Any combination of characters in a car, edited to headbopping to "What is Love" as per the SNL skits about the Roxbury Guys; the one with Jim Carrey joining them, as the first such sketch, is apparently the best known.
Well, you know how, every year, (insert much-hated sports team of choice) comes in with impressive stats and all the hype, and, Every Year They Fizzle Out!
(pompously) Ladies and gentlemen of the City Council, I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me. When I see your tall buildings and flashing neon signs, sometimes I just want to get away as fast as I can, to my place in Martha's Vineyard and when I see a solar eclipse...I think "Oh no, is the moon eating the sun?" ...because I'm a caveman...but there is one thing I do know. The new resort housing development proposed by my partners and myself, will include more than adequate greenbelts for recreation and aesthetic enhancement. Thank you. (smug grin)
Practically anything Tina Fey as Sarah Palin says.
In the future, there was a nuclear war. And because of all the radiation, cats developed the ability to shoot lasers out of their mouths. Some will use the cats for good, others for evil. Who will win in a world of.... LASER CATS?! explanation The opening to the Stylistic Suck running sketch "LASER CATS" and its sequels.
Discussions of DA BEARS! and Mike Ditka as a Memetic Badass. (When Ditka left Chicago, they continued with a sketch about the fictional Bill Braske, continuing the same joke)
Stefon's characteristic antsy hand movements and weird looping muttering.
The Weekend Update closers. Includes:
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow. [explanation Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler
I am outta here! [explanation Dennis Miller
That's news to me. explanation Kevin Nealon
That's the way it is. explanation Norm McDonald
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. explanation Colin Quinn
Also, Chevy Chase's introduction: I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.
Suck it, Trebek! explanation A recurring line in Celebrity Jeopardy with Sean Connery constantly taunting Alex Trebek.
It's prrrrretty cool!explanation The Catch Phrase Vanessa Bayer uses in her impersonation of Miley in the "Miley Cyrus Show" sketch. It helps that it's become an Ascended Meme due to Miley (and sometimes her little sister Noah) quoting from it on Twitter and YouTube.
In Memory of "Ass Dan" - 1980 - 2012explanation A common Running Gag in the show's "Under Underground Rock Festival" infomercial parodies is the various In Memoriam spiels of the character "Ass Dan."
I'm not a strong swimmer. explanation From a digital short featuring Martin Short and Christopher Guest as a pair of Olympic hopefuls training for a run at Synchronized Swimming.
