@@shirleyrombough8173 I think John has a soft spot in his heart for dogs... That, and I think he had a pretty good idea of the Irish Catholic priest kinda thing, even had a bit o' the accent. 😁😁😁😁
@@stephanlarsen8169 Oh it was whenever I see someone improvise I picture Lorne Michaels eyes turning red and steam coming out his ears like on Tom and jerry
He took banjo lessons at McCabe's in LA when I worked there. Very pleasant man. We dealt with a lot of celebrities there, he was easily one of the most like-able.
A cat in confession would say "forgive my human, Father, for they have sinned. They slept 15 minutes past the alarm and fed me my breakfast late this morning."
Honestly, I wonder if they were just pets, instead of dog actors, because they seemed a little undisciplined, like they just wanted him to pet them and didn't get why he wouldn't. t
@@Ceares I think they were doing "hand"/"paw" not necessarily trying to pet him. I agree with you that they were likely house pets. My dog reacts the same way when I wait too long to give the treat, she just cycles through every trick she knows.
Me too. That dog was playing the part very well. Hopefully the dog just heard a second trainer calling him back so he ran off and wasn't focused on the "bad dog"s. I think it would have been just as funny (and nicer to the pet) if he spoke (not shouted) the "bad dogs" and then finished by giving them communion (their treat) even though I don't think that is done during confessions.
This is priceless! My boxer would be confessing sins on drinking out of the toilet bowl, dragging trash into the back yard and eating off the kitchen table.
And my cat? Don't ask. Drinking out of the toilet, getting his face wet when drinking out of his bowl and coming over to me to shake it off, jumping on top of the stove to retrieve samples, using the trees to jump on top of the house and then begging to be rescued, bringing me gifts of (dead) birds, lizards and rats (he means these to be gifts, but not realizing that it's not my custom to hunt for my own food). But he snuggles close to me at night, so somehow he makes it all ok. Eighteen years and counting.
I'm not Catholic, but I've always thought of taking my furry brood up to my local Diocese on St.Francis of Assissi's Feast Day. They do the traditional blessing of the animals every year...they do it every year at the zoo nearest here,too. "Entrance to Heaven is granted by favor...if it were granted by merit, only dogs would get in"~Mark Twain.
@@titicatfollies6615 Here's a clip I found. Cleese did several episodes in the final season. His character's name was Liam Neesom 🤣 ruclips.net/video/x6a7i3FHUbk/видео.html
You know John Lithgow is a pro when at 0:56 he managed to not just grab that cute face, smooch it and say "Nooo, you're gooood boy! Who's a good boy? You're a good boy!"
It reminds me of when John Laroquette was forced to become a prosecutor for a 'dog court' on Night Court and the defending lawyer won every case when she grabbed the dog under the chin and said, "Look at this face! Look at this face!"
@@Frank_Cohen Of course I understood the facetious nature of the comment & what appears to be yet another layer of the joke. This however is SNL so I still seriously doubt they even considered the origin of the hymn. If the sketch was funny then perhaps Allen Cameron's comment could have been taken at face value. This being a painfully unfunny SNL skit only put the exclamation point on how painfully apparent it was that he was indeed being facetious. If it was something along the lines of Gregorian chanting in a synagogue then perhaps it would have been their intention. Damn, sadly your lack of the obvious has crushed any humour I originally found in Allen Cameron's comment.
@@vardellsfolly5200 No he is not. He has performed a lot of great roles in theatre and quite a few remarkable ones on film. He just doesn't participate actively in the media life and avoids fake drama. He enjoys a lot of respect and prestige among actors.
John Lithgow plays it so straight with a great accent and even the ways he reacts to the barks is great, but he couldn’t help himself with the excuse me father line which made this sketch even better.
“A Mighty Fortress” is also known as the Battle Hymn of the Reformation and was written by Martin Luther. Hearing that in a Catholic Church (esp as the entrance hymn-Saints preserve us!) would be like pot roast served at a vegan picnic.
"A Might Fortress Is our God" was written by Martin Luther after being condemned by the pope and avoiding the punishment of "heresy" [proclaiming to believe something contrary to the Papacy]. I've heard it played at a few Protestant churches, but never in a Roman Catholic Church. Oh... but then again, neither have I seen dogs coming to the window at confessional. Ladies and gentlemen... it's Saturday Night Live!
As a Catholic I was surprised to hear such a well-known Protestant Hymn at the end of the sketch too, then I realized they probably chose it because it was the Davey and Goliath theme =)
A mighty Fortress is Our God was written by Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer who hated the Catholic church. They actually play that hymn in the RCC, though.
ha. there's a famous blooper from this where Litgow says "And for your penance..." and the dog starts rooting around on the floor. The doggie voice then says "I hate getting penance!"
1. I wonder what the collection plate situation is like at St. Bernard's? 2. I felt awful hearing the doggy actor get called a bad boy when they were being a master thespian! 2020 has done a number on me I literally muttered " You're doing great buddy! " 😂😂
John Lithgow cracked a smile and a giggle but remained in character.
The skit was hilarious and Lithgow is a legend.
Lithgow is one of the best actors ever. He's right up there with Mirren, Hanks, Davis, Streep.
@@Zamigirl - St. Bernard's Church. Of course.
i noticed that too - it's what sets him apart from jimmy fallon etc
This sketch is ADORABLE.
Odor-able. 😁😁😁😁🐶🐶🐶🐶
@@BenjaminGessel Adogable
How can John Lithgow keep a straight face with his canine fellow actors?
@@shirleyrombough8173 I think John has a soft spot in his heart for dogs... That, and I think he had a pretty good idea of the Irish Catholic priest kinda thing, even had a bit o' the accent. 😁😁😁😁
"You are not to bark during a sketch"... lol
Perfect!
I smell that damn treat in your hand and I want it. 😠
Yeah the not bark line must've been improvised
@@stephanlarsen8169 Oh it was whenever I see someone improvise I picture Lorne Michaels eyes turning red and steam coming out his ears like on Tom and jerry
Mouse 🐁 hole worm hole black Uhuru
John Lithgow is brilliant - "You're not to bark, you're in a sketch."
Many actors and personalities should live forever. John Lithgow is among them.
A national Treasure!💎
Our answer to John Cleese.
As in his recent Giuliani
@Justin Stewart I hear you. I'm hiding on Martha's vineyard. Bill Murray is Famous here for being a drunk F wad
Indeed he is...what could we do without his diverse talents???
He took banjo lessons at McCabe's in LA when I worked there. Very pleasant man. We dealt with a lot of celebrities there, he was easily one of the most like-able.
Only John Lithgow could pull off a skit like that.
Don Novello among them. Father Sarducci.
So true ..maybe Steve too
tho i would love to see robin williams try
@@faithboucher5407 Robin would have been great as one of the Dogs.
you are so right only one maybe would have been Johnny winters and robin williams...
This is the most wholesome SNL sketch ever 🥰
clearly you haven't seen "sad mouse" lol.
Notice that no cats came to confess. Cats never think they did anything wrong.
🤣👌🏼😼👍🏼
They rule the manor
Well, how can gods dow wrong?
Besides, that was St. Bernard’s parish. Pretty sure cats attend St Caterine’s.
Well, that is because they never do anything wrong! -:)
Hahahaa "Learn not to bark during a sketch!"
A cat in confession would say "forgive my human, Father, for they have sinned. They slept 15 minutes past the alarm and fed me my breakfast late this morning."
"For their penance, hack up 3 hairballs in their shoes...and leave a dead mouse on their pillow"
I DIED READING THIS🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
No cat would ever go to confession
They totally missed out on Hellfire and Dalmatians.
“Perform 5 good deeds for the cats in your neighborhood.”😂
I’m sure the dog isn’t that sorry.
5 good WORKS. There's a distinction ;)
I keep trying to figure out what that would even be...
John Lithgow almost breaking hahaha
Only a dog could get John Lithgow to break 🤣
“You’re not to bark, you’re in a sketch.”
Lost it 🤣🤣🤣
Saint Bernard's of course. TY. I really needed this!
The second 'bad' dog made this sketch even greater!
I showed this to my priest. He said he should have barked in Latin. 😆
LOL
bad priest. bad priest. whaps him on the nose with an encyclical.
You are blessed to have a priest with a proper sense of humor❣️🙏😅
@@SalveRegina8 and one that says the Latin Mass 😁
@@MikeOrtego YES❣️Amen!!!✝️
I feel sorry for the dog actor who got three "bad dogs" when he was doing everything he was supposed to do!
If you listen closely, a lot of the audience agrees with you.
Honestly, I wonder if they were just pets, instead of dog actors, because they seemed a little undisciplined, like they just wanted him to pet them and didn't get why he wouldn't. t
@@Ceares I think they were doing "hand"/"paw" not necessarily trying to pet him. I agree with you that they were likely house pets. My dog reacts the same way when I wait too long to give the treat, she just cycles through every trick she knows.
Me too. That dog was playing the part very well. Hopefully the dog just heard a second trainer calling him back so he ran off and wasn't focused on the "bad dog"s. I think it would have been just as funny (and nicer to the pet) if he spoke (not shouted) the "bad dogs" and then finished by giving them communion (their treat) even though I don't think that is done during confessions.
It was alive sketch so the second dog got them to at the very end.
But I didn’t like how he bad dog the first one either should not have been.
This is priceless! My boxer would be confessing sins on drinking out of the toilet bowl, dragging trash into the back yard and eating off the kitchen table.
And my cat? Don't ask. Drinking out of the toilet, getting his face wet when drinking out of his bowl and coming over to me to shake it off, jumping on top of the stove to retrieve samples, using the trees to jump on top of the house and then begging to be rescued, bringing me gifts of (dead) birds, lizards and rats (he means these to be gifts, but not realizing that it's not my custom to hunt for my own food). But he snuggles close to me at night, so somehow he makes it all ok. Eighteen years and counting.
Dogs and Cats are true believers!🤗
@@shirleyrombough8173 I am sure he is worth every sin he has committed:)
@@judithjermark3367 They are!
@@feurigerStern You are absolutley right. I dearly love him. Of course he is an important member of the fsmily.
I will never look at confession the same again
A Priest should be so lucky as to hear Dog Confessions at St. Bernard's Church.❤️🙄😲😮😯🤗😇🐕❤️
I'm not Catholic, but I've always thought of taking my furry brood up to my local Diocese on St.Francis of Assissi's Feast Day. They do the traditional blessing of the animals every year...they do it every year at the zoo nearest here,too. "Entrance to Heaven is granted by favor...if it were granted by merit, only dogs would get in"~Mark Twain.
Bad dog! You are not to bark in a sketch!
John Lithgow; the American John Cleese.
I have to rewatch the episodes they did together on 3rd Rock From The Sun.
@@CarynDPrescott - OH NO! It must be a riot to see them together. do you know where to find that?
@@titicatfollies6615 Here's a clip I found. Cleese did several episodes in the final season. His character's name was Liam Neesom 🤣 ruclips.net/video/x6a7i3FHUbk/видео.html
@@titicatfollies6615 All episodes for free on demand. tubitv.com/series/2993/3rd-rock-from-the-sun
@@CarynDPrescott - Thank you, Caryn. Well, there goes the afternoon!
John Lithgow must have several dogs of his own; you can tell that he is a dog lover. 💕💕💕💕💕
All dogs go to heaven
Heaven would not be so "heavenly" if dogs were not there.
If there are no dogs in heaven, they need to rename it “boring place with harps”
It wouldn’t be heaven without dogs.
One year later.
"You're not to bark, You're in a sketch..." lol
Damn dogs always wanting to do improv during a scripted bit.
I would've had a hard time not petting them and telling them they were bad.
I would have broke character with the first doggie!! Lmao! Don't you just love John!
You can see the first dog was seriously repenting his actions. He was very calm throughout the confession.
I was expecting “A Mighty Fortress Is Our Dog” at the end.
Me also too.
Perhaps, " Nearer, my Dog to thee? "
John Lithgow trying to hold it together made the skit so much more hilarious.
John Lithgow is a very versatile actor. That is a true sign of a gifted actor.
You know John Lithgow is a pro when at 0:56 he managed to not just grab that cute face, smooch it and say "Nooo, you're gooood boy! Who's a good boy? You're a good boy!"
I thought I'd seen all the SNL sketches, this one got by me. I'm going to send the link to my dog lover friends. This skit is classic and funny!
It reminds me of when John Laroquette was forced to become a prosecutor for a 'dog court' on Night Court and the defending lawyer won every case when she grabbed the dog under the chin and said, "Look at this face! Look at this face!"
I loved Night Court and John Larroquette. I wish I'd seen that episode.
The actress who played that defender was bloody annoying!
that was funny as hell
I miss that show!
@@rustinstardust2094 So do I!
I love john lithgow
That was funny John breaking the fourth wall while incorporating it seamlessly Into the sketch
Haha John Lithgow is hilarious !
This could be a running sketch...
One of my favorite skits from SNL
At the end of the sketch, they play a hymn written by Martin Luther in a Catholic church. One more layer of comedy...
I seriously doubt they pondered the comedic value or even understood the difference between Catholic & Protestant.
@@Imightberiding , he's being facetious. Sense humor much?
@@Frank_Cohen Of course I understood the facetious nature of the comment & what appears to be yet another layer of the joke. This however is SNL so I still seriously doubt they even considered the origin of the hymn. If the sketch was funny then perhaps Allen Cameron's comment could have been taken at face value. This being a painfully unfunny SNL skit only put the exclamation point on how painfully apparent it was that he was indeed being facetious.
If it was something along the lines of Gregorian chanting in a synagogue then perhaps it would have been their intention. Damn, sadly your lack of the obvious has crushed any humour I originally found in Allen Cameron's comment.
Imightberiding you don’t have a decent sense of humor. This is hilarious.
I have heard “Amazing Grace” played and sung in a Catholic Church. It was written by an Anglican priest.
Have not seen this before.. funny and adorable dogs!
You’re not to bark, you’re in a sketch. Lmao
“Your not to bark your in a sketch “ lol
"You're not to bark, you're in a sketch."
....I think it was "during" a sketch, sorry
The dislikes are from cats who watched this.
Coleman Barks has a chapter dedicated on this skit in the book Rumi-The book of Love. That brought me here, and I feel blessed. ❤️
Saint Bernard's Church!!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹
Awww, the first doggy wanted to kiss his hand!
Love John Lithgow! What a great skit!
This was adorable. When the dog barked, it would have been funny if he said, "I may need a young priest for this one as well. Exorcism!"
3:10 "Good afternoon and welcome to Saint-Bernard Church" ...
HAD ME ROLLIN.
John Lithgow is and always has been hysterical. The guy cracks me up.
My kind of church ❤️
I like that they then started singing a hymn by Martin Luther in a church that seems to be Catholic
the Catholics added it to their hymnals around the 70s, even Luther can be forgiven!
This comment and the reply to it are great!
@@danielponder690 Wow. Never knew that! Thanks.
Ha! My curmudeonly father used to complain about the "Protestant" hymns we sometimes sang at Catholic Mass ...
@@ninaannem.greeley2025 still beats “one bread one body”
I'm sure they meant A Mighty FURtress Is Our God
A Mighty Furtress Is Our Dog
A mighty fleabag is our Dog.
This is absolutely hilarious!! I 'd hate to see what my three dogs wold confess to , the little devils!!
In San Francisco they perform a blessings for the animals day at some church. Maybe not this year.
It's the first Sunday in October w/Catholics and Episcopals, Feast Day of St Francis - goes well with San Francisco
This is the second time I have seen this sketch. It's funnier the second time. John Lithgow is priceless.
One of my top favorite actors.
My dog just got sprayed by a skunk twice... Lmao . Got her clean from the first time and bam happened again the following day.
I almost died laughing during this
Oh crap, that dog really reacted to the "bad dog", lol, poor thing.
A very underrated actor..
Indeed he is!
@@vardellsfolly5200 No he is not. He has performed a lot of great roles in theatre and quite a few remarkable ones on film. He just doesn't participate actively in the media life and avoids fake drama. He enjoys a lot of respect and prestige among actors.
@@vardellsfolly5200 Why do you reply to your own comment????
@@as-nm7qj
I am trolling myself.
Damn, i like John!
@@vardellsfolly5200 Sure thing!
"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" is of course also the "Davey and Goliath" theme, Goliath of course being an awesome dog.
I had forgotten that. Now it makes sense why they used that hymn. Great choice.
Absolutely Timeless!
John Lithgow plays it so straight with a great accent and even the ways he reacts to the barks is great, but he couldn’t help himself with the excuse me father line which made this sketch even better.
“A Mighty Fortress” is also known as the Battle Hymn of the Reformation and was written by Martin Luther. Hearing that in a Catholic Church (esp as the entrance hymn-Saints preserve us!) would be like pot roast served at a vegan picnic.
wow this is from 88, so in 32 years John Lithgow aged about 5 of them?
Interesting that the opening hymn was the Lutheran hymn, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God."
This skit is bleeding "Monthy Python" all over itself!.. 😂😅🤣
p.s. John Lithgow is the Official American "John Cleese"!..
Cleese was my first choice, too. He is perfection. Your comment deserves a million thumbs' up!
Thats a great Dog sketch ... scratching humour ...
Timeless!
St. Bernard's Church is shaped like a super-jumbo dog igloo.
Felt bad for the first parishioner that got the "bad dog!"s for penance. He seemed upset and in need of forgiveness.
Catholic and Episcopalian churches do bless animals.
Dog spelled backward...
#facts
I'm a firm believer in Dog!
Crusoe in Canada says Dog bless. -- now I do too.
Bob spelled backward
#NailedIt
That's it I'm having a laughing attack
"A Might Fortress Is our God" was written by Martin Luther after being condemned by the pope and avoiding the punishment of "heresy" [proclaiming to believe something contrary to the Papacy]. I've heard it played at a few Protestant churches, but never in a Roman Catholic Church. Oh... but then again, neither have I seen dogs coming to the window at confessional. Ladies and gentlemen... it's Saturday Night Live!
As a Catholic I was surprised to hear such a well-known Protestant Hymn at the end of the sketch too, then I realized they probably chose it because it was the Davey and Goliath theme =)
First bad dog wanted the treat in his hand so badly!
John Lithgow a national treasure!
What a great sketch!
The first dog moved his mouth to most of the lines
Wish this sketch had been longer. Lithgow is fabulous and the dog confessions were hilarious. Loved how John handled the barking dog. XD
For the first dog!
Good Dog! Good Dog!
Bad Priest. Bad Priest.
Welcome to St Bernard church, I just peed my pants laughing at this
Lithgow is legend!
I miss this type of SNL. Funny. Safe to watch with the family.
I love him!!!That was hysterical!!!😺😺😺🤣
How on earth can such a good sketch get such low views. Come on! One of the best SNL scenes i've ever seen!!!
Such an ingenious and funny skit
John Lithgow is one of my favorite actors!
A mighty Fortress is Our God was written by Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer who hated the Catholic church. They actually play that hymn in the RCC, though.
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" is a Lutheran hymn.
2022 Still laughing!
1:38 I died 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A Martin Luther hymn at a Catholic Church? Very ecumenical!
@Charles Mendeley You really think the script writer decided what music to use for the set?
ha. there's a famous blooper from this where Litgow says "And for your penance..." and the dog starts rooting around on the floor. The doggie voice then says "I hate getting penance!"
1. I wonder what the collection plate situation is like at St. Bernard's? 2. I felt awful hearing the doggy actor get called a bad boy when they were being a master thespian! 2020 has done a number on me I literally muttered " You're doing great buddy! " 😂😂