Richmeister: Nicknames for Sting - SNL 

I like that Sting seemed to be enjoying how goofy the bit was, good sport.

I worked as a Rock DJ for years. And EVERY SINGLE TIME I mentioned Sting on the air. I called him “Der Schtingle Hoffer!”

I think it's actually a brilliant ploy to get moved to a better desk.

The Stingalingading-ding-dingdongdong one killed me

This sketch came out the same month my brother Steve was born. My uncle promptly nicknamed him the Steve Meister (as well as the Stevenater and Stevorino). Everyone called him Meister until he was 10, and most of us didn't know it came from an SNL sketch.

I remember the one where they had to fix the copy machine and Richmeister was having a panic attack 😆🤣

R.I.P. to Phil Hartman...you are missed.

Holy crap January of '91 this came out. I was 24.. A whole lifetime ago. 1990-'95 were some incredible times.

Sting broke on the final line of the sketch. The sting a ling a ding ding ding dong line got a genuine laugh from Sting. I remember this sketch. It was brilliant. Anyone could instantly copy this and have a lot of fun goofing around with their family or friends. I remember seeing this on SNL and the next week at school all the kids were doing this bit. It was fun. It's like this are great because anyone can instantly copy it and make it their own and have some fun with it and it becomes a pop culture thing. For anyone interested check out the fly on the wall podcast where Dana Carvey and David Spade talk SNL. Rob Schneider was just on their podcast and they discussed the origin of this bit as well as many other things.

Stingalingading-ding-dingdongdong!

Calling Sandy the “Sandstress” doesn’t get the attention it deserves-that one’s a gem. 😂

Sting's grin--priceless!

My favorite Makin' Copies sketch was the one with Susan Dey, "Laurie Partridge, playin' the keyboard, not even plugged in."

Brilliant sketch, Rob was made for this, so funny. The simple sketches are the best.

I could NOT think of Sting since then without thinking Sting-a-ling-a-ding-dong!! 😂

I can remember at least a dozen times where one or more of my colleagues would break into that routine around the copy machine. 😜

I was in 4th grade when I started watching SNL every Saturday night. It was 1989. For the next several years I grew up with this crew every week. Sandler, Spade, Hartman, Lovitz, Nealon, Schneider, Myers, Carvey and Farley. I even had an SNL calender on my wall. I would memorize everyone's characters. I would record on my parents VCR every episode. Every week. I created my own volumes of tapes with art work and little notes of sketches I loved and the musical guests and which songs they performed. I remember one night my older cousin called me and said there's this guy hosting tonight, his name is Andrew Dice Clay. Make sure you record this episode. It's important. And I did. I was 10 or 11. Its still one of my all time favorite episodes. I think i was in 6th grade. The following Monday I went to school quoting Dice and asking everyone if they watched the episode. Nobody knew what I was talking about. This cast basically shaped my sense of humor. I grew up fast. I was the coolest 6th grader ever.

I saw this when it aired. I recall Sting couldn't keep a straight face and they had to cut to commercial immediately.

This skit predicted the process for coming up with a URL.

How could you NOT have gone with Stingleberry?

I love this because we all know one person who actually, genuinely acts like this. And even making fun of them with this skit does NOTHING.

I still remember watching this episode with my brother. When Sting came in the room; we laughed so hard we couldn't breathe! "OMG! He's doing Sting!"

That they even mention going to another copier is an excellent line to segue into the Kevin Bacon skit where he plays Copy Repair Man. This one actually holds its own, felt like they cut it off too soon....ahhh, for the love of MEMOREX VHS early 90s.....

Wow Rob is so cuuute with his big smile :3

Rob was and still is a comedic genius! There’s a reason Sandler used him in several of his movies.

I think what kills me about this is Sting just working in an office, making copies. He's not playing an office worker--he's Sting, the internationally famous rock star, making photocopies in a bog-standard office.

...this was actually a pretty popular skit...everone was imitating (sp) this skit...go to a party, a restaurant, a bar & somebody would break out in Schneider's character... ...one of the effects SNL had on the American culture it seems was that the popular skits & characters would be repeated the following week in offices, junior highs, high schools, college get-togethers, jobsites, etc...like The Coneheads, The Spartans (cheerleaders), Wild & Crazy Guys, Gumby, Todd & Lisa Lupner, Killer Bees, etc...and everybody would imitate the characters the following week...pretty organic actually... ...now the only way anybody knows about a good skit is RU-vid or some other social media outlet or media talking head features them so to lead us as to which one's are funny...or rather...what they think we should perceive as funny...not very organic either...and there's not to many of them anymore to boot...I never even watch the show anymore... ...my sister got me a coffee cup for Christmas a long time ago (early 90's) that had a characature of this guy w/ all these quotes "makin' coffee", "havin' some Joe", "takin' a coffee break", etc... ...people in my office would stop by my desk and start reading it constantly in that voice... ...the irony wasn't lost on me as all the people would stop by my desk & annoy the hell out of me...Lol! ...oh well, I thought it was a funny skit... ...& I wish I could find that stupid coffee cup...

This was the first appearance of the Richmeister.

One of the most underrated sketches ever.

Is it me, or does Mike Myers at the beginning of this sketch resemble a puffier Jimmy Fallon?

They got the idea from a kid who worked in the office. He would always make funny little comments when people used the copier so they created this sketch

How did I ever laugh at this skit back then ? My sense of humor has Def changed over the decades

Hahha remember being 9 and laughing soo hard i was crying....

What would have been the icing on the cake is if Richard had called Sting some variation of "Gordon" right at the end.

I wish I could find the other sketch with this character, where Richard has a flashback and the child version of him is played by Macaulay Culkin

The Stingatollah of Rock and Rollah

One of my favourite all-time SNL sketches !

my favorite part is that they are oblivious to the fact their coworker also happens to be the lead singer of the police

I love this skit!

Sting making copies is too funny! haha!

Kind of surprised Rob never got a best of DVD pretty much every else that he worked with on SNL got one

El Chupacabra! Drinkin’ Coffee!

This was the highlight of Schneider's career.

Pulp Fiction!! That's where I've seen here before... Wolf: "Say goodnight, Raquel." Raquel: "Goodnight Raquel."

One of His best rolls.

I greatly appreciate the Continuity - the names are the same across all the Richmeister sketches!!!

Damn, from the days Schneider had a job...

I see so much of myself in this guy!! I think i am a Richard Laymer!!

Upload the one where the Richmeister annoys the Grim Reaper while he's making copies. I need to know if he calls him "Deathmeister" or if I just imagined that.

Back when SNL was funny. Love Rob Schneider.

I forgot about this one. I say "making copies" all the time. I just forgot which skit it came from. It's a good one.

Gosh I loved this skit. Du Stinglehoffer! 😆

OMG I LOVE JULIA.

Phil Hartman. Now THAT was. FUNNY dude

Does he also do this to his boss? “How’s the report coming?” “Maaark!”

I been doing this to my kids and just showed them where it’s from.

They did one with Macaulay Culkin as Rich as a kid and it was hilarious

I grew up with this SNL cast. It’s amazing to me that this sketch worked, but for some reason it just did. It was one of those ones that everyone (appropriately) copied and impersonated, and it even ended up on greeting cards and spoofs back in the day. I can remember when Macaulay Culkin hosted around when the two Home Alone movies were out, they did a sketch where Richard had a flashback to his childhood, and Macaulay played him as a kid, still doing the same stuff back in elementary school.

This had to be the first one as there was no applause at the beginning.

I used to sit right next to a copy machine at a job at had back in 2011 and I would do this all day.

My siblings got me a notepad with Rob Schneider, it said "look at the notanater making notes" 😆

My favorite was with Macaulay Culkin when they play the School giving the nuns a hard time

So good. Still.

I’m surprised SNL didn’t make a movie about this skit as well.

My mom kept saying “Making copies” for years before I had any context for it. Then I saw that Family Guy bit.

This is like Three's Company, so stupid it's awesome.

The Linkster... Throwing the ball! 😉

SNL used to have skits we looked forward to each week.

He missed the opportunity to say, "Sandy, the Sandinista! Sandinista Nicaragua!"

best SNL cast lineup of the 90s....imho!!

1:49 STEVEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So this is where that Mighty Ducks reference is from? Nice.

You know what dates this sketch? There isn't a computer on his desk. Every desk in every office today has either a computer or at least a monitor on it.

Sting a ling a ling ding dong 😂

I love these!!! LovARama!!!

Who else is here after seeing the new one with David Spade?

i wish yt had all of SNL episodes of richard

I died when he said, "sting-a-ling-a-ding-ding-ding-dong-dong!" 🤣

I freaking love this what

The Gordster "My Kids Aren't Getting Any of My Money" Sumnerino

Would have been funnier if they worked in Police song titles/lyrics: Stingchronicity Stingoredlight Stingomillionbottles Etc

To this day, if I make a copy of something, I say it like Rob Schneider,LOL

Love Schneider from all the Adam Sandler movies in the late 90s/early 2000s. Even though these skits weren't that funny, it's his delivery that was

I love this guy.

Parks and Recreation : "it's from 40 years ago"

Love the copy guy!! Makin copies

My goodness, I still miss Phil Hartman so.

I think the last time I saw Schneider was Walmart and Boise Idaho. He was a greeter

This reminds me of Averman from the Mighty Ducks. The Averman the A-meister the Averman.

Huge Xmen TAS fan but it took me 30 years to realize Morphs “Makin copies.” line was an SNL reference.

RIP Phil Hartman

What a sense of humor, at least I had a view to the 90s I never had the opportunity to hate,

This is peak Schneider.

I wonder if Rob Schneider ever suspected that this would be the high point of his career.

I do this when it comes to “making cofffeeeee”

I was it my late teens watching this episode new!! Haaaaa haaaaar,an was using this line in early 20s an people still remember it.😅😅

It's really unfortunate that several departments use the printer in my desk cabinet at work, because i literally *CANNOT* stop myself from doing this every time somebody comes over to print something. Nobody under 30 understands the reference, so i just look insane.

Gordon Sumner, Gordorama Sumner!

more suggestions: The Stinger Lord of the Stings Sting Crosby Stingtone Swamp Sting Sting-na Wen Keep they heads Stinging Stingin' in the Rain I Know Why the Caged Brid Stings Sting Henry the Eighth etc.

I wonder if his grandson's first words are going to be "making copies."