History Memes / SaturdayNightLive

* [[Music/MileyCyrus It's prrrrretty cool!]] [[labelnote:explanation]]The CatchPhrase Vanessa Bayer uses in her impersonation of Miley in the "Miley Cyrus Show" sketch. It helps that it's become an AscendedMeme due to Miley (and sometimes her little sister Noah) quoting from it on {{Twitter}} and Website/YouTube.[[/labelnote]]

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcPo4rTSPQo I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!]] I'M NOT A PART OF YOUR SYSTEM! MAAAAAAAAAN!

*** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c "Like a BOSS!"]]''

* "Breaking news just in: Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!"

* "I can see Russia from my house!" (TinaFey as SarahPalin)

** [[RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead I've frequently not been on boats.]]

* [[MileyCyrus It's prrrrretty cool!]] [[labelnote:explanation]]The CatchPhrase Vanessa Bayer uses in her impersonation of Miley in the "Miley Cyrus Show" sketch. It helps that it's become an AscendedMeme due to Miley (and sometimes her little sister Noah) quoting from it on {{Twitter}} and Website/YouTube.[[/labelnote]]

* Sonic, Sonic.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A parody of "Chevy's Girls" from season 2 emerged on [=deviantART=] in 2009 and quickly reached memetic status.[[/labelnote]]

* '''CHEESEBURGER CHEESEBURGER CHEESEBURGER''' [[labelnote:Explanation]]From the Olympia Cafe sketches, set in a cafe run by [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent implacable vaguely Mediterranean immigrants]] that served only three things: cheeseburgers, chips, and Coke.[[/labelnote]]

* [[DannyAiello All I want is some Hi-C and some toikey!]]

* Discussions of DA BEARS! and Mike Ditka as a MemeticBadass. (When Ditka left Chicago, they continued with a sketch about the fictional Bill Braske, continuing the same joke)

** ''[[TheLonelyIsland Last week, I saw a film.]] As I recall, it was a horror film. Walked outside into the rain, checked my phone and I saw you rang and I'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4&feature=fvw JIZZED IN MY PANTS]]

* At its various peaks of comedy, SNL is practically a meme generator, as the popularity of [[http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/SNL-lazy-sunday-narnia.html "Lazy Sunday"]] (a rap by two white kids going to see ''{{Narnia}}'', pictured above), [[http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-more-cowbell.html "Needs more cowbell,"]] and Justin Timberlake's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg "Dick in a Box"]] (Um... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) would attest.

** Then there's the whole "Dear Sister" meme, which [[http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/dear-sister-snl-digital-short started]] as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' spoof of the ending to the third season finale of ''Series/TheOC''. Just depict someone dying violently (particularly by gunshot), [[{{Overcrank}} slow down the scene]] for maximum {{HSQ}}, and play [[SoundtrackDissonance the "Mmm, whatcha say?" portion of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek"]], and BAM! Instant [[{{Narm}} funny]].
** At its various peaks of comedy, SNL is practically a meme generator, as the popularity of [[http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/SNL-lazy-sunday-narnia.html "Lazy Sunday"]] (a rap by two white kids going to see ''{{Narnia}}'', pictured above), [[http://www.funnyhub.com/videos/pages/snl-more-cowbell.html "Needs more cowbell,"]] and Justin Timberlake's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg "Dick in a Box"]] (Um... ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin) would attest.
*** ''[[TheLonelyIsland Last week, I saw a film.]] As I recall, it was a horror film. Walked outside into the rain, checked my phone and I saw you rang and I'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4&feature=fvw JIZZED IN MY PANTS]]
*** ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU "I'm on a BOAT!"]]''
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcPo4rTSPQo I THREW IT ON THE GROUND!]] I'M NOT A PART OF YOUR SYSTEM! MAAAAAAAAAN!

** Guess what!? This trope has a fever, and the only prescription...is more cowbell!
** We are going to '''pump''' ''*clap*'' '''you up!'''
** Don't forget [[Creator/NormMacDonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]]'s continuing hypothesis: GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.
*** You guessed it. Frank Stallone!
** Makin' copies...
** Well isn't that special?
*** Could it be...SATAN!? [[labelnote:explanation]]both of the above are catch-phrases of DanaCarvey's "Church Lady" character.[[/labelnote]]
** [[BlatantLies We are from France.]]
** Well, you know how, every year, (insert much-hated sports team of choice) comes in with impressive stats and all the hype, and, EveryYearTheyFizzleOut!
** (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)
** "[[Creator/SteveMartin Well, excuuuuuuse me!]]"
*** Two wild and crazy guys...
** REEEALLY.
** "Along comes [[TheEeyore Debbie Downer]]!" Wah-wah...
** Do not taunt HappyFunBall.
** Come Christmas time, no one can resist my Schwetty Balls.
** ...When you're living in a van down by the river!
** "I can see Russia from my house!" (TinaFey as SarahPalin)
*** Practically anything Tina Fey as Sarah Palin says.

** (pompously) Ladies and gentlemen of the City Council, [[TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer 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)

** "[[SteveMartin Well, excuuuuuuse me!]]"

* '''CHEESEBURGER CHEESEBURGER CHEESEBURGER''' [[labelnote:explanation]]From the Olympia Cafe sketches, set in a cafe run by [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent implacable vaguely Mediterranean immigrants]] that served only three things: cheeseburgers, chips, and Coke.[[/labelnote]]

** Then there's the whole "Dear Sister" meme, which [[http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/dear-sister-snl-digital-short started]] as a ''SaturdayNightLive'' spoof of the ending to the third season finale of ''Series/TheOC''. Just depict someone dying violently (particularly by gunshot), [[{{Overcrank}} slow down the scene]] for maximum {{HSQ}}, and play [[SoundtrackDissonance the "Mmm, whatcha say?" portion of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek"]], and BAM! Instant [[{{Narm}} funny]].

* 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 JimCarrey joining them, as the first such sketch, is apparently the best known.

** Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow. [[[labelnote:explanation]]Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler[[/labelnote]]
** I am outta here! [[[labelnote:explanation]]Dennis Miller[[/labelnote]]

* [[JimmyFallon Again,]] [[MemeticMolester you're welcome.]]

* Generallisimo Francisco Franco is still dead!

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* Not gonna do it. [[BeamMeUpScotty Wouldn't be prudent]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Dana Carvey's impression of GeorgeHWBush.[[/labelnote]]

--> ''In Memory of "Ass Dan" - 1980 - 2012'' [[labelnote:explanation]]A common RunningGag in the show's "Under Underground Rock Festival" infomercial parodies is the various InMemoriam spiels of the character [[TheyKilledKenny "Ass Dan."]][[/labelnote]]

* Not gonna do it. [[BeamMeUpScotty Wouldn't be prudent]].

* I'm not a strong swimmer.[[labelnote:explanation]]From a digital short featuring Martin Short and Christopher Guest as a pair of Olympic hopefuls training for a run at Synchronized Swimming.

* I'm not a strong swimmer. [[labelnote:explanation]]From a digital short featuring Martin Short and Christopher Guest as a pair of Olympic hopefuls training for a run at Synchronized Swimming.

...LIVE FROM TV TROPES, it's '''[[SaturdayNightLive SATURDAY NIIIIIIIIIIGHT]]!'''

** Don't forget NormMacDonald's continuing hypothesis: GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff.