Bette Davis' Video Will - SNL 

Jan Hooks doing the fast forward sound was the cherry on top! 😂

Classic Jan Hooks. Probably my favorite sketch by her. Also love that she was doing the fast forward sounds with her mouth.

I remember the line "nobody could make a waffle like Bert Lahr" so vividly from the night this was first broadcast. Really captured Bette in her late talk show phase of life. Everyone was repeating it at work on Monday. haha!

"Aaaand nobody...nobody could make a waffle like Bert Lahr!" (For those who don't know who he is, he was the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard Of Oz".

One of my all-time favorites and so wonderful to see Phil Hartman in the sketch as well. RIP Jan and Phil. Two of the best!!

Pure genius, Jan Hooks delivery is flawless, along with the hysterical dialog, Love the run on sentence "wellJohnBarrymoresawthehatanddecidedthenandtherethathedidnotlikeitonebit" in one breath, Brilliant,

My all time favorite. Jan Hooks was SO brilliant....and underrated. RIP, dear lady.

Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks. Two immensely Talented and Lovable SNL Icons who Both left us way too soon. RIP Both.

This was my most memorable sketch from SNL ever...that laughing at the end is just killer..Jan got the whole essence of Bette Davis

"And I want you to have a...BAD...LIFE!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!" Classic.

Jan Hooks deserves more recognition for her enormous talent. She was brilliant and this is clear evidence of that fact.

Jan Hooks was SOOOO good on SNL! She should've been a superstar

I love the look of disbelief on Nora Dunn's face when she realizes that was just the end of...Tape One!?! Then further embarrassment, that she is not included in the will. One of the greatest sketches on SNL during the 80s. Classic!

I love Bette Davis and have watched many interviews and this is exactly how she was in real life. I laughed so hard I cried and then laughed some more. A haha haha haha . A haha haha haha. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"Welcome to Tape 2" kills me every time!

Jan’s impression of Tammy Faye Bakker in Church Chat will have to falling out of Your, chair! Comedy BRILLIANCE.

RIP JAN HOOKS...one of my all time favs on Saturday Night! RIP to Phil Hartman too...brilliant performer!!

She was terribly underrated! I remember Jan in Pee Wee’s big Adventure. RIP Jan and Paul!!❤❤

Some say she's still laughing to this day😂

“If you’re watching this, it means I’ve kicked the bucket and you are with that ooooilly lawyer.”

How could anyone forget this sketch?! When I first saw this, I clearly remember one of the lines Jan said was "the woman who did my hair was stealing cigarettes from my purse!", and I laughed so hard at how petty that was in a parody of a will deposition.

One of the most underrated, funniest comedy sketches of all time. "I fell out of my chair!"

I was reading about Jan' s life and death. She was actually kind of a recluse, never married, not very hungry for fame. She had such bad anxiety that she didn' t even enjoy performing. So sad that she got throat cancer from years of drinking and smoking. This skit has got to be the high point of her career- just brilliant!

What a great gift to be able to make people laugh for a living.

**Best Part** Weeeee wee wee wee wee we...and NOBODY!!

Jan Hooks was just BEYOND brilliant in this and everything else she did. I've been watching alot of Third Rock From The Sun lately, and her work on there was amazing too. Watching her is like sitting in on a masterclass of comedic acting.

My favorite female cast member ever on SNL. Boy, do I miss Jan Hooks! She was really talented and funny. Oh, yeah, and gorgeous too.

Jan Hooks you were a gift to this world OMG

Been 30 years since I first saw it, but I still remember this sketch. Jan Hooks was amazing.

"AAAND NOBODY!"... Holy shit that got me hollering LOL, Jan Hooks i hope you're laughing like Bette when you played her wherever you are, you were fantastic and hilarious, RIP 🙏💖

The fact she didn't leave anything to her ungrateful daughter in real life makes this skit even more hilarious. I think I might leave a video will for my oldest son like that. 🤣

Jan Hooks was about to crack herself up when she was talking about Bert Lahr.

Jan never got her props. She was a natural comedian.

This was one of the greatest sketches Jan Hooks did during her time on SNL. Pure genius of a comedienne and there will never be another like Jan Hooks.

My favorite SNL sketch of all time! She’s brilliant!

Wow classic, still laugh so hard! RIP Bette Davis and the great Jan Hooks! ❤️

Jan Hooks was fucking amazing. One of the 3 funniest female SNL cast members of all-time.

This lady mastered Bette's speech pattern better than Susan Surandon. Props Jan.

"I JUST remembered the whole point of making this film is to give away MAH MONEY!"

"Nobody could make a waffle like Bert Lahr"

3:30 - Only Bette Davis could appear on screen before the tape is fully inserted (LOL)

Underrated Jan Hooks sketch...fantastic performance.

The fast forwarding 🤣

Rip 🪦 Bette Davis Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman

Bette would have loved this

The fast forward sounds kill me Meeewenemenenene

Bravo Jan!!!!! Hilarious talented lady

I fell out of my chair too, laughing!! Love Jan Hooks. She was awesome!! ❤️❤️

If you know old Hollywood and the people she is talking about this is even better..."NO ONE and I mean NO ONE could make a waffle like Bert Lahr!" Classic.

Jan should have won an Emmy for this.

I remember this!!!! I LOVED Jan Hooks!!!! She was a GREAT COMEDIAN!!!! RIP Jan!!!!

For gods sakes, who wrote that sketch??? Comedic brilliance. Burt Lahr?!??

I loved Jan Hooks so much ...anything with her and Phil Hartman in it was always gold

Lolol I am so doing this before I die. I'm just going to make a film that is like me talking for 5 hours about nonsense

Ronald Colman sent 48 people a dead owl.

Jan Hooks was *BRILLIANT* and soooo *FUNNY!* as Bette Davis! 🤣 Loved how she almost cracked up from the audience laughing at how she spoke deep and slow when the tape 'slowed' down @2:31😂

"The lady who was doing my hair was stealing cigarettes from my purse".. Lol!

Ronald Coleman sent me a dead owl!

Betty Davis' daughter got what she deserved. She wrote a nasty, vicious book about her very sick mother that came across as a money grab. The book wasn't convincing, it was all she said, I said. I think she saw the success of 'Mommy Dearest' and saw a chance to get some cash. I remember one of the accusations she made. Apparently Davis tried to pass off frozen mac and cheese as her own. Oh, my heavens, call children's' protective services.

I remember this at the time, this was hysterical and one of the best sketches ever done on the show! Bette was an original, Jann captured her essence pefectly..especially the maniacsl laughing at the end!

"And RONALD COLEMAN SENT ME A DEAD OWL." Oh, God, my face hurts from laughing. That and the bit where she fell out of the chair.

The stories she told were so random they are actually believable. Fabulous performance.

This skit got better the longer it went on, which is the best kind of skit.

I fell out of my chair.

A lot of people won't get this bit. And of course I'm referring to the fast forward on the vcr. Absolutely brilliant!

This is clearly SOOOO beyond the audience - the performance, the nuance, the references, the cadence. It would kill at a gay club, but for generic SNL, you can see how flat it fell. A waste, but thank God for youtube!

Didn't see Jan Hooks do Ms Davis's signature cigarette draw & smoke blow-out (no inhale), but Jan nailed the demeanor beautifully. I miss that SNL crew.

“....those were, peeeerfectly good shoes...”

I’m so sorry for younger ones who may only recall Jan Hooks from the latter seasons of ‘Designing Women’. She was mega-talented.

I love this video, have watched it so many times and still laugh

That was brilliant! I never saw this sketch before. When she started laughing I cracked up too.

This was hilarious....haha.

And the lady doing my hair was stealing cigarettes from my purse. 😂😄😅😆

I remember seeing this episode live and I was laughing as much as Jan was. BD got exactly what she deserved.

One of my all-time favorite SNL sketches... I can still "sing along" almost verbatim... lol

Fast forward and she’s still laughing. Lol. Too funny. That would be me to all my haters after I die✌🏻

For some reason I was not watching SNL during the time of this sketch. I really missed out. Jan hooks, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz---what talented people. Thankfully sketches like this one are still available. Bravo!!

One of my all-time favorite sketches. Jan was amazing.

“Weebweebweee…aaannnddd NOBODY!”😂😅 “Welcome to tape 2”😅

No one could make a waffle like bert lahr.

I recorded this sketch on video back when it aired, and watched it countless times. Laughed out loud [really] each time. Laughed as loudly and as much just now. Tx to whoever posted this. I worked with someone who was friends with Ms. Davis in her final years. Sometimes he would play her messages on speakerphone for us, his work friends to hear. No big reveals, but I got the sense of a genuine and caring person who very much had a sense of humor and humility. Just to weigh in lightly on that sidebar. Jan Hooks, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman were all brilliant in this sketch And this sketch very much found its audience, one friend popping it in the VCR for another; and on the big screen at gay video bars like Midnight Sun in San Francisco, and Revolver in LA. Fun memories on several levels, thank you.

Jan dated my brother and was a lovely person whose anxiety with performing added to her passing. She was magic on the show.

I remember watching this live. I think it was over my head at the time. In remember Jan speeding making the high pitched sounds as it was fast forwarding. Classic.

".... nobody could make a waffle like Burt Lahr..."

I wonder how many times I've watched this. Brilliant! Makes me happy.

Oh My gosh hysterical and I get all the jokes and all the names it is sublime!!!

Jan Hooks' best piece. Absolutely brilliant.

I honestly wish I could watch the unedited versions of tape 1 and 2 lol.

This remains one of the funniest skits in the history of SNL. Jan Hooks as Bette Davis is straight up comedy gold!

this was the year bette davis died? jan hooks nailed just like always , bless her

This was Jan Hooks' finest SNL moment.

I would LOVE to watch the real full tape of her speech, just to see what she was really saying the whole time, even if it was jibberish it would be great to see. Priceless Jan, she was really, really good. And I miss Phil Hartman to this day.

This is so spot on, it is amazing.

Pure gold! One of the greats!

Lol this was funny to me as a kid and it's still funny to me now...it all comes together at 4:38!! Pettiness at a new level!! That laugh at the end gets me everytime😂😂!!

Priceless!

Nora Dunn's wig successfully obtained her own contract after this sketch.

RIP Jan Hooks, you were so beautiful and talented!

I want one of Bert Lahr's waffles.....

Reason #1,235,392 why Jan Hooks is at LEAST in the top three of all-time greatest cast members. As far as I'm concerned, her and Phil Hartman are 1 and 1A.