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This is one of the most brilliant sketches ever on SNL; I can't believe it doesn't have at least a million views. "Mr. Mephistopheles, you may hold dominion in the nether regions, but I run this court!"
I'd like to know who penned the script!
Yeah! Cuz whoever made her occupation a barfly is a sheer comedic genius! I'm snickering just thinking about that right now!!
Suddenly, within a mon , it gained two million views after being uploaded ten years ago!
couldn't agree more. It is honestly what establishs the prestige of SNL, only the best of the best writing for them...
Jan Hooks reading of "I. Am. A. Barfly." is one of my favorite SNL lines of all-time.
No doubt. Her Southern twang really sells it. Also, the ladies squeal when the verdict is announced 😂. RIP Jan Hooks ❤
She was a Georgia Peach ;)@@andrewdundee8842
sadly, there are plenty of women around that talk just like that!
I liked the fast talking old school Hollwood agent
Yeah, dammmit. RIP Jan Hooks.
Jan Hooks and Rosanna Arquette as mother and daughter are hysterical.
Thank you for identifying Rosana Arquette. I was trying to figure out who the daughter was.
It's almost hard to not believe that they are mother and daughter in real life...
Rosanna Arquette was smoking hot back then! 😮 😮😮
"Why thank you, I'm 33." With an 18 year old daughter.
@@jedmonson100 So was Jon Lovitz!!!
Years after he left SNL I saw John Lovitz do a live standup routine at a small theatre at Atlantis in the Bahamas. It was the funniest standup comedy ever. The entire audience was in deep belly laughs for 90 minutes straight.
. . . I DID have it in writing . . .
Jon Lovitz is so perfect as a faintly cheesy, vaguely threadbare Lucifer. At the end, when he notices the camera and starts speaking directly to the viewers, it's pure gold.
agreed !....
"I COMMAAAAND YOU, WORSHIP MEEE, WORSHIP oh wait just a second, WORHSIIIIP MEEEE!" lol
jazzfan6 his pudgy nod in tights, loll
I agree. This sketch was blessed with such good actors, and the writing was tight and hit all the right notes. Hartman and Lovitz were so good. Even the bailiff was played well.
The ending bit has stuck with me all these years - I remember laughing uncontrollably when it first aired
John Lovitz is one of SNL's greatest--yet most underrated performers--ever. His characters are as funny now as they were 30 years ago.
John Lovitz makes my day
Lovitz and Hartman were beyond hilarious.
Jan Hooks as well.
Saturday Night Live Inventor, "Lorne Michaels-Bieber," agrees.
@Rob Melrose literally?
I was playing a gig at a bar near Philly last night and the image of Jan Hooks saying, "I am a barfly." popped into my head and I couldn't stop laughing.
What bar was that near Philly
@@robertdebrus3732 That was 8 months ago so I don't remember but according to my calendar it was either Great Barn Taphouse in Warrington or Crafty's in Warminster. I think it was Crafty's. Now I remember. It was Crafty's. Not meant as an insult BTW. It just popped into my head.
@@kassandjohnbolles3522 no offense taken I miss the area had a friend on Irma Drive probably will never see him again I graduated from North Catholic we played Archbishop Wood a few times
@@robertdebrus3732 It was Crafty's in Warminster.
That line is under appreciated, it stands up next to many of SNL's great lines - as does her delivery - it's her not overselling it that makes it so funny.
"Vonda, I'm gonna smack you, honey, you've got to hush..." One of the best line deliveries in all of SNL. RIP Jan Hooks.
0:13 are those real?
"I'm the Prince Of Darkness. When I harass you, you'll know it!"
One of my favorite SNL lines ever!
did you put trash in MY YARD?? ( fall down laughing )
I have always loved that line. This is one of my favorite skits ever.
same!
Anything with Phil Hartman and Jon Lovitz, INSTANT THUMBS UP.
This bit reminds me how We have lost so many of the SNL greats...😒
Btw, I like the Arquette girls.They were perfect for that era!
@strontiumXnitrate Patricia Arquette, she was I'm "True Romance" with Christian Slater & Christopher Walken.
The truly funny thing about this skit is the fact that the actors did such a good job displaying how things actually occurred on the actual People's Court show. The one example is when Jon Lovitz is showing the checks and Phil Hartman interrupts and says, "May I see those!" and then says "C'mon! C'mon!" Judge Wapner always did that in a rude way! And the way Kevin Nealon said, "And this time you'll get that in writing?" Doug always said that on the show! ... I loved the way Jon Lovitz said, "I had it in writing." This was a fantastic skit.
Did anybody ever inform him to the fact that they don't work for him when he did that? He sounds like a little bitch the way you describe him.
Really well-written sketch. By whom?
That’s the genius of this skit. Perfectly acted, anyone who grew up with the show loved this.
@ShadowKnight8 Judge Wapner was often rude, and so are other TV Judges. The way this skit showed Phil Hartman saying, "C'mon! C'mon!" was a 100% perfect recreation of the way Judge Wapner repeatedly did that on TV - in a rude way. That was the entire reason it was so funny.
@@billyjoejimbob75 The 'irritated judge' is part of the Schtick. IRL they often let lawyers drone on and on.
"Well I'm 33 but thats nice of you to say". OH Jan Hooks, she was a legend.
That devil's costume is so ridiculously simple and absolutely hysterical.
Jan Hooks "I am a barfly" one of the funniest lines ever.
I used that line at work and everyone burst out laughing!!!
“That is correct, your honor...” 😂
You actually believe this sketch was funny?
@@negativeindustrial You'll get it when you're a little older.
longlakeshore
A shitty sense of humor? I doubt it
This SNL sketch is legendary. R.I.P to the late Phil Hartman. He was a brilliant comedic actor. Jon Lovitz was just as funny as the devil. R.I.P also to the late Jan Hooks. She was a brilliant comedic talent as well.
Let's not forget R.I.P. to the late Judge Joseph Wapner to whom this skit was based on.
Mikki Farmer...Yes, this is one of the funniest skits I've ever seen on SNL. Lmao!
mazatano I agree. Brilliant comedy is always timeless.
She died?! She was young!
@@matthewJ142 Cancer.
Softly, “….wait, wait, wait one second…” then goes back to his evil hypnotic rant. Comic genius
I love the whole understated feel of this sketch. They could have gone way crazier with the whole devil thing but what makes it so funny is how much it’s like an actual People’s Court case. Plus it never ceases to amaze me how Phil Hartman was funny no matter what he did. He plays it so straight in this sketch, basically acts just like Judge Wapner - and still he’s hilarious. With Jon Lovitz as the sad sack devil 😅, Jan Hooks is great too… and Rosanna Arquette… 🤩
Rosanna - not Patricia.
Phil Hartman is playing it straight, but if you think about it, so is Jon Lovitz. He's 100% channeling a devil type from a 1940s horror film with all the beats of a seasoned Shakespearean actor doing camp. The humor derives from how out of place it is in a small claims court. But this wouldn't work without his insane acting chops.
The fact that they got Judge Wapner to play the baliff at the end was gold.
Phil Hartman Was A Comedic Genius! When He Did A Sketch.. He Captured The Real Life Person.. The Person's Manerisms.. Everything! I Remember Hartman Did Phil Donahue.. He Pauses At The Exact Right Moment! Nobody On This Planet Does That.. Just, So Wonderfully Funny! R.I.P. Phil Hartman.
@@chryssy3255I don’t think that was Judge Whapner, that was the real bailiff from the Peoples Court Show. A little detail I don’t think most people got.
SNL has seemed to forget how “playing it straight” is often the funniest thing. I can’t watch Weekend Update anymore. The clowns they have are alway cracking up, laughing at themselves. its just is not funny that way, for the life of me, why does Lorene Michaels not get that?k
He is seeking the soul, plus court costs - this was so great, then and now.
RIP Jan and Phil, your legacy lives on.
Jesus, I don't know. If they're dead I'd say Jon Lovitz devil won the prize. You're supposed to have a little more respect for the clever one, otherwise, you end up dead. Does anybody understand what the Faustian legend means and why it is solely a modern legend?
@@malcolmwatt4866 nobody reads anymore apparently
@@mdhall04 What's the Vortech? Is it our tech or divine? Does it matter?
@@malcolmwatt4866 The Faustian legend. Great story!!! It begs the question, what's the cost of fame???.
The greatest SNL team ever.
This skit had two of the most underrated SNL performers: John Lovitz and Jan Hooks. Both were utterly brilliant comedians/actors and had many great moments on this show.
Jon Lovitz had to be one of the best cast members SNL ever had.
I agree. I feel like Jon doesn’t get enough credit nowadays. He was one of the best.
@@romanramirez7847 - He has a completely natural gift, in his bones. And a lot of people talk about actors being humble, but Lovitz's humility is a whole other thing. Usually, when a famous actor's humble, you can tell they know it's noble of them to be humble. But Jon is like a 45-year-old 16-year-old, and I mean that in the best way. He's just completely like a regular, unassuming person out of character; you can see iT when he's interviewed on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. It wouldn't even occur to Lovitz to be full of himself. It's breathtaking. And he's a wonderful actor in everything from THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER to HAPPINESS. ruclips.net/video/tb1xh-_8t18/видео.html
and John Candy
one of the funniest humans where ever he is. in my top 5
@@payableondeath9091 sctv. stay healthy and happy
A Prince of Darkness who is refreshingly pleasantly polite. "I'm sorry... it's not you, Doug."
Jon Lovitz!! take a beat...then drop the punchline!!
Never good when you're on a first name basis with the devil ...
@@strobe155 Jon Lovitz is a national treasure!
I know it's comic genius isn't it?
TlalocW Jon Lovitz was extremely funny portraying the devil.
I love hearing Phil say, "Mister Mephistopheles!"
Me too! I LOL when he says that. Mr. Hartman practically owned comical authority figure roles.
My favorite line!
Oh, well, I never - was there ever a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mephistopheles? 😽
I have never seen this before. Just showed up as a youtube recommended. This is hilarious. Loved it! "Oh, it's not you Doug."
Love the source of sketch’s main humor: taking the rudeness and power that the judge held over the usual show participants and applying it to the supernatural evil incarnate Lord of Darkness. And Lovitz reaction is what seals the laugh: Wouldn’t be funny if the devil got insulted at the judge, but the fact that he so immediately reacts with subservience is what is hilarious. Judge really highlights the concept of this juxtaposition: “you may have dominion over the nether region, but I run this court.” Perfect writing: the first half of his statement uses archaic and grand language (hold dominion) and the second is perfect mundanity: “I run this court.”
Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, and especially Jan Hooks are putting on an absolute comedy clinic right here.
Jan kicked ass back in the day. Loved the Sweeney sisters.
"Vonda, I'm gonna smack you Honey, you've _got to hush._
Yeap they were all good may they rip
Every character Jon lovitiz played he nailed it.. yeah that's the ticket!!
City Slickers 2 ...the loser brother. LOL
"And I'm the PRESIDENT of the compulsive liars association of America! Yeah...dats it! Yeah!"
Loved him as Master Thespian!!
Him and his wife ...Morgan Fairchild
@@BxCortez2050 😂"whom I've seen naked!".. 🤣
I love how the Devil just acts like a regular guy. 😂
Jon Lovitz’s main go-to line, ‘Now you listen to me’. LOL
"It's standard. I'm the Devil."
ROFLMAO!
Jan Hooks and Phil Harman the goats of SNL. What an actress and never broke character in all she did. She and Phil Hartman were AMAZING together. What great memories and how the comedic world was robbed with their untimely deaths.
Phil and Jan were so good together. Absolute legends.
Brita Cashman-Tarrant Yes Phil was a great actor on SNL. He is truly missed. He should have moved out when he knew he was getting a divorce from his cocaine addictive wife.
Jan Hooks was great as Jenna's mom on 30 Rock.
I so agree. Her flawless delivery here about her profession as a "bar fly" is dead on!
@@nickimorelli9991 DEAD ON, And the skit where she's the waitress with Alec Baldwin. Perfection.
Kevin Nealon at the end is hilarious as he patiently waits for Satan to stop mugging.
i go back this skit often. Idk I personally think it's just that hilarious!
Same
I come back once a year lol
The Devil compels you back
"I am a barfly" One of the greatest lines ever
So totally agree!
Yep
She looks pretty good for 33!
"Mr. Mephistopheles . . . you may hold dominion over the nether regions, but I'm running this court! Is that clear?" Back in the day, my buddy and I almost fell of the couch laughing at that line.
Phil. F**ing . Hartman
Now you listen here! I'm Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness. When I start harassing you, you'll know it!
@@ericsmith8373 " Did you put Trash in my YARD???" Hysterical!!
Me too! I love that line!
@@berserkley the cheap Party City devil costume MAKES the sketch!! LOL 😂
This bit is one of SNL's best ever. The line "I am her mother" followed by "I am a barfly" all matter-of-fact like just kills me no matter how many times I see this thing.
"Obey me! Obey me!" Lovitz was unique and a hoot. Because of him, I'll never forget the name, Morgan Fairchild.
... whom I've slept with...
I'll never forget the body and breasts of Morgan Fairchild, perfect. What was that movie from the 90's? The Obsession, or something like that, with the crazy guy that was stalking her, and the shower scene. Pretty disturbing movie, but the only time she did nudity, as far as I know.
That ending. One of the funniest things I've ever seen in the history of SNL.
Indeed. This actor was always repulsive to me. But here, he killed. Great actor tbh
"ChapStick" "dangerous toys"
"Mr Robinson"
Best ever.
At a time when there was paranoia from rumors of widespread *subliminal* messages of devil worship snuck into music and tv, SNL decides to have the devil himself face the camera and command everyone to worship him. Golden!
This is one of the all-time great SNL skits. Lovitz is a genius.
Even if this sketch DIDN'T have such great lines, it would be hysterical just by having Jon Lovitz as the Devil. But it was a combination of great writing and terrific casting that made this a classic.
The writing is genius. Who wrote it?
Yeah really nobody could pull off playing the devil like he did. The most cheesy shyster version of The Devil.
What I like was these guys were professionals. No one was sloppily reading a cue card or acting as if they're wasted and couldn't believe they were on TV like the way everyone on SNL acts nowadays. These people were serious about acting and it showed.
Absolutely! It was funny because it was well written and clearly presented. Nobody made mistakes on purpose or grandstanded to get cheap laughs!!!
I think they make a lot of last minute changes lately.
I promise you, everyone in every era of SNL was reading cue cards, and some more "sloppily" than others. There's plenty of greats from the past 5-10 years that definitely weren't doing any of what you were saying.
Member Luke Skywalker? Member Cloud City?
I laugh-cried when Lovitz looks into the camera and demands we all become his thralls .
He was/is truly an underrated cast member.
Same here 😂😂😂😂
one of the greats
"OK wait a minute, wait a minute..."
Underrated? That's weird... What's his current rating?
For me Jon Lovitz doesn't even have to talk and I laugh. The cartoon "The Critic" (he was the voice of critic Jay Sherman) was shamefully underrated considering what passes for good animated tv shows these days!
Huchee mumma you are correct
Dude, imagine if The Critic was put on netflix. I bet they could license it for cheap cuz nobody even knows it exists.
@strontiumXnitrate That is so true!
The Critic was a great show as was Duckman.
TallDocK cornfed rules!!
One of my all time favorite skits! I haven’t seen this in years. When Lovitz says, “I HAD it in writing,” I lose it.
Hartman, Hooks, Lovitz, Nealon. Legends.
Jan Hooks was just comedy gold, so underrated , she never felt she was quite good enough .. missed so much with Phil Hartman
I think that's what makes her so good!
I remember the two of them playing Ivana and Donald Trump back in the 1990s. They both nailed it.
Jan was so highly rated that she was on TV shows and movies, and she won an Emmy; can't get much higher rated than that, but since words don't mean anything and we are approximately 450 years ahead of the schedule in Idiocracy, good comment...
Jon Lovitz as the Devil was perfect. This sketch is so memorable. I'm watching it like 30 years later or something, and it's like a breath of fresh air for some reason.
Because great comedy is timeless
The exchange about the dented car, garbage and shut up SHUT UP is so LOL
So People's Court
That "what....wait wait one second" @ 6:49 is wonderful.
"I am a barfly."
PUT ME IN THE GROUND I'M DEAD.
Like it's a legit job😂
Loving Jan Hooks's Southern accent! She's from Georgia.
For a long time I thought she was intentionally doing the southern accent. Didn't realize until after she died that she was a southern girl, probably one of the few southerners on SNL over the years.
RIP Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman.
I used to watch her on Tush on WTBS back in the early 80s
Loved her as the Alamo tour guide in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
This showed up on RUclips. I watch SNL but didn’t remember this:
“I’m a barfly you honor” (J.H. - RIP)
The surprise for me was Lovitz - he did nail it! Not too much, just enough crazy. Perfect.
Jan Hooks was SO funny as Jenna's mom on 30 Rock too, I was very glad she came back to do that role
It was the late 80s. Great time for SNL!
Rob Edmund
I was just a kid but did u see?:
www.google.com/search?q=snl%20new%20shimmer
@@harlandted Chevy, Gilda, and Dan were some of the best SNL ever.
Rob Edmund
Thank you Rob.
I have been stuck indoors for almost 2 months.
You get a bit loopy.
Thanks for responding.
I don’t even know what u received in response.
I was going to send new shimmer
Or Jane u....
I am stuck at home in Boston US screamed at the checkout line by an older than me customer because I had trouble with my code. I am on snap benefits / food stamps that I gave up and left crying.
one of my all time favorite sketches. The hairstyles alone are hysterical.
I watch this every few months and it never gets old. Love me some Lovitz.
and what is your occupation? "I am a bar fly" :D Jan Hooks... so funny
Rosanna Arquette and Jan Hooks, perfectly cast as daughter and Barfly !
“It’s standard, I’m the devil.” “You may hold dominion over the nether regions but here in my court, my word is law.”
My friend and I leave voicemails saying “Become my willing thrall!” 😂
“Mr. Mephistopheles, what do you think of the verdict?”
It Stinks!
Drop THE mic Lovitz!!! Avenge ME! ( in a cheap Halloween Costume )
"Buy my book!"
This SNL cast was MY SNL years watching it. Lovitz, Dunn, Nealon, Jackson, Hooks, Hartman, Myers, Carvey and Miller. One of the best casts put together for the show.
I bet you do. At least add in one black guy for diversity you know
Batta Fyuwi In terms of diversity, yeah, it definitely lacked. Had Tim Meadows and Chris Rock come in during Dunn and Hooks’s tenure, I would have included them.
@@Knickerson maybe there wasn't any truly funny black people worthy of being a cast member? I know of several white cast members who weren't worthy of being so.
Mayers came onto the show during the 1989-1990 season.
The Golden age
The perfect sendup of the 80’s era “People Court”. Lovitz just killed it in this skit. Seriously, at 6:49 “wait one second”, I lost it.
My bestie and I used to recite this skit and crack up so often. "Mister Mephistopheles, PLEASE!"
We taped it onto a VHS tape and I hadn't seen it for years. ❤
Worship meee! I command you!
Giving someone eternal youth, then they get life imprisonment? "The Devil" actually did that in a Twilight Zone episode.
@Projekt:Kobra I don't think you would enjoy prison for life, it would bring upon insanity.
@@Ty-vj4wg loneliness can do that...
@Projekt:Kobra I personally think your time in prison would damper the rest of your eternity. You may come out with a bad emotional state and not remembering the rest of the world, it would be so different. You would probably want to go back in or commit a crime. I think that over hundreds of years of immortality would give you the gist of how the rest of eternity will be, you probably wouldn't want to forge emotional connections and may not feel anything at all (essentially becoming a sociopath). If I began immortal I personally would become a Historian and record tons of history for people. I would change my identity after about 100 years and move on to another. I would save lots of money from each life and take walks of life and careers. In the end I might form some sort of masonic order or join one to give me a purpose.
@@Ty-vj4wg Some people might like prison life. Of course, the devil wouldn't send those people to prison... There's always a gotcha!
@@MikeLinPA Most people don't like prison, but when they come out they cant function in the normal world so they want to go back.
As a child in Malaysia there had been a point in time on broadcast television when a cartoon series called The Critic was aired. I knew not of the name John Lovitz then but I was, and am now (before looking it up to be certain, which I’ll do after posting this) just certain that the main character in the series, an unlucky, unpopular film critic, was a cartoon Lovitz. The cartoon had a profound effect on me personally, of course, but what just sticks out like such a sore thumb is this inimitable, evidently unforgettable character. Note his brief appearance in the beginning of the film ‘Happiness’, where he isn’t even a character related to the plot of the film, but is able to significantly set a tone to that hard hitting movie. There’s not much that could/needs to be said of this screen personality, but what a genuine and impactful character he is.
He was the best Mephistopheles they ever had😁. His humor was precisely what was needed. Plus he spoke directly to the audience, thus breaking the 4th wall ala Deadpool
This is one of the best skits in SNL history featuring Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz and the immortal Phil Hartman. This is better than most skits done in the 1975-80, original cast era.
0:50 Jan Hooks trying to look at The Devil's paperwork is a nice touch. She was so damn funny on the show.
This seven minute skit is better than the entirety of the most recent season of SNL.
RIP Phil Hartman
OMG!! I just tinkled!!!
Yep.
Drake Patton “OMG, I just tinkled”? Somebody check Drake’s papers.
RIP Jan Hooks.
@Gerrit Peacock The women in the cast in that era don't get enough respect. Nora Dunn, Victoria Jackson and Jan Hooks were all great.
I used to love the Sweeney Sisters and it seems they've all but been forgotten.
"mmm shut up. Shut up! SHAAAT UP"
I FELL TF OUT 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This skit is in my top 10 favorites of all time I would have to say. Every single actor as well as the writing of the skit is perfect comedically!
Pure gold.. What an ensemble cast. Jan Hooks, the professional barfly, absolutely shines. You left us far too soon, Jan.
The devil is so petty that he wants court costs!!! Lmao!!!
He dated Sadaam Hussein so what do you expect?
Hartman is the GOAT of SNL. Every skit he did was funny. Guy could get laughs from just reading the phone book.
Love Jan hooks declaring her occupation “ I am a barfly” too funny
This one is great. I wish they'd post the earlier one, where the Devil (Lovitz) approaches Simon and Garfunkel and offers them fame and fortune for their soul. Garfunkel (Anthony Michael Hall) says, "We don't believe in the Devil. We're Jewish". Lovitz responds, "uhhhh, so am I!".
I was just thinking about that one myself! I was getting ready to ask for it when I saw this comment. That's one of my favorite SNL lines of all time.
Ooh I didn't know about that one
"wait wait one sec" is like one of the funniest lines in that whole skit
I know, right? It completely undermines the devil's efforts to seem ruthless and all-powerful, but then he jumps right back into his "worship me, I command you" spiel without missing a beat. Easily some of Lovitz's best work.
@@stevehall71 And Kevin Nealon maintains the straight man in the bit. Hilarious!!
47 years old this still makes me laugh, good times.
Its not that old.
@@canuck64 -And I said she is not old.
at 51-54 seconds when Jan Hooks (the mother) is checking out Jon Lovitz's (The Devil) butt has got to be an under rated comedy gold section of this whole skit
The Devil hand sign when Lovitz gets sworn in... classic.
But he got it wrong.....that's the Vulcan 'live long and prosper' hand signal, he should've done the devil's horns signal (your two middle fingers touching your palm).
How did he even do that? With his outer fingers bent forward?
“Complete obaddience to your evil master” 😂
Says Obama to Twitter, Facebook, NBC, CNN, CBS and even FOX News.
That post trial wrap up by Lovitz had so many subtle jokes. It really put a nice bow on the skit.
"It's standard, I'm the devil." Pure gold.
This is one of my all time favorites. Jon Lovitz always cracks me up
One of the all time classic SNL skits. Everyone is on point!
This is so perfectly classic
I'm 33 yrs old, Jan Hooks had some pretty good shots in that skit
Baliff: (irritated) "come on, lets go..."
Mephistopheles: "wait, wait...wait a minute". 😆
This is just pure plain funny. The slightly downbeat devil going through a bit of a time -- "it's not you, Doug..." Of course, the fact that the greatest evil in the universe gets thwarted by these two ladies from the trailer park is pure comic gold doesn't hurt either...Kind of a bonus.
Great sketch, they almost don't have them anymore. Took classes at the Groudlings where Lovitz started. Not only did I watch SNL fairly regularly for the first 30 years, I used to have on the reruns on Comedy Central in my restaurant, which was back in the nineties. But all of that is Star Wars: A long time ago, in a galaxy, far, far away.
He seeks the soul PLUS court costs! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Without a doubt one of my favorite skits from SNL since I was a kid and I quote from it everyday, namely the southern accented reply "that is correct your honor". I also tell people I'm a barfly when asked what I do for fun.
Wanda, I'm gonna smack you, honey. This was one of the best.
@@Nhamp2000 You're gonna have to hush. Roseana Arquette saying "I do too" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anything with Lovitz and Hartman is gonna be GOOD!
And Hooks. Shes brilliant.
Hooks' southern accent was flawless.
Georgia born and raised.
He is hysterical. That devil character was always funny. One of my "I'd like to meet in person" actors.
"Now you listen to me! I'm Mephistopheles, Prince of Darkness! When I start harassing you, you'll know it!"
"Oh, it's not you, Doug."
Everyone does great on this sketch: Hooks, Hartman, Arquette, Nealon, but this is Lovitz' finest moment, hilarious.
Today's SNL cannot even compare.
This is Pure gold!
Some of SNL's best work.
"What?...wait, wait one second..."
Jon Lovitz is one of my favorite comedians. Always looked forward to skits with him in them.
“This is Mephistopheles, the devil.” Jon Lovitz enters, looking ridiculous. Lol
Little detail that I love: Mephistopheles, after having lost in court, comes out of the courtroom, and gets interviewed outside the courtroom by the reporter - and at a point during the interview grabs the microphone from the reporter and begins melodramatically addressing "the audience at home" - at which point the court security man comes out of the courtroom, accosts Meph, and says "let's go" (brilliant performance by actor playing the court security man by the way; I'd like to know his name). So in response Meph turns to the security man and, using a normal tone of voice that dramatically contrasts with the melodramatic tone he had been using to address the audience at home, says to the security man "wait, wait one second." Meph's transition from melodramatically speaking through the third wall, directly to the audience at home, to normal person taking a moment to quietly plead with the security man for just another second of freedom to speak - beautiful climax to the skit. I guess I just think that John Lovits's way of instantly switching from one manner of speaking to another manner of speaking is very funny..
Jon Lovitz sure can play the weasel, can’t he? LEGEND!
LOL! One of my all time favourite skits. Jon Lovitz as the Devil! The best!
So carefully constructed and orchestrated. Keeps unfolding, every angle is mined for laughs. Amazing when you think this is just one sketch of many that night. Nothing against the newer SNL, but this just holy shit great