Heroin in Harlem - SNL 

That's all we ever said back then!! 😂 @J is Scoobysmom

They have a goodd point though. If you do heroin you might end up smoking weed. Scary stuff

Ya think!

Keenan ivory Wayans n Damon Wayans help out with this skit they was rocking with Eddie Murphy back in 1977

Wow, cool!!

Pretty hard to find now. Manhattan is basically Epcot.

HAHA! There's a scene in The Hard Way w/Michael J. Fox as a Actor playing a NY cop. He makes a cell call (done MORE now these days! LOL) proclaiming, "I'M IN THE GHETTO!"

They really fucking are lol. “I’m just trying to expeeeerince drugs man” these are the kinds of kids I sold ‘pills’ to and it’s just fucking Aspirin. This is legitimately how dumb people are I met a bunch of users to thought I’d be fun, like for fucking kicks or something. Definitely not fun, it becomes a way of life then it becomes your left your entire existence as a human being. I did those kids a favor come to think of it. Except now it’s about posting to social media

Midwestern milinials. Annoying.

Modern day hipsters would never try anything this badass

Wow. And he hasnt hardly aged at all!

Keenan ivory Wayans n Damon Wayans help Eddie Murphy out at their crib ask Marlon

@@kingsports1113 probably why damon wayans was in the first Beverly Hills cop

@@krlm2280 on god

And he stole the damn show

So is the whole taking a picture of his wife being threatened. Everybody with their damned camera phones and selfies, recording crimes but never reporting them or trying to help. Lol. So sad but so accurate.

It’s like anti Vaxxers trippin about micro tracking devices in the Covid 19 medicine.....people drink vodka Red Bull and chicken McNuggets Monster Energy but now they suddenly concerned about what’s in their blood....

heroin

Which I find strange, because the Jean Doumanian-era sketches are supposed to be bad -- and they are, but there were a few (some of them with Eddie Murphy) like this that were somewhat watchable. Or maybe not much has changed between 1980 and 2024.

Yeah, but remember: this was probably considered unfunny back then. These days, with gentrification and the opioid/heroin epidemic, this becomes funnier than it should be.

Eh, they probably had some good performances, but the writing was bad (plus, I think this was from one of the episodes after Eddie Murphy was hired as a main cast member. The writing did get a little better, but then came Charles Rocket [he's the tall guy in the trenchcoat and driving gloves in this sketch] accidentally saying the f-word and NBC freaking out over it). Plus, Fridays and SCTV pushed the envelope more. Fun fact: the woman in the black fur coat is Gail Matthius. The same one who did voicework in kids' cartoons back in the 1990s.

Well, Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius (the woman paired with Charles Rocket in the sketch. The other woman in the sketch is Anne Risley) stayed around for the last episode of this season before they got replaced with Robin Duke and Christine Ebersole. And I'm amazed people are watching sketches from season six. That was when the show really went to hell (though, considering Eddie Murphy was the bright spot in this dismal season, I guess this season is only tolerable if he's featured).

Canais Young even Eddie’s skits were poorly written but he showed enough talent to be kept around.

Worst season ever. Eddie was rarely used until last couple of episodes when promoted from "featured player". But the writing was awful that season. The episode Bill Murray hosted was funny.. but otherwise.

@@canaisyoung3601 Since it's been so long, Season 6 seems to be this cult classic of sorts. It isn't good, but you want to see what happened after the original cast left. There was definitely some talent there, maybe not geared toward comedy, though.

@@canaisyoung3601 I think the reason for that is because it's a time in SNL's history that really isn't mentioned anymore. We know all of SNL's high points, but it's interesting to see the low ones.

I was around back than....you are completely full of shit.

It's like this now...except everything is gentrified and they live there instead of just going to the 'hood' to score...

She was a hotty😍

Fun fact: she was a voice actress in a lot of late 1980s, early 1990s cartoons. That's Shirley the Loon, Molly Coddle, Bobby Generic's mom, and really most Valley girl-sounding teenagers.

Still do now; she's aged decently well. She shoulda had a bigger career though. SNL was so dumb for dumping her. She deserved another year. She shoulda modeled some too; she had a really good look to her.

😮

So damn sad, yes. :(

Wow. Never heard this story.

Yeah. I don't think anyone wanted him to die or kill himself, just not be on SNL (though I did like his Rocket Report "man on the street" sketches).

Yes this is gold

2020 now.

Draino maybe???😨😨😨😨

because it's still relevant lol

Robert was no slouch in the sketch comedy department, tho. I read that the actual guy they hired for the 1980 season to replace Garrett Morris was named Charlie Barnett. Supposedly, he got canned when they realized Charlie couldn't read. There is an episode of "30 Rock" wherein Tracey Morgan is suspected of also being illiterate. Maybe that was a subtle nod to SNL's history?

@@wylier Charlie Barnett is Dave Chappelle mentor you see where Dave got his style from but Charlie Barnett couldn't read good but loved him n DC cab

Yeah I think they give them free booze durring the show now.

It's a Doumanian-era sketch..... She didn't know how to do sketch comedy.

It was probably posted because it was- by dreary season 6 standards- one of their better sketches. At that point Murphy was just a bit player struggling for whatever screen time he could get. Murphy didn’t really get to cut loose until after the producer and the entire 80-81 cast was fired. After that, He and Piscapo became the show’s top dogs, and brought it back from the brink.

you're obviously white, EM is one of how many comedians in this sketch plus it's his freshman year you idiot

I agree, dumb corny "Cut cho white skin" was that supposed to be edgy? Some will call it "racist" but 1 of these comedians mentioned how it's a problem when white writers try to write lines for black actors, rather than just writing the role and letting a black person just act.

@@yahruisreal3786 But remember that the black guy was actually an undercover cop - hardly a 'racist stereotype' at all.

They don't make them like this in the USA anymore either.

They would if they could get Jerry Lewis to star in it! lol

that is not even the worse SNL skit. That dubious honor would have to go to the 'vomitorium' sketch when Burt Reynolds hosted. I believe that was the last year of the original cast.

94-95 was just as bad.

1985-86 was pretty insufferable too.

@@totallyTube-ular You're right. For some reason Randy Quaid seemed to be in every sketch that season. Ironically it was the year Lorne Micheals returned.