'Wasn't That Special' Season 25 Clips Package
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Here are some of the materials we discuss throughout the Season Twenty-Five episode:
More Cowbell
The best sketch of the season and one of the most famous bits in show history. More on this below.
Devil Can’t Write No Love Song
Fred’s Got Slacks.
Celebrity Jeopardy!
This is the one that is considered THE Jeopardy! sketch.
1-800-EAT-SH**
The show has had a few sketches in the past few seasons focusing on getting around using profanity on the air, and they are all good. A real writer’s piece.
Privolin
Jennifer Aniston is a drastically underrated host.
Christmas Urchins
Jennifer Aniston is a drastically underrated host, Part II:
Jacob Silj
The highlight of an otherwise moribund year on Weekend Update.
Uncle Jemima’s Pure Mash Liquor
The fact that this is the best the show can do to use Tracy Morgan is a crime.
Dr. Beaman’s Office
Pure, uncut Will Ferrell.
Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy
Jimmy Fallon’s best recurring character, and the rare one that remains entertaining after multiple episodes.
Dillon-Edwards Investments
The role Chris Parnell was born to play.
TV Funhouse: The 25th Anniversary Show
More More Cowbell:
The stars of the sketch are still talking about it to this day. As are members of Blue Oyster Cult, who say the sketch actually approximates what happened in the studio.
With 2000 being the show’s 25th Anniversary, a number of papers tried to put the show’s history in perspective.
One sketch in particular caused an uproar in the Jewish community:
And this was the season Molly Shannon’s Mary Katherine Gallagher movie “Superstar” was released, to…disastrous reviews.
