Musicians for Free-Range Chickens - Saturday Night Live 

I don't think Adam Sandler gets enough credit for that Axl Rose.

"Tell the children to tell the world to tell the chickens that we are on our way ." -Diana Ross

From the SNL archives: Michael Bolton Himself Laurie Shephard ... Chynna Phillips Dana Carvey ... Bob Dylan Dana Carvey ... Casey Kasem Tom Davis ... musician Chris Farley ... Carnie Wilson Phil Hartman ... Kenny Rogers Jan Hooks ... Diana Ross Victoria Jackson ... Cyndi Lauper Tim Meadows ... Lenny Kravitz Mike Myers ... Mick Jagger Chris Rock ... Whoopi Goldberg Adam Sandler ... Axl Rose Rob Schneider ... Rick Dees David Spade ... Tom Petty Robert P. Sullivan II ... musician Christine Zander ... Annie Lennox

This sketch is a sad reminder of the devastating losses that were Phil HartMan, Jan Hooks and Chris Farley. Comedic titans in all their fun glory!!!

Farley as Carnie Wilson. Pure gold!!!!

3:34 Hilarious work from Bolton with the facial expressions...not overacted either.

I always loathed Michael Bolton's music, but his ability to make fun of himself makes me like him. His spoof on Office Space was great too.

This was from the Steven Seagal episode, and it was the best sketch of the night. Let me rephrase that: MICHAEL BOLTON SAVED THE SHOW.

Spade as Tom Petty still has me dying after all these years! RIP Tom Petty.

2:51 "I love you! DON'T TOUCH ME! I love you!"

Adam Sandler as Axl Rose 😂😂😂

Mike Myers with a complete capturing of the spirit of Mick Jagger here.

Hilarious! I completely lost it when 'Bob Dylan' stepped up to the mic 😁

The look on Michael boltons' face at the end ,when that girl was trying to sing!! LOL!!!!

Missed opportunity to stick Dan Aykroyd in the back row randomly

Michael Bolton’s reaction to Victoria Jackson’s screeching. 3:29

“Mr. Farmer, take that feeding tube out of that chicken’s throat. 🤣🤣🤣

I haven’t seen this sketch in 30 years. Made my weekend. 😆

Chris Farley as Carnie!!!🤣🤣😭

Jan Hooks as Diana Ross was so awesome. I died.

"Chickens are like you and me, except they're chickens." -- Rick Dees (apocryphal, SNL). :-)

lol 2:51 Jan Hooks “I love you. DONT TOUCH ME. I love you ❤️ “

"Hello I'm Cayscshee Kayscshum" - Dana Carvey

That guy playing Michael Bolton is perfect! 😆

I’ve been watching old SNL episodes on Peacock and it’s really awesome seeing these old skits again 😂😂 but sad seeing the ones we’ve lost 😞

I've been looking for this forever. Me and my siblings would sing this song back in the day.

Victoria's throat rupturing is the hidden gem no one is talking about!

Dana Carvey was a genius..so great 😄

SNL doing what we can only imagine. So much talent every season. RIP to those they lost, so happy to see their talent again and again.❤️

Some of our younger viewers may not realize Victoria Jackson is doing Cyndi Lauper here. If you watch the We Are The World music video, Lauper screams her part of the song much to the horror of singer Kim Carnes next to her. At first I thought Tim Meadows was doing his Ike Turner impression but Ike didn't have dreadlocks and I realized he was impersonating Lenny Kravitz. They should have let David Spade sing a line as Tom Petty. Also Grade A Diana Ross impression by Jan Hooks.

Jan Hooks as Diana Ross=fucking BRILLIANT.

I have been looking for this video everywhere. I am so happy I finally found it!

Tim Meadows as Lenny Kravitz--trying not to laugh when Adam Sandler's Axl Rose begins.

These were the best SNL years! Early Sandler, Farley late Carvey, Hartman and Myers😂

This sketch never gets old! We laugh every time! And the message still stands .... Free the chickens!

Bittersweet, nostalgic, and hilariously funny.

This was from the infamous Steven Seagal episode!!!!!!

Victoria Jackson’s finest moment on SNL, in my opinion.

hahaha adam sandler as axl rose is fucking outstanding 😂

It's amazing how many famous people got together for a good cause.

Any song with "feeding tube" in the lyrics has my vote! ✌

Victoria's Cyndi Lauper busting a thyroid goiter with her dying-cat whaling is the highlight of the skit. Cant stop laughing.

I remember seeing this as a kid and laughing so hard 😂

Tom Petty and Bob Dylan bit floored me.

I remember watching this live & dying laughing at Chris Farley as Carnie Wilson

OK, what happened to Victoria's neck? Was it supposed to explode? She was certainly "out-Bolton-ing" Michael Bolton.

One of their greatest bits ever.

I just watched the “We are the world Greatest night in Pop” documentary and immediately recalled a long ago recollection of a SNL parody that just made my 12 year old self laugh hysterically. A quick YT search and here I am, a full grown middle aged adult LOLing my @ss off. This whole cast was off the hook…

Adam Sandler as Axel Rose and Dana Carvey as Bob Dylan. Priceless.

These "Musicians for___" sketches were always brilliant. I remember "Musicians to get Michael Jordan to stay in the NBA" and "Musicians explain the Whitewater Scandal" as two favorites.

I'm coughing, hacking, crying this is so funny!

The Wilson Phillips impersonation 😂

MB killing ithis comedic chops have always been underrated... Cindy Lauper with the goiter about o pop Im dying! 🤣🤣🤣

Meyer's Mick was spot on.

Axl and Bob - perfect

I remember watching this sketch the night it premiered... and as if it wasn't funny enough on its own, I was high! I was laughing so hard that I had a pounding headache that night!

What a cast!

They did Cyndi so dirty 😂

3:00 Had to check this out again after Fly on the Wall with Bonnie and Terry Turner. 😂

OH MAN… too bad the squid didn’t burst & send blood spurting out of Cindy Lauper as it was supposed to! 🤣

Who is playing Tom Petty to Dana's Bob Dylan?! 😂 Is that spade??

1:39 If Heidi Gardner had been on SNL at the time of this sketch, she could’ve easily played Wendy Wilson in this! I’m sure she was too young back then, but we could always dream.

Micheal Bolton was like no.

That's pure comedy gold, right there!

I don't know how I made it this far without having seen this, but man it is great.

axle was the best by far

Some people like the original 1975 cast. Other prefer the Eddie Murphy Era. In hindsight : SNL was AT IT'S PEAK from 1990-1998 or somewhere in there. It was good until the Will Ferrell / Cheri Oteri cast left. Then it was OVER.

With out of control egg prices this is sooooo relevant LOL

Mike Myers and Sandler kill me with this

LOL! still the greatest skit ever on SNL

As always, Jan Hooks steals the scene.

Wilson phillips got me...

Oh, poor Victoria Jackson at the end!!!

Watching this skit brought back some great memories. I also greatly remember watching the Evander Holyfield/George Foreman fight the evening before.

Michael Bolton has received a lot of hate over the years, but he’s actually got solid comedic chops. See Jack Sparrow.

when Michael Bolton looks at Cydney Lopper. That is an Emmy award

Victoria hits a C6 there. That's pretty impressive

David Spade as Tom Petty 🤣🤣🤣

Love. Makes me laugh every time

In 1977 there was In The Mood by The Henhouse Five Plus Too (aka Ray Stevens).

I'm Done.. LMAO and poor Bob Dylan

You can tell this really woke the audience up. Amazing how Bolton saved this awful (Steven seagal) show

AWESOME Jan and Victoria were HOT AF

lol...let the chickens beeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

not enough credits given to the two main lady cast of this SNL period, Jan Hooks and Victoria Jackson. Hilarious ladies of comedy. and, it's also a sad reminder to see how UNDERUSED the future comedy star, Chris Rock, was during his time on the show. No wonder Damon Wayans got himself fired. before and after Eddie, this show just wasn't really ready for any black cast.

Wow, Wilson Phillips were a smoke show.

The lady acting like Diana Ross is a trip!

Chris Rock as Whoopi😂definitely a young whoopi lol someone blew up like a Chinese spy balloon 😂

He did a great Casey Kasem,nobody does Kasem

top 5 fav all time snl skit

C'mon this is so good...

Who would have guessed back then that it's not Free Range but Pasture Raised they should have been singing for.

Dana Carvey changed from Casey Kasem to Bob Dylan live. That’s why Dylan subtly enters mid-song.

I freaking love this

This episode gets hate but it’s one of my favorites with Steven Seagal it was the one I grew up on cuz it was recorded and the only one I saw for years until I got older lol

God bless Michael Bolton

This sketch was from the infamous Steven Seagal episode.

A wise man once said: If you want to save the fish - don't eat them.

victoria's screech hahaha

This is so funny.