowflake

    • @metroplex3k
      @metroplex3k 4 месяца назад +1

      @@mizzury54 no they wouldn’t. No apology necessary…

  • @michaelandrews1480
    @michaelandrews1480 3 года назад +9

    One of the best skits I've ever seen from SNL!!!!

  • @skaarphy5797
    @skaarphy5797 7 лет назад +349

    I'm from Japan, and his Japanese is perfect.

    • @thebaldeagle17
      @thebaldeagle17 4 года назад +13

      I knew it!

    • @janstanglx
      @janstanglx 4 года назад +5

      SKAARPHY, THAT'S FUNNY, I REALLY GOT A LAUGH FROM BELUSH AND FROM YOUR COMMENT.

    • @kdub1242
      @kdub1242 4 года назад +34

      I beg to differ. He has an obvious Nagoya accent, while his character is clearly supposed to be from Tokyo.

    • @AvengerII
      @AvengerII 4 года назад +15

      @@kdub1242 I thought Belushi was spoofing Toshiro Mifune? Mifune was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China while it was under Japanese rule and grew up in Manchuria.

    • @BrianCarnevaleB26
      @BrianCarnevaleB26 3 года назад +3

      Fantastic shite!

  • @donaldsedig7045
    @donaldsedig7045 Год назад +6

    Never gets old.

  • @korybeckwith834
    @korybeckwith834 Год назад +9

    May sound silly but it was the high light of my week when I was a kid a was allowed to stay up late and watch Saturday Night Live in my dads camper in the driveway. The original cast are American treasures.

  • @J_Braz_
    @J_Braz_ 4 года назад +36

    That was a real fucking katana. Awesome

  • @aaronTNGDS9
    @aaronTNGDS9 4 месяца назад

    Excellent---And I love the buildup and entrance. Comedy Gold.

  • @rodroller6634
    @rodroller6634 3 года назад +14

    It always kills me thinking what Belushi could have done without Heroin and Cocaine consuming his life.

    • @strawberrytea6823
      @strawberrytea6823 2 года назад +2

      I’ve seen a few interviews with Jim Belushi and he mentioned John had some sports injuries and chronic pain issues. He believes if he was a user of cannabis, that he would not have died.

    • @Michaelfatman-xo7gv
      @Michaelfatman-xo7gv 7 месяцев назад

      Or more?

    • @Legoisjustsogood
      @Legoisjustsogood 3 месяца назад

      I seriusly belive that John could've been a super huge star if he didn't use drugs 😢

  • @rodluvan1976
    @rodluvan1976 7 лет назад +194

    was this the best SNL cast ever?

    • @dynjarren8355
      @dynjarren8355 4 года назад +15

      Yeah, once Chevy Chase left after the first season. He hogged all the spotlight. But when he left the rest of the cast flourished.

    • @mikeconnors1599
      @mikeconnors1599 4 года назад +5

      Definitely

    • @Instrument_of_Peace
      @Instrument_of_Peace 4 года назад +3

      Absolutely!!

    • @jsngallery
      @jsngallery 4 года назад +2

      ask dana carver and he will say, "86 to 92 was the best." 🎶

    • @JimmyDaGent796
      @JimmyDaGent796 4 года назад +2

      These guys were edgy..especially that guy on the left lol...pun intended. RIP Mr. Belushi.

  • @mr-mz4ed
    @mr-mz4ed 3 года назад +6

    dan bill and john in a skit together, certainly a valuable collectors item

  • @OsbornsConcise
    @OsbornsConcise 10 месяцев назад +2

    That sword was effing sharp

  • @dkanev38
    @dkanev38 Год назад +12

    Real knife, real sword, real comedy 😁🤣👍

  • @alfredshort3
    @alfredshort3 7 месяцев назад +1

    Got a good laugh out of this, one day we will have sketch comedy again like this and people will JUST laugh.

  • @philipsimpson5887
    @philipsimpson5887 7 месяцев назад +2

    OMG. He was so good!😊

  • @jassonsw
    @jassonsw 4 года назад +48

    That was exactly what happened the last time I went to Benihana.

  • @vinniemoran7362
    @vinniemoran7362 3 года назад +6

    Somewhere between '70s SNL and the Muppet Show, like was pretty fricking perfect.

  • @eargasm1072
    @eargasm1072 4 года назад +164

    You know Belushi must have watched plenty of Kurosawa/ Toshiro Mifune samurai epics lol

    • @J_Braz_
      @J_Braz_ 4 года назад +7

      I watched Seven Samurai just yesterday.

    • @neil03152
      @neil03152 4 года назад +9

      Yes he did actually and was much influenced by them.

    • @BrucknerMotet
      @BrucknerMotet 3 года назад +2

      はい、そうです
      Hai,-sōdesu

  • @RobWright1981
    @RobWright1981 3 года назад +19

    Belushi looked straight out of Seven Samurai.

  • @davidaltman3867
    @davidaltman3867 4 года назад +14

    it`s been on here all this time.... first time i saw this one since it`s original broadcast

  • @cvn6555
    @cvn6555 4 года назад +86

    Back when there was a reason to stay up to watch. Hard to believe Bill Murray was ever that young. Not certain it was a good idea to hand a real sword to Belushi knowing how intoxicated they usually were. Good stuff.

    • @bobbyfeet2240
      @bobbyfeet2240 3 года назад +1

      He actually cut Buck Henry at one point.

    • @luzbonilla7230
      @luzbonilla7230 3 года назад +3

      Not ready for prime time players were the best comics. All of them were stars in there own way.
      John Belushi was a riot as a samurai . My favorite ..

  • @JimzAuto
    @JimzAuto 3 года назад +7

    1:10 ‘Don Cornelius and Don Kirshner’- whoa that’s a throwback reference.

  • @harrietharlow9929
    @harrietharlow9929 3 года назад +2

    I remembered the samurai skits and loved them. Nice to see one up here.

  • @kpf2087
    @kpf2087 4 года назад +14

    this is great. the great late john and dan together

  • @pauladouglas9891
    @pauladouglas9891 Год назад +2

    Whe my boyfriend and I ate at Benihana's, the other couple around the table didn't pay attention to the chef's antics, so he gave us half of their steaks.

  • @TTony-tu6dm
    @TTony-tu6dm 3 года назад +3

    Don Cornelius and Don Kirshner - that’s awesome. Soul Train and Rock Concert often followed SNL in the New York market area

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 3 года назад +6

    Classic SNL ...best times for show

  • @Jeng4280
    @Jeng4280 4 года назад +19

    My father introduced me to this..the original SNL..the way it was back in the 70s. What I loved about it was that they poked fun at things without it being so politically correct. Belushi did this Samurai character brilliantly and made me laugh so hard the first time I saw it. LOL! I am a huge fan.

    • @onyx2626
      @onyx2626 3 года назад +5

      I was 12 when the show began: we felt like we were being naughty watching it.

  • @PreacherAtArrakeen
    @PreacherAtArrakeen 7 лет назад +38

    The origin of the 'Man-Bun.'

  • @edwardwong654
    @edwardwong654 Год назад +1

    The sad thing is that it will never be this funny again. It was like the perfect big bang. Although the recent George Washington skit with Nate Bargatze was off the chart funny.

  • @geraldstephens6612
    @geraldstephens6612 4 года назад +19

    Great skit.Still outrageous after all these years.

  • @Orelion
    @Orelion 11 лет назад +73

    Classic! God I love the original cast!

    • @marioguidotomasone1265
      @marioguidotomasone1265 3 года назад +1

      Well, techically Bill Murray was not parte of the original cast, but I get what you mean and I totally agree

  • @janhoyle1462
    @janhoyle1462 3 года назад +1

    I knew about Samurai Deli & Samurai Night live, but never seen this one. Of course I was a teenager & out most of the time in those days. Now I’m old & SNL sucks, it has since 1979. But I had to watch this & was so worth it! My son loves the Samurai skits too.

    • @sammcfadden3961
      @sammcfadden3961 Год назад

      Norm was good. Farley was good. If you said since 1999 I would agree for the most part

    • @IndyAvocadoKid
      @IndyAvocadoKid Год назад

      My mom loved these samurai skits and when a sex type subject came up and Belushi would slide his sword in and out we’d just crack up, no actual words needed 😂

  • @ChrisBavaro-z6o
    @ChrisBavaro-z6o Год назад +1

    Gotta be the best late night TV with that original cast. For those that wonder a little about that Samurai sword, Buck Henry caught the tip of it in one of Belushi’s backswings during one of these classic episodes. Buck spent the rest of the show with a bandage on his forehead as did the rest of the gang in a hilarious tribute to him getting nailed on live TV.

  • @GreenRiver72
    @GreenRiver72 Год назад +2

    Epic original cast. I didnt even know it was Bill Murray till the close up my man was such a youngin.

  • @christophercollins3632
    @christophercollins3632 4 года назад +15

    Turns out it was a short-lived series, since every episode needed to be set in Benihana.

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Год назад +1

    John Belushi and Dan Akroid were absolutely hilarious and talented

  • @GoodNewsJim
    @GoodNewsJim 3 года назад +22

    I love how he's negotiating the kiss of death, and Belushi was so offended he was going to off himself, but then the rate was a little higher, and yeah, okay, that's fine then.

  • @Kathryn-qs1tb
    @Kathryn-qs1tb Год назад +1

    I like how he has the Benihana moves down. They still do the same exact thing today!

  • @williamjohnson5030
    @williamjohnson5030 4 года назад +167

    The cast back then didn’t read every skit from cue cards like today.

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 4 года назад +12

      I dont' think Belushi can read kanji, so he had to memorize all his lines by ear.

    • @J_Braz_
      @J_Braz_ 4 года назад +2

      @@Dayvit78 legendary

    • @GoodNewsJim
      @GoodNewsJim 3 года назад +1

      The cast today must read from cue cards, because they're lock stepping political propaganda pushed by the puppeteers and they don't like when you adlib or go off script. It is also why SNL sux now, when Chevy Chase and Adam Sandler eras ruled!

    • @mikebockey4125
      @mikebockey4125 3 года назад +3

      @@GoodNewsJim, chevy chase was at best a card. adam sandler??? sandler’s about as funny as having your spleen removed.

    • @superchitownhustler
      @superchitownhustler 3 года назад +5

      @@GoodNewsJim lol. trump lost. get over it.

  • @pelicanoslocos
    @pelicanoslocos 10 лет назад +135

    Bill Murray, Dan Aykrod and John Belushi.

    • @osaji922
      @osaji922 9 лет назад +35

      Ariel Escudero Harsh. Not even going to mention Garrett Morris like he wasn't apart of the cast in this clip.

    • @hoary212
      @hoary212 6 лет назад +11

      Did you just happen to forget the black guy??

    • @filosofenvacker1226
      @filosofenvacker1226 4 года назад +2

      @@hoary212 no one cares.

    • @joshuavanderzee1786
      @joshuavanderzee1786 4 года назад +1

      @@hoary212 Because he is not that famous.

    • @ohmy1670
      @ohmy1670 4 года назад +8

      @@joshuavanderzee1786 He was hugely famous, and had some great feature characters.

  • @G9Classified9
    @G9Classified9 Год назад

    The way he sliced into the cabbage hmm call me crazy but I think that’s a real sword 😂😂😂

  • @PaulHarris-sl1ct
    @PaulHarris-sl1ct Год назад +1

    SNL did a skit called "Samurai marriage counselor" or something. Peter Boyle was the counselor. In it Boyle is holding up an accordion and Belushi cuts it in half. The sword stops about 2 inches from Boyle's face
    You can watch him make eye contact with Belushi realizing what had just happened. Both professionals continue on. Truly amazing and terrifying.

  • @mizzury54
    @mizzury54 3 года назад +2

    Crazy I have never seen this one . I thought I had seen them all. Great one.

  • @brianmaguire9679
    @brianmaguire9679 7 месяцев назад +1

    Back when SNL ruled! I saw Belushi and immediately laughed from remembering this skit live.🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @glennevitt5250
    @glennevitt5250 7 месяцев назад +1

    Classic TV 📺 ❤️💯

  • @thefantasyreview8709
    @thefantasyreview8709 4 года назад +10

    He's doing Toshiro Mifune from 7 Samurai.

    • @ThrasherArmy1986
      @ThrasherArmy1986 4 года назад +7

      Actually is Yojimbo. How he scratches his cheeks and en got his arms inside the hakama.

  • @Chris_5150
    @Chris_5150 4 года назад +25

    I wish I was around when snl was good like this.

    • @onyx2626
      @onyx2626 3 года назад +2

      It was all we had after the late news. Our choices were limited in the 1970s, that's why we Boomers throw it so much love. SCTV was no slouch, but it came later, and it wasn't live. SNL was a little bit like HBO: edgy. It was Not the Carol Burnett Show, which my family and I loved too.

    • @russwatson8713
      @russwatson8713 3 года назад +2

      @@onyx2626 Remember when channels "came to the end of their broadcasting day" and the 'Indian head's test pattern took over for the night?

    • @georgesealy4706
      @georgesealy4706 3 года назад +3

      @@russwatson8713 Sometimes they would play the anthem and show the flag just before the test pattern.

    • @jage5256
      @jage5256 3 года назад +1

      Yeh back then it was awesome. The things they got away with like weekend update.

    • @bobbyfrancis8957
      @bobbyfrancis8957 2 года назад

      Do you wish you were around BEFORE SNL premiered, like I
      was? Every Saturday night, they used to have Carson Comedy Classics - at least several times they weren't
      very funny .

  • @RaymondBogert
    @RaymondBogert Месяц назад

    MISS THIS SHOW THE GREATEST SNL OF ALL TIME AND THE CAST TODAY'S SNL CANT EVEN GET CLOSE PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!

  • @doncallangher6177
    @doncallangher6177 3 года назад +8

    This reminds me - years ago in Cambridge Mass. Costume party. I dressed as a samurai in kimono, long hair in topknot, eye makeup, speaking gibberish like Belushi.
    My friend from Tokyo dressed as Martin Riggs (Mel Gibsons character), had a brown mullet wig over his jet black straight hair.
    People - they talked to Martin instead of me (cuz they thought I couldn't speak English), asking where I was from, how long was I visiting, etc.
    Nobody had a clue he was the Japanese and I the Caucasian.

    • @toastrave7820
      @toastrave7820 2 года назад

      i would love to have witnessed that

  • @nevioberki9894
    @nevioberki9894 4 года назад +4

    This made my day :)

  • @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe
    @JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 10 месяцев назад +1

    Carrying his sword like a BAR

  • @tripjet999
    @tripjet999 3 года назад +2

    Remember that most of the cast had already shown their brilliance in National Lampoon skits.

  • @masercot
    @masercot 7 месяцев назад +1

    Belushi must've watched a lot of Toshiro Mifune movies...

  • @KurtI2525
    @KurtI2525 4 года назад +99

    Back then, it wasn’t always gut-busting funny, but it was interesting. More conceptual. And the actors never broke character, unlike today, where they seem to do it in every other skit, which usually gets the biggest laughs, especially in the weaker skits.

    • @keenmate9719
      @keenmate9719 4 года назад +13

      You are absolutely right, man. Today's SNL is more about giggling and repeating the same skit over and over again. They must give them lines like few minutes before playing skits because they cannot look anywhere else and the lines are not that difficult to remember. I stopped watching it. After a while you have seen them all as it goes for Marvel movies as well.

    • @El-Duderino-His-Dudeness
      @El-Duderino-His-Dudeness 3 года назад +7

      Probably easier for them to not break character when the material isn't funny.

    • @jakeself1911
      @jakeself1911 2 года назад +1

      What do you call all of those 4th wall breaks in the early days of SNL? They may have been planned, but I feel like they were used whenever they realized the sketches were weak. This sketch sure could’ve used a 4th wall break.

  • @DeadShred9
    @DeadShred9 3 года назад +1

    Notice Aykroyd is doing a Fantastic Charles Bronson Imitation !!!!!!!!!!

  • @jameskovic7146
    @jameskovic7146 3 года назад +8

    Man, it's too bad Belushi died. Actually I was at a party in Frisco one night when I saw him with about 12 other people taking tokes off of a nitrous oxide tank. Man, those were the days. Belushi looked down and that was February of 1979. What a talented guy.

    • @jage5256
      @jage5256 3 года назад

      Call it The City. We know you are foreign when u call it Frisco. Makes us go insane. 😂

    • @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687
      @ultravioletsongjatshariff8687 Год назад

      +++
      OMG. I'm shure this Samurai could kill JOHN WICK while drinkin a Pepsi ! 🤣🤣🤣
      +

  • @kiddetroit8403
    @kiddetroit8403 8 месяцев назад

    The samurai Hitman doesn't need his sword all he needs is those chopsticks😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @eddiegraythegeek1975
    @eddiegraythegeek1975 4 года назад +6

    John was insanly funny

  • @kyleford8583
    @kyleford8583 Год назад

    It’s times like these I wish Belushi was still alive cause when some of the originals come back years later on SNL to reprise their character roles I wish John could’ve done this for SNL today

    • @kyleford8583
      @kyleford8583 5 месяцев назад

      Same, wish he was too, would love to see him pop up again as the samurai and he and Dan to show up as blues brothers

    • @kyleford8583
      @kyleford8583 5 месяцев назад

      Same, wish he was too, would love to see him pop up again as the samurai and he and Dan to show up as blues brothers

  • @billtomson5791
    @billtomson5791 3 года назад +3

    Apparently, the Wayne County Sheriff in 1958 was John Dennis. Any real samurai hitman worth his salt would have known that.

  • @RobotJeeg
    @RobotJeeg 4 года назад +4

    I think the world is ready to see the second episode! Come on.....

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Год назад +1

    Bsck in the day SNL was absolutely hilarious. The cast back then were amazingly talented and funny

  • @odysseusrex5908
    @odysseusrex5908 7 месяцев назад +1

    Boy, they couldn't make a skit like that today.

  • @katesometimeslate158
    @katesometimeslate158 10 лет назад +9

    5:50 he looks surprised with himself

    • @musicforbands
      @musicforbands 9 лет назад

      thats what i was thinking

    • @sirbig8292
      @sirbig8292 8 лет назад +3

      Maybe they didn't tell him how sharp the blade is.

  • @ragioniereacasamia
    @ragioniereacasamia 7 месяцев назад +3

    If you are going to compare this to today's SNL,today's SNL is a drama,not a comedy.

    • @johnnygoodman2003
      @johnnygoodman2003 7 месяцев назад

      I dont know how people think this is funny.

  • @NCS61
    @NCS61 2 года назад

    Simply genius!

  • @SiriusMined
    @SiriusMined Год назад +1

    Don Kirschner and Don Cornelius 😂

  • @nealfry2230
    @nealfry2230 3 года назад +2

    " I'll Always Love Detroit, Michigan "

  • @christophergiles4717
    @christophergiles4717 8 месяцев назад

    "Indeed, we discussed that possibility over breakfast this morning..."

  • @musicalcontessa4275
    @musicalcontessa4275 2 года назад

    Better than ever-------how many years later?!!!!!! 🤣

  • @Vlad65WFPReviews
    @Vlad65WFPReviews 7 месяцев назад

    and fabulous Don Pardo!

  • @RobertStewart-i3m
    @RobertStewart-i3m 7 месяцев назад +1

    From the time snl was very good! I love the samurai skits.

  • @THX-kw2jh
    @THX-kw2jh 3 года назад +1

    First SNL Generation (1975-1980) Was My Favorite Generation, a Lot of Talent There. NBC Almost Pull The Plug on SNL in 1980, By That Time SNL Was on Syndication All Over the US. All Cast Members With At Least One Movie.

  • @adamlytle2615
    @adamlytle2615 4 года назад +9

    This is the prequel to the Forrest Whittaker movie Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

  • @nealfry2230
    @nealfry2230 3 года назад +1

    " Happy Anniversary Hayden Panettiere "

  • @kiddetroit8403
    @kiddetroit8403 10 месяцев назад

    Wake me up at the supermarket controlling pimento😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @teslagirl1
    @teslagirl1 7 месяцев назад +1

    No, not Don Kirchner! My folks used to watch his late night concert show... in the days before MTV, his show was awesome.