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22 June 2008

The People's Court on SNL. My favorite SNL sketch of all time. "I am a barfly..." Vonda Braithwaite vs. Mephistopheles.

post by: ColdChef at: 17:57 | 5 comments

This is funny. What is the "barfly's" name? I always liked her.

posted by LoriFLA 22 June | 19:47

Vonda was Rosanna Arquette (!) and mom/barfly was Jan Hooks. Transcript

I liked the ending ("Just a sec ... OBEY ME!") but despite the presence of Phil and Jon (and even Kevin) this just seemed typical of SNL dragging out a concept but not actually making it funny. Sorry.

(Gawd, remember those "Judge Wapner for Supreme Court" bumper stickers?)

posted by stilicho 22 June | 20:32

I have a belief that there were no "good old days" for SNL. Even at the start with Radner, Ackroyd, Belushi, etc, only about one in four pieces is funny. But when they are they are really funny. If anything, it is more even than ever.

posted by danf 22 June | 23:40

GOD I hate Hulu and their stream only to US policy. Must learn not to click those links.

posted by dabitch 23 June | 04:24

Yeah, I encountered the same problem of course.
There's a workaround using Hotspot Shield. Up to a certain limit of MB per month it's a free service.
I didn't bother for this though.

posted by jouke 23 June | 06:37

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