As a kid, my dad would have us chant this. He would get a real kick out of it. I still remember 4 or 5 year old me chanting "Lothar of the Hill People" in the deepest voice I could. Good times.
I was in a heavy stoner rock band a number of years ago and we covered the theme song to this live in the middle of our set. We changed it up a bit and fleshed it out a bit more. The crowd would always go insane and chant along with us. Was always the highlight of the gig. lol
There was a psychedelic rock band back in the late 60s/early 70s called Lothar and the Hand People. We listened to their album, Standing on the Moon (don't know if there were more), when we were really stoned. I wonder if Mike Meyers was referencing that group.
@@JAnth51 This is the band that influenced the name for the SNL skit. It's also the band that influenced Devo. (Machines is one of those songs that influenced Devo).
@@Ontonautwhen Lorne Michaels saw Hartman's audition, he knew right away he had to hire him, but let him continue just to see what else he would present. Hartman is the quintessential SNL member, the GOAT of legend, and of course the frozen caveman lawyer.
After all these years I finally figured out she held a tennis racket and was ruler of The Courts of Clay...I finally got it. I'm so embarrassed I had to mention it
There is nothing wrong with walking by yourself! It is a perfectly natural and healthy thing for a man to do! So say I! I am Oatman, the Blender of Oats!
Dang I remember in HS being stoned driving around with my friends in my 81 Camaro and one of us would always start singing "LOTHAR>>> OF THE HILL PEOPLE!!!" and we'd all bust out laughing
Wow, at first I thought it was Bridgett Fonda, then I realized it didn't quite look like her. Tennis player huh? Usually you can spot an athlete trying to act from a thousand feet away....or smell them, ha. She's not bad at all! Granted, speaking in stilted English like this is probably not so hard, lol.
Pretty close here as well, guys! All these years later and the two things that stuck with me are the theme song and "Twiggly, the gnome" aka a little man in a boat! 😁
This was on TV at the same time the original Warcraft video game was out. Any time we talked about mission 4 (where you rescue Lothar), my friend would chant this, lol.
@@jamesweekley1087 but, I did forget it! Unfortunately. Now, in my early 40s I found it somewhat difficult to refrain from peeing my pants while watching this. I am pretty sure when I saw this as a 5 or 6 yr old, whatever I was then, I would not have been nearly as amused. :)
Fucking classic. Back in college in my German classes my nickname was Lothar von der Huegel Leute because of this skit. Haven't thought of that in decades until I ran across this.
this was a sketch that always stuck with me, and this was the cast during my formative SNL watching days. I quoted this sketch the next Monday at school and then for years afterwards, oddly kind of seems like it died in 8H that night
The audience back then usually didn't respond to intelligent humor. They seem to be the audience SNL decided to cater to starting a few years later, when they shifted the program to doing nothing but slapstick, dirty words and bathroom humor. That's the same stuff that got them roaring when it occasionally came up in the earlier years.
This is just filled to the brim with sexual metaphors, I'm loving it. Reminds me of how less than one hundred years ago a Finnish farmhand would go about asking a young maiden riddles in the still of the night to get her mind towards sex. E.g. what has an oval shape, is moist and has hair on the outside only. If hair is touching the inside, it is not a pleasant feeling. Answer is eye. They had plenty of those lewd sounding riddles.
I had a dream about this sketch and in my dream I could see the title and hear the song and the title said "Lothar AND the hill people" and in my dream I was thinking, no, it is "Lothar OF the hill people". I had not seen nor thought of this sketch in probably 20 years but in my dream the song sounded the same.
hahahah this might not have been everyones favorite skit but i used to have that intro tune in my head all the time when I wanted to make myself laugh....when i'd tell people about it they'd never get it lol
I used to chant this as a young middle school student. None of the other kids knew what the Hell I was going on about. None of them laughed, but I laughed loudly that I knew something they didn't.
The "little man in the boat" is simply one of the all time great euphemisms to come down the pike since "love pickle". Don't tell me you haven't heard of love pickle!
This is one of those sketches that they should of made a movie version of. It writes itself, we see Lothar in his village and a witch curses him cause he insulted her and he finds himself in modern day Los Angeles and he has to deal with living in modern day. You can even add a wizard of oz ending.
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As a kid, my dad would have us chant this. He would get a real kick out of it. I still remember 4 or 5 year old me chanting "Lothar of the Hill People" in the deepest voice I could. Good times.
I'll bet your Dad was a helluva lot of fun.
Oh wow that sounds so awesome. Thanks for sharing
I like your dad
sameeeee
I was in a heavy stoner rock band a number of years ago and we covered the theme song to this live in the middle of our set. We changed it up a bit and fleshed it out a bit more. The crowd would always go insane and chant along with us. Was always the highlight of the gig. lol
There was a psychedelic rock band back in the late 60s/early 70s called Lothar and the Hand People. We listened to their album, Standing on the Moon (don't know if there were more), when we were really stoned. I wonder if Mike Meyers was referencing that group.
@@JAnth51 nice catch-- considering mike myers and dana carvey's mutual love of todd rundgren, this must be the story!
That's fuggin' awesome! XD
I would gladly pay to see that : )
@@JAnth51 This is the band that influenced the name for the SNL skit. It's also the band that influenced Devo. (Machines is one of those songs that influenced Devo).
I still love the tone of John Lovitz' voice as he says he has been "walking "by myself".
underappreciated cast member, he really is gold in everything he's done
Many short walks!😅😢
The Mike Myers-Dana Carvey-Phil Hartman era has always been my favorite era of SNL.
This is always the correct answer.
Yes I haft to say Farley is a big piece of that too
Ya that's when it totally didn't suck.
My god... Mike Myers is brilliant. I always heard of this skit but never saw it until now. Thanks for this!
Every once in awhile I use the line "I can tell by the position of the sun in the sky that it is time for us to go".
Everything I needed to know about walking with women, I learned from Lothar.
Don't forget Twiggly the Gnome, who guards the entrance to The Cave of Knowledge
Phil could literally play any role and nail it. I cannot believe we didn't get to see more of his hard work.
Because his life was tragically ended prematurely by his own wife.
Lorne Michaels said Hartman was his all time favorite cast member
@@Ontonautwhen Lorne Michaels saw Hartman's audition, he knew right away he had to hire him, but let him continue just to see what else he would present. Hartman is the quintessential SNL member, the GOAT of legend, and of course the frozen caveman lawyer.
After all these years I finally figured out she held a tennis racket and was ruler of The Courts of Clay...I finally got it. I'm so embarrassed I had to mention it
Ha Ha I just got it after reading your post just now, and I watched this skit as a teen. LMFAO
Your brain is also having trouble walking, it seems.
It’s Chris Evert!
They are also hinting that she is a "manly" woman.
"lately been taking many short walks by myself.". I feel you bro
World's first incel?
There is nothing wrong with walking by yourself! It is a perfectly natural and healthy thing for a man to do! So say I! I am Oatman, the Blender of Oats!
@@RockSoup Onan salutes you Oatman.
@@charliewatts6895 Lol, less than 50% of people who see this will get it, but that was funny.
@@RockSoup If it is so "healthy and natural" why is it illegal to do in public?
Phil Hartman's delivery on the "pulling my leg" line is so good, RIP, what a shame
Never actually knew this existed lol until Myers’ VF interview
Ha, I'm here because of that too. Never heard of Lothar!
Same
You're lucky... The theme has been stuck in my head for 20 something years lol
"Never actually knew" = "Didn't know"
@@AnalyticalReckoner thanks for that
Dang I remember in HS being stoned driving around with my friends in my 81 Camaro and one of us would always start singing "LOTHAR>>> OF THE HILL PEOPLE!!!" and we'd all bust out laughing
She-Beast, Ruler of Courts of Clay, is none other than Chris Evert, 18 times Grand Slam Tennis champion.
THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS
@@2AForever-wi8yj So many years hence, 'tis not obvious to the younglings.
^^^^ chieftain of the obvious people.
Wow, at first I thought it was Bridgett Fonda, then I realized it didn't quite look like her. Tennis player huh? Usually you can spot an athlete trying to act from a thousand feet away....or smell them, ha. She's not bad at all! Granted, speaking in stilted English like this is probably not so hard, lol.
@@audreymuzingo933 She's literally carrying a tennis racket.
"Picture, if you will, a little man in a boat."
Chris Evert was doing an accent
Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
What does that refer to? Where does the story go after that?
@@jedijonesThey were discussing how women walk so....
This aired when I was 15 and I laughed my ass off, 34 years later and it still holds up!!
literally same here dude ....What a great memory huh?
Same fellas
Pretty close here as well, guys!
All these years later and the two things that stuck with me are the theme song and "Twiggly, the gnome" aka a little man in a boat! 😁
WOW I was a kid and never got this. As a chieftain I Understand!
For years I have often thought of "after a hard day of being Chieftan."
Not funny the sketch if your name is Lothar and you finished highschool in 1990
Heavy is the head that wears the crown! You must walk faster
omg poor teenage you 😂
Sorry, man.
Hahaha
I know how you feel. The character Debbie Downer ruled many of my days.
I like in the intro that they’re using travel scenes from the original Conan The Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger lol
SNL wouldn't be able to get away with that kind of thing today without serious royalty agreements !
Such a random ass sketch concept but it's gold
can't believe the audience didn't laugh at "Tyler of the T-Birds" haha!
The episode in which he asked to be called Tyler was better than this.
Loved this sketch as a kid. Watching it as an adult, I i had no idea what they're talking about when I was 10 years old.
Not sure if I did either. I was sold just from the theme song though.
@@jedijones I was also a kid definitely remembered the song, enjoyed the sketches, and (thankfully) missed a lot of the subtext!
I saw this on tv and it always stuck with me for some reason
This was on TV at the same time the original Warcraft video game was out. Any time we talked about mission 4 (where you rescue Lothar), my friend would chant this, lol.
Please put more of these out plus "The Bastard Battalion" Myer's Lothar always cracked me up.
*FUN FACT* This was one of the voices Mike Myers tried when trying to find Shrek's voice
For the longest time I thought I was the only one who liked (or even saw!) this skit!
I swear by Xena's teats I forgot all about this sketch.
Why not take my leg and pull it from my pelvis? This sketch is unforgettable.
@@jamesweekley1087 but, I did forget it! Unfortunately. Now, in my early 40s I found it somewhat difficult to refrain from peeing my pants while watching this. I am pretty sure when I saw this as a 5 or 6 yr old, whatever I was then, I would not have been nearly as amused. :)
Fucking classic. Back in college in my German classes my nickname was Lothar von der Huegel Leute because of this skit. Haven't thought of that in decades until I ran across this.
I got this theme song in my head randomly and had to google what it was. I remember now lol
That is what I remember from this skit the most..
Same here! I was at work and the song randomly popped in my head! Love this!
There's more of us?!
Watching She-Beast I suddenly feel like taking a short walk by myself.
I too have dwelt in that cave.
My walk was brief.
This was when Chris Evert was still...um, walkable.
I loved this skit, haven't seen it since it aired
Same
My favorite obscure recurring skit from "my era" of SNL
I still occasionally break into the Lothar song while working around the house.
THIS is a Mike Myers sketch that could have been adapted into a decent movie...
Makes you wonder if jack black an em used it for inspiration in the movie " Year One"
this was a sketch that always stuck with me, and this was the cast during my formative SNL watching days. I quoted this sketch the next Monday at school and then for years afterwards, oddly kind of seems like it died in 8H that night
The audience back then usually didn't respond to intelligent humor. They seem to be the audience SNL decided to cater to starting a few years later, when they shifted the program to doing nothing but slapstick, dirty words and bathroom humor. That's the same stuff that got them roaring when it occasionally came up in the earlier years.
After the 1960’s Psych band “Lothar and the Hand People” bet Mike wrote this sketch
Wow, the amazing true origin of Lothar!
Ah, the Coneheads formula of relatable discourse in an esoteric parlance.
I've often said that myself...
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OMG I have never seen this skit and it is HILARIOUS!
LOL.. this is a CLASSIC
These people communicate far better than we do.
Tell me something that I do not know!!
@@zechuel I certainly will try, but it is difficult for I know not what you already know.
Good luck Lothar.😂
The metaphor is moot 😂
I used to sing this for no reason
Love the amateur high school play delivery.
I think that's why they decided it would be a perfect skit for the Chris Evert episode.
The origin of shrek. Lothar was turned into an over by gnome
This is just filled to the brim with sexual metaphors, I'm loving it. Reminds me of how less than one hundred years ago a Finnish farmhand would go about asking a young maiden riddles in the still of the night to get her mind towards sex. E.g. what has an oval shape, is moist and has hair on the outside only. If hair is touching the inside, it is not a pleasant feeling. Answer is eye. They had plenty of those lewd sounding riddles.
What? Link to what you're talking about?
Rumple Stiltskin??
@@GameyRaccoon Methinks he joketh.
@@laurencesiegel9362 really? I fuckin believed it too.
Eyegina
Jon lovitz looks like a Ringo from the side with that mustache.
Jon Lovitz looks like Ron Jeremy.
I want to see Mike Myers do more stuff like this..
we need a Lothar of the Hill People movie!
Actually... that may not be a bad idea. Monte Python meets Waiting For Guffman?
Reminds me of that movie with Jack Black where he's a caveman
@@raulpetrascu2696Year One. I agree.
The Lothar skits were some of my favorite of the classic SNL ONES.
Great acting by Chris Evert.
Does it vex you?
@@beaubiden9293I admit, I am vexed.
The audience either didn't get or were afraid to laugh at the "little man in a boat" reference. lol
Too young to get it, I was... I mean, OK, I was 16, but I was a naive 16yo.
Surely they see not the wisdom of Twigley the Gnome, who guards the entrance to the cave of knowledge.
I don't get it and I'm a middle-aged man. What does it mean?
@@jedijones It's a metaphor for the clitoris. When you get right up next to it, that's what it looks like to some people.
Ahhh , the question before us .
They should’ve turned this into a movie.
Like many of those SNL sketches that became films.
wait there are sketches that became films? what are some funny ones? i wanna look them up
@@tankeasy8180 snl was amazing in the tv format, but the movies.... eeeh
@@tankeasy8180 The movies are hit or miss, with misses predominating, but Wayne's World was based on a recurring SNL skit
@@tankeasy8180 Blues Brothers.
I take many walks by myself
I have too dwelt in that cave.and let me tell you it is not no feast. Hahaha! Jon . The best!
I dwelt in this cave rather than heed my wife's pleas that I take her on a walk.
She now walks with another.
My favorite show
I just noticed they used footage from Conan at the beginning...
King of Dragon Pass scetch.
This was one of my favorite sketches. I dunno why.
How did I forget about this?! I only got to enjoy it from reruns, but it's magnificent, still...
Brilliant!!!
Tyler of the T-Birds
Good skit
The metaphor is moot😄
Soooo under appreciated.
Really good dialogue
I heard the term "little man in the boat" yeeaarrrs later and immediately thought back to this. I was like "😮 oohhh, ok."
Peacock needs to jump on this and make it a thing , it’s still slaps 30 years later
Oh this is my favorite classic snl sitik
I had a dream about this sketch and in my dream I could see the title and hear the song and the title said "Lothar AND the hill people" and in my dream I was thinking, no, it is "Lothar OF the hill people". I had not seen nor thought of this sketch in probably 20 years but in my dream the song sounded the same.
is the soundtrack by hans zimmer available?
hahahah this might not have been everyones favorite skit but i used to have that intro tune in my head all the time when I wanted to make myself laugh....when i'd tell people about it they'd never get it lol
Great one!
I remember some nerdbullies calling me SchulAR of the Hill People in high school.
This truly was a golden age for SNL 🤣🤣🤣
No wonder why I didn't understand this sketch when I first saw it, at 7 years old.
I used to chant this as a young middle school student. None of the other kids knew what the Hell I was going on about. None of them laughed, but I laughed loudly that I knew something they didn't.
The "little man in the boat" is simply one of the all time great euphemisms to come down the pike since "love pickle".
Don't tell me you haven't heard of love pickle!
"Twiggly the gnome who guards the entrance to the cave of happiness" gets me every time
@@geeareuu I had to read these comments for 20 minutes before I got that one.
Wow! I haven’t seen this in 20years. This is hilarious.😂
Loved Lothar.
Can’t live with them and you can’t club them! How many laughs with that good today
This is wonderful...
God DAMN! This skit is bad enough to be a hit movie.
How did Michaels miss this opportunity?!
He got a point. That metaphor never worked quite right. About time someone called it out.
I heard the phrase "I am Lothar, of the Hill People" all the time as a kid, but never knew it was an SNL skit until today.
Phil Hartman is the best SNL guy ever to wear a silly hat
When the moon has shown it’s face twice… Forget it! 🤣👍🏻😆
Is this a reccuring skit? Are there more? I love this.
This was the second one out of four. Also on Dolly Parton, Ed O'Neill and Fred Savage episodes.
Does it vex you?
I've not seen this before but I just saw an interview with Mike Myers and he was talking about it so I had to check it out. 😎
This is where Shrek got inspiration.
Heavy is the hand that wears deh crown 👋🏻
This was 10 year old mes favorite sketch in 1989
This is one of those sketches that they should of made a movie version of. It writes itself, we see Lothar in his village and a witch curses him cause he insulted her and he finds himself in modern day Los Angeles and he has to deal with living in modern day. You can even add a wizard of oz ending.
My beat fri3nd Neil used to hate when we sang the theme song to this. I miss him.
"The metaphor is moot."
I think the background picture is just a mural of Utah.
Mike's style of humor is like that of a big kid that likes being silly. He was a great addition to SNL back then.