![]() ![]() Report (Grantland) interview with Robert SmigelĪn earlier version of this article ran in 2013. But someone must have wised up to the fact that the cinematic medium offered nothing different for the concept, as few people even knew of the script’s existence until 2010.Īdditional Sources: The B.S. Hans and Franz must race to solve the girlynappings before its too late in. But in 1990, a script with that very title was written, with some of the show’s strongest writing talents-including Conan O’Brien, Robert Smigel, and Greg Daniels-attached as participants. Before landing SNL Kevin had the honor of performing stand-up comedy on The. Given that each episode of Saturday Night Live is essentially a feature-length series of sketches, The Saturday Night Live Movie seems a bit redundant. His parents are, like, blue-collar people from the Bronx.” 9. “We did have one funny scene that was making John and I laugh, which was Stefon coming out to his family. “We talked a little bit about an idea for a movie, and then we were kind of like, 'I don't think it'll work,’” Hader said. But then, in almost the same breath, he stated that it would probably never happen. COFFEE TALK (1995)įans of Stefon got prematurely excited in 2013 when Bill Hader told Larry King about the idea of turning his New York City know-it-all club kid into a leading man. “There was an awful article written in New York Magazine about the show and the network wanted to lay down the law,” recalled Smigel, which meant “no SNL movies.” But the script was not a total loss in 2010, Smigel, Odenkirk, Mantegna, George Wendt, Mike Ditka and Richard Roeper (as narrator) staged a live reading of the script at Chicago’s Just for Laughs festival. But a bad year for SNL on the small screen spelled trouble for anyone involved with the show. When the opportunity arose to turn the sketch into a film, Smigel and Bob Odenkirk (who had created the original sketch together) jumped at the opportunity, with Smigel leaving his job as Conan’s head writer to work on the script. Bill Swerski’s Superfans, one of SNL’s longest-running sketches, which premiered on Janu(with Joe Mantegna as the titular Swerski) and was later featured in a State Farm commercial. Among those stalled features is Da Movie version of Da Bears sketch, a.k.a. Club, Smigel noted that “I’m guilty of writing probably as many SNL movies as anybody, but mine have never been made.” He’s not kidding. But now, hear this: “Live, from New York, it’s Saturday.In that same interview with The A.V. You’ve given us something to hear now, and something to think about later.Īrnold: Ya. Listen to me now, and beleive me later: it doesn’t matter how much you pump up those muscles, as long as you reach the full pumptential. But don’t be downing yourself too much now. You know, you could very easily flick us with your ltitlest finger, and send us flying across the room until we landed in our own baby poop.Īrnold: I know. And not even the grown-up kind, the little baby losers. And believe me- What’s the matter?įranz: It’s no use, Arnold. You huys are lucky you don’t have a campfire here in the background. Oh, come on, you make me sick! And look at those legs, they look like little skinny sticks! And those buttocks. Like this That’s the way to do it! Look at you guys, how pitiful losers you are! You know something? I hate the way you guys talk! What’s the matter with you? I mean, I sent you over here from Austria, to become real hard-core terminators, and look what you are – little termites! I wanted you to become real running men but you are girly-men. Hans: Hey, Arnold, look at this! įranz: Ya! Lok at this! Īrnold: Oh, you guys make me sick. ![]() Hans: Oh, Arnold, I can’t believe how properly pumped up you really are!įranz: Ya! You are the embodiment of perfect pumpitude!Īrnold: No, no, no. ![]() Hans: I don’t believe this! Oh no, I can’t believe it! ![]() Schwarzenegger took the SNL parody in good stride and made several appearances with Hans and Franz, including a season 17 visit to open episode 7. The sketch made its debut in the first episode of Season 13. Nealon was watching an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger on Showtime and invited Carvey, with whom he was on a comedy tour, over to watch. The idea for the original Hans and Franz SNL sketch was spawned in 1987 in a Des Moines hotel room. ![]()
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