Which “SNL” Olympics sketch would YOU award a gold medal to? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 30 Hilarious SNL Parodies of Commercials - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5VTKB1pBvIc.html
Missing here (and on RU-vid, unfortunately): the season 10 sketch “Returning the Torch to Greece”. The premise: there’s a lot of coverage and hoopla over the journey of the Olympic torch from Greece, but none for its return. The filmed sketch shows various carriers on the journey back; in one scene, an airline counter rep nonchalantly checks in the burning torch; the next scene is of a plane burning on the runway. When the last runner (Rich Hall) finds the return desk, he hands the torch to the clerk, who blows out the flame and gives Rich a few coins (like the deposit paid on empty bottles). Well executed. Totally absurd.
Olga Korbut is from Belarus, not Russia, but she and Nadia Comaneci were under Soviet rule. BTW Korbut is 69 today and live in Arizona and still alive, while Nadia is 62 and lives in Oklahoma
I'll echo others: the Heterosexual Men's Figure Skating sketch from the Sochi games and Chris Farley figure skating! How those didn't make this list is beyond me. 😂
Strugs get an honorable mention?! I blame the judges. And were is the US Men's Heterosexual Figure Skating Championship? Granted that it's not an Olympic moment, but it is an event to qualify for the Olympics.
Well you'll be surprised to know that Weekend Update anchor, Colin Jost, was part of the Olympic team covering the surfing in Tahiti (pity he had an injury on his foot).
True story. As a child I was on a community swim team and at the meets they would always give us sugar cubes right before we raced to give us a jolt of energy.
WOW! Jason Priestley smacked his head HARD on the ice ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DuTzMAmLaDg.html ), which is actually harder than concrete. Sure, he sprung back up and kept going, but then it almost immediately cuts out. I'm sure it's because he had to stop. There's no way he didn't at the very least have a mild concussion from that. And, yes, that is Jason Priestley. He grew up playing hockey and was so good he was expected to go pro, but then he got discovered for modeling and then acting and caught the acting bug, etc., but even on 90210, just like SNL, they looked for reasons to put him on the ice because he was so extremely good at hockey and at skating.